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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Finds Its Captain In Jason Isaacs

I’ve kept up only here and there with what’s been happening on the upcoming CBS All Access series, Star Trek: Discovery but it’s great to see that the show itself is already in production as of late January with a cast lining up pretty nicely. Thus, the title ship now has its Captain aboard in actor Jason Isaacs according to Variety, following the addition of its lead star in actress Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) who will play the ship’s lead lieutenant. Others joining are James Frain who will play Spock’s father, Sarek, with Anthony Rapp as a space fungus expert, Terry Serpico as a high-ranking Starfleet official and Maulik Pancholy and Sam Vartholomeos in the respective roles of chief medical officer and Junior Starfleet officer aboard the Starship Shenzhou for which actress Michelle Yeoh, recently-added to Jon M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians, will play its captain – a fact […]

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Confirms Michelle Yeoh In A Recurring Role

Lee B. Golden III

A few days ago, ComingSoon.net reported that actress and martial artist Michelle Yeoh was up for a role in CBS’s forthcoming All Access series, Star Trek: Discovery. It wasn’t confirmed at the time, but developments in the last twenty four hours have finally made it official that Yeoh’s would be a Captain’s role. More specifically, Deadline‘s own exclusive coverage confirms that Yeoh, best known for her prolific stardom in nearly three decades as one of the world’s most versatile and beloved action stars, will play Han Bo, serving as the Captain of another ship named the Shenzhou which will have a major role to play in the series. Yeoh marks the first official casting of the program since the show was announced nearly a year ago today, followed by a first-look logo teaser during CBS’s Upfronts presentation back in May, and a Comic-Con teaser a few months later brandishing the […]