Alex Kurtzman Dishes on Picard Star Trek Spinoff Series

While we still don’t have an official title for CBS All Access’s upcoming Star Trek spinoff series about former Enterprise Captain Jean Luc Picard, we do know how it made Star Trek: Discovery EP and showrunner Alex Kurtzman feel.

During Yesterday’s PaleyFest session for Star Trek: Discovery, Kurtzman admitted he got a little emotional while reading the scripts for the Picard-centric series which will see the return of Sir Patrick Stewart to the role of Jean Luc:

“Here’s what I will tell you- I had an amazing experience yesterday. I sat at Patrick’s kitchen table and I heard him read the first episode and I almost cried. It was quite something. He’s at an amazing place in his life. He’s so excited. It’s going to be a very different show from Discovery. The only way this universe, I think, works correctly is if each show is really different and speaks to a different part of Star Trek.

This is going to be a very thoughtful, psychological portrait in a lot of ways. We all know what Picard means to the world and why he, like so many legendary characters on Star Trek, has endured and what he’s represented. He in some ways has to go through a gauntlet to find that again. Things have changed for him and changed him in some ways, and yet he is so deeply and fundamentally still Picard. We’re thrilled at what we’re going to deliver. I know Patrick is really excited. The cast is coming together beautifully. And I will give you nothing else.”

We can’t wait to find out what the Picard series will actually be called, and we’re very excited to see Stewart return to the Roddenberry galaxy.

Star Trek: Discovery is currently available for streaming on CBS All Access, and has been renewed for a third season.