'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Gets First Look Teaser Trailer, Will Release In Early 2026 - Watch Now!

Paramount+ has debuted the first teaser trailer for the upcoming new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy!

The teaser was unveiled on Saturday (July 26) at 2025 Comic-Con, and features the show’s San Francisco campus and the new starship, U.S.S. Athena. New character details were also revealed.

Keep reading to find out more…

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy “introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.”

Holly Hunter stars as Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and Captain of the U.S.S. Athena, who also happens to be a long-lived half-Lanthanite.

The upcoming series is set to debut in early 2026, with an exact release date yet to be announced.

Keep reading below to get to know the Starfleet Academy cadets and more characters from the series…

• Sandro Rosta will play Caleb Mir, an orphan with a troubled past – and unlikely Starfleet cadet.
• Karim Diané stars as Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon cadet who dreams of becoming a medical officer.
• Kerrice Brooks plays Series Acclimation Mil, a.k.a. Sam, the first of her kind to ever attend Starfleet Academy.
• George Hawkins is Darem Reymi, an aspiring captain from a wealthy home world.
• Bella Shepard stars as Genesis Lythe, an admiral’s daughter determined to make her own name in Starfleet.
• Zoë Steiner stars as Tarima Sadal, a Betazoid and daughter of the president of Betazed.
• Robert Picardo will reprise his iconic role as The Doctor.
• Tig Notaro is reprising her role as Jett Reno.
• Oded Fehr will also reprise his role as Admiral Vance.

Gina Yashere will serve as a recurring guest star as Commander Lura Thok, who is a Klingon/Jem’Hadar hybrid who is the chancellor’s First Officer and Cadet Master.

Paul Giamatti will also recur as part Klingon, part Tellarite Nus Braka, the season’s villain with an ominous past connected to one of our cadets.

Browse through the gallery for first look stills and character posters from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy…