Exclusive: Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas pitches ideas for Nicolas Cage if the Oscar winner were to appear in Star Trek 4.
Summary
- Showrunner Terry Matalas expresses enthusiasm for including Nicolas Cage in Star Trek 4, stating that he would love to see Cage play a villain and chew up the scenery on a Starship.
- Matalas is highly praised by the cast and crew of Star Trek: Picard season 3 for his taste, vision, and love for the franchise, making him an ideal choice to write and potentially direct Star Trek 4.
- The two-part finale of Picard season 3, directed by Matalas, showcased his immense talent and delivered a cinematic experience that thrilled and touched Star Trek audiences, earning the support of the fandom.
Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas says he “would kill” to write Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage into Star Trek 4. Cage has reignited interest in his starring in the next Star Trek movie after declaring last year that he prefers Star Trek to Star Wars. With the fourth J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek movie reportedly in development as “the final chapter” of the USS Enterprise crew led by Chris Pine’s Captain James T. Kirk, Cage has emerged again as a potential guest star who would likely bolster Star Trek 4‘s box office chances – if it happens.
Screen Rant interviewed Terry Matalas on the red carpet of the 51st annual Saturn Awards, where Star Trek: Picard season 3 swept the TV categories, including winning the Saturn for Best Science Fiction Series. When asked about what he knows about the chances of Nicolas Cage being part of Star Trek 4, Matalas was enthusiastic about the idea. Read his quote below:
I have no idea, but I know that I would kill to do it. I mean, what a great… anything! I kind of want to make him a villain. That would be extraordinary, yeah. Star Trek is known for their really juicy, rich, larger-than-life villains, and to watch him chew up the scenery on a Starship would be pretty spectacular. [But] he’s got to be on a bridge. It could be an alien bridge. It could be a Starship, but yeah.
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Terry Matalas Would Be A Great Choice To Write Star Trek 4
Matalas could also direct the next Star Trek movie
Terry Matalas would be an ideal pick to write and even direct Star Trek 4. Star Trek: Picard season 3’s cast and crew continually praise Matalas’ taste, vision, and genuine love for Star Trek as the reasons why Picard season 3 was so well-received. Indeed, Picard season 3’s blend of nostalgia by reuniting the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation mixed with the forward-thinking that introduced instantly beloved new characters like Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) and Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), is what earned Picard‘s final season the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Series.
Star Trek: Picard‘s Patrick Stewart also won Best Actor in a TV Series, Jeri Ryan won Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, and Jonathan Frakes won Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series at the Saturn Awards.
Star Trek: Picard season 3’s two-part finale, “Vox” and “The Last Generation” also proved that Terry Matalas is an immensely talented director. Picard season 3’s finale was shown as a movie in IMAX theaters last April, and it delivered all of the cinematic thrills, emotion, and heart that Star Trek audiences could ask for. With Terry Matalas, Nicolas Cage and Star Trek 4 would be in the hands of a true fan who understands Star Trek and has the support of the fandom. Perhaps the stars will be in Terry Matalas’ favor, be it with Picard‘s proposed spinoff, Star Trek: Legacy, or Star Trek 4.
