'Star Trek: Picard' Trailer is Out; Release Date Also Revealed

Where several other universes are expanding here and there and there is yet another one that is now getting expanded. The Star Trek Universe. The panel of the show at New York Comic Con thrilled the audiences with a new and fresh trailer of Star Trek: Picard. The new trailer also revealed the on-air date of the series confirming that it will consist of 10 episodes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, work on the series started despite expectations that Patrick Stewart would never reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard, executive producer Alex Kurtzman said.

“We were sitting in a room, we were actually doing some stuff and said, ‘wouldn’t it be fun to do one of the Short Treks about Picard,’ and we said, ‘A Short Trek would be great, but wouldn’t it be great to bring him back?’”

Stewart turned down the idea in the initial meeting before finding himself curious about the concept; a request for more details led to the creation of a 35-page document from writer and executive producer Michael Chabon, which got him to sign on.

The series will release on Jan. 23, 2020.