Star Trek fans have a fantastic opportunity to explore the franchise’s iconic films and shows for free. Paramount’s Pluto TV now offers streaming access to all 13 Star Trek movies, along with entire series like “Star Trek: The Original Series” and “The Next Generation.”
With future projects on the horizon, there’s no better time to dive into the rich history of Star Trek, available at no cost on Pluto TV.
Highlights
- Star Trek franchise has a rich history on the big and small screen, making it easier for fans to access classic films and shows.
- Paramount-owned Pluto TV now offers all 13 Star Trek films for free streaming, along with entire series like TOS and TNG.
- With future projects and movies on the horizon, now is a great time to dive into the franchise”s iconic films and shows for free.
While Star Trek is one of the most prominent science fiction franchises in history, the franchise has also shown a lot of life on the big screen with feature-length projects, and these gems just got a lot easier for fans to access.
Star Trek has been a mainstay of the small screen for decades, with the franchise starting off on the retroactively named Star Trek: The Original Series and carried on with more success through series like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, and many more. The franchise would also be intermittently graced with feature films that told new, exciting stories with the iconic casts and crews of established series up until the franchise was rebooted by Paramount. Many people believe that Paramount needs to get a move on with their Star Trek movies, but the franchise already has more than a dozen films for fans to be interested in, including a few released after Paramount’s reboot franchise started.
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The rebooted IP started off with a lot more emphasis on the film aspect of the franchise, with mixed results for the long-term direction of the franchise. While even Star Trek leading man Chris Pine admitted the films might have dropped the ball, they’re still an important part of the franchise that did a lot of things right. Fortunately, these treasures have become more accessible than ever for new fans of the franchise. As noted in a report by Inverse, in addition to the Star Trek franchise living on Paramount’s Paramount+ streaming service, the streaming platform Pluto TV has also recently started to offer fans the chance to stream all 13 currently released Star Trek films for free. Pluto TV is a free ad-supported streaming television platform, also owned by Paramount Global, giving it access to the Star Trek franchise. The platform also has the entirety of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation available for new fans to check out.
While the shows are available on the on-demand side of things, the Star Trek films are being given their own channel on Pluto TV’s live TV selection, seemingly scheduled to run for all of August. This is a great get for Pluto TV, as the films are a pretty interesting way to get into the franchise and could attract a lot of new users to the platform. With the increase in price across the board from streaming services, bolstering content on an ad-supported free platform like Pluto TV could actually be a Paramount play to shore up lost subscribers. If that were in the cards, using the company’s most well-loved IP as a test certainly seems to make sense. While the future Star Trek movies need to make some big changes from the existing ones, they’re still awesome movies that can get casuals interested in the franchise. Better yet, the critically acclaimed Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation are simultaneously putting the franchise’s best foot forward on the same platform.
Getting the films to a wider audience is certainly a great idea, and it comes at a good time. The franchise is still growing, with Star Trek recently announcing its most unique project that could appeal to fans even outside of the science fiction genre and more movies (hopefully) on the way. For now, fans should make the most of the opportunity while it lasts and enjoy the films while they’re on for free.
The Star Trek franchise is available for streaming in full on Paramount+.
Star Trek
Star Trek is a space exploration franchise originally created by Gene Roddenberry. The series has spanned shows like The Original Series, The Next Generation, and Voyager. More recently, developer Scopely came out with Star Trek Fleet Command, a mobile title where you get to be captain of your own ship.
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
First Film
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Latest Film
Star Trek Beyond
First TV Show
Star Trek: The Original Series
Latest TV Show
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Creation Year
1966Expand
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