Which Star Trek film features both the original and Next Generation casts?

Star Trek Generations is the Star Trek film that features both the original cast and the Next Generation cast. Released in 1994, it was designed as a cinematic handoff between Captain Kirk’s era and Captain Picard’s crew.

William Shatner appears as James T. Kirk, while Patrick Stewart leads the Next Generation cast as Jean-Luc Picard. The story connects them through the Nexus, a mysterious energy ribbon that traps people in an idealized reality. Picard seeks Kirk’s help to stop Tolian Soran from redirecting the Nexus and destroying inhabited worlds.

Only three major Original Series actors appear in the film: Shatner, James Doohan as Scotty, and Walter Koenig as Chekov. Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley did not return as Spock and McCoy, so the movie is a crossover rather than a full reunion of every original performer.

Another frequent mix-up is Star Trek: First Contact, Insurrection, or Nemesis. Those films feature the Next Generation crew but do not include a substantial Original Series character crossover. Generations therefore occupies a unique place as the franchise’s first theatrical meeting of its two principal television generations.