Star Trek: Discovery

CBS All Access' 'Star Trek: Discovery' to Be Captained By a Woman, Feature Gay Character

The reboot will be putting a new spin on Captain Kirk with the central character played by a woman.

[...]The Bryan Fuller series will be led by a woman, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, with the role potentially also being diverse. The character, however, will not be a captain, with the showrunner noting that decision allows the series to explore stories from a different point of view. The top-ranking member of the fleet will instead be a lieutenant commander, Fuller revealed Wednesday at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour, adding, "but with caveats."

[...]"We're going deep into something that was for me always very tantalizing, and [we're telling] that story through a character who is on a journey that is going to teach her how to get along with others in the galaxy," he told reporters. "For her to truly understand something that is alien, she has to first understand herself."

Fuller also added that the series will feature roughly 7 lead characters. "Star Trek started with a wonderful expression of diversity in its cast: a Russian, a black woman, an Asian, a Vulcan … we're continuing that tradition and our lead of the show is going to be subject of that same level of who is the best actor and what can we say about diversity in every role we'll have on the show," he said, noting there would be a few more aliens in its fleet than previous incarnations of the franchise. "We wanted to paint a picture of Star Fleet that's indicative of encountering people who are much more different than we are."

Link: www.hollywoodreporter.com