Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds Season 3 is in progress, and Starfleet Academy is the following upcoming Trek collection, so in fact, the potential of a Picard sequel collection was all the thrill at Star Trek Las Vegas over the weekend. Jokes apart, followers is not going to let go of the potential of Picard‘s collection finale main into one other present, and I do not assume that hype might be lessed by the truth that former showrunner Terry Matalas confessed he did certainly work on a direct follow-up challenge.
Matalas took the stage with Picard actor Todd Stashwick (each are engaged on the upcoming Imaginative and prescient collection for Marvel) at Star Trek’s annual Las Vegas fan conference, and naturally, attendees had questions on whether or not the code-named Legacy collection is within the works. TrekMovie.com reported one fan citing Michelle Hurd’s claims that the showrunner had typed up a 30-page manuscript for the potential collection. Terry Matalas felt he needed to make clear what Hurd had talked about, and was fast to notice that it wasn’t precisely an official pitch that he would’ve provided as much as Paramount+ execs. In his phrases:
There was a second by which I used to be fairly impressed, by which I simply kind of spit out 30 pages over a few weeks, not for anyone essentially to see, simply in case sooner or later it occurred.
I do not discover that arduous to imagine, as Terry Matalas advised CinemaBlend he was equally invested in seeing a follow-up occur as followers had been on the time Star Trek: Picard was ending. I’m a bit stunned to listen to he had a lot written out prematurely, simply in case executives had been receptive to a pitch, to the purpose he had a plotline laid out.
The showrunner hinted that his doc contained plans for what Seven of 9’s captain send-out phrase was going to be, in addition to the overall route for the place the plot could be headed. He would not say precisely what was going to occur, however he did tease a well-liked species being concerned, saying:
I knew what the primary 20 minutes of it was…I can’t actually speak, as a result of it’s not a factor, so it’s arduous to speak about. However it did must do with the Klingon Empire.
My hope is that he consulted Michael Dorn on the actor’s plans for a Klingon collection they usually discovered some solution to adapt that right into a storyline, however I am simply spitballing right here. I do discover it attention-grabbing that Matalas wasn’t keen to spill all the main points on this hypothetical collection, seemingly indicating he hasn’t completely shut the door on pitching it sooner or later.
All this being mentioned, Star Trek doesn’t look like ready to be listening to pitches in the meanwhile. San Diego Comedian-Con got here and went with solely bulletins about initiatives we already knew to be occurring. Gone are the times when Trekkies had been having fun with 5 exhibits in a single 12 months, which was at one level the case with Discovery, Picard, Unusual New Worlds, Decrease Decks, and Prodigy all operating on the similar time.
It is also a bizarre time for Paramount, which solely just lately closed on its merger with Skydance. As soon as all of the chips fall, it is doable pitches begin rolling out once more and getting greenlit, however who is aware of what can occur? Robert Picardo would not really feel the merger will impression the franchise that a lot, so for now, I am selecting to stay to that optimism and hope we hear extra initiatives introduced quickly.
Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds is streaming new episodes on Paramount+ on Thursdays. This season is unquestionably price catching up on, whether or not or not you are additionally pushing for Picard follow-ups, so get on it!