‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Offers First Look at Season 5 at New York Comic-Con
thewrap.comAlong with a sizzle reel for the new season, which you can watch above, “Star Trek” showrunner Alex Kurtzman announced that “The Umbrella Academy” star Callum Keith Rennie is joining the cast along with Eve Harlow (“Agents of SHIELD”) and Elias Toufexis (“Shadowhunters”).Rennie will play Capt.
Reyner, a Starfleet officer used to commanding his ship in times of war, but finds it much harder to be a leader during times of peace.
Harlow and Toufexis will play a pair of couriers who have now turned to a life of crime. “Star Trek: Discovery” is the flagship show for Paramount+’s wave of shows based on Gene Roddenberry’s venerable sci-fi franchise, starring Sonequa Michael-Green as Captain Michael Burnham, the first Black woman to be the main character of a “Trek” series.
Sci-fi veteran Doug Jones plays the U.S.S. Discovery’s Kelpien Commander Saru, with Anthony Rapp playing chief engineer Paul Stamets, the first openly gay character on a “Trek” show.
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