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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY’s Final Season Begins April 4

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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY’s Final Season Begins April 4

After briefly leaking through the UK Paramount+ app last week, today the streaming service confirmed that the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery will drop out of the mycelial network on Thursday, April 4.
 
The ten-hour last adventures of Captain Burnham and crew will run through May 30, with a two-episode debut — “Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons” — kicking things off the week of First Contact Day in April. (In case you missed it, the episode titles for this upcoming season appeared on WGA listings in January and are subject to change, just a note!).
 
The overall season is described with the following synopsis:
 

The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send 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.

…and the logline for “Red Directive” is as follows:

Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.

Paramount+ also released today the official Discovery Season 5 key art, with cast members Sonequa Martin-Green (center) flanked by Blu del Bario, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Doug Jones, and Anthony Rapp. Not pictured is new cast member Callum Keith Rennie, who portrays Starfleet captain Rayner.

(Paramount+)

Watch for more news on Discovery Season 5 as April’s premiere approaches!

WeeklyTrek Podcast #241 — STAR TREK Dominates the Saturn Awards

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WeeklyTrek Podcast #241 — STAR TREK Dominates the Saturn Awards

On this week’s episode of WeeklyTrek — TrekCore’s news podcast — host Alex Perry is joined by Jamie McGregor to discuss all the latest Star Trek news.
 

 
This week, Alex and his guest discuss the following stories from TrekCore and around the web:

In addition, stick around to hear Jamie’s opinion about the wonder and promise of new Star Trek — in this case, the Section 31 movie — when you don’t know much about it, and Alex’s gratitude for everyone who donated to keep TrekCore online and ad free in our recent fundraiser.

WeeklyTrek is available to subscribe and download each week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify — and we’ll be sharing the details of each new episode right here on TrekCore each week if you’re simply just looking to listen in from the web.

Do you have a wish or theory you’d like to share on the show? Tweet to Alex at @WeeklyTrek, or email us with your thoughts about wishes, theories, or anything else about the latest in Star Trek news!

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS Season 4 Beams to Blu-ray on April 16

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STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS Season 4 Beams to Blu-ray on April 16

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 is heading to home media in two months, and like the show’s previous releases, you’ll be able to get the animated series’ latest episodes on Blu-ray for your personal archives.
 
The two-disc Blu-ray set will be available April 16, and will feature all ten episodes of Lower Decks’ fourth season: “Twovix,” “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee,” “In the Cradle of Vexilon,” “Something Borrowed, Something Green,” “Empathological Fallacies,” “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place,” “A Few Badgeys More,” “Caves,” “The Inner Fight,” and “Old Friends, New Planets.”
 

Along with the episodic content, the two-disc Blu-ray set will also have these special features:

  • Audio Commentary by Jack Quaid, Mike McMahan, and Brad Winters (Ep. 401)
  • Audio Commentary by Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells and Gabrielle Ruiz (Ep. 404)
  • Audio Commentary by Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Chase Masterson and Mike McMahan (Ep. 406)
  • Audio Commentary by Dawnn Lewis, Tawny Newsome and Mike McMahan (Ep. 409)
  • Audio Commentary by Robert Duncan McNeill and Mike McMahan (Ep. 410)
  • Lower Decktionary: Setting Up Season 4
  • Old Friends

You can preorder Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 on Blu-ray today ahead of its April release.

Star Trek: Lower Decks will return for Season 5 later in 2023.

Previewing STAR TREK EXPLORER’s Next Short Fiction Collection with Author Greg Cox

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Previewing STAR TREK EXPLORER’s Next Short Fiction Collection with Author Greg Cox

Star Trek: Explorer, the official Star Trek magazine, returns this month with Star Trek: “The Mission” And Other Stories, another new collection of brand-new short fiction from fourteen Trek writers.
 

This anthology touches on Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise, and include a Dixon Hill tale, a story centered on Captain Archer’s dog Porthos, and more.

Here’s the full listing of this collection’s tales:

CONTROL by John Reed, Art by Louie De Martinis
A tale starring Captain Jonathan Archer’s loyal dog, Porthos.

