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The success of The Fantastic Four: First Steps in theaters has had a ripple effect across streaming, with several similar movies seeing an increase in viewership on Disney+. This includes the one Pixar movie that everybody jokingly refers to as the best Fantastic Four movie ever made: The Incredibles.

According to FlixPatrol, as of Aug. 8, The Incredibles is back on Disney+'s Top 10 chart in several countries, including the United States, where it is ranked No. 4 on that list, coming in under just Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ (No. 3), Rio (No. 2), and Freaky Friday (No. 1). The 2004 Pixar movie is just the latest title about a superpowered family to find success on Disney+ thanks to The Fantastic Four: First Steps. In the past week, both 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer have popped up on the Disney+ Top 10, with the latter still ranked No. 8 on the worldwide chart.

As Starfleet Academy continues to film, creator Alex Kurtzman is assuring fans that this show has got its semesters all planned out!

For a franchise meant to look to the future, Star Trek has spent a lot of time in the past. Picard brought back the Next Generation crew while the first seasons of Discovery suffered from trying to be a prequel to The Original Series. Strange New Worlds ran with that, continuing to build toward Tos.

However, Discovery boosted itself with the third season, where the ship was sent into the 32nd century after a cosmic disaster ravaged the warp drive and left the Federation in tatters. The crew worked to solve the problem with the Federation rebuilding itself. This will set up Starfleet Academy, which will follow the first new Academy class in a century.

The series will mix a fresh cast with faces like Oscar winner Holly Hunter...

As fans get excited for Starfleet Academy, one famed Star Trek star is detailing how his character will be changing for the show!

As Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues on its third season, fans are already looking ahead to Starfleet Academy. The upcoming series picks up from the end of Discovery as in the 32nd century, a rebuilt Federation is forming the first new Starfleet Academy class in a hundred years.

The show will have a fresh-faced cast as the cadets with some veterans mixed in. That includes Oscar winner Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake, the chancellor of the Academy. There are also going to be appearances from Discovery stars such as Tig Notaro and Oded Fehr.

There’s also one face more than familiar to Star Trek fans: Robert Picardo as the Emh Doctor from Voyager. Thanks to being a hologram, the Doctor is still around in this...

The latest Star Trekseries doesn’t even have a set premiere date on Paramount+, but the team behind Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis already thinking about the future. The iteration of Trek is set to premiere its first season in 2026 and has already been renewed for a second.

In an interview with Collider at San Diego Comic-Con, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy executive producer Alex Kurtzman teased what he called a “four-year” plan for Starfleet Academy. The new show stars Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti and a host of cadets at the newly reopened Starfleet Academy in San Francisco. The series is set in the same timeline as the last three seasons of Star Trek: Discovery, 100 years after “The Burn” destroyed the Federation.

Kurtzman explained why a four-year plan works for the show. “You have to have a four-year plan because college is four years long…We do have a plan for...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academyhas a "four-year plan," according to executive producer and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy revealed its first teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con, offering eye-popping glimpses of the 32nd-century school and starship led by Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy stars Holly Hunter, Bella Shepard, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, and executive producer and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman spoke to Collider's Steven Weintraub at San Diego Comic-Con. Kurtzman revealed that plans for Starfleet Academy season 3 are underway, and that the show has "a four-year plan because college is four years long." Read Alex's quote and watch the video below:

Alex Kurtzman: “You have to have a four-year plan because college is four years long… We do have a plan for season 3. What’s so fun is that when you start breaking a season, inevitably, you have too many ideas,...

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By the time Evan Rachel Wood took on the role of Tracy in Thirteen, she was already a seasoned actor. Wood had spent years working in regular television roles and family films. But the gritty and honest portrayal of teenage rebellion in this script was unlike anything she had ever encountered. The film, which follows a 13‑year‑old navigating peer pressure, substance abuse, and family struggles, has since developed a cult following. Now, it is finding a new audience on streaming platforms, proving its raw story is just as powerful today as it was in 2003.

When we spoke to Evan Rachel Wood during interviews for the movie, she admitted she had reservations about the role. The script felt uncomfortably close to home. She needed reassurance that the sensitive subject matter would be handled with care. Her fears eased after meeting with director and co‑writer Catherine Hardwicke.

The latest show in the franchise, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, has a key connection to the show Discovery. The show, which had its first teaser dropped at Sdcc last weekend, will follow a new batch of Starfleet members as they train and begin their duties aboard the USS Athena. Several details regarding the setting have come out since.

