20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek Generations

5. Reshoots Were Completed Just Weeks Before Release

Star Trek Generations Picard Kirk
Paramount

The film's massively rushed production schedule was exacerbated by the fact that crucial reshoots had to be conducted in October 1994, literally weeks before it opened.

The scene where Picard is in the Nexus and imagines himself at home with his family was shot in an actual house in California, and while the initial shoot occurred in May 1994 along with principal photography, the crew had to return there five months later to add Picard's nephew René to the scene.

While these reshoots obviously weren't technically complex as they didn't require much, if anything, in terms of VFX, the production was still cutting it massively fine to get the picture locked and completed before release date.

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