 

THE GUARDIAN by Gary Russell, Art by Louie De Martinis
A prelude the classic episode “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”

 

THE DISAVOWED by Christopher Cooper
The crew of the Enterprise lose all memory of William Riker!

 

PAGHABI by Chris Dows, Art by Louie De Martinis
Guinan is invaded by a sinister force.

 

“PULASKI 2.0” by Greg Cox
Doctor Katherine Pulaski experiences life as an android.

 

THE EXPERT by Gary Russell, Art by Louie De Martinis
A family is torn apart when the Borg strike.

 

SCRAMBLE by Greg Cox, Art by Louis De Martinis
A return to the noir world of Dixon Hill.

 

THE MISSION by James Swallow, Art by Louie De Martinis
Espionage runs rife aboard Deep Space 9.

 

‘THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER’ by Una McCormack, Art by Louie De Martinis
Kira Nerys and Garak discuss their opposing ideologies.

 

FRONTIER MEDICINE by Michael Carroll, Art by Louie De Martinis
Doctor Julian Bashir has a career defining adventure.

 

BY SPECIAL REQUEST by John Peel, Art by Louie De Martinis
Miles O’Brien and Julian Bashir enjoy some rest and recreation with a difference.

 

THE VICTIM by John Peel, Art by Andy Walker
Garak moves in for a kill, but can he pull the trigger?

 

YOU CAN’T BUY FATE by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Art by Andy Walker
A first contact mission through the wormhole doesn’t quite go according to plan.

 

SUMMER DAYS CAN LAST FOREVER by Michael Collins, Art by Michael Collins
The dull 1950s town of Patterson Creek is livened by some unusual visitors.

We also had the chance to catch up with longtime Star Trek novelist Greg Cox, contributed two entries to this new collection.

TREKCORE: What can fans look forward to in this new short fiction compilation from Star Trek Explorer, and from your stories in particular?

GREG COX: As with the previous compilation (which I’m proud to be included in — twice), you have a cool variety of brand-new Trek stories stretching from the Original Series, to The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, featuring an interesting assortment of characters from different series. Kind of a Star Trek fiction sampler pack!

TREKCORE: After having written multiple Star Trek novels, how does writing short stories like this compare? 

COX: A very different challenge. Instead of coming up with a story big enough to sustain an entire novel, you need to find a story that can be told in 2,500 words or less. By contrast, most of my recent Trek novels have been over 100,000 words long. That’s a big difference!

TREKCORE: What are the biggest advantages to the short story format, and what are the biggest challenges?

COX: The advantage is that you can explore ideas and stories that probably don’t have an entire novel in theme: shorter adventures and vignettes. And you have to be VERY tight with your prose. With a novel, you have room to get a little wordy and go off on tangents.

When you only have 2,500 words to play with, every sentence, every word, has to count. It’s been fascinating seeing how other writers cope with that word limit, each in their own way.

TREKCORE: Many of your Star Trek novels, including your most recent, have been focused on the original Star Trek. What made you want to write about The Next Generation crew for these short stories?

COX: To be honest, the magazine specifically asked me for Picard and Pulaski stories, respectively, which gave me a welcome opportunity to revisit TNG, which I hadn’t written about for a while. Indeed, this was the first time I’d ever written Doctor Pulaski, which was new and interesting.

TREKCORE: Your first story in this collection concerns Doctor Pulaski. What’s your perspective on her as a character? Is she unfairly maligned by fans?

COX: I think Pulaski (who already had one strike against her for replacing Beverly Crusher) got off on the wrong foot with fans when the show pitted her against Data early on. In hindsight, this was a strategic error on TNG’s part.

I get that they were trying to set up a dynamic similar to Spock vs. McCoy on the Original Series, but Data is not Spock; Data came off as a far more innocent character, so it seemed as though Pulaski was picking on a defenceless target, whereas Spock, gave as good as he got when trading barbs with McCoy.

