Star Trek: Picard season 2 conditionally approved for California Film Commission tax credit

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Picard has been selected to receive a tax credit from the California Film Commission, giving us the best indication yet that a season two is on its way.

In an announcement on Monday, the CFC indicated that “Star Trek Picard 2” as a recurring TV series had been selected as a conditionally-approved project in its latest tax credit allocations. The CFC notes that “credit allocation will be issued to recurring TV series once a pick-up order for additional episodes or new seasons are submitted“ to them. In other words, while an official announcement has not been made about the second season of Picard, once it is, California will earmark some money for them.

The CFC administers the California Film and TV Tax Credit Program, which is an initiative aimed to boost economic activity by attracting film and TV production to the state. It promises a tax break to productions that start or continue production in California, as well as to established productions that move to California from elsewhere. One of the reasons that Star Trek: Picard films in California rather than, say, Toronto (where Discovery is filmed) is thanks to a CFC credit.

It’s worth re-emphasizing that there’s been no official announcement from CBS All Access about a Picard season two. However, both Alex Kurtzman and Sir Patrick Stewart have previously said that it’s on its way. Stewart told the University of Huddersfield back in September that there was a “possibility of a second Picard series filming in March next year”, and Kurtzman told TrekCore in October that season two is “already in the works”.

As for Picard season one, its premiere is rapidly approaching, on January 23rd, 2020.