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Star Trek Picard Show Will Be Released On Amazon Video Internationally

Good Luck, Jean-Luc!

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The latest season of Star Trek: Discovery might have come to an end, but fans won't have to wait long for the next show in the long-running sci-fi franchise. The currently-untitled series focusing on iconic Next Generation character Jean-Luc Picard arrives on CBS All-Access in the Fall, and it has been announced that the show will be released internationally by Amazon Prime Video.

The news comes via Picard actor Patrick Stewart himself, who took to Twitter to make the announcement. Stewart states that the show will be available outside the US and Canada on Prime Video. Sadly, the actor didn't reveal the title of the show--or when exactly it will be released--but presumably that will all be confirmed in the coming months. Check it out below.

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Each episode of the Picard show will be released onto Prime Video 24 hours after its broadcast on CBS All-Access. In Canada, the show will be available on Space. Outside the US, all other Star Trek shows--including Discovery and older series such as The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and the Original Series--are currently available on Netflix.

While we don't yet know when we will see the Picard series, a few details have been released about it. The show will be set after the dissolution of the Romulan Empire, and according to Star Trek producer Alex Kurtzman, it will be a "more meditative" show than Discovery. "The mandate was to make it a more psychological show," he told the LA Times. "A character study about this man in his emeritus years. There are so few shows that allow a significantly older protagonist to be the driver...It'll be very different than Discovery. It'll be slower, more meditative. It speaks to the rainbow of colors we're playing with in all these different shows."

There are also several other Star Trek shows on the way. It was recently reported that an animated series aimed at a younger audience was in development at Nickelodeon. In addition, a Discovery spin-off starring Michelle Yeoh as Terran Emperor and Section 31 agent Philippa Georgiou is in the works, while Discovery itself has also been renewed for a third season. In addition, a series aimed at a more mature audience titled Lower Decks is on the way from Rick and Morty head writer Mike McMahan. For more Star Trek, check out GameSpot's guide to all the Easter Eggs in Discovery Season 2.

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Again CBS screws the fans. If they wanted to get the most people to watch it, we could watch it on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon. You know services most people actually use already?

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Huge fan of Patrick Stewart but not CBS Access. I'll have to pass unfortunately.

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Will Patrick Stewart himself be starring in this?

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I have zero confidence that this will be good. I hope they write well for Picard.

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Nah; not adding any more subscription services... Not even for Star Wars nor Star Trek.

If it wasn't for the family, I'd have already dropped Netflix and HBO already too. Hard enough to find 15hrs/mo of non-IRL + non-gaming time as-is; more services would spread time even more thinly.

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Really hoping this comes to the US!! (or if I'm being silly and missed something here please let me know if there's a way to view it here) Thanks in advance.

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@Smokin105: The article says it will distribute through CBS All Access in the U.S. It is being produced by CBS here in the U.S. They are unfortunately the current owners of Star Trek.

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In the U.S. and Canada, it will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store.

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@zmanbarzel: Nice one

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Awesome news! I always like anything Trek. Loving the new Discovery, but this news is incredible! Can't wait :)

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@openmind23: Wait really? I honestly can't think of a TV show with worse writing than STD, especially Season 2's canon destroying utterly nonsensical and hopelessly executed Red Angel story line.

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@mdinger: Yeah really, I liked STD Season 2. We all like different things for different reasons though - I thought it was thoroughly entertaining and the vision was breathtaking :)

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@openmind23: Seriously, I'm happy to hear someone likes it. It means it wasn't all for nothing.

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@openmind23: The show definitely looks nice. But I don't think it captures the canonical "Star Trek" feel whatsoever. STD is like the JJ Abrams movie version of Star Trek - and that wasn't "Star Trek" either imo.

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