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Engadget
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Engadget
The first Star Trek: Starfleet Academy trailer is filled with Easter eggs
We've known Star Trek: Starfleet Academy was coming for a while now , but we finally have some real footage. Paramount just dropped a trailer , in addition to an official announcement that the show will premiere in "early 2026." For the uninitiated, the show is set at the titular Starfleet Academy in future San Francisco and follows a group of cadets and their instructors. The trailer introduces us to all of the major characters, more or less, all while chancellor Holly Hunter does her best space Dumbledore and delivers a rousing speech. Eagle-eyed fans, however, will notice an abundance of Easter eggs in this footage. Starfleet Academy is where nearly every major Star Trek character in franchise history went to school, and they've all left their footprints here. There are shoutouts to James Kirk, Wesley Crusher, Tom Paris and, most interestingly, a class that examines the ultimate fate of Deep Space Nine head honcho Benjamin Sisko. The trailer also re-introduces two fan-favorite characters from previous installments. Robert Picardo returns as the holographic doctor from Star Trek: Voyager and the one-and-only Tig Notaro returns as snark-mouthed engineer Jett Reno from Star Trek: Discovery . Holograms don't age, but people do, so I wonder what kind of sci-fi gobbleygook they'll come up with as to why Picardo now looks older. Speaking of the passage of time, there's the Discovery -sized elephant in the room. Starfleet Academy is set in the 32nd century, after the crew of the Discovery accidentally ended up there at the end of season two. This is 800 years after the 90s shows like The Next Generation and 900 years after the original series. So this means any and all connections between planets and species are likely to be radically different, as eight centuries is a really, really long time. Just think about how different the year 1225 was from today. The show premieres in six or seven months on Paramount+ . Star Trek: Starfleet Academy stars the aforementioned Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks and Paul Giamatti as the half-Klingon antagonist.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
First Star Trek: Starfleet Academy trailer knows not to skimp on the Holly Hunter
Look, if you manage to get Holly Hunter to be the star of your new 'Young adults go to Star Trek school and almost certainly do a ton of smooching' TV show, you use her, right? That's certainly the perspective put forward in the trailer for Paramount+'s new Starfleet Academy, which foregrounds itself with Hunter introducing herself to the first class to enroll at the titular academy in more than a century, and then lets her soothing voice walk viewers through the show's cast of ambitious youths. For the record, that's Sandro Rosta as undeclared human student Caleb Mir, Karim Diané as Klingon science guy Jay-Den Kraag, Kerrice Brooks as first-of-her-kind-at-the-Academy Sam, George Hawkins as wannabe captain Darem Reymi, and Bella Shepherd as admiral's daughter Genesis Lythe. The trailer is also careful to show off plenty of returning faces, including Tig Notaro, reprising her role from Star Trek: Discovery, and Robert Picardo, returning to the series as Star Trek: Voyager's The Doctor. (And if that's not enough fan-service for you, the new Academy also apparently has, like, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure exhibits about some of Starfleet's biggest mysteries; hands up if you paused your video on the one about 'The Fate Of Benjamin Sisko, Emissary Of The Prophets.') That's to say nothing of the guy who merits the big 'end of the trailer' reveal: A whistling Paul Giamatti, who'll be playing the season's villain, Nus Braka, a guy who's part-Klingon, part-Tellurite, all 'guy who wears a lot of rings as a personality statement' Starfleet Academy is being co-showrun by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. The series is expected to premiere on Paramount+ some time in early 2026. More from A.V. Club The biggest news (so far) from San Diego Comic-Con 2025 What's on TV this week—Chief Of War and Eyes Of Wakanda R.I.P. Tom Lehrer, mathematician and musical satirist Solve the daily Crossword
Gizmodo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Cast and Creators Lift the Lid on Their New Series
Thanks to San Diego Comic-Con, we know quite a bit more about Star Trek's next new series, Starfleet Academy. We got a teaser trailer and character details—and the show's cast and creators took to the Hall H stage to share even more hints about what's to come. Though Paul Giamatti—who portrays the show's 'half-Klingon, half-Tellerite' villain, a blend clarified by executive producer and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman—was not in attendance, Holly Hunter, who plays Academy chancellor Captain Nahla Ake, took the stage along with her 'students,' played by Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard. Kurtzman's fellow executive producer and co-showrunner Noga Landau was also on hand. 'It's set in the 32nd century, so it takes place in a time right after the Burn,' Landau explained, referencing a catastrophic event fans of Star Trek: Discovery will know very well. 'It's a time of rebuilding, and it's a time when the generation of Starfleet cadets that you're going to meet here—the world has to be fixed, and a lot of the responsibility [for] that lies on their shoulders. It was a very intentional choice because a lot of the generation who's alive right now, who would be going to Starfleet Academy, if there was a Starfleet Academy, that's a similar thing to what they would be going through.' Added Kurtzman, 'We looked at the generation now that is inheriting all this division and all these major issues, and what we felt was that we wanted to create a show that anchored us back to [Gene] Roddenberry's essential vision of hope. How do you find it? How do you rebuild it? This is the first Academy class back after 120 years of a closed Starfleet. They have a tremendous amount on their shoulders, and their mission is to reinstate the original vision of Star Trek. And it's really exciting to also have all these teachers who are really, really fun. Our rule on the show was that the teachers have to be as interesting and as fun as the cadets.' At the top rung is, of course, Hunter's authority figure. 'It was really interesting to get the offer to be the captain, but then also to combine that with being the chancellor—it was just an interesting dichotomy and challenge because the captain is there to command, to analyze in emergency situations, and then to delegate. And the chancellor is there to guide, to collaborate, and have tremendous empathy,' the Oscar winner said. 