Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has a twist revealed by its newest cast member, WWE superstar Becky Lynch. The next Star Trek series currently filming in Toronto, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is created and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, who serve as co-showrunners. Starfleet Academy has already received an early season 2 renewal from Paramount+, which will film back-to-back with season 1, although Starfleet Academy may not premiere until 2026.
Set in the 32nd century after the end of Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy stars Academy Award winner Holly Hunter in the lead role as the Academy's Chancellor. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy focuses on a new generation of Starfleet hopefuls as a threat to the United Federation of Planets emerges in the form of the recurring villain played by Paul Giamatti. Multi-time WWE Women's Champion Becky Lynch is the latest to join Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's eye-popping cast roster, but her social media announcement also dropped a twist about the next Star Trek show.
Becky Lynch Reveals Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Has A Bridge Crew
What Does Starfleet Academy Need With A Starship?
Becky Lynch (real name Rebecca Quin) announced that she's joining Star Trek: Starfleet Academy "as part of the bridge crew," an eyebrow-raising declaration that indicates Starfleet Academy also has a starship.Star Trek previously announced that Starfleet Academy will be set in San Francisco and outer space, with the series filming on the largest sets ever constructed for Star Trek. The Academy itself logically wouldn't have a bridge, but it's feasible that the school has a starship assigned to it, perhaps for training the cadets.
Further, Holly Hunter's yet-unnamed Star Trek: Starfleet Academy lead character was announced as both a Captain and the Chancellor. Perhaps the starship Becky Lynch's character serves aboard is the same vessel Holly Hunter's Captain leads. This is also an exciting development as Star Trek traditionally works best if there's a starship attached to a space station or planetary setting. For instance, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine bringing in the USS Defiant opened up myriad storylines for the series.
Becky Lynch Joins Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s Incredible Cast
One Of WWE's Biggest Stars Is Now Part Of Star Trek
Becky Lynch is a very unexpected but intriguing new cast hire for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Lynch is a wildly popular and charismatic global superstar with WWE who is also a best-selling author. Lynch has also acted before; Becky played Cyndi Lauper in Young Rock. However, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a high-profile, presumably guest role in a major franchise for Lynch. Becky stated in her social media announcement that she is in the first season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Who her character is and how many episodes Becky Lynch appears in is still unknown.
In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the USS Enterprise was used as a training vessel for Starfleet Academy.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy boasts unexpected and amazing Oscar-caliber actors like Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti, Star Trek legacy icons like Robert Picardo as The Doctor, Mary Wiseman as Lt. Sylvia Tilly, Oded Fehr as Admiral Charles Vance, and Tig Notaro as Commander Jett Reno. The heart of Starfleet Academy, however, is the young cast of cadets including Bella Shepard, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Zoe Steiner. Perhaps the cadets will man stations with Becky Lynch and the bridge crew of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's potential starship.
