Jean-Luc Picard has two new shipmates.
Deadline has word that CBS All Access' upcoming still-untitled Star Trek series starring Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard has cast Santiago Cabrera and Michelle Hurd in co-starring roles.
According to the article, Cabrera will play "the pilot of Picard’s ship who also is a skillful thief." Hurd, meanwhile, is playing "a former intelligence officer who is a brilliant analyst with a terrific memory that has not been affected by her drug and alcohol abuse."
Cabrera, 40, is a Venezuelan-born Chilean-British actor, known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the TV series Heroes, Lancelot in Merlin, and Aramis in The Musketeers. In addition, he's appeared in the movie Transformers: The Last Knight and in episodes of Salvation, Big Little Lies, Dexter, Alcatraz, and Covert Affairs.
Hurd, 52, is probably best known as D.A. Samantha Reyes in the Netflix series Daredevil and Jessica Jones, and as the superhero Fire in CBS' failed 1997 Justice League of America pilot. In addition, she's appeared in episodes of Lethal Weapon, Blindspot, Ash vs. Evil Dead, How to Get Away with Murder, Hawaii Five-0 (2014), 90210, The Good Wife, Bones, Charmed (2005), The Fugitive (2001), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The new series will be set twenty years after the events of the film Star Trek: Nemesis and will tell the next chapter of Picard's life. Hanelle Culpepper will direct the first two episodes of the series, making her the first woman to direct a pilot or debut episode of a Star Trek series in the franchise’s 53-year history.
As Captain of the USS Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E, Jean-Luc Picard first appeared in the 1987 Star Trek: Next Generation pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" and remained with the series for its entire seven-season run. Stewart also portrayed Picard in the movies Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), along with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s 1993 pilot episode, "Emissary."
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