Co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman mentioned that the aftermath of Discovery is an intrinsic part of the series, especially The Burn, a cataclysmic event in the 32nd Century when the universe’s dilithium went inert, severely affecting the starships’ warp drive capabilities.

Kurtzman said that it was important to explore that time in the Star Trek universe (LA Times).

My thinking was, if we set Starfleet Academy in the halcyon days of the Federation, where everything was fine, it’s not going to speak to what kids are going through right now.

The connection to Discovery is important,...

Turning Star Trek: Strange New World's crew into puppets is no easy feat.

During San Diego Comic-Con, Strange New World showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked to Entertainment Weekly about its boldest genre mashup yet and how long the process of puppet-ifying their show took.

According to Myers, "I wanna say there was easily more than six months of work on it," later going in-depth on the logistics of making this work for a large, live-action Star Trek set. "In production, we'd have long conversations with our director in mind, specifically about how to handle puppets.... We had to have a lot of conversations about making puppets. We had to have a lot of conversations about how to handle our crew, because we also have to have a whole crew of puppeteers. It's just like doing a very different type of episode, and it requires a lot of...

In 2003, Catherine Hardwicke’s (Twilight) directorial debut, Thirteen, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film starred Evan Rachel Wood as Tracy, a 13-year-old in Southern California who befriends the popular Evie (Nikki Reed) and begins dabbling in drugs, alcohol, and crime.

Co-written by Hardwicke and then-14-year-old Reed, based on the teen’s real-life experiences, the script was crafted in only six days. When the film was released, it was every parent’s nightmare and generated a ton of controversy because of the situations depicted in the film. However, it was well received by critics and garnered award nominations for Wood and Holly Hunter, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Tracy’s mom, Melanie.

Stream it on Netflix now.

Tracy (Wood) is a mild-mannered, 13-year-old seventh grader who lives with her recovering alcoholic mother, Melanie (Hunter), and older brother, Mason (Corbet), in Los Angeles. Tracy hates her mother’s boyfriend,...

Writing with a specific actor in mind is not unheard of in Hollywood. Sometimes it’s a matter of circumstance that the right people behind the show want to make sure they have a key player among their cast. When it came to the upcoming Paramount+ Star Trek spin-off, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, showrunner Alex Kurtzman stressed that it was Holly Hunter that the crew wanted to make sure they had on the call sheet. Hunter plays Nahla Ake, a Starfleet Captain and the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy. Kurtzman told Collider’s Steve Weintraub at San Diego Comic Con that Hunter was “the voice in our heads” during the show’s development. He explains:

"So we wrote this part for Holly Hunter before we knew Holly Hunter. And as we were developing it, because I am, like, an obsessive fan of all of her films. I’ve never told you this,...

What Do We Know About the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy? More thank you may think. The Paramount+ original series will be the latest edition of the Star Trek universe and the first sequel series of Star Trek Discovery. With casting announcements, rumors, and more, we know a lot of what is to come. So, let’s jump in!

The series is set in the 32nd Century.

The twelfth Star Trek series since Gene Roddenberry’s original CBS show debuted in 1966, Starfleet Academy is the sixth small screen entry in the franchise since the debut of Discovery in 2017. Overseen by franchise-runner Alex Kurtzman, the new series was co-created with Noga Landau, who created the four-season-long Nancy Drew series for The CW. In development since Kurtzman’s original deal with CBS back in 2018, the series has gone through many iterations and timelines before settling on the future setting used since Discovery’s third season.

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This August, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated release of FX’s Alien series to the much-anticipated streaming release of Osgood Perkins‘ The Monkey. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Hulu in August 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Devil in a Blue Dress (August 1) Rt Score: 92% Credit – TriStar Pictures

Devil in a Blue Dress is a neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Carl Franklin. Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by author Walter Mosley, the 1995 film is set in the late 1940s, and it follows an unemployed World War II veteran, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins,...

Seeing as how the 1980s gave us four Halloween movies, five Elm Streets and no less than eight Friday the 13ths, it’s pretty easy to see why the decade is considered the golden age of slasher flicks. Throw in all the lesser known psycho-killer/dead teenager flicks from the era that have since gone on to become bona fide cult classics – the Sleepaway Camp trilogy, Maniac, Pieces, etc. – and it’s pretty much indisputable that the Reagan years were indeed the glory days of cinematic mass murder.

Even in a decade glutted with degenerate cinema classics like My Bloody Valentine and Silent Night, Deadly Night, there nonetheless remain several unsung, unheralded slasher movies from the 1980s that definitely deserve more retroactive respect and reverence. Sure, none of the following flicks may be on par with subgenre heavy hitters like Black Christmas or Twitch of the Death Nerve, but they...

