There is a good reason why Jonathan Frakes is one of the biggest names in the Star Trek Universe. In addition to playing First Officer Will Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Frakes is a talented filmmaker who directed two Star Trek movies as well as episodes in the franchise's shows.
However, it looks like Frakes doesn't always get what he wants. The Star Trek: Picard actor has just confirmed that he pitched an idea for a spin-off film that would focus on Q but his idea was ultimated scrapped by Paramount Pictures.
It's no secret that Jonathan Frakes knows what works in a Star Trek movie. He famously directed Star Trek: First Contact as well as Star Trek: Insurrection, which are two of the most well-known films in the franchise. Interestingly, Frakes' ideas don't usually work too well with Paramount Pictures.
Jonathan Frakes recently took part in the Star Trek virtual panel during Galaxy Con where he shared his plans for the franchise (via Comicbook.com). At one point, the filmmaker revealed that he had wanted to pursue "the ultimate Q adventure" which would serve as a spin-off movie that follows the memorable antagonist from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
"That was my pitch. Well, from my good fortune of getting involved with the movies. I kept saying, 'When is our finest nemesis is going to be in the movies?' I'm still surprised that wasn't so," Frakes said during the panel.
Not surprisingly, Jonathan Frakes isn't the only one who was hoping for a Star Trek film focusing on Q. John de Lancie portrayed several incarnations of the mysterious extra-dimensional being in Star Trek: The Next Generation and he admitted he had wanted to revisit the character to learn more about his origins.
"The place that they never got into it, which is too bad. Which was: What is the Continuum? Other than a road in the desert that goes on, and the shingle in the old gas station," de Lancie said, referring to the memorable TNG episode "Death Wish".
"I actually-which I'm not going to tell people, even now-I did create a backstory on that, which would have been really interesting. But I think it's actually someplace that would require a great deal of imagination, and I think the audience would go. So I wish that they had gone there," de Lancie concluded.
For now, it seems unlikely that Paramount Pictures will consider pursuing a Q movie since the studio already has several Star Trek projects in development. In the meantime, fans can still see Q in the latest episode of the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.
