Patrick Stewart to Trek Again?

It looks as though Jean-Luc Picard may return to the big screen, but not for a while…

Today SFX was at the press launch for Patrick Stewart’s new TV series “Eleventh Hour”, which airs on ITV in January — and was surprised by a guest appearance by the star himself.

As well as chatting about X-Men 3 (he was very defensive about new director Brett Ratner), he also discussed the possibility of a return to his most famous role, Jean-Luc Picard.

Following the box office failure of Nemesis, Stewart’s been saying he believed the franchise was dead in the water for ages, but it seems there’s been a turnaround, because he revealed there’ve been lots of serious meetings lately about a new film, and there are money men who want it to happen.

However, he also made it clear that he’s signed up to working with the Royal Shakespeare company for the next 16 months, so even if another Next Gen film did get greenlit, he wouldn’t be able to start filming it until after that.

Source: SFX Magazine