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‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Cast Talks Plot Details, Embracing the ‘Weight’ of the Franchise’s Legacy, Working with Michelle Yeoh: ‘She Galvanizes the Team’


The cast joined Variety Studio and revealed plot details, the "weight" of the franchise's legacy and working with the Oscar-winning Michelle Yeoh.

The cast of the upcoming “Star Trek: Section 31,” a direct-to-streaming Paramount+ film starring Michelle Yeoh (“Everything, Everywhere, All At Once”), Sam Richardson (“The Afterparty”), Omari Hardwick (“Power”) and Kacey Rohl (“The Magicians”), stopped by Variety Studio, presented by Google TV, at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con. Richardson, Hardwick and Rohl were joined by director Olatunde Osunsanmi and executive producer Alex Kurtzman to talk about the franchise’s upcoming interstellar venture. A spin-off from the series “Star Trek: Discovery,” the film follows Philippa Georgiou (Yeoh) as she works with Section 31, a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets.

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