Today at New York Comic Con, Star Trek: Discovery lifted the lid on their secretive plans for the show’s upcoming fifth season with a new teaser trailer, casting announcements, and more!
Anthony Rapp (Stamets) and Wilson Cruz (Culber) and executive producers Michelle Paradise and Alex Kurtzman came to NYCC to discuss Season 5 — in production now in Toronto, where series lead Sonequa Martin-Green (Burnham) briefly appeared on video to introduce the teaser.
Along with the first look into the new season, which includes familiar recurring faces like President Rillak (Chelah Horsdal), President T’Rina (Tara Rosling), and Admiral Vance (Oded Fehr), three new cast members were announced:
Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica and The Umbrella Academy) will be joining the regular cast as Captain Rayner, described as “a gruff, smart Starfleet Captain who holds a clear line between commander and crew – he leads, they follow. Rayner’s all about the mission, whatever it may be, and he doesn’t do niceties along the way; his feeling is, you get the job done and apologize later. He has a storied track record of wartime success, but in times of peace he struggles. Collaboration is not his strong suit. That said, if it serves the greater good he’s willing to learn … but it won’t be easy.”
Along with Rennie, actor Eve Harlow (The 100 and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will portray Moll, “a former courier turned outlaw, who is highly intelligent and dangerous, with an impressive strategic mind and a sharp wit. She goes into every situation with a clear plan and stays focused and clear-headed on her goal, even when things go awry. She’s not intimidated by Captain Burnham or the crew of the USS Discovery, and will face down anyone who stands in her way in order to get what she wants.”
Finally, Elias Toufexis (Shadowhunters) beams aboard as L’ak, who is “a former courier turned outlaw, who is tough, impulsive and fiercely protective of his beloved partner, Moll. So long as he knows she’s safe, he doesn’t care about collateral damage or its consequences – a perspective that makes him very dangerous at times and will put him on the opposite side of Captain Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery when they come into conflict.”
A third preview image from the season was released on Star Trek Day, where we first learned the premise for Discovery‘s fifth season:
In STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 5, Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncover a mystery that sends them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries.
But there are others on the hunt as well… dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.
Along with the new arrivals, Star Trek: Discovery’s Season 5 cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker) and Blu del Barrio (Adira).
Star Trek: Discovery’s fifth season will return sometime in 2023 on Paramount+ in the United States, and on CTV Sci Fi Channel and Crave in Canada.
Outside of North America, the series is available on Paramount+ in Australia, Latin America, the UK, and South Korea, with expansions to Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria expected “later this year.”