Summary
Star Trek’s next series,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,is such a hot project that actors are begging to be cast in it. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau,Starfleet Academybegins production in fall 2024, with Kurtzman directing the series premiere.Starfleet Academymade headlines by casting Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter as the series lead, and they followed that coup by tapping Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti for a recurring role as the show’s main villain.
After learning thatPaul Giamatti joinedStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s cast,Felicia Day excitedly took to her X account asking to be cast,calling the nextStar Trekseries her"dream show".Check out Day’s post below:
Bonnie Gordon, who voices multiple roles inStar Trek: Prodigy, was also thrilled by the news of Paul Giamatti’s casting, and she asked,“How do I audition?!“for a role inStar Trek: Starfleet Academy.Check out Gordon’s X post below:
Meanwhile, Elias Toufexis, who playedL’ak inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 5, endorsed the idea ofStar Trek: Starfleet Academycasting Felicia Day on his X account:
I’m Excited About What’s Next For Star Trek
Star Trek: Discovery is over, and soon Lower Decks will end, but even with fewer shows, there is still lots of exciting stuff ahead for Star Trek.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Is Now An A-List Project
The next Star Trek series already has prestige
The back-to-back casting of Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti turnedStar Trek: Starfleet Academyinto an A-list project. An Oscar winner like Holly Hunter and anOscar nominee like Paul Giamatti, both incredibly well-respected and versatile actors, sends a signal to Hollywood and audiences thatStarfleet Academyis more than just anotherStar Trekseries. Indeed, Hunter and Giamatti joiningStar Trekspeaks to the high caliber of actors the franchise is now able to attract thanks to the quality of Paramount+’s other series likeStar Trek: Picard,Star Trek: Discovery, andStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Tawny Newsome ofStar Trek: Lower Decksis one ofStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s writers, bringing her humor and deep canon knowledge to the series.
While next to nothing aboutStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s characters has been revealed, it is known that Holly Hunter plays a Captain and the Chancellor of the Academy, and Giamatti plays a villain who has ties to one of Starfleet Academy’s cadets.Starfleet Academywill film in Toronto on thelargest set ever constructed forStar Trek, and the show will be set in outer space and San Francisco, with a new enemy threatening the United Federation of Planets. With the prestige Hunter and Giamatti bring toStar Trek: Starfleet Academy,it’s understandable why Felicia Day and Bonnie Gordon also want to join the show, and bothDay and Gordon would bring their unique talent and energy to the nextStar Trekseries.
