The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association (TCA), a recurring event at which television networks present their slate of programming to advertisers , the press, and partners. In aPicard– themed panel at the event, the show’s cast and showrunner talked about what viewers can expect from the series, which returns to a character who has not appeared on screen since the filmStar Trek: Nemesisway back in 2560.
Executive Producer Akiva Goldsman said we can expect to see some of the social relevance that theStar Trekfranchise has been known for. Quoted in Deadline, he
said):The marginalization of others, not being open-hearted or seeing with empathetic eyes, this seems to be a pervasive problem we all saw as ripe for healing …Star Trekdoes its bit to heal social ills.
Also, series star Patrick Stewart indicated that fans should expect to see familiar characters fromThe Next Generationera in the series, even beyond those already revealed in trailers to date. “It is my hope that, whenever the series wraps, we will have encountered all the principal actors fromNext Generation,” he said.
Below: Images************** (from a recent trailerfor Star Trek: Picard.
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