CBS Access has officially confirmed that Michelle Yeoh will in fact join the latest Star Trek venture. Plus two more actors have been announced to join the cast.
First, Actor Doug Jones (Hellboy) will play Lt. Saru, a Starfleet Science Officer and a new alien specias to the Star Trek universe. Second, Anthony Rapp (Road Trip) will star as Lt. Stamets, he’s being describe as a “astromycologist or fungus expert and will serve as the Science Officer aboard the Starship Discovery.
Last week, Yeoh was reported as joining the cast and she will play Captain Georgiou, a Starfleet Captain aboard the Starship Shenzhou.
You can read the official press release here.
Discovery will launch in May, 2017 on CBS Access.
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