Back in 2022 , io9 write a post strongly supporting , maybe even begging , Hulu to renewThe Orville . The supplication came in the wake ofThe Orville : New Horizons , the show ’s long - wait first time of year on Hulu ( and later , Disney+ ) after two seasons on Fox .
There have been some flickers of Bob Hope over the years since , includingencouraging wordsfromOrvillecreator and starSeth MacFarlane , and some recent ( if unsubstantiated ) lecture of an upcoming fourth season from starScott Grimes .
There ’s also an officialGuide to the Orvillewritten by series writer and co - executive producer Andre Bormanis releasing next calendar month , with the option for a snazzydeluxe editionthat comes with a poster exploring the titular ship in item and an array of Planetary Union patches . That ’s not something you bid unless you know there are diehard fans eager to add together to theirOrvillecollections .
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But as for any kind of official annunciation — well , there ’s been exactly nothing . Hulu is now fully a part of Disney+ , which has heap of its own space - opera action thanks to all theStar Warscontent;The Orvilleactually pre - datesThe Mandalorian , Disney+ ’s first springy - actionStar Warsseries , by two years , and it may not be look to invest in another sci - fi population .
But the propertyThe Orvilleis most often compared toisStar Trek ; lest we forget , The OrvilleandStar Trek : Discovery , then the first newTrekseries in over a decade , both premiered in September 2017.Discoverysigned off in the beginning this year after five season , but there are multiple otherTrekprojects coming presently to Paramount+ , include new season of the display that are mayhap most likeThe Orville : the animatedLower deck , andThe Original SeriesprequelStrange New Worlds . There ’s also , as was recently reported , a unrecorded - actionStar Trekcomedyin the piece of work .
But whileThe Orvillemay share some plebeian DNA withStar Trek — the uniform , the guiding rule of exploration and scientific discipline , the far-out crew , the holodeck , those Klingon - like Krill — what started off sense like aTrekhomage soon carved out its own turning point of sci - fi storytelling . As io9 sharpen out back in 2022,The Orvilleoffered a blend of eminent - stakes action , alone characters ( including its core wander as well as intriguing , extremely detailed alien refinement ) , technical prowess ( the special consequence , artistry instruction , and medicine were always top - notch ) , and — this is a Seth MacFarlane show after all — a well - hone sense of humor . Also : it had some cause of death guest star . You do n’t see Dolly Parton inStar TrekorStar Wars , do you ?
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While season three ofThe Orvilleended with a moderately authoritative happy - ending scenario — the wedding of two characters finally cement their unlikely but undeniable human - robot kinship — it still feels like there ’s more story to tell . Fan demand is there , and from what MacFarlane has said in audience along the way , there ’s still desire .
In other 2024,he told the Wrapthat “ there is no official death credential forThe Orville . It is still with us”—something thatcouldmeanmore comic book , but hopefully points to something more . And it does n’t have to be on Hulu ; the teddy from Fox forNew Horizonsmay have taken for a while , but there was no drop in caliber when the new episodes finally get in .
If there ’s any form ofOrvilleannouncement , by Avis , we ’ll for certain fetch you more as and when we get word it . In the interim , you may see what all the intergalactic fuss is about by stream the first three season onDisney+ .
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