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Patrick Stewart returns in first trailer for Star Trek: Picard

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With filming getting underway this past week, CBS All Access has now given fans our first look at the upcoming Star Trek: Picard series with the release of a poster and trailer for the Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel featuring the returning Patrick Stewart as fan-favourite Jean-Luc Picard. Described as following “this iconic character […]

Star Trek: Picard officially announced with logo and first-look image featuring Patrick Stewart

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During CBS’ upfronts presentation, the network has officially announced Star Trek: Picard, the upcoming CBS All Access series focusing on Patrick Stewart’s fan-favourite character Captain Jean-Luc Picard and picking up the story some two decades after the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation. During the presentation, a first look image was also shown to […]

Amazon picks up Star Trek: Picard for international distribution

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CBS All Access’ upcoming Star Trek: Picard series has secured international distribution, but unlike Star Trek: Discovery, the Patrick Stewart show won’t be available to Netflix subscribers. Both CBS and Amazon have announced that the series, set some 20 years after Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been picked up internationally by Amazon Prime, with […]

Alex Kurtzman almost cried over Patrick Stewart reading the Star Trek: Picard pilot

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There’s a lot on the horizon for Trekkies to look forward to as Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a third season while a Section 31 spin-off involving Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou, but none is perhaps more exciting than Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series set after he […]

Star Trek: Picard series casts Santiago Cabera and Michelle Hurd in lead roles

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The upcoming and untitled Star Trek series focusing on former U.S.S. Enterprise captain Jean-Luc Picard has just casted two of its characters. Joining the returning Patrick Stewart in the series are Santiago Cabera (Salvation) and Michelle Hurd (Blindspot) in lead roles. The news comes after reported character breakdowns for the series. According to Deadline, Cabera will play […]

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

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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. […]

Patrick Stewart says Star Trek: Picard series could run for three seasons

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A part of CBS’ expansion of the Star Trek franchise on the small screen, Patrick Stewart is gearing up for a return as Jean-Luc Picard for a brand new series taking place some twenty years after The Next Generation. Speaking to Yahoo! about Star Trek: Picard series, Stewart stated that “They are writing a ten […]

Alex Kurtzman on the Star Trek: Picard series and differentiating it from The Next Generation

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Last summer it was announced that Patrick Stewart is set to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a brand new Star Trek series on CBS All Access, and during a panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, executive producer Alex Kurtzman has offered an update on the progress of the Picard show […]

Alex Kurtzman on tempting Patrick Stewart back to Star Trek, reveals second animated series in the works

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Last August it was announced that Patrick Stewart is set to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel series at CBS All Access, which will pick up fifteen years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Speaking to THR, executive producer and franchise overseer Alex Kurtzman has discussed […]