TheReturnofPicard

SirPatrickStewartToBeAmongMainGuestsatLuccaComics&Games2019Lucca, Italy – October XX, 2019 -- Sir Patrick Stewart and additional castmembers from theupcoming Amazon Original Star Trek: Picard serieswill be among the main guests at the 53rdEditionofLuccaComics&Games.OnFridayNovember1st,thepopularBritishactorandhisfellowcastmates, including IsaBriones,SantiagoCabrera,MichelleHurdandEvanEvagora,willtakethestageandletStarTrekfansfromaroundtheworldknowthatPicardisback,aswellassharewhattoexpectfromthesenewandreturningcharacters inthebelovedStarTrekfranchise. StarTrek:PicardwilllaunchonAmazonPrimeVideo,onJanuary24th,2020.Furthermore,tohonoroneofthemostbelovedtalentedstarsofthetheatre,thebigscreenandTV,LuccaComics&GamesCommitteewillawardStewartwithatileonthepopularLuccaWalkofFame,wheresomeofthegreatestartists,whoworkinthefieldsofcomics,artworks,gamesandcinema,havelefttheirhandprints.OthermembersofthecastwilljoinSirPatrickStewartinthiscelebration,aneventincludedintheprogramoftheLuccaComics&GamesMovieArea,curatedbyQMI-Sturdust.StarTrek:PicardfeaturesSirPatrickStewartreprisinghisiconicroleas“Jean-LucPicard,”whichheplayedforsevenseasonson“StarTrek:TheNextGeneration.”Thenewserieswillfollowthisiconiccharacterintothenextchapterofhislife.AlongsideStewart,StarTrek:PicardwillalsostarIsaBri-ones,SantiagoCabrera,MichelleHurd,AlisonPill,HarryTreadawayandEvanEvagora.Theseries isproducedbyCBSTelevisionStudios inassociationwithSecretHideoutandRodden-berryEntertainment.AlexKurtzman,MichaelChabon,AkivaGoldsman,JamesDuff,PatrickStew-art, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers and AaronBaiers(SecretHideout)servesasco-executiveproducerandKirstenBeyerassupervisingproducer.HanelleCulpepperdirectedthefirstthreeepisodesoftheseries.StarTrek:PicardwillstreamonAmazonPrimeVideoinmorethan200countriesandterritoriesaroundtheworld.IntheUnitedStates,theserieswillbeavailableexclusivelyonCBSAllAccess,andinCanadaonBellMedia’sCTVSci-FiChannelandOTTserviceCrave.TheseriesisdistributedinternationallybyCBSStudiosInternational.LuccaComics&GamesFestivalisthelargestconventionofitskindinEurope,andsecondlargestin

theworldafterComiket(Tokyo),LuccaComics&Gamesbringstogetherfancommunitiesfromtheworldsofcomics,games,TVseries, film, illustration,artand fiction.Amassiveevent in thepopculturecalendar,the2018editionsawanamazing793,818admissions.2019isthe53rdyearsinceitsinception,withexhibitionsrunningfromOctober12thandthemainfestivalbeginningOctober30ththroughtoNovember3rd–allsetintheancientwalledcityofLucca,inItaly.