Summary
Star Trek: Starfleet Academyreleases a new reaction video of the cast learning they’re the next generation of Starfleet Cadets atSan Diego Comic-Con, as well as a new logo. The nextStar Trekseries,Starfleet Academyis executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, who serve as co-showrunners.Starfleet Academy’s star power is already impressive, withAcademy Award-winner Holly Hunter toplining the show as the Chancellor and Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti playing the main villain in a recurring role.
Screen Rantis at Paramount+’s Star Trek Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, whereStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s young castlearned they got their roles in the show in a heartwarming reaction video. Watch asZoë Steiner, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, and Karim Dianéfind out from Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau that they are officially cast in the nextStar Trekseries below:
Check out the new logo forStar Trek: Starfleet Academybelow:
I’m Very Excited By Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s Cast
The casting of Paul Giamatti and Holly Hunter in Starfleet Academy suggests that Star Trek’s first-ever YA show has something for all ages.
What We Know About Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
The next Star Trek series has a whole new perspective on the final frontier
Aimed at a young adult audience,Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis set in the 32nd century afterStar Trek: Discovery.The newStar Trekseries begins production in fall 2024, with a potential 2026 release date. Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, and the youngStarfleet Academycast will film in thebiggest set ever constructed forStar Trek, with the series taking place in space and San Francisco on Earth.Yet to revealed areStarfleet Academy’s characters' names and what species they are.
Star Trek: Lower Decks’Tawny Newsome is part ofStarfleet Academy’s writer’s room.
Also revealed at San Diego Comic-Con are fourStar Treklegacy actors joining Starfleet Academy:Mary Wiseman, Oded Fehr, and Tig Notaro fromStar Trek: Discoveryand - shockingly - Robert Picardo fromStar Trek: VoyagerandStar Trek: Prodigy!Wiseman, Fehr, and Notaro reprise their roles as Lt. Sylvia Tilly, Admiral Charles Vance, and Commander Jett Reno fromDiscovery,and Picardo is one again playing the holographic Doctor fromVoyager.Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis launching into a new era of the final frontier.
