Many details about CBS All Access’ upcoming “Star Trek” spin-off series, the one featuring the return of Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, remain unknown.
We do know the ten-episode first season is apparently set around the year 2389, a decade after the events of “Star Trek: Nemesis” and twenty years after the end of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.
Now some more details have emerged via That Hashtag Show which seem to confirm talk that Picard is the only character from the old series that will return for this.
The site reveals that the story is indeed set in the Prime Timeline with the destruction of Romulus two years earlier by a supernova and the subsequent collapse of the Romulan Empire weighing heavily on Picard as he had been closely involved with building a bond between Starfleet’s former enemies and the Federation.
There are also reportedly seven other key characters in the mix:
– Connie. Early 30s African-American woman. Mercenary pilot and widow with a bounty on her head.
– Lawrence. Early 30s man. A thief with a dodgy moral compass, and Picard’s pilot for a mission.
– Starton. Early 30s man. A positronic brain specialist terrified of space travel.
– Dr. Smith. Holographic crewman. Programmed to avoid becoming too self-aware.
– K’Bar. Late teenage male Romulan martial artist extremely devoted to Picard.
– Indira. Early 20s woman. Smart, agile but socially inept and immature.
– Alana. 40s-50s woman. Former intelligence officer – analytical, paranoid, substance abuser.The site suggests
the story will play up into Picard’s love of archaeology with a mission to revolve around some sort of alien artifact that’s been discovered. Production is reportedly set to begin sometime around mid-April with Hanelle Culpepper set to helm the first two episodes of the series.
Former “Heroes” and “Salvation” hunk Santiago Cabrera and “Blindspot” and “Ash Vs. Evil Dead” alum Michelle Hurd are set to co-star opposite Patrick Stewart in CBS All Access’ upcoming and currently untitled “Star Trek” spin-off series exploring the next chapter of former U.S.S. Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Stewart reprises his iconic role which he played for seven seasons on “Star Trek: Next Generation” and across four films. Character breakdowns leaked the other day and the new report seems to confirm them with Cabrera playing Lawrence, a skilled thief with a dodgy moral compass who serves as Picard’s pilot for a mission. Cabrera was in high demand for TV pilots, but reportedly turned them all down for this role.
Hurd will play Alana, an analytical former intelligence officer whose skill remains intact despite her long-term substance abuse problem. Alex Kurtzman, James Duff, Akiva Goldsman, Patrick Stewart, Michael Chabon, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth executive produce the series.
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