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Oscar winner Holly Hunter has landed the lead role in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which will be released by streaming service Paramount+.
According to an official statement on the matter, her character will be the captain and chancellor of the Academy, leading both the faculty and a new class of Starfleet cadets learning to navigate the galaxy in the 32nd century.
“It feels like we’ve spent a lifetime watching Holly Hunter as her acting genius takes shape,” commented co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. – “Her extraordinary sincerity, fearlessness, sense of humor and all-around brilliance are exactly what it takes to lead ‘’Starfleet Academy’ is a gift to all of us and to the enduring legacy of the franchise.”