I’m not sure some fans ever forgave her for that, and, for better or for worse, she didn’t stick around long enough to overcome that bad first impression, despite Diana Muldaur’s considerable acting chops.  (She will always be Doctor Miranda Jones from the Original Series to me.)

In my Pulaski story, I decided to deal with the whole android-phobia thing head on, since that seems to be the main thing fans remember about her.

TREKCORE: Your other story is a classic holodeck adventure. How do you think about the holodeck’s role in telling a Star Trek story, and how did you think about using it in this story?

COX: After writing Trek fiction for close to thirty years, I’m always looking for things I haven’t done yet. Dixon Hill was one of those, but rather than just write a hard-boiled detective pastiche, I thought it would be fun to “scramble” the various holodeck scenarios we’ve seen in the past — and throw them all at Picard and Troi at once.

In general, I think the holodecks allow you to play with genre and mix Star Trek with other kinds of fiction, just a fun change of pace.

TREKCORE: Do you have any more Star Trek stories on the way?

COX: Thanks for asking!  Along with writing new stories for Star Trek Explorer, I also have a big new the Original Series novel coming out in July: Lost to Eternity. This will be my first new Trek novel in four years and stretches over three different eras: present-day Earth, Kirk’s original five-year-mission, and the Original Series movie era.

At roughly 129,000 words, it’s at the other end of the spectrum from my short stories in the new compilation!

Star Trek – “The Mission” and Other Stories is in stores February 13.

WeeklyTrek Podcast #240 — Michelle Yeoh’s STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Movie Begins Production

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WeeklyTrek Podcast #240 — Michelle Yeoh’s STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Movie Begins Production

On this week’s episode of WeeklyTrek — TrekCore’s news podcast — host Alex Perry is joined by Debrief Weekly Report host Stephanie Gerk to discuss all the latest Star Trek news.
 

 
This week, Alex and his guest discuss the following stories from TrekCore and around the web:

In addition, stick around to hear Steph’s opinion that we should see the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise again (Enterprise rules!) — and Alex’s opinion about why he very much does not want a political Star Trek show in the vein of The West Wing.

WeeklyTrek is available to subscribe and download each week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify — and we’ll be sharing the details of each new episode right here on TrekCore each week if you’re simply just looking to listen in from the web.

Do you have a wish or theory you’d like to share on the show? Tweet to Alex at @WeeklyTrek, or email us with your thoughts about wishes, theories, or anything else about the latest in Star Trek news!

Review — STAR TREK: AWAY MISSIONS Kirk & Scotty Expansion

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Review — STAR TREK: AWAY MISSIONS Kirk & Scotty Expansion

Hey board game fans! Gale Force Nine has just released the latest expansions for their Star Trek: Away Missions miniatures game, and they feature Those Old Scientists! The two latest expansions include landing parties led by Captain Kirk and Scotty, and both include a new “Beam Away” mechanic.
 
If you missed our previous review of the base game and initial expansions, here’s a brief refresher: the game involves two players who will direct their landing parties “to complete missions, conduct espionage, fight in glorious battle, or assimilate distinctiveness.” Support cards will lend a helping hand, while Mission cards will allow you to score crucial points to win the game. And of course, each landing party is represented with some really fun miniatures!
 

(Photo: Kelly Phillips for TrekCore.com)

As for these latest expansions: somehow, Captain Kirk arrives in the aftermath of the Battle of Wolf 359 (temporal anomalies are wacky like that). The Original Series of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy — plus Chekov — arrive on the scene ready to get the job done. Kirk’s ability to add an extra die on tests and then discard any result is potent, making him a strong contender no matter the task. He can put that advantage to good use with a judo melee attack boosted by several Support cards enhancing those signature moves.

Kirk’s fisticuffs can deal some real damage to enemy characters, which Federation phasers being set on stun often inhibit. Parking him in the center chair on the bridge (where he naturally belongs) can deny others easy access to the terminals surrounding him, just daring anyone to step into his reach. Even in the midst of a chop to the neck, enemies might be hit with a “Kirk’s Seduction” card and left Stunned. As our contact at Gale Force Nine wisely observed, “Seduction is just one of those things Kirk can do while doing other things.”

