'STAR TREK PICARD' TRAILER: Data, Seven of Nine make their appearance

SAN DIEGO – The next Star Trek series on Jean-Luc Picard will bring together the beloved commander of the spaceship, the android Data officer and other characters from the longstanding franchise, revealed the distribution to fans of San Diego Comic-Con Saturday.

The British actor Patrick Stewart, who takes over the role of Picard that he played from 1987 to 1994 in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as four feature films, unveiled a trailer of the new series in front of 6,500 fans who packed a convention hall.

Star Trek: Picard's images included surprise appearances from Next Generation's Data (Brent Spiner) and Star Trek's Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan): Voyager. The two actors joined Stewart on stage and were applauded and applauded.

Stewart, 79, had repeatedly refused his efforts to bring him back as Picard. Discussions with the authors of the new series have changed, Stewart said.

"I knew something very unusual was going to happen and I wanted to be part of it," said Stewart. "I am very very happy to be here."

Picard, scheduled for release next year, will be available in the US on CBS Corp's CBS All Access streaming service and another 200 markets on Amazon Prime Video.

The new series will resume Picard's life 20 years after the last appearance of the character on the screen. The caravan showed a retired Picard leading a quiet life in a family vineyard until he met a young woman in danger and reunited a new crew to return to space.

"What are you doing here, Picard?" Save the galaxy? "Ask Seven of Nine.

Jonathan Del Arco (Hugh), Jonathan Frakes (Riker) and Marina Sirtis (Troi) are among the stars of Next Generation.

Executive producer Alex Kurtzman said the new series showed Picard at a time when he was questioning some of his lifestyle choices but was "standing up for what really matters".

"The age has not changed its resolution. It just changed his situation, "said Kurtzman. "Picard must search for the soul, and you need a dark night of soul to come out brighter and brighter."

Producers also announced plans to release six new short treks of 10 to 15 minutes each. We will be a teaser for the Picard series. They are also working on a Star Trek podcast and the Lower Decks animated series.