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Star Trek: Picard series directors, plot details and character breakdowns revealed

March 4, 2019 by Gary Collinson

With filming on CBS All Access’ Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek series due to begin next month, Deadline is reporting that Hannelle Culpepper (Star Trek: Discovery) has signed on to direct the first two episodes of the ten-episode limited series, which will see Patrick Stewart reprising his fan favourite role from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Culpepper, who has directed two episodes of Discovery and also has credits on the likes of Criminal Minds, American Crime, Counterpart and Gotham, will become the first female director to launch a Star Trek series.

Meanwhile, Picard’s Number One, a.k.a. Jonathan Frakes, has also confirmed that he is on board to direct an episode, in addition to Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek homage The Orville and the X-Men show The Gifted.

Although Frakes will be behind-the-camera, it seems there are no plans for him to reprise his role as William Riker, nor will we be seeing any other characters from TNG – at least, in leading roles – as That Hashtag Show (via Dark Horizons) is reporting that Stewart’s Picard will be joined by the following series regulars:

  • Connie. Early 30s African-American woman. Mercenary pilot and widow with a bounty on her head.
  • Lawrence. Early 30s man. A thief with a dodgy moral compass, and Picard’s pilot for a mission.
  • Starton. Early 30s man. A positronic brain specialist terrified of space travel.
  • Dr. Smith. Holographic crewman. Programmed to avoid becoming too self-aware
  • K’Bar. Late teenage male Romulan martial artist extremely devoted to Picard.
  • Indira. Early 20s woman. Smart, agile but socially inept and immature.
  • Alana. 40s-50s woman. Former intelligence officer – analytical, paranoid, substance abuser.

The show will take place approximately 20 years after the end of The Next Generation (and ten years after Star Trek: Nemesis). It will be set in the Prime universe, in the wake of the destruction of Romulus and the collapse of the Romulan Empire. According to That Hashtag Show, the plot is said to play into Picard’s interest in archaeology, and his main mission will reportedly revolve around an ancient artefact that has been discovered.

 

Are you looking forward to seeing Patrick Stewart back as Picard? Will you be disappointed if we don’t get appearances from any other members of the Next Generation crew? Let us know in the comments below…

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Hanelle Culpepper, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek, star trek: picard

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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