Strange New Worlds has delved into the world of animation before, but the Star Trek series' creatives have an even more ambitious idea for an animated episode.

The legendary Holly Huner is playing Captain Nahla Ake in the new series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and in a new reveal from New York Comic-Con 2025, her backstory has been revealed, along with the official release date for the show.

A long-awaited entry in the small-screen Star Trek franchise is coming to Paramount Plus early next year, with Holly Hunter leading the cast of a dramatic new trailer. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has been quietly taking shape over many years, with word of the project first making headlines all the way back in 2018.

Though it's been six decades, Harry Mudd has remained one of Trek’s most underutilized creations, at least until his reappearance in Discovery.

Discovery star Anthony Rapp on learning the series would end with Season 5, filming additional scenes, the show's legacy, and more.

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne from a misspent youth of watching monster movies on TV ...

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