At this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con Star Trek universe panel, Paramount+ announced that Tig Notaro (Star Trek: Discovery), Oded Fehr (Star Trek: Discovery), Mary Wiseman (Star Trek: Discovery), and Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) have joined Season 1 of the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series. The show begins production next month.
The panel featured a conversation with executive producers and co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, who also shared a casting reaction video featuring previously announced actors Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané and Zoë Steiner (check it out below).
Notaro and Picardo join as series regulars reprising their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor, and Fehr and Wiseman join as guest stars reprising their roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly. Other previously announced cast members include Holly Hunter and recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti.
The series follows the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets who come together …