Star Trek followers simply said goodbye to Discovery after 5 seasons, however the future is looking bright for the enduring sci-fi franchise: Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti has joined upcoming Paramount+ collection Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which was officially greenlit last year and is predicted to start filming this summer season.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Giamatti will “have a recurring visitor star position because the season’s central villain, described as a person with an ominous previous with a connection to one of many present’s cadets.” He joins the previously cast Holly Hunter, who’ll play Starfleet Academy’s captain and chancellor.
THR reminds us that “Starfleet Academy revolves round a younger group of cadets who unite to pursue a dream of hope and optimism. Underneath the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they uncover what it takes to grow to be Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a brand new enemy that threatens each the Academy and the Federation itself.”
Giamatti isn’t any stranger to being vocal about fandoms and creators that he’d like to be a part of—he spoke not too long ago about how he was nonetheless bummed about not being able to accept a role in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return; we additionally know he’s a horror fan, and will appear in Eli Roth’s recently announced Hostel series. But it surely seems, he additionally counts Trek amongst his passions.
In a press release to THR, Starfleet Academy co-showrunners and exec producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau seemed like they couldn’t consider their luck: “Typically you’re fortunate sufficient to find that one of many biggest actors alive can be an enormous Star Trek fan, and assembly Paul was a type of miraculous moments for us. The sheer delight with which he dove in on Starfleet Academy is simply surpassed by the gratitude we really feel about him becoming a member of our unimaginable solid.”
The idea for Starfleet Academy already had us excited, even earlier than Hunter got here aboard; now, with this Giamatti information, our anticipation is sky-high. Are you wanting ahead to this subsequent chapter within the Star Trek universe?
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