Michelle Yeoh Joins STAR TREK: DISCOVERY as Captain

Michelle Yeoh is said to join Star Trek: Discovery according to writer and consulting producer for the show, Nicholas Meyer! Meyer exclusively told comingsoon.net that he knows Michelle Yeoh is in the television show. No further details were given about Yeoh’s role or anything related to her casting. This is the first casting news from the show that we’ve heard.

UPDATE: According to Deadline, Yeoh will step into a Captain’s chair for the new show.

However, before you start mapping out the deck of the Discovery, sources close to the production tell us exclusively that Yeoh actually will be the leader of another ship. We hear that Yeoh has been cast as Han Bo and her ship is the Shenzhou. The Yeoh-run spacecraft is set to play a big role in Discovery‘s first season.

Yeoh has been an international star for decades, dazzling audiences in such films as Tomorrow Never Dies, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and of course Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She recently revisited her character of Yu Shu Lien for the Crouching Tiger sequel. She also joined the Netflix series, Marco Polo, as a recurring character.

Long time Trek veteran Bryan Fuller was set to run the series stepped down due to other commitments (American Gods, Amazing Stories). He remains as executive producer on the show and is responsible for much of the story arc of the first season. Alex Kurtzman, Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts took over the daily production of the show with Akiva Goldsman taking over supporting production.

Star Trek: Discovery will debut on CBS in May 2017 before moving to CBS’s All Access video streaming service, where every episode of the show will be available.

What do you think of the news? Are you looking forward to Star Trek: Discovery? Are you excited by Yeoh’s casting? Let us know and be sure to join the adventures on Discovery in May 2017!