Paramount+ Announces Virtual FIRST CONTACT DAY Event

Mar 31

Listen up, Star Trek fans! Paramount+ is hosting a virtual event for fans around the world on Monday, April 5 in honor of First Contact Day. If you’re not familiar with the significance of the date, “First Contact Day” is the day humans first made contact with Vulcans on April 5, 2065 — an event depicted in the 1996 feature, Star Trek: First Contact.

The virtual event will give fans a series of free panels throughout the day featuring the cast and creators of Star Trek movies and shows past and present, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks , and Star Trek: First Contact. In between the panels there will be special Star Trek franchise announcements and additional footage Trekkies are definitely not going to want to miss.

In addition to the panels, Paramount+ is planning a “First Contact Day" streaming event with a marathon of special "Best of First Contacts" episodes curated from Star Trek series across the franchise. All episodes will be available only in the U.S. on Paramount+.

“Star Trek: First Contact Day” kicks off at 12 PM EST on April 5 with the first half of the “Best of First Contacts” streaming marathon on Paramount+, followed by the panels and then the last half of the marathon. Keep going for the “Star Trek: First Contact Day” trailer and to see more information about the marathon and panels. Head over to the official First Contact Day website for more details.

Here's the official schedule for the "First Contact Day Global Panels" event. The panels begin at 3 PM EST/12 PM PST. The panels will then replay at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST. Panels are free to stream worldwide on the official Star Trek First Contact site, on Paramount+'s Twitch, and Pluto TV. Panels willbe available for replay on the Paramount+ YouTube page as well as Paramount+.

The "First Contact Day" panels are:

Star Trek: First Contact 25th Anniversary Panel: Featuring cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Alice Krige as they discuss behind-the-scenes memories and the film’s importance 25 years after its premiere.
"Creating First Contacts" Panel: Costume Designer Gersha Phillips (Star Trek: Discovery), Senior Concept Designer Neville Page, VFX Supervisor Jason Zimmerman and Make-up & Prosthetics Department Head James Mackinnon (Star Trek: Picard) come together in conversation about creating the incredible worlds ofStar Trek, as seen in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard.
"Women In Motion" Panel: FeaturingStar Trek: Discovery's Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek: Picard Michelle Hurd and Isa Briones, and Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Dawnn Lewis as they look back at how Star Trek: The Original Series actress Nichelle Nichols helped pave the way for women of color on television and overall, her lasting impact on not only StarTrek, but science and culture.
"Second Contact" Panel: Mike McMahan, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Paul F. Tompkins, the co-host of Star Trek: The Pod Directive and Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek: The Next Generation discuss how some of the hilarious B-stories from past series like Star Trek: The Next Generation paved the way for new iterations of Star Trek, including Star Trek: Lower Decks, the Star Trek franchise’s first animated comedy.
Star Trek: Prodigy Panel: Series executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman are joined by Captain Kathryn Janeway herself of Star Trek: Voyager and Kate Mulgrew, who is reprising her role in animated form in Prodigy, as they talk about the highly anticipated upcoming CG-animated kids series from Nickelodeon and CBS Studios.