'Star Trek: Picard' Welcomes Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Frakes, More to Show

Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Del Arco, and Marina Sirtis have signed on to reprise their classic "Star Trek: The Next Generation" roles in the upcoming CBS All Access show "Star Trek: Picard." Announced during the "Star Trek" panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego, the Spiner, Ryan and Del Arco were brought out as surprise guests during the event.

Spiner, Frakes, and Sirtis were castmates with Patrick Stewart in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as Data, William Riker, and Deanna Troi, respectively. Jeri Ryan played Seven of Nine on "Star Trek: Voyager," and Del Arco played the memorable Borg drone Hugh.

"Picard" is scheduled to debut in early 2020.

Originally published on Newsarama.

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Newsarama Senior Editor Chris Arrant has covered comic book news for Space.com sister site Newsarama since 2003, and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News and CBR. He is the author of the book "Modern Masters: Cliff Chiang," co-authored "Art of Spider-Man Classic," and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology "Pros and (Comic) Cons." He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)