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McAvoy Says He Nearly Made a Young Picard Series

McAvoy says he nearly made the limited series after his X-Men run; he pitched it as Mutiny On the Stargazer, with Starfleet nowhere to approve it.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte on Late Night BBN
Published 11:07 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

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First reported by Deadline: “James McAvoy Pitched ‘Star Trek’ Series About “Young Picard,” Jokes “All I Really Want To Do” Is Play Young Patrick Stewart”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 11:07 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte.
Topics: McAvoy, LeBron James.
BBN covered this story before: James McAvoy says Band of Brothers co-star recruited actors to bully… (October 16).

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DeadlineJames McAvoy Pitched ‘Star Trek’ Series About “Young Picard,” Jokes “All I Really Want To Do” Is Play Young Patrick Stewart

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDeadline reports James McAvoy pitched a Star Trek limited series about young Picard, titled Mutiny On the Stargazer, and says he nearly made it.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's the thing I said this afternoon about the Star Trek documentary, a long commitment with comfortable seats.

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