“Star Trek: Picard”: Jonathan Frakes Signals His Directing Duties Have Wrapped

Fans of CBS All Access‘ upcoming Star Trek franchise spinoff series Star Trek: Picard have been buzzing about the series when it was first announced, and the teaser released did nothing but dump a whole lot of fuel on an already blazing dumpster fire of speculation. Then came word from Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s own Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. Will Riker) himself that he would be reuniting with Patrick Stewart when he directs the “second block” of episodes from the upcoming series (with an announcement tweet, which you can find below) – and now?

Frakes is letting fans know that his time at the helm are over, with filming on his episodes having officially wrapped as of this Tuesday:

Here’s a look at Frakes’ original heads-up about his return to the director’s chair:

Jonathan Frakes’ “Captain Picard Day” Message…

It should come as no surprise that his “Number One” would have a special message for him on his own day:

Star Trek: Picard also stars Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, and Harry Treadaway; with Hanelle Culpepper directing the first two episodes of the season. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, James Duff, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers and Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout) serves as co-executive producer and Kirsten Beyer as supervising producer.

In an interview with Trek Movie from April 2019, Frakes shared what he could about the upcoming series – and wants fans to know that’s its something worth getting excited about:

Star Trek: Picard will air exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States and will be distributed simultaneously on the global scene by CBS Studios International on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories; and in Canada on Bell Media’s cable networks, Space and Z, and OTT service Crave.

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