Star Trek: Starfleet Academy began production back in late August, and even before a single frame of footage has made it to the public, Paramount+ has renewed the younger-skewing Trek series for a second season.
 
Announced yesterday at New York Comic Con — where returning Star Trek: Voyager actor Robert Picardo (The Doctor) popped in to share the news with the convention crowd — the new series will continue production right into Season 2 after work on Season 1 is completed in Toronto.
 

The young cast of Starfleet Academy also made a brief appearance via live video at yesterday’s panel, introducing themselves (not their characters) to the New York crowd.

Additionally, the show has added yet another familiar name to it’s already impressive cast list: Emmy Award-winner Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, She-Hulk) will appear in Starfleet Academy’s first season in a recurring “special guest star” role.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will “follow the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets as they come of age in one of the most legendary places in the galaxy. The series will introduce viewers to this young group of cadets as they come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will 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.”

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