After years of being a Star Trek fan, actress Tawny Newsome now will get to contribute to the franchise on a number of fronts. Since 2020, she’s been voicing Beckett Mariner on Star Trek: Decrease Decks, and earlier this yr, she portrayed the character in live-action for the primary time within the Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds crossover episode “These Previous Scientists.” Then in March, Newsome introduced that she’s additionally one of many writers connected to the upcoming Star Trek TV present Starfleet Academy. Even this early on within the artistic course of although, she is properly conscious of her added duty, noting to CinemaBlend that “it’s one factor to fuck up an actress,” however one other to do this whereas on a writing employees.
Whereas the vast majority of my current dialog with Newsome revolved round Star Trek: Decrease Decks Season 4, which may be watched in its entirety with a Paramount+ subscription, I additionally inquired along with her about how issues are coming together with Starfleet Academy. She began off by saying this:
Yeah, I can solely converse to what they’ve already mentioned within the press as a result of it’s one factor to fuck up and say some shit that you simply’re not speculated to as an actor, however as a author, it’s no good. You get in much more hassle. So I’ll be very cautious and say that sure, we’re again. It’s nice, it’s enjoyable, now we have a terrific group of individuals.
I don’t blame her for being extra cautious now that she’s one of many artistic minds behind respiratory life right into a Star Trek story relatively than simply studying the traces others have written for her. If she spills the beans on story particulars that aren’t speculated to be shared with the general public for a very long time, the implications could be extra extreme. So whereas clearly Newsome needs to be on her guard relating to speaking about Decrease Decks, it’s much more essential relating to Starfleet Academy.
Nonetheless, provided that this upcoming present is predicted to revolve round youthful protagonists, I wished to get Tanwy Newsome’s ideas on being a part of increasing the Star Trek franchise right into a extra younger grownup area, just like what was accomplished with Prodigy, which has now been arrange at Netflix. The author clarified that hasn’t provided that as a lot thought as bringing humor to the mission, saying:
I don’t know the reply to that. I do know that the kind of Star Trek I all the time like seeing and making are issues that really feel very… I all the time gravitate in direction of humorous. My complete profession has been in comedy, in order that’s undoubtedly what I deliver to something I write, and any room that I’m in I’m all the time making an attempt to deliver the humorous, so I hope I can try this right here. Yeah, it’s been nice to simply make Star Trek with a bunch of very pretty folks.
Newsome actually does know her approach across the comedic block, as a result of together with Star Trek: Decrease Decks, her different credit in that discipline embody Bajillion Greenback Propertie$, Area Power and the recently-released film Quiz Woman, which is accessible to Hulu subscribers. So as a result of she introduced up bringing “the humorous,” I requested her if we will count on Starfleet Academy to function the identical form of humor Decrease Decks does, and she or he responded:
I can’t say that. And truthfully, as a result of it’s so early. Something I say, it couldn’t be the case by the point you see the factor. So I actually don’t need to give any false hope. I can say that it is going to be a really cool present that I feel audiences are going to like, and that I’m a humorous individual, so I’m all the time making an attempt to place humorous shit in all of my scripts. That’s my very cautious reply (laughs).
Together with Tawny Newsome, different behind-the-scenes expertise on Starfleet Academy embody Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau because the co-showrunners, and so they’re additionally government producing alongside Gaia Violo (who’s written the premiere episode), Aaron Baiers, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa and John Weber. Particular plot particulars are being stored secret for now, however because it’s mentioned within the announcement that the Academy has reopened admission for the primary time in “over a century,” this has prompted hypothesis that it is going to be set someday in Star Trek: Discovery’s thirty second century time interval.
As quickly as the image regarding what to anticipate from Starfleet Academy turns into clearer, we’ll let . Till then, preserve observe of our persevering with protection on your complete Star Trek franchise, and make sure you learn why Tawny Newsome thinks Decrease Decks Season 4 massive unhealthy Nick Locarno and traditional Trek baddie Khan are related.
