Class is officially in session as NYCC welcomed Paramount+’s upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy at the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con. Cast members Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, Zoë Steiner and Paul Giamatti, alongside co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau.
As seen in the trailer above, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself. There is a dual tone of academy life and space danger.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy stars Holly Hunter as the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy, the Starfleet cadets played by Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins and Bella Shepard, plus Zoë Steiner, Tig Notaro, Robert Picardo, and guest stars Oded Fehr, Mary Wiseman, as well as recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti.
It was also announced Stephen Colbert is the voice of Starfleet Academy’s Digital Dean of Students, “giving daily announcements to the students and alerting them of anything that needs their immediate attention.”
The series’ premiere episode is written by Gaia Violo and directed by Alex Kurtzman.
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