By Paramount+ has cast Holly Hunter in a lead role for its upcoming “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” TV series.
Hunter’s character will serve as the chancellor of the Academy, and will preside over both the faculty and a new class of Starfleet cadets learning to navigate the Discovery-era 32nd century.
Filming begins in Toronto later this summer, featuring the largest contiguous set ever constructed for a “Star Trek” series – the academy’s central atrium complete with amphitheater, classrooms, mess hall, and tree-lined walkway.
Co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau say in a statement: “It feels like we’ve spent our entire lives watching Holly Hunter be a stone-cold genius. To have her extraordinary authenticity, fearlessness, sense of humor, and across the board brilliance leading the charge on ‘Starfleet Academy’ is a gift to all of us, and to the enduring legacy of ‘Star Trek.’”
Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa, and John Weber also executive produce.
It marks the latest “Star Trek” series addition with the Michelle Yeoh-led “Section 31” film next year, “Lower Decks” set to get a fifth and final season this Fall, and the popular “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” to debut a third season in 2025 and has already been renewed for a fourth season.
Source: Variety
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