Instead of the world turning its eyes to San Diego ComicCon for the biggest pop-culture event, everyone can stay home and join in this year’s event. Comic-Con@Home 2020 spans from July 22–26 and is packed with multiple events that fans can enjoy.
Discussion with Kurtzman and Kadin
Thanks to a report by Deadline, we now know that July 23 is the day for Star Trek fans, as the Comic-Con@Home will begin with a panel discussion starting at 10 a.m. P.T. featuring executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin. The conversation will be moderated by Deadline’s Dominic Patten.
Reading with Discovery cast
After that, stay tuned for a reading by the cast of “Discovery” of the Season 2 finale — “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” with the following Discovery stars:
- Jayne Brook (Cornwall)
- Mary Chieffo (L’Rell)
- Emily Coutts (Detmer)
- Wilson Cruz (Dr. Culber)
- Doug Jones (Saru)
- Patrick Kwok-Choon (Rhys)
- Sonequa Martin-Green (Burnham)
- Sara Mitich (Nilsson)
- Tig Notaro (Jett Reno)
- Oyin Oladejo (Owosekun)
- Anthony Rapp (Stamets)
- Ronnie Rowe Jr. (Bryce)
- Alan Van Sprang (Leland)
- Mary Wiseman (Tilly)
- Michelle Yeoh (Georgiou)
Strange New Worlds cast Q&A
After that, the stars from the highly-anticipated “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” — Rebecca Romijn (Number One), Anson Mount (Pike), and Ethan Peck (Spock) — will take part in a Q&A session following the reading of “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2.”
Lower Decks episode preview
“Star Trek: Lower Decks” creator Mike McMahan will be on hand to show off an extended look at the U.S.S Cerritos and its crew in action. “Lower Decks” begins airing on August 6. McMahan will then be joined by the crew of the Cerritos:
- Eugene Cordero (Ensign Rutherford)
- Noël Wells (Ensign Tendi)
- Dawnn Lewis (Captain Carol Freeman)
- Tawny Newsome (Ensign Beckett Mariner)
- Jerry O’Connell (Commander Jack Ransom)
- Jack Quaid (Ensign Brad Boimler)
- Fred Tatasciore (Lieutenant Shaxs)
- Gillian Vigman (Doctor T’An)
Picard talk with Sir Patrick
Sir Patrick Stewart and Deadline’s Dominic Patten will take part in a discussion on both “The Next Generation” and Season One of “Picard”. They’ll be joined Picard favorites:
- Isa Briones (Dahj/Soji)
- Santiago Cabrera (Rios)
- Jonathan Del Arco (Hugh)
- Evan Evagora (Elnor)
- Jonathan Frakes (Riker)
- Michelle Hurd (Raffi)
- Alison Pill (Dr. Agnes Jurati)
- Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine)
- Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi)
- Brent Spiner (Data/Dr. Soong)
This sounds like an amazing day for all things Star Trek! All the panels will be available to watch on the Comic-Con YouTube channel.
CORRECTION
The promised Q&A with the cast of “Strange New Worlds” did not take place as promised. We apologize for not updating this article before the stream began.