The Closest Thing To Star Trek: Legacy Is Happening Thanks To Michael Dorn
Star Trek: Picard‘s spinoff, Star Trek: Legacy, may not happen on Paramount+, but Michael Dorn made the next best thing happen with his feature directorial debut. For over 3 years, fans have clamored for Star Trek: Legacy, but it looks even less likely thanks to Skydance’s reported plans to take Star Trek in a new direction that doesn’t rely on the franchise’s 60 years of canon.
Michael Dorn has written and directed a science fiction film called Life 2.0. Shot in the UK, Life 2.0 sees Dorn play “an operative in deep-space isolation, with only an AI hologram for company, until an enigmatic new companion arrives. An accident uncovers the truth about their origins, forcing a fight for survival against motives engineered back on Earth.”
Dorn called upon his Star Trek friends to help him with Life 2.0, and he cast Michelle Hurd from Star Trek: Picard, Marina Sirtis from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Dominic Keating from Star Trek: Enterprise. It’s the first time Dorn and Sirtis have worked together on a feature film since 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis, and Keating’s first time performing with these actors from other Star Trek series.
Michael Dorn’s New Movie Is The Closest Thing To Star Trek: Legacy
Life 2.0 is like a mini Star Trek: Legacy; at least in terms of three actors from Star Trek: Picard season 3 reuniting on-screen in a science fiction movie. Michael Dorn appeared on The Show People podcast to explain the premise of Life 2.0 and how he cast his fellow Star Trek actors:
In Star Trek: Picard season 3, Dorn played Captain Worf for the first time since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended in 1999. Sirtis played Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: Picard season 1, and returned in season 3 to complete its Star Trek: The Next Generation cast reunion. Hurd was the only original Star Trek: Picard season 1 actor and character to return for season 3.
If life and Paramount+ had gone in a different direction, Star Trek: Picard‘s ending would have teed up Star Trek: Legacy with showrunner Terry Matalas continuing his vision. Hurd’s Commander Raffi Muskier was First Officer to Captain Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) as they launched the USS Enterprise-G on new voyages. Ideally, Dorn and Sirtis would have guest-starred as Worf and Troi as needed, but the torch was passed to the newest crew of the Starship Enterprise.
Of course, neither Dorn, Sirtis, Hurd, nor Keating play their familiar Star Trek characters in Life 2.0, but it will be the next best thing to Star Trek: Legacy for fans. The addition of Keating is an extra treat. Dorn also made Life 2.0 as a lead-in to potentially directing a Western he has in the works, and maybe he’ll cast Star Trek alumni again.
How Patrick Stewart’s Death Affects Star Trek: Legacy
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The tragic death of Sir Patrick Stewart doesn’t alter Star Trek: Legacy‘s trajectory (or lack thereof). Paramount+ never placed Star Trek: Legacy into development, even when interest in it was at its highest in the immediate wake of Star Trek: Picard season 3’s monumental success.
As Terry Matalas revealed on Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner’s podcast, Dropping Names… And Other Things, Stewart pitched Admiral Jean-Luc Picard as the flag officer who sends the USS Enterprise-G on missions. This would have been an ideal way to involve Picard without making him the center of Legacy, and it would allow Jean-Luc to keep tabs on his son, Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers).
Matalas believes in the adage of “Never say never” when it comes to Star Trek: Legacy, but Terry also acknowledges that time has passed by his original concept for the spinoff. If he ever gets the chance to make Star Trek: Legacy, Matalas would change aspects of it to fit what Star Trek and Paramount+ would need going forward.
Sadly, there can never be any Admiral Jean-Luc Picard in any potential version of Star Trek: Legacy. Star Trek: Picard season 3 now stands as the final farewell to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation in its entirety. However, Life 2.0 offers the chance to see a handful of our Star Trek favorites share the screen again.
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