Part 31 Director Previews His New Paramount+ Movie Forward of its Debut

The primary Star Trek streaming function movie and the primary Trek movie within the Paramount+ period is about for a Jan. 24 debut, and the director of Star Trek: Part 31 is teasing the movie in a brand new interview. Olatunde Osunsanmi, who additionally serves as a producer on the film, tells Leisure Weekly that “99 %” of the scenes belong to the film’s star, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh, who reprises her function as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, a personality that was first launched on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Discovery sequence.

“On the finish of the day, every scene often belongs to 1 explicit character,” Osunsanmi mentioned. “In Part 31, 99 % of these scenes belong to Michelle Yeoh’s character, Philippa Georgiou. So then what you might have is a film that’s visually impressed by who she is. She is unpredictable, she is harmful, she is relentless, she has additionally found that she is type and has the chance for redemption. As an alternative of a person on hearth, you might have a girl on hearth and a visible design that’s unpredictable for the primary time on this trendy period.”

The Idea Was Initially Developed as a Sequence, Not a Film

Part 31 began off as an thought for a derivative sequence and Yeoh even had a gathering with Trek producer Alex Kurtzman, and the sequence was introduced in 2019. Osunsanmi was tapped to direct the sequence pilot and mentioned, “We really prepped and had an idea assembly on the pilot of Part 31 whereas we had been ending and capturing the finale of Disco Season 2. So we basically had two parallel exhibits occurring on the identical time.”

After a sequence of hurdles, together with the pandemic and the actors’ and writers’ strikes of 2023, the film was born. Within the movie, which is able to air completely on Paramount+, Yeoh’s Philippa is operating a nightclub referred to as the Baraam. She’s then tapped to hitch Part 31, a secret, black-ops division of Starfleet.

“It’s Definitely Completely different,” Says Part 31 Director

Omari Hardwick stars as Alok, the workforce chief, and Kacey Rohl as Rachel Garrett, a consultant from Starfleet (and eventual U.S.S. Enterprise C captain). Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso) performs a shapeshifting Chameloid named Quasi and Rob Kazinsky performs Zeph, whose physique is fused with a mechanical exoskeleton. Sven Ruygrok performs Fuzz, a Vulcan and hacker, and Humberly González performs Melle, a Deltan, which is a species recognized for its sturdy sexual presence (suppose Lieutenant Ilia in 1979’s Star Trek: The Movement Image).

“It’s actually totally different to have any such workforce within the Star Trek universe,” Osunsanmi mentioned. “That was what was thrilling about it, seeing what occurs at nighttime and what occurs means exterior of Federation area.” Osunsanmi additionally touched on how the Part 31 film is totally different from different Trek. “On this present model of Trek, all the things is only a bit extra on edge and unpredictable, which mirrors Philippa Georgiou’s character,” Osunsanmi mentioned.

Star Trek: Part 31 premieres on Paramount+ on Jan. 24.

Supply: Leisure Weekly

Star Trek: Part 31

Director

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Studio

CBS Studios, Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Leisure

Forged

Michelle Yeoh

Distributor(s)

Paramount Footage