Paramount+ Releases First-Look Trailer for ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’
July 28, 2025
The Paramount+ streaming service has released a first-look teaser trailer for the upcoming series “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” which arrives in early 2026 to kick off the franchise’s 60th anniversary celebration.
The reveal was part of the “Star Trek” Hall H panel July 26 at San Diego Comic-Con, where the show’s cast was introduced to the crowd. The series will star Holly Hunter as Capt. Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and commanding officer of the U.S.S. Athena, who also happens to be a long-lived half-Lanthanite.
Returning cast from previous series includes Robert Picardo, reprising his role as the holographic Doctor from “Star Trek: Voyager,” Tig Notaro as engineer Jett Reno from “Star Trek: Discovery,” and Oded Fehr as Admiral Vance, also from “Discovery.” Also starring is Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal, a Betazoid and daughter of the president of Betazed.
Set in the 32nd century, the series introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
The cast of cadets includes:
- Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir, an orphan with a troubled past;
- Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon cadet who dreams of becoming a medical officer;
- Kerrice Brooks as Series Acclimation Mil, a.k.a. Sam, the first of her kind to ever attend Starfleet Academy;
- George Hawkins as Darem Reymi, an aspiring captain from a wealthy homeworld;
- Bella Shepard as Genesis Lythe, an admiral’s daughter determined to make her own name in Starfleet.
Recurring guest stars include Gina Yashere as Commander Lura Thok, a Klingon/Jem’Hadar hybrid who is the chancellor’s first officer and cadet master, and Paul Giamatti, as the part Klingon, part Tellarite Nus Braka, the season’s villain with an ominous past connected to one of the cadets.
Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series alongside executive producers Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa and John Weber. The series’ premiere episode is written by Gaia Violo and directed by Alex Kurtzman. The show is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
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