Originally developed as a series, the idea was then announced as a film last April with Yeoh still aboard.

The story will see Georgiou – an alternate universe version of the Captain first seen in Star Trek: Discovery‘s initial episode – join a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting 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 about the organisation while on the Klingon home world in a deleted scene from Season 1.

Craig Sweeney wrote the film, with Discovery veteran Olatunde Osunsanmi in the director’s chair. “And we’re off to the races! Thrilled to report principal photography has started on Star Trek: Section 31,” says executive producer Alex Kurtzman. “We welcome our incredible cast of new characters as they join our beloved Michelle Yeoh on her next wild adventure across the Trek universe.”