No one really knows. Not many plot points have leaked out. I think the main one that has is that it us set in a time after Picard has left Star Fleet.
There was a rumor floating around that Brent Spiner had signed on to reprise his role as Data, but that seems to have been squashed.
Jonathan Frakes is directing a couple of episodes. So maybe a Riker cameo?
That sounds pretty awesome. Even if they donât bring back some of the old cast members full-time I bet they will get some appearances on a few episodes of special appearances
Star Trek: Picard team is pulling back the veil on the upcoming series that returns Patrick Stewart to role he played for seven seasons on the 1990s syndicated hit series Star Trek: The Next Generation and in four feature films.
Executive producer Alex Kurtzman and showrunner Michael Chabon gave EW some new hints about Jean-Luc Picardâs journey in the upcoming CBS All-Access series. Until now, the only teaser has shown Picard in retirement at his familyâs vineyard in France and included a cryptic voiceover suggesting the admiral left Starfleet after he led an armada on a rescue mission to the doomed planet Romulus.
Here are seven things we learned:
1. Yes, Picard is going back into space . Strangely enough for a Trek series, nothing space-y has yet been shown regarding the new show, which has entirely terrestrial marketing images so far. Even our basic questions like, âCan you at least say if the show is set on a spaceship?â were dodged when we asked the producers. But Kurtzman confirms the new Star Trek will live up to its name. âEvents began to unfold that conspire to take Picard back to the stars,â Kurtzman says.
2. But that doesnât mean Picard is returning to Starfleet . âHe will [go to space],â Kurtzman adds, âbut not in a way that anyone expects.â What does that mean? It sounds like Picard wonât simply get drafted back into commanding a starship â especially considering what Kurtzman reveals next.
3. Picard seeks to fight a specific injustice, yet wonât have his usual resources . âBecause heâs no longer in Starfleet, he no longer carries the weight of that behind him,â Kurtzman says. âIn some ways, itâs easier to be [a great man] when youâre a captain. But itâs an entirely different thing when you donât have an army behind you. When you want to get something done and fight an injustice, how do you do that when youâre really only one man?â
4. His quest will be a serialized story in the first season, unlike the episodic The Next Generation . âWhich isnât necessarily new for Star Trek,â Chabon said, noting that Discovery is often serialized too, âbut that is new for Picard.â
5. Picard is âhauntedâ and older but fundamentally remains the same character . âThere are many things that haunt Picard,â Kurtzman teases, adding the ill-fated Romulus mission is just one of those things. And Chabon notes the series will incorporate that the character is a different age. âHeâs a lot older and weâre not shying away from that at all â weâre dealing with a man whoâs in a very different place in his life,â Chabon says. Yet at the same time, Picard will still be the man you know and love. âIt was terribly important to us that he remains fundamentally Picard,â Kurtzman says. âYou will not see a version that betrays the man we loved from Next Generation . Weâre not doing that. But we wanted to put a character with that level of morality and leadership and who always does the right thing no matter how hard the circumstances ⌠we wanted to put that to the test.â
6. Other Next Generation actor appearances are not being ruled out . The producers just want to make sure theyâre not, you know, cheesy. âWhat we donât want to do is just throw in cameos,â Kurtzman says. âThere would have to be an incredibly specific story reason [for them to be there].â Former Next Gen star Jonathan Frakes was previously announced as directing two episodes in the first season, but thereâs no word if he appears on camera. The showâs new regular cast members (Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, and Harry Treadaway) are not playing any familiar Next Gen characters, Kurtzman confirms.
7. Stewart as Picard is better than youâve ever seen him . âThe quality of Patrickâs acting, if anything, has gotten even better over time and he was already a master,â Chabon says. âHe has an ability to hold you riveted even when heâs just sitting and listening.â Naturally. Picard is always at his best when he looks ⌠engaged .
Man this show is going to be so crazy awesome. I canât wait.
I am happy for you! Lol, Was like me when season 5 of the Flash came out.
During the networkâs SDCC panel earlier today, the Powers That Be rolled out Picard âs first full trailer, confirming the return of Data, The Borg, Seven of Nine and more. Thatâs right, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Del Arco, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and Voyager âs Jeri Ryan will all be bound for the stars when Picard premieres on CBS All Access early next year.
Truth be told, itâs long been rumored that members of the Next Generation crew would buddy up with Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) for the upcoming spinoff series, but this announcement will surely send Trekkies into a tailspin. Letâs not forget that Picard picks up years â decades â after the events of The Next Generation , so itâll be interesting to see how those friendships have developed (or fizzled?) since Stewartâs series stalwart wandered the halls of Starfleet.
First Photos From Star Trek: Picard Debut
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On a more general note, executive producer Alex Kurtzman recently spoke to ComicBook.com about the ways in which Picard differs from past Star Trek series â put simply, it appears to be cut from a different cloth entirely, while still retaining Patrick Stewartâs Starfleet legend as its core driving force.
Everybody in that room loves Jean-Luc Picard very deeply, and obviously, the benefit that we have is that Jean-Luc Picard is in the room with us. And so, as weâre breaking story, weâre asking ourselves, âHow do we live to the spirit, and to the character, and for the tone that Next Gen set, but also make it something very, very different in other ways?â And Patrick was really clear with us from the beginning. He did not want to repeat what he had already done. And by the way, itâs been 20 plus years, so he couldnât possibly be that same person anymore.
New Picard Trailer. Hell yeah.
That looks really really awesome.
A related deleted scene from ST:Nemesis. This should not have been on the cutting room floor and I think ties in directly to how Picard is now.
Here is a pretty in depth breakdown of the new trailer. Its not exactly spoilers, but some pretty heavy speculation about characters and plot.
I think its interesting that Hugh is apparently going to be part if the show. All things considered he was a minor character on TNG, but was important enough to this show to be included in the comic con panel.
Maybe the Dahj character is Hughs daughter? A Borg child with no external upgrades? That might be why she thought Picard would recognize her? That might be why the Romulsns are after her?
He looks damn good for his age. Wow
Naw, no need. He looks bad ass bald.
Good Lord.
With that 'do, he looks like this guyâs first cousin.
Lol
Dr Smith would have definately said there were five lights.
Was thinking of doing my hair like that. Thoughts?
Go for it. You only live once thatâs what I say
Plunk
I was going to give you an âObscure Reference Awardâ for this post, but ⌠this is a thread about Jean-Luc Picard.
Had to explain the âGoatee Spock Episodeâ to yet another whippersnapper co-worker today.
