Michelle Yeoh, recent off her Oscar-winning efficiency in All the things All over the place All at As soon as, will reprise her Star Trek: Discovery function as Emperor Philippa Georgiou within the upcoming Star Trek: Part 31 movie at present in improvement for Paramount+. The mission boasts an exec group of Star Trek: Discovery veterans, together with author Craig Sweeny and director Olatunde Osunsanmi.
In Part 31, Georgiou “joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with defending the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her previous.”
“I’m past thrilled to return to my Star Trek household and to the function I’ve liked for therefore lengthy,” mentioned Yeoh. “Part 31 has been close to and expensive to my coronary heart since I started the journey of enjoying Philippa all the way in which 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 unbelievable energy of by no means giving up in your goals. We are able to’t wait to share what’s in retailer for you, and till then: stay lengthy and prosper (except Emperor Georgiou decrees in any other case)!”
Govt producer Alex Kurtzman said, “All the way in which again in 2017, earlier than the primary season of Star Trek: Discovery had even aired, Michelle had the thought to do a derivative for her character, Philippa Georgiou. She broke new floor as one of many first two ladies onscreen within the pilot to usher in a brand new age of Trek, and now, six years later, Part 31 lastly arrives on the heels of her newest groundbreaking win.”
Part 31 was first picked up in 2019 as a collection with Yeoh hooked up, however the mission misplaced steam. Now, Georgiou will stay on in a characteristic movie although her father or mother collection Discovery will air its fifth and closing season in 2024.
“For years, we’ve been trying ahead to Michelle Yeoh at some point returning to Star Trek,” added David Stapf, president of CBS Studios. “Her highly effective efficiency as Captain and Emperor Georgiou was a pivotal second for the return of the franchise, and her portrayal resonated with followers world wide in a large number of the way.”
Written by Sweeny and directed by Osunsanmi, the movie is govt produced by Kurtzman, Sweeny, Aaron Baiers, Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Yeoh, and is produced by CBS Studios in affiliation with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Leisure.
Supply: Paramount+
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