Director and executive producer Olatunde Osunsanmi previews the first Trek film of the Paramount+ era.
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At the center ofStar Trek: Section 31isMichelle Yeoh.
Everything else within the firstTrekfilm of the Paramount+ era orbits around her.
Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Credit:Sophy Holland/Paramount+
At the end of the day, each scene usually belongs to one particular character.
So then what you have is a movie that is visually inspired by who she is.
Osunsanmi has been involved with the project for years.
Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou and Omari Hardwick as Alok in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
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Osunsanmi planned to direct the pilot for this new series, penned by Craig Sweeny.
“So we essentially had two parallel shows happening at the same time.”
The other operatives feel representative of classic archetypes of spy and heist movies, but with aStar Trektwist.
Philippa (Michelle Yeoh) fights an unknown assailant in her nightclub, the Baraam, in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
(Actress Miku Martineau plays a younger Philippa in flashbacks.)
“It is certainly different to have this throw in of team in theStar Trekuniverse,” Osunsanmi says.
“That’s why we get the unpredictable lenses.
Kacey Rohl as Rachel in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
You don’t know what it’s going to do.”
You’ll see what he means whenStar Trek: Section 31premieres on Paramount+ Jan. 24.
He is credited as the director and an executive producer.
Sam Richardson as Quasi of ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
Sven Ruygrok as Fuzz in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
Humberly Gonzalez as Melle of ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
Joe Pingue as Dada Noe in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’.Jan Thijs/Paramount
