Star Trek has "no plans" to do a Star Wars and use CGI to bring back legacy characters

Paul Wesley as Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
(Image credit: Paramount)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds showrunner Akiva Goldsman has addressed whether the franchise will follow Star Wars' lead and 🐠utilize CGI technology and body doubles 🐻to build on top of canon and bring back legacy characters.

"I would consider it," Goldsman told 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:SFX magazine in the n𝔉ew issue, which also features S♌trange New Worlds on the cover. 

"My friend Terry Matalas [Picard showrunner] is not alone in feeling frustrated with Kirk’s death in canon. It’s why he put his body at Daystrom Station, right?" Goldsman said, in reference to Star Trek Generat💖ions and the recent Picard reveal that the iconic Star Trek captain's body is being stored by Section 31. 

Goldsman continued, "It’s a really hard thing to figure out how to do, but none of me opposes it. We just don’t have plans for it. There are a few things that I would retcon if I could, and digital performers could help that. I thಞink in theory, yes. Sadly, just practically speaking, we have no plans for it."

The next season of Strange New Worlds, meanwhile, is set to bring in Kirk as a major player, this time played by Paul Wesley. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds seas🥂on 2 is on Paramount Plus from 15 June.

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