As first reported by Collider, Celine Song has been tapped to write the script for a sequel to My Best Friend’s Wedding, the iconic romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney.

The 1997 movie followed Julianne Potter (Roberts), a food critic who realizes she’s in love with her longtime best friend Michael after learning that he’s getting married. She sets out to sabotage the wedding, but as you might expect, her plans don’t quite go as planned. The film also starred Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett. It was a big success, grossing nearly $300 million worldwide, and is regarded as one of the best rom-coms of the ’90s.

Just days ago, Mulroney teased that “there is talk of a sequel” while promoting his new Netflix series The Hunting Wives. “I know nothing about it,” he said. “Last I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote.“

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set to begin its freshman term early next year, and has already been renewed for a sophomore season. But how long will it take before the series graduates? Collider's Steve Weintraub spoke with the show's cast and crew about the show's long-term academic prospects at San Diego Comic Con this weekend. Paramount's Star Trek head honcho, Alex Kurtzman, outlined the length of a Starfleet Academy undergraduate degree:

"...the beauty is you have to have a four-year plan because college is four years long."

Elaborating, he likened the plot development of Starfleet Academy to the long-term storytelling present in Star Trek: The Next Generation:

"What I think we found and I would say that Starfleet is kind of the sum total of everything we’ve learned on all the shows is that yes, there are serialized stories that take you from beginning to...

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This August, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated next chapter of the worldwide hit series Wednesday to the much-awaited murder mystery film The Thursday Murder Club. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix next month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the eight best films that are coming to Netflix in August 2025 with an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

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Dazed and Confused is a coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The 1993 film is set in the 1970s in Austin, Texas, and it revolves around a group of teenagers on their last day of high school as they try to attend a party at the local pool.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's cast and co-showrunner praise Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti's turn as season 1's "scary" villain. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy unveiled its first teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con, which revealed Giamatti as the villainous Nus Braka opposite Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter as Starfleet Academy's Chancellor, Captain Nahla Ake.

At San Diego Comic-Con, ScreenRant's Joe Deckelmeier spoke to Star Trek: Starfleet Academy co-showrunner Noga Landau and cast members Robert Picardo, Kerrice Brooks, and George Hawkins. Regarding Paul Giamatti's recurring villain, Landau called him a "bad, bad guy" while Brooks and Picardo spoke about what it was like to work with the Golden Globe winner. Read their quotes below:

ScreenRant: I love that Paul Giamatti is the villain of the season. What can you reveal about his character in Starfleet Academy?

Noga Landau: Nothing. He's a bad,...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy co-showrunner Noga Landau explains how Paramount+'s next Star Trek series honors the vision of creator Gene Roddenberry. Executive produced by Landau and Alex Kurtzman, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy unveiled its teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con. Premiering in early 2026, Starfleet Academy is led by Academy Award winner Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake, the Academy's Chancellor, with Paul Giamatti playing season 1's recurring villain, Nus Braka.

At San Diego Comic-Con, ScreenRant's Joe Deckelmeier sat down with Star Trek: Starfleet Academy co-showrunner Noga Landau and stars Robert Picardo, George Hawkins, and Kerrice Brooks. Discussing Starfleet Academy's 32nd-century era set after the end of Star Trek: Discovery, Landau detailed how "diversity" within the cast and the characters, which are comprised of "lots of alien cadets," reflects the original vision of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Read Noga's quote below:

ScreenRant: Now, we've seen glimpses of the Academy throughout Star Trek history,...

The Star Trek Universe warped its way into Hall H over the weekend at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con with panels set to stun those in attendance. During the presentations, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was not only represented, but several creatives behind the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy showed up to promote the upcoming Paramount+ series, including stars Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard. However, it’s the first teaser trailer (below) that has Trekkies buzzing over Paul Giamatti's villain, who is the show’s main antagonist, and he appears at the end of the footage whistling a very familiar tune.

Apparently, Giamatti had his choice of characters to play in Starfleet Academy after being allowed to read the show’s first five scripts. However, the two-time Academy Award nominee has always had his heart on portraying a Klingon, according...

Paramount+ has debuted the first teaser trailer for the upcoming new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy!

The teaser was unveiled on Saturday (July 26) at 2025 Comic-Con, and features the show’s San Francisco campus and the new starship, U.S.S. Athena. New character details were also revealed.

Keep reading to find out more…

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy “introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.”

