Star Trek: Starfleet Academyhas a twist revealed by its newest cast member, WWE superstar Becky Lynch. The nextStar Trekseriescurrently filming in Toronto,Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis created and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, who serve as co-showrunners.Starfleet Academyhasalready received an early season 2 renewal from Paramount+, which will film back-to-back with season 1, althoughStarfleet Academymay not premiere until 2026.
Set in the 32nd century after theend ofStar Trek: Discovery,Star Trek: Starfleet Academystars Academy Award winner Holly Hunter in the lead role as the Academy’s Chancellor.Star Trek: Starfleet Academyfocuses on a new generation of Starfleet hopefuls as a threat to the United Federation of Planets emerges in the form of the recurring villain played by Paul Giamatti. Multi-time WWE Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is the latest to joinStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s eye-popping cast roster,buther social media announcement also dropped a twist about the nextStar Trekshow.
Becky Lynch Reveals Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Has A Bridge Crew
What Does Starfleet Academy Need With A Starship?
Becky Lynch (real name Rebecca Quin) announced that she’s joiningStar Trek: Starfleet Academy"as part of the bridge crew,“an eyebrow-raising declaration that indicatesStarfleet Academyalso has a starship.Star Trekpreviously announced that Starfleet Academy will be set in San Francisco and outer space, with the series filming on thelargest sets ever constructed forStar Trek. The Academy itself logically wouldn’t have a bridge, but it’s feasible that the school has a starship assigned to it, perhaps for training the cadets.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Cast, Story & Everything We Know
Exploring another corner of the Star Trek universe, the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a brand-new take on the classic franchise.
Further,Holly Hunter’s yet-unnamedStar Trek: Starfleet Academylead character was announced as both a Captain and the Chancellor.Perhaps the starship Becky Lynch’s character serves aboard is the same vessel Holly Hunter’s Captain leads. This is also an exciting development asStar Trektraditionally works best if there’s a starship attached to a space station or planetary setting. For instance,Star Trek: Deep Space Ninebringing in the USS Defiantopened up myriad storylines for the series.
Becky Lynch Joins Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s Incredible Cast
One Of WWE’s Biggest Stars Is Now Part Of Star Trek
Becky Lynch is a very unexpected but intriguing new cast hire forStar Trek: Starfleet Academy.Lynch is a wildly popular and charismatic global superstar with WWE who is also a best-selling author. Lynch has also acted before; Becky played Cyndi Lauper in Young Rock. However,Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis a high-profile, presumably guest role in a major franchise for Lynch.Becky stated in her social media announcement that she is in the first season ofStar Trek: Starfleet Academy.Who her character is and how many episodes Becky Lynch appears in is still unknown.
InStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,the USS Enterprise was used as a training vessel for Starfleet Academy.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academyboasts unexpected and amazing Oscar-caliber actorslike Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti,Star Treklegacy icons like Robert Picardo as The Doctor, Mary Wiseman as Lt. Sylvia Tilly, Oded Fehr as Admiral Charles Vance, and Tig Notaro as Commander Jett Reno. The heart ofStarfleet Academy,however, is the young cast of cadets including Bella Shepard, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Zoe Steiner. Perhaps the cadets will man stations with Becky Lynch and the bridge crew ofStar Trek: Starfleet Academy’s potential starship.
