3 Years Ago, Star Trek Secretly Recreated Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds secretly recreated Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice by uniting actors who voice the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel on-screen. As the nearly 10-year run of Paramount+’s Star Trek TV franchise winds down, the actors are moving on to new projects, and two have found gigs in the animated universe of DC superheroes.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 7, “Those Old Scientists,” is perhaps the most beloved episode of Paramount+’s Starship Enterprise prequel. “Those Old Scientists” was a comedic crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks that saw Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome bring their animated counterparts, Ensigns Bradward Boimler and Beckett Mariner, to live-action.

“Those Old Scientists” was also a loving tribute to fandom itself. Boimler’s admiration for Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One (Rebecca Romjin), as well as Mariner’s love of Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), tested by meeting their heroes. Mariner and Boimler stood in for Star Trek fans, echoing Trekkers’ relationship with Gene Roddenberry’s 60-year-old franchise.

Meanwhile, the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel – or at least, their voices – were also reunited on the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Star Trek’s Anson Mount & Jack Quaid Also Voice Batman & Superman

When Anson Mount’s Captain Pike and Jack Quaid’s Ensign Boimler shared the screen in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, so did Batman and Superman, in a way. Mount voiced Batman in the 2021 animated movie Injustice. In July 2023, Quaid had just begun voicing Superman in Adult Swim’s My Adventures with Superman, which premiered less than 3 weeks before “Those Old Scientists.”

In 2016, Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman saw Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight come to blows with Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel before they teamed up with Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot). Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks didn’t see any physical altercation between Captain Pike and Ensign Boimler besides Bradward briefly poking Chris in the chest to see if he was real.

Captain Pike did keep Boimler, and later Mariner when she joined them on the Starship Enterprise, at bay, out of fear of disrupting Star Trek‘s timeline. Boimler later made Pike see that he should allow the Starship Enterprise’s crew to celebrate his birthday with him. In a way, this reflects how Batman got past his fear and hatred of Superman to admire him as a hero in Batman v Superman.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ crossover was bookended with animated sequences in the style of Star Trek: Lower Decks. This included the entire cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds voicing their characters’ animated counterparts. While some of the cast were new to voiceovers, Anson Mount was an old hat, having already voiced the Batman in Injustice two years prior.

Anson Mount & Jack Quaid Are Still Playing Batman & Superman After Star Trek

Three years after Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ crossover, Anson Mount and Jack Quaid are still voicing the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel. Mount was cast to voice Batman again in Batman: Knightfall, the first of three movies depicting the seminal 1990s DC Comics saga where Bane broke the Dark Knight’s back. Meanwhile, Quaid’s My Adventures with Superman is now in season 3.

Jack Quaid and Anson Mount are well-suited to voice their animated superheroes. Quaid has the proper enthusiasm and warmth in his voice, which conveys the trustworthy qualities of Superman. (Jack also voices Superman’s twisted counterpart, Bizarro.) Meanwhile, Mount has the right gravitas to voice Batman’s intelligence and intimidating cadence.

Of course, Anson Mount and Jack Quaid also had live-action superhero careers beyond Star Trek. Mount played Black Bolt in Marvel Studios’ Inhumans, a role he reprised in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. For five seasons, Quaid played Hughie Campbell, one of the few good-hearted heroes in the twisted world of Prime Video’s The Boys.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds still has two seasons yet to premiere on Paramount+, but Anson Mount has finished his time playing Captain Pike. Jack Quaid completed his run playing Boimler when Star Trek: Lower Decks ended in 2024. Yet both beloved Star Trek actors have other lives voicing DC Comics’ most iconic superheroes.

Release Date

2022 – 2027-00-00

Network

Paramount+

Showrunner

Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman

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