News Starfleet Academy Coming to P+

[El Maestro]

I hope there is a Merlot joke somewhere in this series.

Why? Nobody drinks Merlot anymore

 

[tomalak301]

Why? Nobody drinks Merlot anymore

Seems like that might be a good reason yo have one?

 

[Tuskin38]

by 'villain' they may just mean Antagonist.

Saying villain gets more clicks.

The Hollywood Reporter described the character as “a man with an ominous past with a connection to one of the show’s cadets.”

 

[Daedalus]

I'm guessing it will be a Diviner and Gwyndala sort of connection. In fact, I'm expecting a lot of parallels with Prodigy as the show goes on.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

by 'villain' they may just mean Antagonist.

Saying villain gets more clicks.

The Hollywood Reporter described the character as “a man with an ominous past with a connection to one of the show’s cadets.”

This is true. DISCO S4’s DMA were branded as a “villain”, even though it didn’t actually fit that description on the actual show.

 

[valkyrie013]

Trek has a history in turning villians, so he may yet be a professor.

 

[fireproof78]

Trek has a history in turning villians, so he may yet be a professor.

Yeah. He'll probably try to kill an entire colony and then be set up as the new professor of ethics.

 

[valkyrie013]

well its not Discovery.. so it wont be a galaxy spaning Emergency.. Right..? RIGHT??

 

[fireproof78]

 

[UssGlenn]

Maybe Giamatti is just playing the uptight dean of Starfleet Academy who's tired of the main cast's antics and determined to shut down their fraternity.

Is it Starfleet Delta...Delta Delta?

 

[eschaton]

Yeah. He'll probably try to kill an entire colony and then be set up as the new professor of ethics.

He teaches a class on why Tuvix needed to die.

 

[fireproof78]

 

[James Cole]

So much for the theory SFA would be a limited budget stopgap...

 

[Paul755]

I'm guessing it will be a Diviner and Gwyndala sort of connection. In fact, I'm expecting a lot of parallels with Prodigy as the show goes on.

I could see something like this. He’s a gangster or pirate of some kind…a Harry Mudd type…who isn’t happy that his kid decided to spurn his place in the family business for Starfleet. Kind of a Spock parallel there too.

 

[fireproof78]

I could see something like this. He’s a gangster or pirate of some kind…a Harry Mudd type…who isn’t happy that his kid decided to spurn his place in the family business for Starfleet. Kind of a Spock parallel there too.

Or Tendi.

 

[Paul755]

Or Tendi.

Yeah, very much. Maybe subconsciously that’s where I got it.

 

[Nerys Myk]

So much for the theory SFA would be a limited budget stopgap...

Did that theory ever have any traction?

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

I don’t care. It’s Paul Giamatti! In Star Trek!

Yeah! One hell of a hire!

 

[ananta]

I’m amazed at the high profile casting. There must be quite a budget for this one?

 

[The Wormhole]

Of course it would seem the actual cadets who comprise the show's main cast are all likely to be played by low-level nobodies we've never heard of. Which probably would have been the case anyway, those few actors who are established names and within the age range to play cadets would likely be out of the price range for this show, even without actors like Holly Hunter or Paul Giamatti on the show.