Paramount proclaims Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has begun production and nobody is extra thrilled than Paul Giamatti.

Paramount took to social media to announce that production has begun on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and nobody appears to be like extra thrilled than Paul Giamatti. The Academy Award-nominated actor is an enormous Star Trek fan and is set to play the primary villain of the collection. You can catch him within the picture beneath throwing up the double Vulcan salute together with his fellow solid members outdoors the Star Trek Stage at Pinewood Studios in Toronto.

Taking place within the Thirty second-century period of Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Academy will comply with a brand new class of Starfleet cadets as they arrive of age in one of the crucial legendary locations within the galaxy. The collection stars Kerrice Brooks (My Old Ass), Bella Shepard (Wolf Pack), George Hawkins (Tell Me Everything), Karim Diané (One Of Us Is Lying), Zoë Steiner (Significant Others), and Sandro Rosta (Snitches Get Stitches). The solid additionally consists of Holly Hunter (The Incredibles) because the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy. There can even be just a few acquainted faces. Tig Notaro, Oded Fehr, and Mary Wiseman will likely be reprising their Discovery roles of Jett Reno, Admiral Vance, and Slyvia Tilly, respectively. Additionally, Robert Picardo will likely be enjoying the Doctor, reprising the position in live-action for the primary time since Star Trek: Voyager.

I’m very excited to see what Paul Giamatti will deliver to Starfleet Academy, notably as he’s such an enormous fan of the franchise. During the Star Trek Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con, franchise producer Alex Kurtzman spoke about how fantastic it felt to have “one of the greatest actors in the world” wish to come be a part of them. They gave Giamatti just a few choices for potential roles as they didn’t assume he’d have a lot time in his schedule, however the actor wished the total expertise. “We thought it was going to be one episode because his schedule is so busy, and he was like, ‘No, I want to play the villain,’” Kurtzman mentioned. “And we’re like, ‘That’s the whole season,” and he mentioned, “Great, let’s do it.’“

We’ve obtained loads of Star Trek to stay up for along with Starfleet Academy, together with a 3rd season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (with a fourth season already ordered), the fifth and ultimate season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, the Section 31 film starring Michelle Yeoh, and a live-action comedy collection in improvement from Justin Simien and Tawny Newsome.