Star Trek: Picard’s Jeri Ryan says production on season 2 will start in February
"Stardust City Rag" -- Episode #105 -- Pictured (l-r): Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard; Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine; Evan Evagora as Elnor; of the the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Trae Patton/CBS ©2019 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
JANUARY 11, 2021 - In case you missed it: Jeri Ryan has said on Twitter that the start of filming for Star Trek: Picard season two has been pushed back to February 1st.
Absent an official announcement from CBS All Access, Star Trek fans have been left largely to depend on Picard’s stars and staff to tell us when the new season would start filming. Production was hampered by COVID-19 restrictions that started last spring, and in June, producer Akiva Goldsman said that it was giving writers more time to perfect their scripts. In September, director Jonathan Frakes said that filming would start in January of 2021, something later echoed by Michelle Hurd (last October) and Evan Evagora (last November). Now, in a reply to one fan asking about the production timeline, Ryan is the latest star to chime in with details.
Just before Christmas, Ryan tweeted that for the first time ever, she’d be spending Christmas Day at home with just her immediate family. When a fan asked, “Is Picard still on track to begin production on season 2 in January, or has that been pushed back?”, Ryan replied, “Pushed to Feb. 1 now”.
Pushed to Feb. 1 now
— Jeri Ryan (@JeriLRyan) December 23, 2020
A delay in filming would be understandable, since Star Trek: Picard films in California, which is currently in the grips of the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. While filming is still permitted with modifications, it’s hardly business as usual. It also bears repeating that CBS All Access have not officially announced plans.
It’s also worth mentioning that Star Trek: Picard season two isn’t the only Star Trek series in production: Discovery season four started filming in Toronto in November, Strange New Worlds is due to start in Toronto as well in February, and Lower Decks and Prodigy are both in progress as we speak.
You can catch up on the first season of Star Trek: Picard, as well as the entirety of Star Trek: Discovery season three (which just ended) on CBS All Access, now.
