Paramount+ today announced that production has begun in Toronto on Star Trek: Section 31, an original movie event starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh.
In Star Trek: Section 31, Yeoh will reprise her fan-favourite role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou – a character she played in Star Trek: Discovery’s first season – who joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past.
In addition, it was announced that Omari Hardwick (Power), Kacey Rohl (Hannibal), Emmy® winner Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso), Sven Ruygrok (One Piece), Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim), Humberly Gonzalez (Ginny & Georgia) and James Hiroyuki Liao (Barry) have joined the cast of the original movie event.
“And we’re off to the races! Thrilled to report principal photography has started on Star Trek: Section 31,” said Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman. “We welcome our incredible cast of new characters as they join our beloved Michelle Yeoh on her next wild adventure across the ‘Trek’ universe.”
Written by Craig Sweeny and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Star Trek: Section 31 is executive produced by Alex Kurtzman, Craig Sweeny, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Michelle Yeoh and is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
Star Trek: Section 31 will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. The movie is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Paramount+ is the streaming home of Star Trek, featuring a robust library of Star Trek series, which includes all seasons of classic favourites such as Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation and of the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks; as well as the complete lineup of Star Trek films.
Star Trek: Section 31 will soon join a host of the world’s best entertainment currently streaming on Paramount+, including The Gilded Age, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, NCIS: Sydney, Frasier, Fellow Travelers, Special Ops: Lioness, The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Two and Paper Dolls with Sexy Beast, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts and Evil Season Four streaming soon.
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