Kate Mulgrew Cast in Star Trek: Prodigy

CBS Studios has announced that Kate Mulgrew will return as Captain Janeway in the upcoming animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy. Mulgrew commented,

I have invested every scintilla of my being in Captain Janeway, and I can’t wait to endow her with nuance that I never did before in Star Trek: Prodigy. How thrilling to be able to introduce to these young minds an idea that has elevated the world for decades. To be at the helm again is going to be deeply gratifying in a new way for me.

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Star Trek: Prodigy Coming Next Year

Nickelodeon and CBS Eye Animation have revealed that a new animated Star Trek series, Prodigy, will debut on the network sometime next year. The show "follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation." Prodigy was originally announced last year.

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Star Trek Animated Series in Development at Nickelodeon

CBS has confirmed reports that a second animated Star Trek series (the first being Lower Decks at All Access) is in development at Nickelodeon. The untitled series will be executive produced by Kevin and Dan Hageman, along with Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, and Katie Krentz. The plot is described as following "a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation."

2 More Short Treks & New Animated Trek Series Coming

According to the Hollywood Reporter, CBS has ordered two animated Star Trek: Short Treks episodes, which will debut in the spring after the second season of Discovery (which will run through late April, assuming no gaps). Executive producer Alex Kurtzman also told them that an additional animated series (beyond the already-confirmed Lower Decks show) is in development, though he declined to provide details.

There's other animated things that we're building that are an entirely different perspective and an entirely different tone. What's exciting about it is not only looking at each animated series as what's the different tone but what's the different technology we can apply to these things so that visually they're entirely different?

No, not that animated series, the other one. No, the other, other one