Holly Hunter stars as Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and Captain of the U.S.S. Athena, who also happens to be a long-lived half-Lanthanite.

The upcoming series is set to...

The first look at "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" has arrived, along with an ensemble of new characters joining the franchise. At San Diego Comic-Con, showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau introduced a teaser trailer, giving fans a glimpse of what’s to come.

IMDb takes a look at who’s who in "Starfleet Academy" and where you might recognize the cast.

Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake, Starfleet's chancellor and captain of the USS Athena. Hunter is known for her Oscar-winning role in The Piano, Broadcast News, "Saving Grace," and The Incredibles.

Paul Giamatti as Nus Braka. Giamatti broke out with roles in American Splendor and Sideways, and won an Emmy for his role in the miniseries "John Adams." Most recently, he was nominated for Best Actor in 2023’s The Holdovers.

Tig Notaro as engineer Jet Reno, who was in "Star Trek: Discovery." Notaro is known for her stand-up comedy, as well as roles in "The Morning Show," Army of the Dead, and her series "One Mississippi."

Robert Picardo as the holographic Doctor from "Star Trek: Voyager." Also known for his roles in the "Stargate" franchise and as Coach Cutlip on "The Wonder Years."

The Cadets:

Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir, an orphan with a troubled past.

Karim Diané ("One of Us Is Lying") as Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon who aspires to be medical officer.

Kerrice Brooks (My Old Ass) as Series Acclimation Mil aka "SAM," a holographic cadet.

George Hawkins as Darem Reymi, an aspiring captain from a wealthy home world.

Bella Shepard ("Wolf Pack") as Genesis Lythe, a Dar-Sha cadet.

Watch the "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" trailer here....

Star Trek's newest series, Starfleet Academy, will open its doors early next year. But before that happens, Collider's Steve Weintraub was on the scene at San Diego Comic Con to talk to the show's cast and crew. They revealed some secrets about the show, including the expansive set for the USS Athena, the much-talked-about ship whose true nature has finally been revealed. The set isn't just enormous on-screen: it's the biggest TV set ever. Says Karim Diané, who plays Klingon medical cadet Jay-Den Kraag:

"It’s the biggest set in North America. Like period. So it’s huge. The first time we walked in, I mean, it’s a real school. It’s like multiple levels we filmed on, like not just the ground. We walked up and filmed everywhere."

Showrunner Alex Kurtzman explained the true nature of the ship, which is, in fact, the titular Starfleet Academy:...

Star Trek’snewest series, set in the era of Star Trek: Discovery, wrapped filming on its first season earlier this year.Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which has already received the go-ahead for a second season, was the subject of a Star Trek panel at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con.

At the July 26 panel, the first trailer for the highly anticipated Paramount+ series,which will star Oscar-winner Holly Hunter and Emmy-winner Paul Giamatti, was unveiled. The trailer in itself also confirmed Hunter’s character’s name and rank and also contained several Trek Easter eggs. The series also finally has a premiere date of “early 2026.”

“And so we begin,”Hunter’s voice is heard at the start of the trailer, in which it’s revealed that Hunter is playing Nahla Ake, a Starfleet captain of the U.S.S. Athena and chancellor of Starfleet Academy. In the trailer, she’s...

Paramount+ today released an electrifying first look teaser trailer for its new original series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The series is set to premiere on the service in early 2026 as a kickoff to the year’s Star Trek 60th anniversary celebrations.

The highly anticipated first look teaser featured the series’ iconic campus in San Francisco, plus the new starship and integral part of the Starfleet Academy campus, the U.S.S. Athena. In addition, new details about the Starfleet Academy characters were revealed.

Academy Award winner Holly Hunter stars as Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and Captain of the U.S.S. Athena, who also happens to be a long-lived half-Lanthanite.

Sandro Rosta plays Caleb Mir, an orphan with a troubled past – and an unlikely Starfleet cadet. Karim Diané is Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon cadet who dreams of becoming a medical officer.

Kerrice Brooks portrays Series Acclimation Mil,...

“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” the newest series in the nearly 60-year-old franchise, warped into San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday with an introduction of its full cast and the first trailer for the show, which will debut in early 2026.

The series takes place in the 32nd century after the events of “Star Trek: Discovery,” with Starfleet relaunching the titular educational institution outside of San Francisco after the Federation’s absence on Earth for more than 120 years.

“We look at the generation now that is inheriting all of this division and all these major issues,” executive producer Alex Kurtzman said on the Hall H stage. “We wanted to create a show that anchored us back to [Gene] Rodneyberry’s essential vision of hope. How do you find it, how do you rebuild it?”