Spock’s Vulcan Neck Pinch attack also offers a strong way to disable foes with a little cowboy diplomacy, featuring better odds on its unopposed roll than many other attack options. If the shoe is on the other foot and your away team has taken damage, McCoy’s triple Medical specialization can be put to good use healing teammates. Chekov’s ability lets you add an extra die by discarding (in addition to the usual re-rolling option); it can feel a little expensive at times, but it’s in the Russian’s nature to be more reckless than cautious.

(Photo: Kelly Phillips for TrekCore.com)

The other new away team beaming down is led by Scotty. The Enterprise’s chief engineer can generate bonus actions when you successfully put his triple Engineering specialization to good use. Uhura has a handy ability to reroll tests at Operations terminals, where many Communications tests happen. Sulu has the strongest stat points on the team, in addition to four specializations — but his unique ability being tied to Attack rolls, with a further bonus when using the one Rapier equipment card available in the expansion, is an odd choice pigeonholing an otherwise versatile officer as a combat character.

Mr. Leslie is slightly deeper cut from the crew roster, but a nice surprise to round out the second away team. Most recognizable as an iconic redshirt, Leslie served in almost every department on the Enterprise, even sitting in the Captain’s chair at times while the senior staff was away. While his presence is appreciated, Leslie’s mechanics are disappointing. He is strictly inferior in every way to the Klingon bodyguard in the Duras expansion, who has stronger weapons (both melee and ranged ones that can inflict damage, not just Stun), useful specializations where Leslie has none, and is part of a five-person away team.

Scotty’s four-man squad could have used some extra potency from another junior crew member like Nurse Chapel, Yeoman Rand, or Chief Kyle (especially with the new Beam Away mechanic) to add useful abilities to the mix. Leaving a slot available on Scotty’s squad for a fifth crew member would have been another worthwhile option. Not giving Leslie a memorable way to contribute to the team with stronger stats, specializations, or a Jack-of-all-trades ability was a missed opportunity.

At first glance, Scotty’s away team seems less impressive than Kirk’s based just on the characters, but there’s an adorable, fuzzy reason you may want to look closer. Scotty’s expansion offers one mission (and unfortunately, only one) that can introduce tribbles to the game. Tribbles cause chaos wherever they are present, letting you reroll dice for your opponent (and vice versa!).

Klingons, naturally, take even greater penalties when vexed by these wretched pests. More tribbles spread across the board with every character activation, so in short order they’ll be inescapable if you don’t spend actions to eradicate them. Several mission cards have great payoffs for letting the population grow though, so you’ll want to build your decks with options for searching out specific mission cards in order to start the tribble trouble early on in the game.

Another new mechanic present for both squads is the ability to Beam Away as part of missions. The character attempting to score points — and sometimes another character too, depending on the card — is removed from the game board until your next turn. If they complete the mission, which is typically quite challenging, you score some sweet points and can return to either your previous position or the transporter room. If you fail, however, you are Neutralized. Being able to pull a key character away from enemy attacks while completing a mission and possibly relocating them across the board grants a new twist on mobility and evasion that only Sela’s expansion leaned into previously.

Not all of the Beam Away missions are necessarily worth enough points to be worth a chance at losing a character, but as James T. Kirk would say, “Risk is our business!”

The mechanics in these expansions beautifully marry to the flavor over and over again, which we always expect from Gale Force Nine’s offerings. There are more “I’m a doctor, not a…” references than you can shake a lirpa at. You can designate an enemy character as Khan, giving them greater Attack and Defense but a hefty payoff if you can take down this self-inflicted nemesis.

Curiously, Sulu has double Security but no Science as the head of astrosciences (while Chekov, the future security chief, only has a single Security specialization). It’s a small detail that feels off from Star Trek lore for these two in an otherwise strong homage to this beloved franchise. The Support and Mission decks also feature a number of reprinted utility cards from the Riker and Picard Federation teams with updated — or I suppose you could say retro — artwork to match the era. Some of the new cards have conditions so narrow that it’s nigh impossible to make full use of them (scoring maximum points or utilizing their maximum benefit), but it’s interesting to see the designers exploring new corners of the game format.

