[URBAN NOTE] "Star Trek TV series to begin filming in Toronto this fall, CBS confirms"

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CBC News' Jonathan Rumley reports on the impending filming of the new Star Trek television series here in Toronto.

Heads up, Trekkies — filming for the new Star Trek television series is slated for Toronto, where local fans hope it will live long and prosper.

The news about the new television series was confirmed by CBS Television Studios on Twitter. The show will begin filming in the city sometime this fall.

"We don't have [any] other details to share at this point," Kristen Hall, CBS Television Studios' vice-president of communications, told CBC News via email.

Last November, CBS said the series would make its debut in January 2017.

"The brand-new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966," CBS said last fall in a release.