Showrunner Terry Matalas brought on the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast to the spinoff show Star Trek: Picard. The latter show received rave reviews, especially for its last season as they said goodbye to one of the most popular Enterprise crews in the world.
After his phenomenal run as the writer and executive producer of Picard, Matalas will reportedly be working as a showrunner on the upcoming MCU show Vision. The show is spinning off from WandaVision and will follow White Vision after the events of the show. Kevin Feige mentioned that Matalas’ work on Picard got him the job.
Star Trek: Picard Impressed Kevin Feige To Hire Terry Matalas For Vision
Writer Terry Matalas, who is known for co-creating the show 12 Monkeys and the revival of MacGyver, brought back the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast for a new spinoff show. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Michael Dorn among others returned to Star Trek: Picard, which took place twenty years after the film Nemesis.
The show was well-received by most fans and even lasted three seasons with an incredible and emotional finale. Matalas was appreciated for his work on the Star Trek show, the franchise in which he first began work as a writer, with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The final season of Picard drew positive acclaim all around and reportedly even impressed Marvel chief Kevin Feige. The producer, who is a massive Trekkie, mentioned that the show’s final moments led him to tap Matalas to showrun the upcoming Disney Plus show Vision. He said to Inverse,
That’s how I got to know him. It was from his amazing [work on Picard Season 3. I said: This is incredible. I don’t know how this exists. Let me find the person who made this.
The upcoming Disney Plus series is reportedly set to feature White Vision and his journey after the events of WandaVision.
Kevin Feige Has Mentioned His Love For Star Trek Before
While Kevin Feige has confessed his love for Star Wars and was even tapped to be involved in a film collaborating with Kathleen Kennedy of Lucasfilm, the Marvel chief seems to be a bigger Trekkie. The producer has mentioned loads of times how the Star Wars franchise should take a leaf from Star Trek and boldly go where no one has ever gone.
Feige also appreciated the ending of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which sees Captain Picard playing poker with his teammates on a rare occasion of him being on the same level as the rest of the crew. He said to Inverse,
I talk a lot because I’m a big-a*s nerd, about Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘All Good Things…’ That to me is one of the best series finales ever. That wasn’t about death. Picard went and played poker with the crew, something he should have done a long time ago, right?
Feige is often known for his in-depth knowledge about the properties he involves himself in and has never shied away from expressing his love for other shows. His love for Star Trek eventually led him to showrunner Terry Matalas for Vision.
Star Trek: The Next Generation and Picard is available to stream on Paramount+. WandaVision is streaming on Disney Plus.