You can pick up the base Star Trek: Away Missions game at your local game store now, as well expansions that include landing parties led by Gowron, Sela, Picard, and the Duras sisters. The Kirk and Scotty expansions will be available for purchase in March 2024.

Have you had a chance to play the game? Share your experiences in the comments below!

EXCLUSIVE — New Images from “Star Trek: Picard – The Art and Making of the Series”

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EXCLUSIVE — New Images from “Star Trek: Picard – The Art and Making of the Series”

The newest behind-the-scenes Star Trek book is arriving this month, as the final look at the making of Star Trek: Picard beams down to highligh the artistry behind the three-season series.
 
Arriving February 27, Star Trek: Picard — The Art and Making of the Series by Joe Fordham is Titan Books’ latest in-depth book, this time focused on the creation of the Patrick Stewart-helmed show, from the early days of costume design to the resurrection of the Enterprise-D for Season 3.
 

Star Trek: Picard stars Patrick Stewart, reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The book explores each of the three separate season-long narratives, which tell the story of Picard in later years, as he is brought out of retirement on his family chateau to face old enemies such as the Borg, take command of a new starship, and ultimately reconcile with his past.

 

New characters such as Doctor Jurati (Alison Pill), Cristóbal Rios (Santiago Cabrera), Soji (Isa Briones) and Elnor (Evan Evagora) feature alongside appearances by old enemies and friends, such as Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching), Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), Data (Brent Spiner), and Q (John de Lancie). Season 3 sees a full-scale Next Generation reunion, featuring Worf (Michael Dorn), Dr. Beverley Crusher (Gates McFadden), and Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton).

 

Alongside interviews with showrunners, writers, cast, and crew, discussing concepts and character arcs, “Spotlight” features explore makeup, costumes, art, and visual effects. A final section features reflections on the much-beloved character from its original incarnation in Star Trek: Next Generation through to its final satisfying conclusion.

 

This beautifully illustrated hardback, featuring behind-the-scenes and on-set photography, and a range of production art, is an in-depth exploration of a hugely popular and seminal Star Trek character.

Thanks to Titan Books, we can bring you five exclusive pages from The Art and Making of the Series, with imagery from the first and second season of Picard.

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In addition to these four exclusive pages, several other preview pages from the book have been made available at retailer listings.

Star Trek: Picard – The Art and Making of the Series by Joe Fordham is in stores February 27. Watch for our review of this new hardcover later this month!

Production Begins on Michelle Yeoh STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Movie, Secondary Cast Announced

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Production Begins on Michelle Yeoh STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Movie, Secondary Cast Announced

After five long years, the upcoming Star Trek: Section 31 movie — starting Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh — has finally commenced production.
 
Reprising her role from Star Trek: Discovery, Yeoh will return Terran emperor-turned-Section 31-agent Philippa Georgiou in the upcoming Paramount+ film which kicked off filming this week up in Toronto under the direction of longtime Discovery executive producer Olatunde Osunsanmi.
 
“Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past” says the official press release for Star Trek: Section 31, a film written by Craig Sweeney.
 
Here’s a first behind-the-scenes image taken on the Section 31 set, featuring Yeoh and a stylized new logo for the film.
 

Michelle Yeoh on the STAR TREK: SECTION 31 set. (Jan Thijs/Paramount+)

Trek boss Alex Kurtzman commented:

“And we’re off to the races! Thrilled to report principal photography has started on STAR TREK: SECTION 31. We welcome our incredible cast of new characters as they join our beloved Michelle Yeoh on her next wild adventure across the ‘Trek’ universe.”

Additional cast for Section 31 includes Emmy winner Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso, Veep), Omari Hardwick (Power), Kacey Rohl (Hannibal), Sven Ruygrok (One Piece), Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim), Humberly Gonzalez (Ginny & Georgia) and James Hiroyuki Liao (Barry).

