Sir Patrick Stewart will portray Jean-Luc Picard for the first time since 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis film, in a new series for the CBS All-Access streaming service. The announcement came with Stewart himself on stage at Creation Entertainment’s Star Trek Las Vegas event this weekend.
#REDAlert. The time has come to Make it so! @SirPatStew will be returning to his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new #CBSAllAccess #StarTrek series that tells the story of the next chapter in Picard’s life #STLV #MakeItSo pic.twitter.com/gDaJBS0SVf
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) August 4, 2018
The untitled series, still in development, will join Star Trek: Discovery on the over-the-top subscription service.
It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions within him. Read my full statement in the photo. #StarTrek @cbsallaccess Photo: @shervinfoto pic.twitter.com/8Ynuj3RBNm
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) August 4, 2018
“He may not be a Captain anymore. He may be someone who has been changed by his experiences” @SirPatStew “We have no scripts as yet. We’re just talking talking talking storylines. It will be something very different but it will come to you with the same passion” #STLV
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) August 4, 2018
The Picard series, set decades after Nemesis, is just one of many Star Trek projects in development for the small screen, even as the “Kelvin timeline” reboot of the original series’ characters is set to continue for reported fourth and fifth movies. Stewart’s return has been rumored for months, as has an animated project, a Wrath of Khan tie-in and a Starfleet Academy tale.
Author Michael Chabon is a producer on the newly announced Capt. Picard #StarTrek series https://t.co/MPhmrxbcO7 pic.twitter.com/SYxhIkvs9c
— Variety (@Variety) August 4, 2018
Stewart first played the USS Enterprise-D and -E captain in 1987 on Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ran for seven seasons through 1994 before taking its crew to the big screen for four feature films.