Oscar-winner Holly Hunter plays Nahla Ake, the school’s chancellor and the captain of the USS Athena; she greets the...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academyhas revealed its teaser trailer, offering a glimpse into Paramount+'s newest Star Trek series premiering in early 2026 to kick off Star Trek's 60th anniversary year. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is headlined by Academy Award winner Holly Hunterm and Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti, who leads a new young cast and several returningStar Trek legacy characters.

At San Diego Comic-Con's Star Trek Universe Hall H panel, CBS Studios and Paramount+ unveiled Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's first teaser trailer, showcasing the series' 32nd-century San Francisco setting, the new young Cadets hoping to become Starfleet Officers, and a plethora of callbacks to past Star Trek legends. Check out the teaser below:

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy also revealed its key art, featuring the Academy's logo, the six main cadets, and confirming the show's early 2026 release window on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy...

At long last, Paramount+ offered a first look at season one of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” on Saturday at San Diego Comic Con (Sdcc).

“You’re all the first academy class to return to our camps in San Francisco — after more than 120 years,” Holly Hunter as the chancellor of Starfleet Academy tells the group of new students gathered at the James T. Kirk Pavilion.

“Some of you are here for your families,” she continues, “some for yourselves. Together, you are the best and the brightest from across the galaxy.”

The students will be asked “to give more of yourselves than you know you have,” Hunter adds, “to dream without limitations. Whatever challenges came before today led you to this moment. You’re here now, you weave together the future.”

“So go out and seek, explore, boldy go where no one has gone before,” she concludes.

The series was ordered in...

Attention, Trekkies: School is back in session.

Paramount+ has given us our first look at Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, debuting on the streamer in early 2026, in the form of a teaser trailer and photos. (The trailer was first unveiled during the Star Trek Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.)

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The teaser trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is here and it’s a different vibe than traditional Trek.

The first live-action Star Trek project to focus on characters in their early 20s, Starfleet Academy features a largely Gen Z cast playing a class of cadets in San Francisco training for their debut space adventure. The show also stars Holly Hunter, who plays the Academy’s chancellor, and Paul Giamatti, who plays a recurring alien villain in the show.

The trailer (below) which debuted at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday is narrated by Hunter’s character giving a reception speech to the class, saying they will learn “the skills that shaped our greatest officers.” But what’s more interesting about the footage — and sure to be debated by longtime (read: old) Star Trek fans — are the visuals of the young cast as they bond, flirt, dance and look longingly at the stars.

The future of “Star Trek” is here and it truly is boldly going to some new and undiscovered places. (Check out our ranking of every “Star Trek” live-action show). The message from Paramount+’s presentation for the franchise July 26 at San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H isn’t boundary- and format-pushing alone: It’s clear that they want to package new things with some heavy doses of the familiar — major stars, beloved returning franchise vets, and some cutesy gimmicks.

Take a look at the teaser for “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.”

There are a ton of new faces there for the 32nd Century-set show, as much of the cast is teenage and 20-something newcomers. And it’s set in a time period, post-“Star Trek: Discovery” that allows for all-new storytelling completely unrestrained by preexisting canon. But that’s also a lot of unfamiliar stuff, and audiences can need a little...

Class is in session for the next crop of cadets, ready to go boldly where no man has gone before. That's because the first trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has officially dropped for audiences during San Diego Comic Con in Hall H. The trailer introduces fans to Holly Hunter's character, a captain and Chancellor of Starfleet Academy. Feelings of hope brim throughout the trailer, as the next generation (no pun intended) of Starfleet officers come into their own.

The trailer is also filled with Easter eggs for longtime Trek fans, including a wall of honor behind the cadets. It lists characters that fans of Star Trek: The Original Series, The Next Generation,Voyager, Deep Space Nine, or even Enterprise may recognize, revealing the fate (at least in terms of rank) of their favorite characters. Elsewhere, Deep Space Nine fans may want to sit down, as there's also a...

A new Starfleet class is preparing to boldly go where no one has gone before as the latest Star Trek spin-off brings fans down to earth at Comic-Con.

During Saturday’s Star Trek universe presentation in Hall H, fans were treated to the first trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, in which Holly Hunter’s Chancellor Nahla Ake, and Paul Giamatti’s villainous Nus Braka are both introduced, along with some fresh faces.

“And so we begin. I’m Captain Nahla Ake, chancellor of Starfleet Academy. We’re all the first academy class to return to our campus in San Fancisco after more than 120 years. Some of you are here for your families, some for yourselves,” she tells them. “Together, you are the best and the brightest from across the galaxy, a tapestry that is Starfleet.”