The SECTION 31 supporting cast (top row) — Omari Hardwick (credit: Warwick Saint), Kacey Rohl (credit: Kristine Cofsky), Sam Richardson (credit: Abita Jefferson), Sven Ruygrok (credit: Justin Munitz). Bottom row: Robert Kazinsky (credit: Eric Blackmon), Humberly Gonzalez (credit: Kristina Ruddick), James Hiroyuki Liao (credit: Joshua Monesson).

Here’s the full press release from Paramount+ about today’s announcement.

January 30, 2024 – 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-favorite 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.”

 

Hardwick is best known for his lead role of James ‘Ghost’ St. Patrick in the hit series Power, which earned him critical acclaim and back-to-back Image Awards (NAACP) for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. Following his success in Power, Hardwick starred opposite Jennifer Lopez in the thriller The Mother. Hardwick also starred in the limited series Pieces of Her and Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. Next, Hardwick will star in Xeno, from Kevin Hart’s Heartbeat production company. In addition to acting, Hardwick founded the film and production company Bravelife in 2010. A talented actor, Hardwick also is a poet and musical artist; his debut album “Concrete & Whiskey” is on the horizon.

 

Rohl’s first on-screen appearance was in 2010 in the reboot of the series V. She’s best known for her role of Abigail Hobbs in Hannibal and as Sterling Fitch in The Killing. She played Prudence in the 2011 Warner Bros feature Red Riding Hood, opposite Amanda Seyfried, and portrayed Kerry Campbell in Wayward Pines, Alena in Arrow and Marina in The Magicians. After starring in the series Fortunate Son, she led the cast of the Toronto Film Festival’s buzzy White Lie, which garnered her a spot among TIFF’s Rising Stars platform in 2019. 

 

Richardson is best known for his standout role as Richard Splett on Veep. He most recently earned two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, winning his first Emmy for his role in Ted Lasso. His diverse career includes starring in The Afterparty, Hocus Pocus 2 and Velma and voicing Uncle Brill in DreamWorks’ Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. His notable filmography includes Good Boys, Game Over Man, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Neighbors 2, Senior Year, The Tomorrow War, Werewolves Within, Superintelligence, Detroiters, and Office Christmas Party. On television, he’s been seen in The Office, New Girl, Arrested Development and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Richardson is an alumnus of Second City Chicago MainStage.

 

Ruygrok is a dynamic South African actor who is well-known for his role as Rambo in the Spud film franchise alongside John Cleese, Troye Sivan and Caspar Lee. His other films include City of Violence, The Empty Man, Bring It On and Inside Man: Most Wanted. His most recent works include lead roles in The Good Life and Breathing In (in post-production), and he can be seen as Cabaji in the hit TV series One Piece.

 

Kazinsky can be seen in the Russo Brothers-directed film The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, and in the drama Second Chance. He starred opposite Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson in Captain Marvel; opposite Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara in Hot Pursuit, directed by Anne Fletcher; and opposite Alexander Skarsgård and Paul Rudd in Mute for director Duncan Jones and Liberty Films. Kazinsky also appeared in the feature Warcraft for Jones. Previously, Kazinsky starred in Guillermo del Toro’s film Pacific Rim, opposite Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba, and was the mysterious love interest to Anna Paquin in True Blood.

 

Gonzalez next will play a lead in the feature Horrorscope. She stars in the new Star Wars video game Star Wars: Outlaws, stars in the hit series Ginny & Georgia and was recently seen in Jupiter’s Legacy. She starred in Nobody, opposite Bob Odenkirk and Connie Nielson; Slumberland, opposite Jason Momoa; and the indie A Hundred Lies. She played the lead role in the mini-series Utopia Falls and recurred on the series Nurses. Last year, Humberly played the fan-favorite role of Vanessa on the series In the Dark. Her previous credits include Orphan Black, Saving Hope, Workin’ Moms and The Detail. Humberly is a graduate of the prestigious CFC Conservatory program in Toronto and the National Theatre School in Montreal.

