We’re still a ways away from the premiere of the next installment in the Star Trek franchise:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.Voyagercast memberRobert Picardo, who will be reprising his role as The Doctor, revealed last year thatit’s expected sometime in 2026. Now, onCollider Ladies NightwithPerri Nemiroff,Tatiana Maslanytalked about her experience with the upcoming Star Trek series while promoting her new horror movie,The Monkey. Maslany spoke about what it was like to work with some of the cast, includingKerrice Brooks(My Old Ass),Holly Hunter, andPaul Giamatti.
“Oh my god, I love Kerrice! Kerrice is unbelievable. The whole cast, the whole set is people notlikeKerrice—Kerrice is obviously very unique; no one’s like her—but everyone is such a great character. There’s so much heart in the show. I had such a blast working on it. Holly Hunter is my hero. I couldn’t believe I got to work with her.Broadcast Newsis, again, one of those performances that is just beyond. Paul Giamatti is a total delight.”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academywill also featureBella Shepard,George Hawkins,Karim Diané,Zoë Steiner, andSandro Rosta, as well asGina Yashere.Oded Fehr,Tig Notaro, andMary Wisemanwill all be reprising their existing Star Trek roles fromDiscovery.Maslany’s role was announced last year at San Diego Comic-Con, and she will be a recurring character. We know that the show will be set in the 32nd Century, after the academy has been shuttered due to an incident called The Burn. When it reopens, so does the opportunity for young minds eager to learn and explore the stars.Filming wrapped in February 2025, as shared by Steiner on Instagram, posing in front of a picture of the Star Trek stage in Toronto.
‘Starfleet Academy’ Made Tatiana Maslany a Trekkie
Being a fan of the source material before going into a project is not a requirement for an acting job. Maslany told Nemiroff that her husband,Brendan Hines, is a Trekkie, and that’s how she’d had exposure to the universe before signing ontoStarfleet Academy. She explained:
“It’s opened up to me the Star Trek Universe, which I knewThe Original Series, I’d seen some of the movies. My husband’s a big Trekkie, and so he and I watchedWrath of Khanand stuff like that during COVID, butnow I’m going back, and I’m watchingDeep Space Nine.My husband refers to it as my stories because I’ll be, like, sitting in the tub with my laptop, just like, ‘Oh! Oh no!’ And laughing. He’s like, it’s like my soaps. I love it so much.”
With Maslany’sexquisite taste in watchingDeep Space Nine, she explains, “It has something to say. It’s not a 1-to-1 about anything, but it talks about things in a way that you can feel this catharsis of watching shows that have a moral compass.” Maslany also apparently has a favorite character: “‘That guy’s a shapeshifter who literally becomes a liquid form and goes into a bucket every 16 hours, andhe’s my dream man, and I love him so much.’ It’s the best. It’s thebest.” The shapeshifter Maslany is referring to is, of course, Odo, played by the lateRené Auberjonois. Auberjonois played the orphanedChangeling, who was also Chief of Security on the Deep Space Nine space station across seven seasons.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis expected to be released sometime in 2026. You can watch the latest episode ofCollider Ladies Nightwith Maslany below. Stay with Collider for the latest updates.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
