Paul Wesley 確認するd to play James T. Kirk in Season 2 of 星／主役にする Trek: Strange New Worlds as the actor is spotted on the Toronto 始める，決める with Christina Chong

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最高位の 加える' 高度に-心配するd 星／主役にする Trek: Strange New Worlds 確認するd Tuesday that Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) will play James Tiberius Kirk in Season 2.?

The 39-year-old actor joins William Shatner and Chris Pine as actors who have played the iconic USS 企業 captain in the beloved sci-fi franchise.?

最高位の 加える 明かすd the first 公式の／役人 image of Wesley as Kirk on Twitter Tuesday, just as the actor was spotted?filming on the Toronto 始める，決める with?Christina Chong.?

The first season is 予定するd to debut on the 最高位の 加える streaming service on May 5, with Season 2 already in 生産／産物.?

確認するd:?最高位の 加える' 高度に-心配するd 星／主役にする Trek: Strange New Worlds 確認するd Tuesday that Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) will play James Tiberius Kirk?

Spotted:?最高位の 加える 明かすd the first 公式の／役人 image of Wesley as Kirk on Twitter Tuesday, just as the actor was spotted filming on the Toronto 始める，決める with Christina Chong?

'Hello there, Jim @paulwesley will join #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds Season 2 as James T. Kirk!' said the streaming service in their tweet.?

星／主役にする Trek: Strange New Worlds is 始める，決める after 2258 and the end of 星／主役にする Trek: 発見 season two, just a few years before the timeline of the 初めの 星／主役にする Trek series, which took place between 2265 and 2269, when Kirk was the Captain of the USS 企業.

With Kirk coming 船内に for Season 2, the series will most likely showcase his rise to the captain's 議長，司会を務める.?

'Paul is an 遂行するd actor, an astonishing presence and a welcome 重要な 新規加入 to the show, ' said Strange New Worlds (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 生産者 Alex Kurtzman and showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers in a 声明.

'Like all of us, he is a life-long 星／主役にする Trek fan and we are excited by his 解釈／通訳 of this iconic 役割,' they 追加するd.?

Hello Jim:?'Hello there, Jim @paulwesley will join #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds Season 2 as James T. Kirk!'

Wesley also took to his Instagram on Tuesday afternoon to 株 his thoughts about 上陸 this iconic 役割, and 株 a surprising 遭遇（する） he had.

'I am 深く，強烈に humbled and still a little startled to have been given the 栄誉（を受ける） of playing the inimitable James T Kirk. Ever since I was a kid, I have been awed by the imaginative world 遺伝子 Roddenberry created,' Wesley began.

'Recently, I boarded a flight to LA to discover that the man in the empty seat beside me was the one and only William Shatner, having himself just returned from space. I could barely put two words together but 最終的に I managed to say hello and we chatted,' he continued.

Instagram:?Wesley also took to his Instagram on Tuesday afternoon to 株 his thoughts about 上陸 this iconic 役割, and 株 a surprising 遭遇（する） he had

'I’m not one who usually believes in 運命／宿命 but this was more than a coincidence. And of course I had to get a picture,' he 追加するd.

'So thanks Mr. Shatner for the good company. And for seating us together, my thanks to the 広大な／多数の／重要な bird in the sky. Can’t wait for all of you to see our Captain Kirk on your 審査するs, Wesley 結論するd.

一方／合間, Chong, who was dressed in a red shirt, plays 乗組員 member La'an Noonien-Singh, a 親族 of Captain James T. Kirk's 競争相手 旅宿泊所 Noonien-Singh, who has been played in past movies by Ricardo Montalban and Benedict Cumberbatch.?

開始する,?Ethan つつく／ペック and Rebecca Romijn are the 星／主役にするs of the show, に引き続いて their characters Captain Pike,?Spock and Number O ne.?

