Michelle Yeoh returning to the 'Star Trek' universe with 'Section 31' movie
Production for the movie event begins later this year.
Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh is heading back to the "Star Trek" universe with a new movie event.
In an announcement shared by Paramount+ on Monday with a photo of Yeoh, the streaming platform shared that the "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actress will star in the film "Star Trek: Section 31."
On the TV series "Star Trek: Discovery," Yeoh played both Philippa Georgiou, the captain of the Federation's USS Shenzhou, as well as her doppelganger, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, the ruler of the militaristic Terran Empire, which controlled earth and the surrounding space.
The dual role came courtesy of a Trek conceit known as the mirror universe, a parallel dimension to our own. While the former died in battle, "Star Trek: Section 31" will center on the latter.
In the upcoming movie event, "Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past," Paramount+ shared.
Yeoh said she is "beyond thrilled" to return to her "Star Trek" family.
"'Section 31' has been near and dear to my heart since I began the journey of playing Philippa all the way back when this new golden age of Star Trek launched," Yeoh said in a statement.
She added, "To see her finally get her moment is a dream come true in a year that's shown me the incredible power of never giving up on your dreams."
Production for the movie begins later this year, according to the streamer.
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