While fans eagerly await Patrick Stewart’s return as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the upcoming CBS All Access series, details surrounding the plot have been difficult to come by. At the 2019 TCA winter press tour, Star Trek executive producer Alex Kurtzman spoke to a group of journalists about the show’s overall tone.
“Everybody in that
room loves Jean-Luc Picard very deeply,” explained Kurtzman. “The benefit that we have, is that Jean-Luc Picard is in the room with us. As we’re creating the story, we’re asking ourselves, how do we live up to the spirit, character, and the tone that Next Gen set, but also make it something very different.”
The upcoming Picard series will take place some 20 years after 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis. Kurtzman informed us that Picard’s character has changed emotionally as a result of the time jump.
Source: IGN.com Picard TV Series Boss Gives Update on Production