The third and last season of the American TV series Star Trek: Picard features the character Jean-Luc Star Trek: Picard in the 25th century as he reunites with the former command crew of the USS Enterprise (Geordi La Forge, Worf, William Thomas, Beverly Crusher, and Deanna Troi) who are being hunted by a mysterious new adversary. The season is directed by CBS Studios in affiliation with Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, and Gene Roddenberry Entertainment, with Terry Matalas serving as showrunner.
Patrick Stewart stars as Picard, repeating his role from the sequel Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as other Star Trek media. Also created from The Next Generation is Michael Dorn as Worf, Jonathan Frakes as Riker, Gates McFadden as Crusher, Marina Sirtis as Troi, and Brent Spiner as the android Lore, with Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd also star. A third season of Picard was informally green-ignited by January 2020, permitting it to be filmed back-to-back with the second season. Some third-season scenes were filmed during the presentation on the second, which started in California in February 2021, before filming segued totally to the third in September. Stewart officially revealed the season soon after and filming finished in March 2022. The recovery of the other Next Generation cast members was launched a month latest. Matalas expected to make the season a delightful ending for Picard’s story and the entire Next Generation cast. The season also features other guest stars reproducing their roles from previous Star Trek media.
Star Trek Picard Season 3 Main Cast and characters
- Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
- LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Worf
- Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
- Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lore
- Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
- Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker
Star Trek Picard Season 3 Recurring
- Amanda Plummer as Vadic
- Mica Burton as Alandra La Forge
- Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Sidney La Forge
Star Trek Picard Season 3 Notable guests
- Orla Brady as Laris
- Daniel Davis as Professor Moriarty
Production
Development
In February 2019, during the development of the series Star Trek: Picard, star Patrick Stewart said we are set up for perhaps three years of this show. Showrunner Michael Chabon and the writers were informed in January 2020 to have begun results on a second and third season, with Terry Matalas merging them to fill the gap that would be developed by Chabon’s planned departure after that year. CBS officially announced the second season then but did not confirm an everyday third season green light. The latter permitted the second and third seasons to be filmed back-to-back, which helped save prices and simplify scheduling. Stewart officially revealed the season in September 2021, shortly after filming had started. By February 2022, the producers had arranged to end the series with the third season. Matalas acted as the only showrunner for the season.
Release
The season is anticipated to premiere on Paramount+ in the United States on February 16, 2023, and run for 10 episodes until April 20. Each episode of Picard is revealed in Canada by Bell Media on the exact day as the Paramount+ release, on the thing channels CTV Sci-Fi Channel (English) and Z (French) before pouring on Crave. Amazon Prime Video courses the episodes within 24 hours of their U.S. release in over 200 other nations and territories around the world. Matalas said in August 2022 that the season would be prepared for release later that year and he had pushed to move the launch to Christmas 2022, but Paramount+ wanted it to be released in 2023.
Filming
Filming for the second season started on February 16, 2021, with some third-season locations being filmed at the same time. The exposition was taking place in California where the sequel received tax incentives to resume filming there after the first season. The second and third seasons had one of the biggest television series crews at the time with more additional than 450 crewmembers. Due to the Coronavirus disease pandemic, strict procedures were followed on set, and cast and crew associates were regularly tested. Principal photography for the second season concluded on September 2, and the show then segued fully into filming the third.
