Summary
The teaser trailer forStar Trek:Section 31is screened atSan Diego Comic-Con2024, confirming a 2025 release date and providing the first proper look at the Starfleet spy team put together by Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou.StarTrek’s first streaming-exclusive movie puts Starfleet’s controversial covert operatives front and center, as Philippa Georgiou rejoins Section 31 for the first time sinceStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2. Originally starting life as aDiscoveryspinoff series, theSection 31movie will depictGeorgiou atoning for her sinswhile protecting the galaxy.
Star Trek: Section 31is set in the “lost era”, the period between the end ofStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, andStar Trek: The Next Generation.
The teaser trailer forStar Trek: Section 31, screened as part of theStar Trekfranchise’s Comic-Con panel, for whichScreen Rantwas in attendance.
The trailer provides a first look atSection 31’s cast of charactersin action, while alsointroducing Miku Martineau as the younger Philippa Georgiou.
Star Trek: Section 31 - Everything You Need To Know
Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh headlines Star Trek: Section 31, and here’s what we know about Paramount+’s first Star Trek streaming movie.
Star Trek: Section 31 Trailer Reveals Georgiou’s Spy Team
Starfleet & Section 31 Are On A Joint Mission In The Star Trek Movie
Star Trek: Section 31’s teaser trailer provides the first look at the characters played byOmari Hardwick, Rob Kazinsky, Humberly González, Kacey Rohl, Sven Ruygrok, and Sam Richardson. While theirSection 31character names aren’t revealed in the teaser, it is known that Kacey Rohl will be playing a younger version ofCaptain Rachel Garrett(Tricia O’Neill) fromStar Trek: The Next Generation. It appears that Garrett is a Starfleet liaison, telling Georgiou that she’s there to make sure Section 31 doesn’t “kill anyone”.
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There are also interesting tidbits from theSection 31trailer that suggest who the other cast members may be playing. Omari Hardwick is clearly playing Philippa Georgiou’s Section 31 recruiter or handler in theStar Trekmovie, given his damning summary of her crimes. Sven Ruygrok’s character is likely a Vulcan, asthe Federation and the Romulans are on non-speaking terms at this point in theStar Trektimeline. Rob Kazinsky’s bulky exoskeleton cuts an imposing figure, while it looks like Humberly González is playing a Deltan fromStar Trek: The Motion Picture.
Star Trek: Section 31is set in the years before Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) was built, which implies Sam Richardson could be the beneficiary of Soong’s pre-Data cybernetics.
Most interesting of all, is the first look atSam Richardson inStar Trek: Section 31. One shot of Richardson’s character, reveals that he has what looks like theyellow eyes of a Soong android.Star Trek: Section 31is set in the years before Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) was built, which implies Sam Richardson could be the beneficiary of Soong’s pre-Data cybernetics. Viewers will see whether Richardson’s character is related to Data, and how Philippa Georgiou’s disparate Starfleet spy team comes together whenStar Trek: Section 31premieres on Paramount+ in 2025.
