Part 31 Now a Film, Filming 2023

The Yeohnaissance continues! Recent off her Academy Award win for Everything Everywhere All at Once, the incomparable Michelle Yeoh will return to the Star Trek universe to play Philippa Georgiou as soon as once more. However as a substitute of the Section 31 TV series that has been within the works since 2019 or so, Yeoh will now star in Star Trek: Part 31—the film.

For those who’re not up in your Trek lore, Section 31 is the key, black ops group that does the soiled work Starfleet is just too idealistic to do. Suppose the Area CIA with licenses to set phasers on kill, roughly. Yeoh’s Georgiou—secretly the Terran Emporer of the infamously evil Mirror Universe, introduced into our universe in the course of the occasions of Discovery as a result of, you recognize, Star Trek—might be a seemingly excellent match for Part 31, though she did handle to have her coronary heart softened a bit by Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced) and the crew of the Discovery.

“I’m past thrilled to return to my Star Trek household and to the function I’ve liked for therefore lengthy,” stated Michelle Yeoh. “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 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)!”

Written by Craig Sweeny and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Star Trek: Part 31 will begin manufacturing later this 12 months, and ultimately come to Paramount+.

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