 

Liao, a Juilliard-trained character actor, is known for his roles as Edmond Ku in the award-winning series The Dropout and Albert Nguyen in the Emmy-winning series Barry. He is set to appear in the upcoming limited series Presumed Innocent and the first season of Orphan Black: Echoes and continues his recurring role of Lt. Fleming in the new season of Blue Bloods. Liao’s recent credits include Cowboy Bebop, opposite John Cho, and Paramount Pictures’ Snake Eyes with Henry Golding. Other notable roles include Michael Pak in the film Lost Girls and voicing Toshiaki in Tim Burton’s animated film Frankenweenie. Liao has a diverse range; he’s tackled everything from battling aliens in Battle Los Angeles to displaying his comedic skills in Management with Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson and Steve Zahn. His television presence includes recurring roles in Paramount+’s SEAL TEAM, Prison Break, CSI and 24, along with guest appearances on shows like Manifest, Iron Fist and Law & Order.

 

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+ in the U.S. and in all international markets where the service is available. The movie is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

No release date has been announced for when fans can see Star Trek: Section 31 on Paramount+, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted once more scheduling details have been released on this upcoming project.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest Star Trek franchise news!

Vice Press Unveils ‘Remastered’ STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN One-Sheet Posters

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Vice Press Unveils ‘Remastered’ STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN One-Sheet Posters

Following Vice Press’ first steps into the final frontier, the UK-based art group is once again bringing one of Star Trek‘s most iconic posters into the modern era as the spotlight shifts to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
 
The company arrived on the Star Trek scene in September with a remastered run of Bob Peak’s classic Star Trek: The Motion Picture one-sheet poster, revitalized and rebuilt from scans of original art material by Vice Press’ own Matt Ferguson — who also debuted his own original design for a Motion Picture poster in October.
 
Next, Vice Press moved to visit Trek television with high-end prints of key art from Star Trek: Picard Season 3 and from all four seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks (each release remains avaialable for preorder as of this writing).
 

Following an original Khan poster design by artist Florey (which sold out quickly in November), Ferguson has worked to restore the theatrical Star Trek II one-sheet for release in a new pair of Vice Press prints — even going as far as remaking the title treatment from scratch for the project.

The ‘standard’ Vice Press print of Star Trek II’s one-sheet poster will be available for a limited time — with sales open from February 1 through February 7 — and a short-run reflective foil variant will be limited to a total number of 300 prints. Each will measure 24″ x 36″ and sales will begin at 6PM (GMT) / 1PM (ET) / 10AM (PT) on February 1.

The standard WRATH OF KHAN poster. (Vice Press)
The reflective-foil WRATH OF KHAN poster. (Vice Press)

While Khan is the February focus, Ferguson and Vice Press are already moving well down the theatrical line on the other Star Trek film releases. Ferguson commented on Twitter that the company has “great scans” of the Star Trek IV original poster, though he’s faced challenges with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

The artist noted that Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was “a lost cause” for a while due to lack of original resources, but through a great deal of effort is approaching a satisfactory update to the original Star Trek VI key art poster.

As a reminder, the new Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan poster releases will launch at the Vice Press website this Thursday, February 1, at 6PM (GMT) / 1PM (ET) / 10AM (PT) on February 1.

Come back to TrekCore often for all the latest in Star Trek merchandise news!

TrekCore 2024 Fundraiser: Help Keep Us Boldly Going!

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TrekCore 2024 Fundraiser: Help Keep Us Boldly Going!

FEBRUARY 3 UPDATE: We’re excited to announce that thanks to 179 of our readers, we’ve successfully hit our fundraiser goals! We expect that the site should be able to keep running ad-free for about two years.
 
TrekCore has always been a labor of love, and we can’t thank you enough for your support!
 

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We’re hoping that you’ll once again help us keep our site warping ahead (without those annoying ads) as we journey through the next generation of Trek adventures — your donations will allow us to keep expanding our heavily-frequented Trek screencap and image galleries, to keep producing our WeeklyTrek news podcast, and more.

If you love our site as much as we do, please donate today — big or small, any contribution helps to extend the life of this site and the resources we offer to Star Trek fans. Thank you as always for your ongoing support of our work!

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