Iconic character makes a comeback in the trailer for ‘Star Trek: Picard’

It looks like we’re seeing Sir Patrick Stewart playing one of his most memorable roles soon. CBS just showed the full trailer for its upcoming series, Star Trek: Pickard. Stewart will be returning as Jean-Luc Pickard, who somehow finds himself drawn out of retirement when he’s approached by a young woman who needs his help. It will take place more than 20 years after the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which aired between 1987 and 1994, as well as after its film sequels Generations (1994), First Contact (1996), Insurrection (1998), and Nemesis (2002).

You will see some familiar faces reprising their roles. These include Commander William Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes; Deanna Troi, played by Marina Sirtis; Data, played by Brent Spiner; a former Borg drone named Hugh, played by Jonathan Del Arco; and Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager, played by Jeri Ryan. The series will also feature Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, and Michelle Hurd. Star Trek: Picard is set to debut early 2020 on CBS All Access in the US. But here it will stream on Bell Media’s Space and OTT service Crave. 

Source: The Verge

Patrick Stewart to reprise Capt. Picard role for new CBS All Access ‘Star Trek’ series

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Looks like we’re going to see more of Sir Patrick Stewart play the iconic Capt. Jean-Luc Picard as he will begin work on a new Star Trek series for CBS All Access. The plot details haven’t been revealed just yet but it focuses on the next chapter in Picard’s life, which means it takes place after the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The series comes from Alex Kurtzman, James Duff, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, and Kirsten Beyer. Kurtzman, Duff, Goldsman, and Chabon will also serve as executive producers for the show alongside Stewart, Trevor Roth, Heather Kadin, and Rod Roddenberry. CBS Television Studios will produce the series, which doesn’t have a premiere date just yet.

Source: Variety

‘Logan’ is the last ‘X-Men’ film for Patrick Stewart

So it looks like it isn’t just Hugh Jackman that will be leaving the X-Men franchise. Patrick Stewart is exiting the franchise 17 years since he starred as Professor X in the first film. He made the announcement during a SiruisXM Town Hall event alongside Jackman and Logan director James Mangold. He had the realization during the time the three watched the film together last week in Berlin.

“The movie ended… and we were going to be taken up on stage, but not until the credits were over. So, we had some time to sit there and, as I sat there I realized there will never be a better, a more perfect, a more sensitive, emotional, and beautiful way of saying au revoir to Charles Xavier than this movie. So, I told [Hugh] that same evening, ‘I’m done too. It’s all over.'” So if you want to see Stewart play Charles Xavier one last time, you can watch Logan starting March 3.

Source: The Verge