{"id":53790,"date":"2025-10-11T22:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T02:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=53790"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:38:47","slug":"nycc-2025-stephen-colbert-to-voice-starfleet-academys-digital-dean-of-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/11\/nycc-2025-stephen-colbert-to-voice-starfleet-academys-digital-dean-of-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCC 2025: Stephen Colbert To Voice STARFLEET ACADEMY&#8217;s Digital Dean Of Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53151\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Star-Trek-NYCC-Header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Star-Trek-NYCC-Header.jpg\" alt=\"Star Trek Starfleet Academy\" width=\"678\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Star-Trek-NYCC-Header.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Star-Trek-NYCC-Header-339x170.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Paramount<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stephen Colbert is going where no late-night talk show host has gone before.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert has been cast in Paramount Plus&#8217;s upcoming <em>Star Trek<\/em> series, <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em>, in the recurring voiceover role of the digital Dean of Students. The announcement came at the end of the hour-long &#8220;<em>Star Trek<\/em> Universe&#8221; panel at this year&#8217;s New York Comic Con earlier today. <\/p>\n<p>In a short video Colbert stated that he was &#8220;thrilled to join this universe that I\u2019ve loved for so long.&#8221; And in reference to his role being just a voiceover part and not being on camera, he quipped that it saved him from having to endure &#8220;four hours in hair and makeup every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Paramount Plus has released the full video announcement as was played at NYCC.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nh4NxQv0O4s?si=LkM4--1LiuFusGS0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> is a follow-up series to the recently wrapped <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>, the initial <em>Trek<\/em> show that launched Paramount Plus&#8217;s streaming arm of the franchise. Set in the 32nd Century, the show will follow a group of Starfleet cadets learning what they will need to know if they are to go onto careers exploring strange new worlds. Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter stars as the captain of the starship training vessel that serves as the Academy. Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti also stars in a role that has been described as the villain of the show&#8217;s first season. <\/p>\n<p>Also joining the cast are Tig Notaro reprising her <em>Discovery<\/em> role of engineer Jett Reno and Robert Picardo returning to his <em>Star Trek: Voyager<\/em> role of the Doctor. Discovery actors Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman, who played Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly on <em>Discovery<\/em>, are also slated to make crossover appearances.<\/p>\n<p><em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> is set to premiere of January 15, 2026. Paramount Plus has already ordered a second season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">UPDATED with video announcement. Late -night talkshow host Stephen Colbert will be lending his voice to the upcoming STAR TREK series STARFLEET ACADEMY.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/11\/nycc-2025-stephen-colbert-to-voice-starfleet-academys-digital-dean-of-students\/\" title=\"NYCC 2025: Stephen Colbert To Voice STARFLEET ACADEMY&#8217;s Digital Dean Of Students\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10285],"tags":[12251,35,12256,3745],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv-news","8":"tag-new-york-comic-con-2025","9":"tag-star-trek","10":"tag-starfleet-academy","11":"tag-stephen-colbert"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53790"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=53790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}