'So it was just a wonderful combination of things that it brought out in me, in all of us. I mean, each relationship that I have with each of you [actors playing the students] is so particular and so private. That's the cool thing about the show—[its] massive scale combined with this incredible intimacy that we all have with each other and an intimacy that we all had as a group. So yeah, it was a privilege.' We'll get to know the younger characters better once Starfleet Academy arrives, but two among the cast seem to have particularly intriguing roles. Sandro Rosta's Caleb is described as a 'troubled orphan' in his official character description; he also happens to be human, seemingly one of few humans among Starfleet Academy's core cast. 'Caleb starts off in a different place from the other cadets,' Rosta explained. 'He starts off being disillusioned by Starfleet. He's grown up without an institution or institutional help for 13 years, so he's been surviving on his own. He's been on the run for his entire life; [he's an] outsider [who is] introduced to Starfleet's values of connection, community, working together for a higher purpose to better yourself as a group, not just as an individual—that was what was special about Caleb. […] You're going to be entering Starfleet through the eyes of this outsider, and it was an honor to play that role.' Kerrice Brooks—who became emotional watching the Starfleet Academy teaser for the first time, which immediately endeared her to the entire Hall H audience—co-stars as Sam, 'aka Series Acclimation Mil, the first member of her species, the Kasqians, to sign up for Starfleet,' according to the official description. 'I'm a hologram,' is how Brooks described Sam. 'Sam is programmed to feel a certain age, but she was literally only created like weeks ago. So she's like a newborn; everything is so fresh to her.' Kurtzman stepped in at the end to offer a few parting insights to the crowd. 'I'm sure there's been some questions about the trailer,' he said, '[including] why is there a ship that's landing in San Francisco? And the answer is, the school is a ship, and it's part of the campus in San Francisco. So they go to class in San Francisco, in the ship. And because resources are lighter in the 32nd century, think of it like a teaching hospital: the ship gets deployed with the fleet in a real-life situation so they can learn in the field.' 'So this is not just theoretical classrooms. You're going to see Star Trek episodes where we meet new species, episodes that are about diplomacy. You'll see episodes where these cadets, who are not yet captains, are learning who they are and how they fit into Starfleet. They can make mistakes in ways that if you're already a captain or if you are already in Starfleet, you really can't. So these characters get to do unique things in that way.' Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hits Paramount+ in early 2026. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Gizmodo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Prepare to Celebrate 60 Years of ‘Star Trek' With Nacelle's Nostalgic Figures
Star Trek turns 60 next year, and the franchise is preparing to celebrate in style, especially with a brand new show on the way in Starfleet Academy. But outside of streaming, you'll be able to celebrate in style with Nacelle's new line of Star Trek action figures, which will dedicate a whole wave to the original series next year—and io9 has your first up-close look at one of them. As previously (and exclusively) revealed by io9 this past Friday, the third wave of Nacelle's Star Trek line is set to release in 2026. While Nacelle made waves announcing its Trek line by eschewing the typical process of making a Captain Picard and Captain Kirk and then calling it a day—with wave one including an eclectic mix of deep-cut characters, from Tuvix, to Weyoun, to Admiral Jellico—wave 3 of the series will buck that trend and go all in on the original Trek as an anniversary celebration. All the main crew and then some will be part of the wave, including Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Chekov, Sulu, Doctor McCoy, Nurse Chapel, Yeoman Rand, and a mystery two-pack being kept under wraps. And, of course, that lineup wouldn't be complete without Enterprise's premiere xenolinguist and communications officer, Nyota Uhura, who you can see below in all her action figure render glory, teased at SDCC during Nacelle's panel, but making its online debut here on io9! As you can see, at least one of Uhura's accessories will be a classic phaser rifle—but you can expect her to come with a few more, based on Nacelle's plans for their other Trek figures. We'll at least need a separate teeny-tiny communication earpiece, or an alternate head of her using it, for sure! Wave 3 of Nacelle's Star Trek line is expected to launch some time in 2026. However, if you're like me and yearn to own a Weyoun action figure, you can preorder wave 1 now, due for release in late 2025. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Comic-Con 2025 previews 'Coyote vs. Acme' with Wile E. Coyote's legal battle taking centre stage
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 gave fans a first look at Coyote vs. Acme, a hybrid live-action and animation film where Wile E. Coyote launches a lawsuit against the infamous Acme Corporation. Slated for release in August 2026, the film received an enthusiastic reception after a six-minute exclusive preview was screened. Directed by Dave Green and featuring Will Forte and Lana Condor, the film blends slapstick humour with a satirical courtroom twist. Wile E. Coyote, long tormented by Acme's unreliable gadgets in his pursuit of the Road Runner, finally takes the company to court. The unique premise was met with laughter and applause, hinting at its strong potential appeal. While Coyote vs. Acme was a standout, the convention also honoured director James Gunn, who appeared publicly for the first time since his Superman film grossed over $200 million domestically. Other highlights included the unveiling of Starfleet Academy, a new Star Trek series starring Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti, and updates to Strange New Worlds, which teased a puppet episode crafted by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. With over 135,000 attendees, Comic-Con 2025 proved a key platform for previewing major upcoming projects, with Coyote vs. Acme standing out as a surprising and clever reinterpretation of a Looney Tunes classic.