Nahla’s speech concludes with a classic nod to the Og series. “So, go out and seek,...

Paramount recently released a series of images for their upcoming show "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy," and Trekkies are already poring over them, looking for clues, details, and character quirks that might more closely inform them as to what kind of series we'll be looking forward to. The cast for the series has already been announced, and it will include Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané, Zoë Steiner, and Sandro Rosta as its central Starfleet Cadets. None of their characters' names have been released yet, but we'll know them soon enough.

The cast will also include Tig Notaro, reprising her role as Jett Reno from "Star Trek: Discovery," as well as Robert Picardo, reprising his role as The Doctor from "Star Trek: Voyager." Trekkies can tell you that "Voyager" is set a good 815 years before the 32nd century of "Starfleet Academy," but the Doctor is a hologram and, as we now see,...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will bring back Klingons with a massive twist. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Starfleet Academy is the newest Paramount+ Star Trek series, which is headlined by Academy Award winner Holly Hunter, with Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti playing season 1's mystery villain. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is expected to premiere in 2026, and season 2 begins filming later this year.

Ahead of Star Trek's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con,Entertainment Weekly revealed a dozen first-look images offering the first glimpse of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. In EW, Alex Kurtzman confirms that Klingons will not only be a part of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, but the series will introduce a "Klingon hybrid species who are several of our main characters," including, potentially, Paul Giamatti's villain. See Alex's quote below:

Kurtzman does confirm Klingons will be a part of the show; more specifically a...

Star Trek’slatest TV series doesn’t have a premiere date yet, but ahead of a July 26 panel at San Diego Comic-Con, several new photos from the set of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy have been revealed. The series, starring Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, and a slew of young “cadets,” is set to premiere on Paramount+ sometime in 2026.

Per Entertainment Weekly,Starfleet Academy’s showrunner Alex Kurtzman is also teasing what Trek fans can expect from the new series when it eventually does debut. The series has already received an order for a second season.

In an exciting reveal, fans get a glimpse at Giamatti’s villainous new character. “He had such a great time putting on the makeup. He loved sitting in the chair,” Kurtzman said of Giamatti. “We were worried it was going to take too much time, but he said, ‘No, I love it. It really lets me drop into the character.

Paul Giamatti is a big Star Trek fan, and he finally got the chance to live out his dream when he joined the cast of Starfleet Academy. He plays the main villain of the show, and Entertainment Weekly has the first look at his character. You can check out more first-look photos of other characters over at Entertainment Weekly.

Star Trek franchise producer Alex Kurtzman said they started seriously considering Giamatti when the actor revealed that he always wanted to play a Klingon during The Holdovers press tour. “We looked at each other and we went, ‘Is he kidding?! Well, let’s call his agent and find out,’” Kurtzman said. “Within, I think, less than an hour, [his agent] called back and said he would love to meet.”

Giamatti was given the choice of five different parts, and he chose the main villain. Kurtzman didn’t reveal any specifics about Giamatii’s character,...

We've got our first look at Starfleet Academy, and it appears ready to push the franchise in a new direction!

Right now, Star Trek is in a bit of flux. Discovery and Lower Decks both ended their runs after five seasons each, while Prodigy is dead. Strange New Worlds just unveiled its third season with the announcement that it will end after its fifth.

Thankfully, that won't be the last for Trek as Starfleet Academy is set to beam itself into Paramount+ next year, and the first peeks at it look amazing!

Starfleet Academy first look

Entertainment Weekly broke the exclusive first images of Starfleet Academy before a huge panel reveals more details at this weekend's San Diego Comic-Con.

The images do show Oscar winner Holly Hunter as an admiral and the school headmaster, and Paul Giamatti as the show's Klingon villain. 

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Are you ready to go back to school? The cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy are. Entertainment Weekly unveiled photos for the upcoming Paramount+ series, set to be the next installment in the Star Trek universe. Fans get their first glimpse at cast members Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, Robert Picardo, Tatiana Maslany, and more. Fans are also learning more about the upcoming series. Bigger plans, per Entertainment Weekly, are being kept under wraps until the Star Trek panel at San Diego Comic Con on Saturday. The series will premiere sometime in 2026 and showrunner Alex Kurtzman tells Entertainment Weekly why telling a story about the next generation (no pun intended) of Starfleet officers was so important now:

"Our children are facing a lot of challenges right now and they are our hope for the future."

What Else Do We Know About 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'?

