Watch Patrick Stewart shock Star Trek fans with surprise reveal of new series

Patrick Stewart stunned Star Trek fans at a convention in Las Vegas on Saturday by taking the stage and announcing he was going to star in a new TV series reprising his iconic role of Jean-Luc Picard.

Check out the video above where fans had an absolutely ecstatic response to the news that the fan-favorite character would return after 12 years since his last appearance as his Trek character.

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As EW reported earlier today (more details here), CBS All Access has greenlit the production of a new series that will follow Stewart’s Star Trek: The Next Generation character. The project will join Star Trek: Discovery as part of the streaming service’s burgeoning Trek franchise.