Ben Stiller to Interview William Shatner at New York Comic Con Star Trek Panel

Ben Stiller will moderate a conversation with William Shatner as part of the Star Trek panel at New York Comic Con.

Variety exclusively reported the booking, making it the first outlet to confirm Stiller in the interviewer's chair for the session. Variety The conversation sits inside this year's franchise showcase, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

The panel is set for Oct. 10 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. ET on the Empire Stage. That gives the franchise a full hour in one of the convention's main rooms. Stiller will lead the questions for the Shatner portion.

A moderator keeps the discussion moving and brings in the audience. Here the job is split in two. Collider's Perri Nemiroff will moderate, meaning she will guide the questions, for the second half on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2.

That second half brings cast and creative leads together on stage. Cast members listed are Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Bella Shepard, Karim Diané and Robert Picardo. They cover both the new faces and a familiar returning presence.

They will be joined by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. The pair are co-showrunners, meaning the joint heads of the series, and executive producers overseeing production. Their role covers scripts, casting and the day-to-day decisions on the show.

Season 2 is slated to debut in 2027. It will also close the story. The series will end with Season 2, which will be its final season, meaning no further season has been ordered.

The Stiller and Shatner pairing has history on screen. Stiller appeared in The Truth Is in the Stars, a documentary hosted by Shatner. Shatner later had a cameo alongside Stiller in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

For fans, this means one panel looks back while the other looks ahead. The Shatner conversation revisits six decades of the franchise. The Academy discussion previews a season that has not yet aired.

Shatner will warm up with another anniversary event first. He said on his official Facebook page he will appear at a 60 Year Mission screening on Thursday ahead of his Comic Con appearance. Shatner's Facebook post

Stiller also arrives with a release on the calendar. Focker-in-Law, starring Stiller alongside Robert De Niro and Ariana Grande, premieres in theatres on Nov. 25. The film opens just over a month after the Comic Con panel.