Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh – and yes, it feels great to write that – is eventually’ultimately ready to head back to the universe of Star Trek, albeit in a mildly’faintly different way. While the Trek franchise team at Paramount+ had been developing a series based around her Emperor Philippa Georgiou, the idea will now be turned into a "event movie" in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the streaming service called Star Trek: Section 31.###As with the series, will see Georgiou – an alternate universe version of the Captain first seen in Star Trek: Discointensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully's initial episode – joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with conserve’preserve ing the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.###Section 31, a special intelligence service, was originally introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Georgiou was approached with regards to’concerning’with respect to the organisation while on the Klingon home world in a deleted scene from Season 1.###"I’m beyond thrilled to return to my Star Trek family and to the role I’ve loved in/with regard to’concerning’regarding so long,” Yeoh says. "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. To see her eventually’ultimately acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her moment is a dream come true in a year that’s reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue n me the incredible power of never giving up on your dreams. We can’t wait to share what’s in store in/with regard to’concerning’regarding you, and until then: live long and prosper (unless Emperor Georgiou decrees otherwise)!"###"All the way back in 2017, bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the first season of Star Trek: Discointensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully had even aired, Michelle had the idea to do a spin-off in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her character, Philippa Georgiou," says executive manufacture r Alex Kurtzman. "She broke new ground as one of the first two women on screen in the pilot to usher in a new age of Trek, and now, six years later, Star Trek: Section 31 eventually’ultimately arrives on the heels of her latest groundbreaking win. Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullyone on Team Trek couldn’t be more thrilled to possess’own’nurse our legendary friend return home to us as we expand our storytelling into new and uncharted corners of the Trekverse. Long live Emperor Georgiou; long live Michelle Yeoh!"###Craig Sweeny will write and executive manufacture the film, with Discointensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully veteran Olatunde Osunsanmi directs. Production will kick off later this year.