Stories initially had Michelle Yeoh persevering with her position as Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery in her personal spinoff TV present. (Yeoh has supposedly been pushing CBS for such a challenge for a number of years.) As an alternative, Paramount+ introduced in the present day that Georgiou (and Yeoh) will as an alternative get their very own “particular authentic film occasion” dubbed Star Trek: Part 31.
The synopsis of the particular authentic film occasion (isn’t that simply … a … movie?) reads “Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with defending the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her previous. ”
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Yeoh was initially launched as Phillipa Georgiou in Season 1 of Discovery. At first she was the captain of the USS Shenzhou, however later her character was killed by a Klingon. Yeoh then appeared on the collection as her personal Mirror Universe counterpart. (That is the one that’s an emperor.) She wound up making the leap to the primary Trek universe after which remained a recurring character on the the remainder of the collection, and finally joined the secretive Part 31 group.
Right here was Yeoh’s touch upon the information:
I’m past thrilled to return to my Star Trek household and to the position I’ve liked for thus lengthy. Part 31 has been close to and pricey to my coronary heart since I started the journey of enjoying Philippa all the best way again when this new golden age of Star Trek launched. To see her lastly get her second is a dream come true in a 12 months that’s proven me the unimaginable energy of by no means giving up in your goals. We will’t wait to share what’s in retailer for you, and till then: stay lengthy and prosper (until Emperor Georgiou decrees in any other case)!
Star Trek: Part 31 shall be written by Craig Sweeny and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. Manufacturing on the movie is anticipated to start later this 12 months.
The spinoff comes at an vital time for Star Trek, with a number of of the franchise’s present exhibits like Discovery and Picard coming to an finish and no theatrical movie on the horizon. CBS and Paramount+ just lately introduced that Trek was additionally commencing work on a Starfleet Academy TV collection. However that one received’t have the latest Academy Award winner for Greatest Actress as its lead.
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