Star Trek: The Next Generation Reboot With Patrick Stewart Reportedly in Development
Rumors of the Picard-centric reboot come amid Alex Kurtzman extending his CBS contract for a planned expansion of the Star Trek TV universe.
According to a THR article, there are unconfirmed rumors that CBS TV Studios is developing a Star Trek reboot starring Patrick Stewart in which he would reprise his The Next Generation role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. According to THR's sources, Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman are attached to the potential reboot. Not only is this an unconfirmed project, but THR's sources also say that the deal is far from complete and might not happen. Still, this would be huge news for Star Trek fandom—however you might feel about a Picard-centric reboot.
The rumors of the Picard reboot come amidst Kurtzman renewing his overall deal with CBS Television Studios, extending his contract by five years. This will keep him in partnership with the studio through 2023, for a reported $5 million per year.
Kurtzman was recently made sole showrunner of Star Trek: Discovery following the dismissal of previous co-showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg who left amidst reports of bullying behavior in the writers room. Goldsman, who served as an executive producer on Season 1 of Discovery, also left the show, reportedly due to a clash with the writing staff in terms of management style and personality, so it's interesting that he is still attached to the potential Picard-centric reboot.
In addition to his work on Star Trek: Discovery, Kurtzman's extended deal with CBS Television Studios will include an expansion of the Star Trek franchise on the small screen, including the development of new series, miniseries, and other content, including animation.
While this generally seems like good news for the Star Trek universe, it may also be disappointing, depending on what kind of Star Trek fan you are. While the move represents a reinvestment in the Star Trek TV universe, Kurtzman is not known for critical success. Previously, he has co-written the scripts for Transformers, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. More recently, he directed and co-wrote The Mummy. Not exactly the kind of nuanced science fiction writing Star Trek has, at its best, historically represented.
More news on the expanded Star Trek TV universe as we hear it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
But yes, Worf digging up a Defiant class to come in swinging and save the day would be squee-worthy. I like these fan service fantasy ideas, haha.
This is acceptable.
I still feel like they might try to get an old constitution class out, if only because the show is drenched in constant TOS/80s Trek references in sound and design.
FFS, the Titan is a "Constitution III-class."
Would be some epic fucking shit. Maybe we'll get the Stargazer and Picard goes out in a blaze of glory. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jamie:
As an episode, not quite as good as last week, but fan service off the fucking charts.
That may have been the most ultimate fan service episode of any show to have ever attempted to fan service before. And I loved it all.
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If you freeze frame it, they even cracked the door to doing something with Kirk at some point.
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I saw that. I raised my eyebrows at what appeared to be a fully intact and operable Genesis II device in there, as well. And when I saw the Defiant was docked, I just knew Clay's prediction was coming true. They really should have let Worf commandeer her since she has a cloak and quantum torpedoes, right?? I'm sure they've stripped all the vessels of armaments and top secret tech (minus the Bird of Prey, clearly), but if you want to talk fan service....
As you said, not quite as amazing or action packed as last week, but still a great, great episode. This season has surpassed my expectations, and I'm glad it has. [Reply]
Episodes 1-4 were the first act, 5-6 the second act, and 7-9 are the final act.
These next 3 weeks are gonna be amazing.
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I'm gonna take a stab here and say that JL's body was stolen by the changelings to bring back to the Borg. I think we see the Borg perform necromancy and bring back Locutus. Or, at least... that is their intent with stealing the body
Man, the fan service in that episode was off the charts.
Just what I can remember...
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The Genesis device
James T. Kirk bio
Attack tribbles
Grumpy old man Geordi
Multiple Personality Disorder Data
Deana as villain/hostage?
Enterprise with cloaking tech
Moriarty
And when I saw the Defiant was docked, I just knew Clay's prediction was coming true. They really should have let Worf commandeer her since she has a cloak and quantum toraudioes, right?? I'm sure they've stripped all the vessels of armaments and top secret tech (minus the Bird of Prey, clearly), but if you want to talk fan service....
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I guess logically they probably had to give the Defiant's cloaking device back to the Romulans after the Dominion War.
But I wouldn't be surprised if we haven't seen the last of those ships. Notice that they established all the modern ships being networked together? We might need old ship to save the day.
Originally Posted by Fish:
Man, the fan service in that episode was off the charts.
Just what I can remember...
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The Genesis device
James T. Kirk bio
Attack tribbles
Grumpy old man Geordi
Multiple Personality Disorder Data
Deana as villain/hostage?
Enterprise with cloaking tech
Moriarty
I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting/missing
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Plus basically every hero ship in the history of Star Trek that wasn't blown up. It looks like even ones that weren't mentioned (like the Excelsior and NX-01) were there in the background. The one big exception is the Ent-E. Well, and the D, but I think they're saving it.
I guess I'm OG as hell, but my favorite ships are still the old Constitution-class Ships. Just a glimpse of the original Enterprise was enough to make me tear up a little. [Reply]
In the ST: TNG sickbay panels, I used the same graphics that Rick Sternbach did for ST:TMP. I had always intended to tweak them to fit into the LCARS style. In Star Trek: Picard, I finally got around to it. A new episode of Star Trek: Picard streams today on Paramount+. pic.twitter.com/PgQRP2Kby3
