Beyond comes to Amazon Prime Video and Hulu

As of today (June 17) Star Trek Beyond is making its subscription streaming service debut on both Amazon Prime Video and Hulu in the USA. It is now free to watch for subscribers of Hulu or Amazon Prime.

Beyond has the shortest window from theatrical release to subscription streaming of the three Kelvin-universe films, at 11 months. Star Trek (2009) was 16 months, while Into Darkness was close to Beyond at 12 months. A quicker turnaround for home viewing is an industry trend. The four month difference from Star Trek in 2009 to Into Darkness in 2013 is a perfect example of how streaming services have gained major traction in the last few years and today they’re incredibly important to consumers.

If you don’t own Beyond already, go check it out, it’s worth a watch even for folks who weren’t quite so sure about the movie when it first debuted, Beyond isn’t perfect, but it has a lot of TOS heart in it.

Update: Nine Trek movies coming to Amazon and Hulu in July

Unlike the Star Trek TV series (which have been consistently available in a number of streaming services for years) the various Star Trek films often come and go from from subscription streaming services. For example, as of now the only service where you can stream any of the first 10 Trek films is CBS All Access. However, in July Hulu and Amazon Prime Video will be adding 9 out of the 10 pre-Kelvin Trek movies.

Coming to Hulu and Amazon Prime Video July 1st:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek Vll: Generations

Star Trek VIII: First Contact

Star Trek IX: Insurrection

UPDATE: All Access Adds More Trek Movies – Then Takes Them Away

Back in April we reported that CBS All Access (the future home to Star Trek: Discovery) added movies to their library, including five Star Trek films. Since then they added Insurrection and Nemesis to the group, which completes their library of the Next Generation crew movies. CBS also appears to have dropped The Motion Picture, which was in the initial assortment back in April.

UPDATE: As of July 1st CBS now only has Star Trek: Nemesis (the one pre-Kelvin era film not added to Hulu and Amazon on the same day)

Where to find Trek movies on streaming services [UPDATED JULY 1]

For those interested here’s a look at subscription streaming services and what Trek movies they currently carry in the US market. As a bonus, we’ve included any Trek related documentaries each service carries.

CBS All Access Movies: NEM Documentaries: None Amazon Prime Video Movies: Beyond, TMP-INS Documentaries: The Captains, The Captains Close Up, Get A Life Hulu Movies: Beyond, TMP-INS Documentaries: The Captains, The Captains Close Up, Get a Life Netflix Movies: None Documentaries: For the Love of Spock, Chaos on the Bridge, The Truth Is In The Stars FXNow (requires cable/sat subscription to FX) Movies: ST ’09, STID Documentaries: None Epix (requires cable/sat subscription to Epix) Movies: Beyond Documentaries: The Captains, The Captains Close Up, Get A Life

NOTE: This chart shows what’s we know to be available as of mid-June 2017, and is subject to change.

Beyond Coming To Honda Minivans

Want a new way to entertain the kiddos in your brand new 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan? Honda has announced a partnership with Epix to add a special Epix app to the entertainment systems of the next generation Honda Odyssey minivans. As you can tell from our chart above, this means that Star Trek Beyond will be available to stream to entertain your family while you go on your own “away missions.”

Epix is the first network to make their content available through a car’s onboard entertainment system. As with the normal streaming service, you need to have Epix in your cable or satellite subscription to partake in the streaming version in the Odyssey.

Keep track of all the Star Trek home video news here at TrekMovie.