William Shatner Doesn’t Expect To Return To Star Trek, Accuses Paramount+ Of “Erasing” His Kirk

Poor Baby! Join Bill on his Antarctic cruise.

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After the news broke about Stewart’s revelation, fans were divided with many feeling that the third season of Picard already wrapped up the story of Jean-Luc Picard. On Twitter/X, William Shatner was asked about this negative reaction and he said he thought “a new movie with Sir Patrick is wonderful news,” adding a “Haters Gonna Hate” GIF.

After a follow-up question asking Shatner if fans will see him play James T. Kirk again, he indicated he didn’t expect that to happen. As proof, he used a screenshot of the “Star Trek Collection” page on Paramount+ which features images of characters from the various shows, but not his James T. Kirk. For Star Trek: The Original Series there is an image of Leonard Nimoy’s Spock.

Shatner continued, pointing out how this lack of Kirk in promotional imagery has been “going on for years,” suggesting that perhaps there are people “threatened by the Kirk character” from the 1960s.