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It's the First Day of Filming on CBS All Access 'Star Trek' Picard Spinoff!

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We are pretty excited to report that filming on CBS All Access Star Trek spinoff series about Captain Jean Luc Picard kicked off today!

It's the First Day of Filming on CBS All Access 'Star Trek' Picard Spinoff!

Writer Michael Chabon shared this image of the back of his chair on set via his Instagram account this morning:

Obviously his included hashtag there confirms that we still don't have a title for the show yet.

Last we heard, Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) and Isa Briones are the newest faces to join the still-untitled CBS ALL ACCESS series which will star Sir Patrick Stewart as the retired Enterprise captain, with Hanelle Culpepper directing the first two episodes in a historic move for the Roddenberry franchise.

We already knew that Santiago Cabrera (Heroes, Che) and Michelle Hurd (Marvel's Daredevil, Blindspot) were on board for the series. There are of course, no details yet about who Cabrera and Hurd will be playing.

Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Alex Kurtzman, who will be serving as an executive producer on the unnamed Picard series, had this to say about the show; comparing it to DISCO, and how it'll be totally different:

"It's an extremely different rhythm than Discovery. Discovery is a bullet. 'Picard' is a very contemplative show. It will find a balance between the speed of Discovery and the nature of what Next Gen was, but I believe it will have its own rhythm.

Without revealing too much about it, people have so many questions about Picard and what happened to him, and the idea we get to take time to answer those questions in the wake of the many, many things he's had to deal with in Next Gen is really exciting. 'More grounded' is not the right way to put it, because season 2 of Discovery is also grounded. It will feel more… real-world? If that's the right way to put it."

We will of course let you know what else we hear about the series.

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Mary Anne ButlerAbout Mary Anne Butler

Bleeding Cool News Editor Mary Anne Butler (Mab, for short) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), and most recently Bleeding Cool. 

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