London tube station becomes Picardilly Circus to promote Amazon Prime's new Star Trek series

London tube station becomes Picardilly Circus to promote Amazon Prime’s new Star Trek series

Piccadilly Circus has been temporarily rebranded Picardilly Circus in a stunt designed to promote the new series of ‘Star Trek: Picard’, which launches on Amazon Prime later this month.

The central London station unveiled the space-themed new look this week, with the rebrand – which pays homage to the legendary Star Trek character Captain Jean-Luc Picard – taking effect today and tomorrow.

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Hastings-based Links Signs worked with Transport for London on the transformation.

Paul Cox, of Links Signs, said: “This campaign is set to create a buzz around Star Trek’s return to our screens for the new Amazon series.

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The promotional overhaul allows Amazon to reach audiences to inform them about the release date in a creative way, celebrating a fictional character whose legacy will go down in history.

In the words of Captain Picard – we think it’s really set to ‘engage’ the public!” The new spin-off series, which airs on January 23rd, will see Patrick Stewart return to the Star Trek universe as Captain Picard alongside a star-studded cas

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