'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Enrolls Its First Students
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Enrolls Its First Students
Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, and George Hawkins all join Paramount+’s next 'Star Trek' series
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has brought its first cadets to campus. The upcoming Paramount+ series, the first new Star Trek series to be produced since the end of Picard and the impending end of Lower Decks, has cast Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, and George Hawkins as the first three known students.
No character names or descriptions have been given. The trio are the first students, but the only staff member known currently is the chancellor and captain played by Holly Hunter. It is unclear if they make the entirety of the series’s lead cadets. Paul Giamatti’s villain doesn’t have a connection to the Academy, the connection is to one of the cadets. Without those cadets’ names or character biographies, we don’t know yet which one he has the connection to.
However big the group of cadets the series follows, the official logline describes that they “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.”
Brooks is an accomplished dancer, performing with artists like Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X. Her acting credits include The Prom, On My Block, and the CBS sitcom How We Roll. Her next films are My Old Ass and the period comedy Feeling Randy. Shepard marks something of a return to the streamer, having previously starred in Wolf Pack. She previously appeared in series such as The Wilds, Orange Is the New Black, and Grace and Frankie. Hawkins most recently appeared in the ITV series Tell Me Everything and also starred in the films Boiling Point and Gassed Up.
Production will begin in Toronto in the coming months. Shepherd of this era of the franchise Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Gaia Violo executive produces with them and writes the premiere. Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa, and John Weber also executive produce. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
Source: Variety