Voting is now open for members of the Television Academy ahead of 2020’s Emmy Awards, and CBS All Access has been making quite the push for Patrick Stewart and the entire Star Trek: Picard team in an effort to raise awareness of the show for awards consideration.
Along with a multitude of new interviews with the cast — many of which reiterate some of the same behind-the-scenes information and stories that we’ve been hearing since the beginning of the pre-Season 1 press tour — there have also been a number of new behind-the-scenes videos that give a greater look into what’s needed to make the show.
First up, from the official Star Trek site, prosthetic casting supervisor Will Thorton takes us on a tour of the silicon headpiece production process to illustrate how today’s Romulan foreheads are brought to life:
Lead creature designer and prosthetic artist Neville Page and prosthetic designer Vincent Van Dyke detail what it took to recreate the Borg implants for Seven of Nine’s return to Star Trek after nearly two decades:
Picard visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman talks to Deadline Hollywood about the intricate digital effects needed to bring 2399 to life — with special looks at the construction of the crashed Borg cube on the shores of Coppellius, the downed La Sirena in the planet’s desert, and the massive Romulan fleet commanded by Commodore Oh.
Back in April, the official site also published this unique 360-degree video of the location filming on planet Vashti for “Absolute Candor,” allowing viewers to move the camera view around to all angles of Picard’s encounter with the burly Romulan ex-senator.
Star Trek: Picard’s first-season showrunner Michael Chabon joined star Patrick Stewart for an in-depth discussion of the seventh episode of the season, “Nepenthe,” which featured the much-hailed return of Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis).
After a few months away, Wil Wheaton returned to The Ready Room with an “away mission” edition of the web series, featuring interviews with Stewart, makeup department head James MacKinnon, and Star Trek: Picard costume designer Christine Clark, along with an interesting tour of the La Sirena sets which give us a first look at the ship’s deck plans.
Costume designer Christine Clark also sat down for a solo interview with Gold Derby to talk about her work on Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard.
Star Trek: Picard is expected to return sometime in 2021, dependent on a return to filming.