Producer Alex Kurtzman Almost Cried When Patrick Stewart Read The First Episode of the STAR TREK Picard Series
Star Trek producer Alex Kurtzman recently offered an update on the upcoming Star Trek series that will focus on Jean-Luc Picard. During the Star Trek: Discovery panel at PaleyFest 2019, the producer said that he almost cried when he heard Patrick Stewart reading the script for the first episode of the Picard series. He also talks about how excited Stewart is for the project:
“Here’s what I will tell you- I had an amazing experience yesterday. I sat at Patrick’s kitchen table and I heard him read the first episode and I almost cried. It was quite something. He’s at an amazing place in his life. He’s so excited. It’s going to be a very different show from Discovery. The only way this universe, I think, works correctly is if each show is really different and speaks to a different part of Star Trek.”
“This is going to be a very thoughtful, psychological portrait in a lot of ways. We all know what Picard means to the world and why he, like so many legendary characters on Star Trek, has endured and what he’s represented. He in some ways has to go through a gauntlet to find that again. Things have changed for him and changed him in some ways, and yet he is so deeply and fundamentally still Picard. We’re thrilled at what we’re going to deliver. I know Patrick is really excited. The cast is coming together beautifully. And I will give you nothing else.”
The the new show will be a continuation of Picard’s story. The story will be set 19-20 years after the events of the The Next Generation finale, and according to reports, that ten episode story “will be playing into Picard’s interest in archaeology, and his main mission will revolve around some sort of artifact that’s been discovered.” It’s also been said that Picard will be affected by their destruction due to his close involvement with building a bond between the Romulan Empire and the Federation.
There are also some character details regarding the series that you can read about here. I’m seriously stoked about this show and I can’t wait to see what kind of story it will tell.
The Picard series does not have a title yet, but it is scheduled to premiere at the end of 2019, exclusively on CBS All Access.
Via: Deadline