Captain Janeway Returns to the Star Trek Universe

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Kate Mulgrew Returns to the Star Trek Universe

Nickelodeon and CBS Studios today announced that Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager) will reprise her role as Captain Kathryn Janeway in Nickelodeon’s all-new animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. The news was revealed today as a surprise announcement during the Star Trek Universe virtual panel at New York Comic Con. Additional casting news will be announced in the coming months.

Kate Mulgrew stated, “I have invested every scintilla of my being in Captain Janeway, and I can’t wait to endow her with nuance that I never did before in Star Trek: Prodigy. How thrilling to be able to introduce to these young minds an idea that has elevated the world for decades. To be at the helm again is going to be deeply gratifying in a new way for me.”

Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman said, “Captain Janeway was held to a different standard than her predecessors. She was asked to embody an inhuman level of perfection in order to be accepted as ‘good enough’ by the doubters, but showed them all what it means to be truly outstanding. We can think of no better captain to inspire the next generation of dreamers on Nickelodeon, than she.”

“Kate’s portrayal of Captain Janeway is truly iconic, and has resonated with a global audience for many years,” said Ramsey Naito, President, Nickelodeon Animation. “We can’t wait to see her bring this character to life in a whole new way, while continuing to be an inspiration for both new and loyal fans.”

Developed by Emmy® Award winners Kevin and Dan Hageman (Trollhunters and Ninjago) and overseen for Nickelodeon by Naito, Star Trek: Prodigy follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation. The CG-animated series will debut exclusively on Nickelodeon in 2021 for a new generation of fans.

Star Trek: Prodigy is from CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Katie Krentz, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth will serve as executive producers alongside co-showrunners Kevin and Dan Hageman. Ben Hibon will direct, co-executive produce and serve as the creative lead of the all-new animated series. Aaron Baiers will also serve as co-executive producer with Mac Middleton as a producer. Production of Star Trek: Prodigy is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, Animation Development and Kelley Gardner, Vice President, Current Series Animation.

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Sadly, because Janeway was the first female Star Trek captain, she had to be held to a higher standard than the male Captains. When Seven of Nine arrived it became worse in my mind. Hopefully this animated series will paint her in a better light.
 

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Sadly, because Janeway was the first female Star Trek captain, she had to be held to a higher standard than the male Captains. When Seven of Nine arrived it became worse in my mind. Hopefully this animated series will paint her in a better light.

I liked the Star Trek Voyager series a lot, it was a refreshing change from the Alpha quadrant events being set in the Delta quadrant, I still watch reruns on occasion even recently lol...

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I think a good idea for a Star Trek series or mini-series would be to revisit the Delta quadrant and loosely follow back through the flight path of Voyager to see what effect the Voyager crew had to certain key events in contact with other species after 30 years...What happened to some of the Delta quadrant species all these years later, do some of them still hate the The Federation because of Voyager?...Janeway didn't always make friends out there in deep space, she pissed off more than a couple species, some of them very powerful like the Voth who actually had their origins on Earth...Wouldn't that make a great movie, what if the Voth now see Earth and humanity as a threat because they come in contact with another lost Star Fleet ship 30 years after their Voyager encounters and they decide to come to the Alpha quadrant with a fleet of their most powerful ships to destroy Earth and the Federation...They have trans-warp capability and their technology seems just as powerful as the Borg if not more so, it would make a great Star Trek movie using the Voth from the Delta quadrant as the villains...

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