We’ve seen the end of Jean-Luc Picard’s story several times over the last thirty years — following the conclusion of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1994, the final film Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002, and Star Trek: Picard just last year — but now the actor has shared that a film script focused on the starship captain is in the works.
Since the press tour for Picard Season 3 began back in 2022, Stewart has often hinted that there is an opportunity for one more Trek film for Jean-Luc Picard (and his Next Gen cohorts), from a joke at New York Comic Con…
Patrick Stewart egging on the crowd about maybe doing "one more movie!" — this is NOT an announcement! — while Brent Spiner asks the Paramount+ reps in the room for his own series#starTrek #StarTrekPicard #NYCC
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…to an interview with IndieWire where the actor suggested elements from Picard Season 3 could carry over into a big-screen adventure.
“I think we could do a movie, a ‘Picard’-based movie,” he said. “Now not necessarily at all about Picard but about all of us. And to take many of those wonderful elements, particularly from Season 3 of ‘Picard’ and take out of that what I think could be an extraordinary movie. I keep telling people and mentioning it, and so far there’s been no eager response, but it might well happen. And that would be I think a very appropriate way to say, ‘And goodbye folks.’
Now in a recent interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast (recorded in November 2023 during the actor’s memior press tour, as noted by TrekMovie.com), Stewart has revealed that there’s actually a Picard-focused script in the works that by now is likely already in his hands.
Stewart told host Josh Horowitz (at timecode 35:16) that:
“I heard… about a script that is being written, but written specifically with [me] to play in it [as Picard] — and and I’ve been told to expect to receive it within a week or so. I’m so excited, because it sounds like the kind of project where the experimentation that I want to do will be essential for this kind of material.”
Of course, at this point there’s absolutely no guarantee that a Stewart-starring Star Trek movie will move into production, with the many false starts the franchise has seen in the theatrical arena over the last several years — and even if it’s eventually planned as a straight-to-streaming movie like Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 movie, there’s also the many challenges facing Paramount+ (and the Paramount Mountain as a whole) right now.
There’s also no guarantee that if the film does get made, other members of the Next Generation (or Picard) cast would appear, noting the “experimentation” that Stewart mentions in his comments; Stewart famously agreed to return to the character for Star Trek: Picard if it was not treated as the reunion show Season 3 ultimately provided.
So it’s truly anyone’s guess if this script will lead to another, last, we-really-mean-it final Star Trek adventure for Jean-Luc Picard and Patrick Stewart — in the meantime, let us know your thoughts about this “Picard movie” in the comments below!
