Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is in progress, and Starfleet Academy is the next upcoming Trek series, so of course, the potential of a Picard sequel series was all the buzz at Star Trek Las Vegas over the weekend. Jokes aside, fans will not let go of the possibility of Picard's series finale leading into another show, and I don't think that hype will be lessed by the fact that former showrunner Terry Matalas confessed he did indeed work on a direct follow-up project.
Matalas took the stage with Picard actor Todd Stashwick (both are working on the upcoming Vision series for Marvel) at Star Trek's annual Las Vegas fan convention, and of course, attendees had questions about whether the code-named Legacy series is in the works. TrekMovie.com reported one fan bringing up Michelle Hurd's claims that the showrunner had typed up a 30-page manuscript for the potential series. Terry Matalas felt he had to clarify what Hurd had mentioned, and was quick to note that it wasn't exactly an official pitch that he would've offered up to Paramount+ execs. In his words:
