Sir Patrick Stewart is known to “Star Trek” fans as Captain Picard. In an interview, the now 83-year-old talked about an exciting script for which he might return to his iconic role.
After Captain Picard played a prominent role in numerous episodes and films in the “Star Trek” universe, the character received his own series with Picard in 2020.
This ended in February 2023 with the third season and is unlikely to continue with a fourth (via Filmstarts),
But there could soon be replenishment, because: The actor of Captain Picard, Sir Patrick Stewart, spoke in the podcast Happy Sad Confused on January 4, 2024 about an interesting project that aroused his interest in returning aboard the Enterprise again.
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“I heard about a script that’s being written.”
What does Stewart say about the planned project? The actor isn’t revealing any specific details yet, but says it’s an exciting project that sounds like he’ll be able to rediscover his iconic role once again.
The script was written specifically for him as Captain Picard. So far he has only heard about the script, but will soon receive the script.
But he was already full of anticipation, as he said: “I heard about a script that is currently being written [ich] should play along [als Picard] – and I was told I would receive it within a week or so. I’m so excited because it sounds like the type of project where the experiments I want to do are essential to this type of material.”
Here you can see the interview for yourself in which the actor talks about the new Picard project that has piqued his interest. Jump to 35:16:
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The obvious thing for the project would be a film that could celebrate a kind of farewell to the character after the Picard series has ended.
However, Patrick Steward does not reveal in the podcast whether it is actually a film.
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So far, however, there has been no official announcement as to whether and when a new Picard film will be released. So it remains to be seen whether the project with Sir Patrick Stewart will get the green light and actually start production. If you’re a fan of Star Trek, you might also like other series from this list: The 11 Best Sci-Fi Series According to IMDb