The first season of the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is still in production in Toronto, but that hasn’t stopped Paramount+ from bequeathing a second season order for the show about a group of young cadets heading to the thirty-second-century school.
Executive producer and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman announced the news at New York Comic Con via video feed, and was joined by several cast members, including Sandro Rosta, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané, and Zoë Steiner.
Speaking of the cast (which boasts Holly Hunter as the star), Kurtzman had one more announcement to make: Tatiana Maslany (pictured above in She Hulk) will be a guest star on Season One in an undisclosed role. She’ll join familiar Trek faces including Tig Notaro (Jett Reno in Star Trek: Discovery), Oded Fehr (Admiral Vance in Star Trek: Discovery), Mary Wiseman (Tilly in Star Trek: Discovery) and Robert Picardo (The Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager). Paul Giamatti is also on board the production and is playing the villain of the series.
No news yet on when the first season of Starfleet Academy will make its way to Paramount+. It’s nice to know, however, that if those episodes end on a cliffhanger we’ll be guaranteed at least a Season Two to see how things play out.
