Paramount+ has announced five new crew members for the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The universe of Star Trek is expanding in several directions and catering for several specific market segments. Amidst all the new shows, there’s one eagerly await spin-off Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, ie the show about Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and the Enterprise as seen in Star Trek: Discovery season 2.
The new cast are: Babs Olusanmokun (Black Mirror, Dune), Christina Chong (Tom and Jerry, Black Mirror), Celia Rose Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Jess Bush (Skinford, Les Norton), and Melissa Navia (Dietland, Billions). They join Mount as Pike, as well as Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
The series premiere was written by Akiva Goldsman with the story by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners, with Goldsman directing the premiere episode. Goldsman, Kurtzman and Lumet will serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Aaron Baiers, Akela Cooper and Davy Perez will serve as co-executive producers. Akiva Goldsman remains an executive producer and a key part of the creative team on Star Trek: Picard as well.
You can read more on the Star Trek site. There’s even a little teaser video as well.