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The New Star Trek Projects and the Future of Captain Kirk

Amidst this controversy, Paramount continues to push new Star Trek projects, including a recent movie centered on Star Trek: The Next Generation's Captain Jean-Luc Picard, starring Patrick Stewart. While Shatner welcomed the news of Stewart’s return, he was less enthusiastic about the studio’s treatment of Kirk, emphasizing that the studio’s focus seems to be on reinvigorating TNG at the expense of the original series.