The newest cast member for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been revealed. On Star Trek Day, the annual celebration of all things Star Trek Coming on the anniversary of the original TV show’s debut, several new announcements were made for the franchise’s various programs. This includes casting Carol Kane in the upcoming second season of Strange New Worldsand a picture of her in character as Chief Engineer Pelia was revealed on the franchise’s official Twitter account.
Star Trek: Strange New World serves as a prequel series to the original Star Trek and is a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery. In Strange New WorldsCaptain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew explore new worlds in the USS Company in the years before Captain James T. Kirk would do the same. Paul Wesley plays a new incarnation of Kirk in the series, while the show’s cast also includes Ethan Peck as Spock, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, and Rebecca Romijn as number one. Also featured in the cast of characters are Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun and Bruce Horak.
Carol Kane, an Oscar nominee, can be recognized for many roles dating back decades and has appeared in such films as Dog day afternoon, Annie Halland The princess bride. Her more recent film credits include: Ava’s belongings, ghost lightand The dead don’t die. Kane previously won two Emmy Awards for her role in the classic sitcom Cab with her other memorable small screen credits including: Gotham, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtand hunters.
Lots of new Star Trek content coming
The first season of Strange New Worlds premiered on Paramount+ in May and ended with a 10-episode run in July. The Paramount+ team was so confident in the show’s success that Strange New Worlds was renewed for a second season ahead of the Season 1 premiere. The second season is expected to arrive in 2023, although production on Season 2 has already been completed.
“Four years ago we promised to grow Star Trek to something it had never been before, and thanks to the incredibly hard work of our many talented showrunners, writers and directors, along with the extraordinary support of CBS Studios and Paramount+, we are keeping our word.” Star Trek franchise architect Alex Kurtzman said when? Strange New Worlds was renewed together with Discovery and the animated series Lower decks. “Now our current shows are ready for the future as we work to build Trek’s next programming phase for the coming years.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds doesn’t have a season 2 premiere date yet, but you can binge watch season 1 on Paramount+, along with a host of other exclusives Star Trek content.