Star Trek‘s most notorious villain is returning in podcast form, and fans at Comic-Con were treated to a sneak peek and more new details about the scripted audio series.
During Saturday’s Star Trek universe presentation in Hall H, the trailer and key art for Star Trek: Kahn were unveiled, along with a Sept. 8 premiere date (new episodes following on Mondays) in celebration of Star Trek Day and additional casting announcements, including franchise veterans George Takei and Tim Russ.
After Naveen Andrews and Wrenn Schmidt were cast as the titular Khan Noonien Singh and Lieutenant Marla McGivers, the presentation revealed Sonya Cassidy will play Dr. Rosalind Lear, with Russ reprising his Star Trek: Voyager role as Ensign Tuvok and the Takei back as Captain Sulu.
The supporting voice cast includes Olli Haaskivi as Delmonda, Maury Sterling as Ivan, Mercy Malick as Ursula and Zuri Washington as Madot.
Written by Kirsten Beyer and David Mack, based on a story by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) writer/director Nicholas Meyer, the scripted podcast from director Fred Greenhalgh explores the untold events on Ceti Alpha V, chronicling Khan’s descent from a superhuman visionary into the vengeful villain seen in The Wrath of Khan.
Produced by CBS’s Eye Podcast Productions Inc., Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, executive producers include Alex Kurtzman, Aaron Baiers, Kirsten Beyer, Molly Barton, Carly Migliori, Fred Greenhalgh, Trevor Roth and Rod Roddenberry, with Robyn Johnson as co-executive producer. Realm serves as the production studio for the series.