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Uma Thurman recalled doing her own stunts as The Old Guard 2's main villain. The actor didn't have time to physically prepare for the role, but she did have Kill Bill's gruelling stunt training.

Uma Thurman channeled Kill Bill's The Bride while filming The Old Guard 2, where she played an overpowered, immortal villain. The actor admitted she was ill-prepared for the part, but she did have the required experience. "I signed on quite late for this project, so I didn't have time to do proper training," she told The Times. "Fortunately I had put in hundreds of hours learning how to hold a sword." She first showcased her bladework during the Crazy 88 fight sequence from Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Thurman trained eight hours a day for three months for Kill Bill Vol.1 and 2, and that acquired skill paid off 21 years later. "You may not be limber and strong [at 55]," she added,...

Though now widely recognized as a seminal film with indelible cultural influence — sparking references, parodies and homages aplenty since its 1994 release — Pulp Fiction, created on a small seven-figure budget, wasn’t something star Uma Thurman initially realized would have such a watershed impact.

In a recent interview with The Times U.K., the Oscar nominee discussed her four-decade-plus career and turn alongside Charlize Theron in Victoria Mahoney’s The Old Guard 2, released July 2 on Netflix.

“I knew it was special, you could tell from the writing, the uniqueness,” Thurman said of the Quentin Tarantino- helmed and written feature, “but it was a relatively small film.”

Amid its debut at Cannes, where it won the coveted Palme d’Or, Thurman had already been acting for 10 years. At 24, she starred as Mia Wallace, the wife to Ving Rhames’ crime boss and an aspiring actress, for which she was Oscar nominated...

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Untamed is a mystery crime thriller drama miniseries co-created by Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith. The Netflix series is set in the wilderness of the Yosemite National Park, and it follows the National Park Service officer Kyle Turner as he investigates the brutal murder of a young woman while struggling with handling his own demons. Untamed stars Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago, and Wilson Bethel. So, if you loved the intensely thrilling drama, captivating murder mystery, and compelling characters in Netflix’s Untamed, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Broadchurch is a British mystery crime thriller drama series created by Chris Chibnall. The ITV series takes place in the coastal town of Broadchurch, and it revolves around the investigation into the tragic death of a young boy...

After rising to fame with his lovable role as Andy Dwyer on NBC's Parks and Recreation, Chris Pratt has since transitioned into a major Hollywood star, especially within the science fiction genre. He became widely recognized for portraying Star-Lord in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy and Owen Grady in the Jurassic World trilogy, both blockbuster sci-fi franchises.

Despite his early success, Pratt's more recent ventures into sci-fi movies have been met with less enthusiasm. The shift began with Passengers, a film criticized for its problematic plot. Instead of elevating his status in sci-fi, it marked the start of a disappointing trend. Pratt's attempts to recapture his blockbuster success with similar films have generally failed to resonate with critics and audiences alike.

This pattern continued with streaming projects like Amazon's The Tomorrow War, which drew lukewarm responses for its clichéd plot and lack of originality, with critics...

At the start of the opening credits of each episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Anson Mount delivers a variation of the same famous speech that so many Trek captains have recited before him, about space being the final frontier, the voyages of the starship Enterprise, and how the mission is to boldly go where no one (or, in the Sixties, where no man) has gone before.

But as the third season of Strange New Worlds is set to debut Thursday on Paramount+, Star Trek as a television franchise...

Patton Oswalt would sign on to a live-action remake of Ratatouille “in a second”.The 56-year-old actor starred as the rodent chef Remy in Pixar’s beloved 2007 animated movie, and Oswalt has now revealed he would return for a Ratatouille remake - so long as director Brad Bird was at the helm again.When TMZ asked The King of Queens actor if he was open to voicing Remy again in another Ratatouille film, he said: “If Brad Bird came up with a great idea to do it, I would do it in a second. “But, that's up to him. Yeah, to get to work with Brad Bird [again] would be great.”Oswalt was also quizzed on whether he thought Ratatouille was one of the best Disney-Pixar movies, but the actor insisted “that’s for the viewers to decide”.He added: “I mean, I had a blast doing it, but I don't...

Wolf Kasteler has two new senior vice presidents.

The bicoastal public relations and consulting firm has promoted Allie Jenkins and Chelsea Hayes in the agency’s Los Angeles and New York offices, respectively. With their new senior vp titles, the pair will be charged with partnering across teams to help shape strategy, guide emerging talent and support operational procedures while working alongside vice presidents Lauren Appel, Christa Dallas, Caryn Leeds and Annick Oppenheim.

