Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Show Officially In Development At Paramount+
Paramount+ is developing a new Star Trek series focusing on Starfleet Academy. In the universe of Star Trek, Starfleet Academy was founded in 2161, the same year the Federation of Planets was formed, and is the training ground for Starfleet cadets. While a popular fixture in the Star Trek universe, similar to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter franchise or Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngers in X-Men, there has yet to be a series or film to focus on the Starfleet institution.
The Star Trek franchise has become a big player on Paramount+. The flagship series, Star Trek: Discovery, was recently renewed for season 5 and is the streamer's most-watched series. The franchise has branched out into animation with the kid-centricStar Trek: Prodigy and the more adult humor-orientated Star Trek: Lower Decks. Star Trek: Picard season 2 is set to return in March and a new spin-off series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, is set to premiere on May 5, 2022, and will be set ten years before the events of the original Star Trek series.
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According to Deadline, another Star Trek series is in development at Paramount+ titled Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which is also the name of a 1997 computer game, however, there is currently no known relation between the two projects. The series will be set among the college of cadets mentored for leadership roles in the United Federation of Planets space force, and Absentia co-creator, Gaia Violo, is currently working on a take for the project. The project will be pitched to Paramount+ soon with the hope that work on the series will begin next year.
The concept of a Starfleet-centric series has long
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