Paul Giamatti is signing up for the Star Trek universe!

It was just announced on Tuesday (June 11) that the 57-12 months-outdated actor has been cast in a important, recurring portion on the forthcoming series Star Trek: Starflight Academy, Wide selection reveals.

The most current Star Trek sequence was to start out with greenlit in March 2023 and will “follow the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets as they appear of age in one particular of the most legendary places in the galaxy.”

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Paul will have a recurring guest star as the series’ extremely very first season key villain, who reportedly “has a sinister connection to the previous of 1 of the (still to be cast) cadets.”

He is the second actor introduced for the sequence, joining Holly Hunter, who was formerly revealed to be taking portion in “the captain and chancellor of the Academy, presiding above equally the college and a new class of Starfleet cadets as they master to navigate the galaxy in the 32nd century.”

The sequence is established to “introduce us to a younger group of cadets who come collectively to pursue a prevalent aspiration of hope and optimism. Less than the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will explore what it can take to come to be Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, to start with enjoys and a new enemy that threatens equally the Academy and the Federation itself.”

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is established to commence filming in Toronto this summer time.

If you missed it, it was also not also extended ago declared that Paul will star in a new Hostel television series primarily based on the horror film franchise, and he’s returning for the 3rd Downton Abbey motion image!