Star Trek: Prodigy is an American animated science fiction television series created by Kevin and Dan Hageman.

Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, and Dee Bradley Baker voice the young crew of the Protostar, with Jimmi Simpson, John Noble, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Robert Picardo, Jameela Jamil, and Wil Wheaton also providing voices for the series.

The Hageman brothers were set as creators and showrunners, and Nickelodeon ordered two seasons of Prodigy that April, to be released on the cable channel after streaming on Paramount+ first.

[3][4] In the second season, they join Admiral Kathryn Janeway as warrant officers aboard the USS Voyager-A on a mission to find the original crew of the Protostar.

She also explained that the Hagemans were hired due to their work on previous children's series that did not play down to the audience and were still watchable for older viewers.

She added that viewership data from CBS All Access showed that fans of Star Trek also watched the animated series The Legend of Korra on the service, and this was another factor in deciding to add Prodigy to Paramount+.

[32] A year later, Waltke said he had discussed continuing the series beyond the first two seasons with the Hagemans and they hoped it could run for seven seasons before expanding to films;[33] Kevin Hageman elaborated that he thought the Star Trek franchise could use an "epic animated film series that have a new adventure every couple of years that the whole family can go see".

We view it as a show for people who don't know Star Trek, which could be young or old... We wanted to keep the stakes real for an older audience.

[41] Astrophysicist Erin Macdonald also served as a consultant on the series after being hired as a general science advisor for the Star Trek franchise.

[45] During New York Comic Con in October 2020, Kate Mulgrew was announced to be reprising her role of Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager.

The production had approached Mulgrew about starring in the series a year before the official announcement, and Kurtzman was surprised that her involvement had not leaked during that time.

[46] Mulgrew was initially reluctant to join the series, but after several months of negotiations she was convinced to reprise her role by the idea of introducing Star Trek to a new generation of fans.

[15] The hologram Janeway helps train the series' bridge crew of six young misfits,[3][29] who are all aliens rather than humans in a first for the Star Trek franchise.

[48] The main voice cast was announced in June 2021, including Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Brett Gray as Dal, Angus Imrie as Zero, Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog, Ella Purnell as Gwyn, and Dee Bradley Baker as Murf.

[22] During their initial discussions when Hibon first joined the project, the Hagemans said that they wanted to create an "epic" scope without losing the characters and emotion.

Using computer-generated animation was the logical choice for Hibon, as he felt it would give the production all the tools they needed to create a cinematic series that was on-par with the live-action entries in the franchise.

Their intention was to integrate more of the "classic language" of Star Trek designs into Prodigy as the main characters move closer to the Federation and Starfleet.

The series' opening title sequence follows the Protostar through various spatial anomalies, planets, and debris fields that form into images of the main cast.

[56] Melumad was the first woman to compose the music for a Star Trek series, which she said was "a huge honor, and [a] great responsibility".

[57] When she first joined the project, the showrunners sent her a Spotify playlist with music that they listened to while developing the series, which included Giacchino's score for the film John Carter (2012).

[3] At the Television Critics Association press tour in August 2021, the opening title sequence was revealed along with Giacchino's main theme.

Also written by Clarke, Escape Route sees the crew of the Protostar take a detour to an uncharted moon that Murf wants to explore.

[84] Titled Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova, the game was developed by Tessera Studios for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Stadia.

The story, written by Prodigy staff writer Lisa Boyd, follows Dal and Gwyn as they attempt to save their friends, the Protostar, and an alien planetary system from a supernova.