Jonathan Frakes confirms Patrick is not playing "Captain Jean-Luc Picard."
According to Frakes, he's "done with Starfleet"....?
So Picard has left the captain's chair? Is he retired? An ambassador? What??
https://deadline.com/2019/01/star-t...-the-future-finds-starfleets-past-1202541300/
This is the shocker, folks:
Taking place in an entirely new timeline from The Next Generation, it turns out the new series will see Sir Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard step away from Starfleet.
OMG! I bet it's the Kelvin Timeline, which can means good or bad
Let me guess what the pilot episode wouldve looked like: An old, war-weary and bitter Prime Picard played by SirPatStew gets sucked in the blackhole created by Nero in 2399, However, instead of landing in the 22nd century Kelvin-verse he arrives in the 2330s Kelvin-Verse and meet with the young Picard of this timeline either before or right after he assumes command of the 'Stargazer.'
He gives his young Kelvin counterpart some advises about how he should handle himself as a new Captain, tells him to 'seize the day,' then disappears (or dies).
The rest of the miniseries then centered on the young Kelvin Picard played by James McAvoy or another newbie actor.
So the essence the series is the adventures of Young Kelvin (or another timeline) Picard. SirPat is only there to introduce him to us, then he would be on his own.
I don't know what to think. I feel disappointed we're not getting the Picard Prime we all know, but given who's running the show now, I'm not surprised with this turn of events


