In an interview with Comingsoon, Nicholas Meyer, long time Trek scribe and consulting producer on the upcoming CBS series Star Trek: Discovery announced that international action star Michelle Yeoh is the first named cast member of Discovery. There is no word on the role she will play, but as the star of such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Tomorrow Never Dies, And The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer, Yeoh promises to add an action flair to the series.

Star Trek: Discovery is set for a May 2017 premiere on the main CBS network with subsequent episodes airing on the network’s streaming platform, CBS All Access.