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Screenshot: ParamountCaptain Kirk has one. Captain Janeway has one. If Star Trek fans are going to insist on slowly but surely getting every major character a landmark in their hometown-to-be, Jonathan Frakes’ legendary Will Riker is certainly up there as a priority—especially one that celebrates his most iconic tactical maneuver.‘I Saw Jonathan Frakes Giving Patrick Stewart a Noogie’We are, of course, not talking about him flinging an asteroid with a tractor beam like in Star Trek: Picard, but the actual Riker…

Patrick Stewart as Picard and John de Lancie as Q in season two of Star Trek: Picard.Photo: Nicole Wilder/Paramount+Prolific actor John de Lancie—currently voicing Granamyr on Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revolution—will always be Q to Star Trek fans, who welcomed the delightfully antagonistic character’s return on Star Trek: Picard. In a new interview, he gave some insight into the Picard finale’s post-credits scene, and what he initially hoped it might mean for the future.Playing Raffi Throughout Star Trek:…

It is a banner week for questionable Star Trek anniversaries, but while earlier this week we found at least something to admire in Voyager’s bold exploration of the Warp 10 threshold and space-amphibian evolution, there is very little to admire in the other major milestone. Thirty years ago today, The Next Generation took us to Planet Scotland in “Sub Rosa,” where Beverly Crusher exchanged all thought of character agency for 40 minutes in exchange for some generational family ghost lovin’.Star Trek: Picard Season 3…

Although it took a long time for Paramount to return the favor, Star Trek Online has long done a great job of bringing in material from the more recent shows into its own imagining of at 25th-century era for boldly going. But its latest drop might be one of its most fun.Playing Raffi Throughout Star Trek: PicardSTO developer Cryptic Studios has just announced its latest drop—coinciding with new story content—will feature a bevy of new material inspired by the final season of Star Trek Picard. Alongside a new ship, the…

Screenshot: ParamountThe Battle of Wolf 359's legacy goes much further than just “The Best of Both Worlds,” both in and out of the text of Star Trek itself. The trauma of the incident follows Picard throughout the remainder of TNG, brought up explicitly in episodes like the following season’s “Family” and “The Drumhead,” and of course in Star Trek: First Contact and its renewed engagement with the Borg in Sector 001, set just six years after the events of “The Best of Both Worlds.”It touches other important Star Trek…

Star Trek has been doing quite well on TV of late but it’s time to beam back to the big screen. While a fourth Star Trek film on the Kelvin timeline is still in the works, now a new project has been revealed too.Luke Macfarlane | First FandomsToby Haynes, who helmed episodes of Andor, will direct the film from a script by Seth Grahame-Smith (It, Lego Batman). J.J. Abrams will once again produce, which makes sense since the film is set decades before the events of his 2009 Star Trek film.Deadline broke the news, and while…

In 2020, Patrick Stewart reprised Jean-Luc Picard for Star Trek: Picard, which followed nearly 20 years after the movie Star Trek: Nemesis. The show accessible to Paramount+ subscribers took the former captain of the USS Enterprise on a journey that culminated with him reuniting with his Next Generation cohorts in the third and final season last year. It seemed as though the Picard series finale’s ending wrapped up Jean-Luc’s story, but now there’s apparently a movie in the works starring the character, and I have mixed…

Image: ParamountEver since Star Trek: Picard came to a final end with its third season, Patrick Stewart has been seemingly unwilling to say goodbye to a character that he’s spent the past few years saying goodbye to. And now, he might not have to: according to the good admiral himself, a Picard-focused movie is in the works.Playing Raffi Throughout Star Trek: Picard“I heard only last night about a script that is being written, but written specifically with the actor, Patrick , to play in it,” Stewart told Josh Horowitz…

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Bring me to life, Elektra is back. Image: MarvelWe knew Deadpool 3 was bringing back Hugh Jackman as Wolverine but now another surprising superhero is joining the fun. The Hollywood Reporter says that Jennifer Garner will reprise her role as Elektra in the film, currently scheduled for release on May 3, 2024.Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksGarner first played the character in 2003's Daredevil starring Ben Affleck and despite it not doing too well, she even got a solo movie in 2005. Fans generally liked her as…