As Shazad Latif’s Nautilus formally arrives 20,000 leagues under the 2025 TV schedule on AMC and AMC+, Star Trek: Discovery followers will get an opportunity to see the actor lastly be a captain. Sadly, the chances do not seem stacked in favor of him displaying up in any upcoming Trek collection, however that is to not say presents weren’t on the desk. The actor confirmed to CinemaBlend that he was approached about Ash Tyler returning, which is reassuring, however defined why that return did not occur (but).
Earlier than Star Trek: Part 31 was a straight-to-streaming film out there with a Paramount+ subscription, there have been grander plans in retailer. The function was initially conceived as an episodic collection, and there was some extent at which Shazad Latif’s Ash Tyler was primed to be one in all its stars. Plans modified, nevertheless, and after I requested the actor about Tyler returning, he talked about Nautilus and different tasks ended up getting in the way in which of his potential return:
He is someplace in part 31 doing his factor. It was simply the entire timing factor. It simply did not work out, yeah. However I miss that crew. I miss that. However yeah, I went to the ocean, so I will be elsewhere.
It is attention-grabbing to listen to that Star Trek‘s powers that be did certainly strategy Shazad Latif about returning as Ash Tyler, as we would heard affirmation in early 2024 that he wasn’t connected to Part 31 anymore. One may think the Michelle Yeoh-starring film would’ve been fully totally different had Ash Tyler been concerned, provided that Georgiou returned to a later period within the completed product.
Hindsight is at all times 20/20, however I might surprise if Shazad Latif was relieved he spent that point filming Nautilus‘ submarine scenes in a water tank somewhat than showing within the critically panned Star Trek: Part 31. After all, the film may’ve fared higher together with his involvement, as he would’ve added one other hyperlink to Discovery in a film that appeared to distance itself from it as a lot as doable.
However because the actor defined, the request got here at a time when he was already busy with different issues. As he put it:
I believe I used to be already filming stuff and I believe simply the timing of every part, it is simply simply scheduling stuff, yeah.
If Shazad Latif was really all for returning to Star Trek, there may be an avenue for him to take action. Unusual New Worlds, which just lately introduced it would finish with Season 5, takes place in the identical timeline as when Ash was first launched in Discovery.
After we final noticed the character, Ash had accepted a place on the head of Part 31 in Starfleet. As a Klingon who radically remodeled his physique and thoughts to seem and turn out to be human, there have been particular struggles with him having to acclimate to both society as soon as he absolutely grew to become conscious of his two selves. Part 31, nevertheless, noticed nice profit in his distinctive expertise and introduced him on willingly. It will be nice for Unusual New Worlds to carry him again for an episode, assuming it would not want too many episodes to wrap up its personal storylines.
We do not know when or if we’ll ever see Shazad Latif in Star Trek once more, however he’s on AMC’s Nautilus, which airs on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET. It is value a look ahead to anybody on the lookout for a brand new journey collection to get via these summer season months.