Hikaru Sulu and Leonard “Bones” McCoy, two iconic characters from the unique “Star Trek” sequence, will make their first appearances in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” through the finale of the fifth and remaining season.
Thomas Jane will play Bones and Kai Murakami will play Sulu within the episode, which just lately wrapped manufacturing. The information comes forward of the 2026 launch of Season 4.
Jane’s credit in movie embody “Boogie Nights,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “The Punisher” and “The Mist.” His TV work has included HBO’s “Hung,” Syfy and later Amazon Prime Video’s “The Expanse” and Amazon’s “Troppo,” which he additionally government produced.
Murakami is making his TV debut in “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds.” Beforehand, he has acted on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Firm and labored in performance-capture on the video video games “Murderer’s Creed” and “Rise of the Ronin.” He’s repped by Id Company Group in London.
“Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Leisure. Season 4 stars Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun and Martin Quinn, together with visitor stars Carol Kane and Paul Wesley.
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers function co-showrunners, and government produce alongside Alex Kurtzman, Mount, Aaron Baiers, Dana Horgan, Alan McElroy, Robbie Thompson, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Chris Fisher, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth.
“Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” premiered in 2022, adopted by Season 2 in 2023 and Season 3 in 2025. Paramount introduced the sequence’ renewal for a fifth and final season in June of this yr, forward of the Season 3 premiere.