In a joint statement, Wolf Kasteler partners Annett Wolf and Annick Muller said, “They’ve consistently brought passion, strategy and unwavering commitment to our clients — leading major campaigns and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. This promotion reflects the trust they’ve earned from us, our clients and the industry.”

Jenkins started her career by working in global branding at ICM in 2010. She moved to ID-pr in 2011, and segued to a position at Wolf Kasteler two years later.

Public relations and consulting firm Wolf Kasteler has elevated Allie Jenkins and Chelsea Hayes to SVP in the agency’s Los Angeles and New York offices, respectively.

“We are incredibly proud to announce the promotion of Allie Jenkins and Chelsea Hayes to Senior Vice President,” said Annett Wolf and Annick Muller, Partners at Wolf Kasteler. “They’ve consistently brought passion, strategy, and unwavering commitment to our clients — leading major campaigns and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. This promotion reflects the trust they’ve earned from us, our clients, and the industry.”

As SVPs, Jenkins and Hayes will take on expanded leadership duties — partnering across teams to help shape agency strategy, emerging talent, and support operational excellence alongside the existing VPs which includes Lauren Appel, Christa Dallas, Caryn Leeds and Annick Oppenheim.

Jenkins began her career in Global Branding at ICM in 2010, and moved to Idpr in 2011 before joining...

CBS Studios is returning to the San Diego Comic-Con with first-look panels, exclusive reveals, and ultimate fan experiences.

Included in their lineup are panel presentations for the supernatural comedy Ghosts, the Star Trek Universe, and the new series NCIS: Tony & Ziva, which is set to premiere on Paramount+ on Thursday, September 4.

NCIS: Tony & Ziva Panel

Fan-favorite characters Tony and Ziva are back in “NCIS: Tony & Ziva,” the newest installment of the NCIS franchise coming to Paramount+ this September!

The series fans have waited a decade for, finds Ziva and Tony reunited with their daughter Tali in Paris, only to be forced to go on the run across Europe after Tony’s security company is attacked.

Join “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” series stars and executive producers Cote de Pablo, Michael Weatherly, and showrunner John McNamara for an action-packed exclusive look at the series and a panel discussion moderated by NCIS’ Brian Dietzen.

CBS Studios announces 2025 San Diego Comic-Con plans

The stars of Ghosts will haunt the San Diego Comic-Con again, heading to the pop culture convention for a Saturday, July 26, 2025 panel. CBS Studios is also bringing members of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy casts to Sdcc for a supersized Star Trek Universe panel.

Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly from the newest addition to the NCIS franchise, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, are scheduled to take part in a panel on Thursday, July 24. NCIS: Tony & Ziva and the two Star Trek series will also be a part of Paramount+’s The Lodge interactive fan experience that will be set up at Happy Does.

CBS Studios’ 2025 San Diego Comic-Con Panels

NCIS: Tony & Ziva Panel – Thursday, July 24, 3:00-4:00pm in Indigo Ballroom

Fan-favorite characters Tony and Ziva are back in NCIS: Tony & Ziva,...

This year's San Diego Comic-Con has everything for fans of CBS programming! If you're looking for more content from your favorite Star Trekcast, waiting to hear about the new season of Ghostsand more, you need to head to the famous convention this year! CBS Studios is returning with Hall H panels, first looks, and more for all your favorite shows, and we have all the information you need to make sure you don't miss a single bit of their slate.

The anticipated new series NCIS: Tony & Zivais set to kick things off on Thursday, July 24! The series follows Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo), who are getting their own show in the newest installment of the NCISfranchise. "The series fans have waited a decade for, finds Ziva and Tony reunited with their daughter Tali in Paris, only to be forced to go on the run across Europe after...

CBS Studios is returning to San Diego Comic-Con later this month with first-look panels, exclusive reveals and more for new NCIS spinoff Tony & Ziva, along with its stars Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly, as well as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and new series Starfleet Academy and hit supernatural comedy Ghosts.

The anticipated NCIS: Tony & Ziva premieres September 4, exclusively on Paramount+.

Here are details of the panels and experiences:

NCIS: Tony & Ziva: Fan-favorites Tony and Ziva are back in NCIS: Tony & Ziva, the newest installment of the NCIS franchise. The spinoff finds Ziva and Tony reunited with their daughter Tali in Paris, only to be forced to go on the run across Europe after Tony’s security company is attacked. Join series stars and executive producers Cote de Pablo, Michael Weatherly and showrunner John McNamara for an exclusive look at the series and panel discussion moderated by NCIS’ Brian Dietzen.