Thanks:?'So thanks Mr. Shatner for the good company. And for seating us together, my thanks to the 広大な／多数の／重要な bird in the sky. Can’t wait for all of you to see our Captain Kirk on your 審査するs, Wesley 結論するd

On 始める，決める: Paul Wesley was spotted filming the 高度に-心配するd 星／主役にする Trek: Strange New Worlds in Toronto on Monday

Trekking on their own:?Ethan つつく／ペック, Anson 開始する and Rebecca Romijn will 星／主役にする in 星／主役にする Trek: Strange New Worlds

The news comes after the 星／主役にする Trek franchise's 悪名高くも strong-willed fanbase ロビーd for more from the characters, and the new show will 示す CBS All 接近's third foray into the universe after 発見 and the Patrick Stewart-led 星／主役にする Trek: Picard.?

T he 告示 was made 経由で a YouTube ビデオ that featured the trio of actors 分かれて まっただ中に the coronavirus pandemic, as they also 株d their excitement with concurrent social マスコミ 地位，任命するs.?

'It's happening...' Romijn, 49, captioned a still of the actors in their 星／主役にする Trek garb, on the '橋（渡しをする）' of the 企業.?

And つつく／ペック, the 36-year-old grandson of 審査する legend Gregory つつく／ペック and 最新の actor to portray the celebrated Spock, wrote next to the ビデオ 告示: 'To say that I am excited, fortunate, and 感謝する beyond belief would be an understatement.'?

Big news: The trio of actors made the 告示 経由で a YouTube ビデオ that featured them 分かれて まっただ中に the coronavirus pandemic

'To say that I am excited, fortunate, and 感謝する beyond belief would be an understatement': つつく／ペック, the 36-year-old grandson of Gregory つつく／ペック, wrote next to the ビデオ 告示

開始する, 49, was also enthusiastic, 令状ing: ' I can’t believe it’s 現実に happening. Thank you to all the fans who made this happen.'

Strange New Worlds, also a prequel series, will take Spock, Pike and Number One along with their spaceship the U.S.S. 企業 almost up to the 時代 of Captain Kirk, immortalized by William Shatner in the franchise's seminal series and films.

'This is a dream come true, literally,' 星／主役にする Trek: Picard finale director Akiva Goldsman said today of Strange New Worlds, によれば 最終期限. 'I have imagined myself on the 橋（渡しをする） of the 企業 since the 早期に 1970s.'?

Strange New Worlds: The new show will follow their characters Spock, Captain Pike and Number One from 発見's season 2 in their own spinoff

伝説の character: Ethan is the 最新の actor to portray the celebrated Spock, に引き続いて in the footsteps of Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto

'Fans fell in love with Anson 開始する, Rebecca Romijn and Ethan つつく／ペック’s 描写s of these iconic characters when they were first introduced on 星／主役にする Trek 発見 last season,' (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 and CBS All 接近’ 長，率いる of programming Julie McNamara also said Friday.?

'This new series will be a perfect complement to the franchise, bringing a whole new 視野 and 一連の adventures to 星／主役にする Trek.'

While 生産／産物 is 現在／一般に under way on Season 2, it has not yet been 確認するd when the season will 空気／公表する on the 最高位の 加える streaming service.?

?Paul Wesley 星／主役にするs in the Iconic Series, The Vampire Diaries only on Stan in Australia.?

開始する, the actor behind Captain Pike, was also enthusiastic, 令状ing: ' I can’t believe it’s 現実に happening. Thank you to all the fans who made this happen'

More 星／主役にする Trek:?The new show comes after the 星／主役にする Trek franchise's 悪名高くも strong-willed fanbase ロビーd for more from the characters, and it will 示す CBS All 接近's third foray into the 星／主役にする Trek universe; 開始する pictured here with?Rachael Ancheril and Sonequa ツバメ-Green

Excited to 株: The?YouTube ビデオ 告示 （機の）カム as Romijn and her costars also 株d their excitement with concurrent social マスコミ 地位，任命するs