Alex Kurtzman has dropped the biggest hint yet of what the Picard show will be like when it airs later this year.
Kurtzman, who will produce the series, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about what we’ll expect to see in the as yet untitled show.
“Picard's life was radically altered by the dissolution of the Romulan Empire," Kurtzman said, referencing the destruction of Romulus from the 2009 film.
Picard has had a long history with the Romulans. Picard joined Spock in the Star Trek: The Next Generation two part episode “Unification” where the Romulans planned a secret takeover of Vulcan. And Star Trek Nemesis saw Jean-Luc Picard come face-to-face with a clone of himself who was created by the Romulans, and working with the Remans.
Kurtzman also recalled part of the initial discussions he had with Patrick Stewart about the highly anticipated series - "He [Stewart] threw down an amazing gauntlet and said, 'If we do this, I want it to be so different, I want it to be both what people remember but also not what they're expecting at all, otherwise why do it?' "
When Kurtzman called for the initial meeting, he wasn’t sure what to expect in response.
“To our amazement and delight, the agent called back and said he was curious to know what we had in mind.
"What we tried to convey in that meeting was how desperately we loved him and the character and how much we wanted to see what happened to Picard.”
Stewart originally asked for the three-page outline showcasing their ideas.
"It turned into a 34-page document — with no way to shorten it," said Kurtzman. "We were going on all in and he was going to read it or not read it, love it or hate it. It was our best attempt at trying to get him to say yes.”
"He walked into the room and he had a huge smile on his face and said, 'This is wonderful,'" said Kurtzman recounting the meeting." What he understood at that point was that he was with people who desperately wanted to collaborate with him, that we weren't trying to exploit him. He knew if he was going to go back to Picard, it needed to be for the greatest reason ever."
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