'Star Trek: TNG's Gates McFadden Officially Returns as Beverly Crusher in New Release
A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne from a misspent youth of watching monster movies on TV, perusing the sun-faded goods at the local video rental shop, and staining his fingers with ink from the Video Movie Guide. Areas of interest include science fiction, film noir, horror flicks, '70s disaster pictures, Bond movies, '90s action, giant robots, dinosaurs, super heroes, and the exuberantly schlocky output of Cannon Films. He also enjoys both Star Trek and Star Wars when they're good, and maybe even more when they're bad. As a Canadian, he also has a vested interest in Canadian movies and TV shows, especially the cheesier ones dubbed "Canuxploitation."
An expert on Marvel Comics, he has also written for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and is a member of the Marvel Research Team. He can frequently be found pontificating on comic-book continuity or bemoaning the misfortunes of the Toronto Maple Leafs on his Twitter account.
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Gates McFadden is a stalwart of the Star Trek franchise. She debuted as USS Enterprise chief medical officer Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987; although she was fired after the first season after clashing with the show's creators, she proved popular enough to return for season 3, continuing with the series through its end and into four big-screen movies. In recent years, she's returned to the character, and also narrated the Trek documentary series The Center Seat. Now, she's going to go where no Star Trek creator has gone before and reveal an untold chapter of Crusher's life.
McFadden will venture into the world of comic books for the first time, writing a new miniseries, Star Trek: Crusher, for IDW Comics. The series will feature art by Megan Levens, who's worked on Star Trek for IDW and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Dark Horse, with colors by Charlie Kirchoff, who worked on the Hugo Award-winning graphic novel Star Trek: Lower Decks - Warp Your Own Way. The series will detail the events of the character's life between her appearances in Star Trek: Nemesis and the third season of Star Trek: Picard. Says McFadden, "It’s such an honor to return to Starfleet and expand Beverly Crusher’s storyline in a whole new way. I’ve spent years bringing the words of other great writers to life in Beverly’s shoes, so it’s inspiring and thrilling to now be the one scripting a new chapter in this fabulous character’s saga. I’m excited for Star Trek fans to read this comic and I’m so grateful for their continued support." The series is set to hit store shelves next summer.
Star Trek: Crusher will be released in stores next summer. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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