CBS finds its writer for the upcoming ‘Short Treks’ Series coming later this year

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And now it can be revealed. Alex Kurtzman announced at San Diego Comic-Con that four Star Trek: Short Trekswould herald season two of Star Trek: Discovery, one each focusing on Saru, Tilly and Harry Mudd, with Rainn Wilson reprising his role as Mudd and directing that episode. It’s since been confirmed that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon has written one of the four installments, “Calypso.”

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Chabon broke the news on Instagram, noting that he was on the set in Toronto for the three-day-long filming of the episode, which stars “the blazingly talented” Aldis Hodge and was directed by “the brilliant” Olatunde Osunsanmi, who helmed the season-one Discoveryepisode, “Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For The Lamb’s Cry, The.” Hodge, whose credits include Leverage, Straight Outta ComptonandUnderground, will play Craft, a character who will be new to the world of Discovery.

Star Trek: Discovery’s first season is available on CBS All Access in the U.S. and Space Channel in Canada. It’s available on Netflix in the rest of the world.

Via: CBS/Star Trek

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