Preview of Dochterman’s ‘Enhanced’ Doomsday Machine’ [UPDATED] January 31, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fan Productions , 179 commentsAs reported last week, Daren Dochterman is ‘finishing’ his Trek Enhanced Doomsday Machine project. TrekMovie.com is now proud to show this exclusive premiere of the ‘eye candy’ preview.
New Images From “Journey To Babel” Remastered [UPDATED w/ More Images]
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS-R Preview , 112 commentsCBS have released some images for this weekend’s "Journey To Babel". Get a closer look at the shuttlebay (and Gailileo and Columbus) as well as that Orion Ship.
UPDATE: CBS have sent over some larger versions of the images put up earlier…plus an exclusive image for TrekMovie.com of the Galileo with Planet Vulcan in the background
William Shatner: The Ballet…Not Kidding January 30, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Shatner , 42 comments
TV Star, Movie Star, Singer, Pitchman, and now inspiration for Ballet…William Shatner does it all. The Milwaukee Ballet has announced it will premiere "Common People" a ballet choreographed to the Shatner’s recent album ‘Has Been’. The dance will be one of three parts of “Premieres of Passionate Dance" being performed this Valentines Day weekend (February 15–18). In a WKTI radio interview Shatner was quite enthusiastic about the event, saying "I have a life long devotion - more than an interest, less than an obsession, with the ballet and to have this happen to me is so exciting." Shatner said that he would try to make it to Milwaukee to see the ballet if he can fit it between shootings of his show Boston Legal.
Remastered “For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” Screenshots and Video [UPDATED] January 29, 2007
by Matt Wright , Filed under: TOS Remastered, TOS-R Screenshots/Video , 96 commentsA bit late, but as usual here are the new and old shots for The World is Hollow…
A big thanks goes out Rick Kelvington for getting these screecaptures since my local broadcaster changed the schedule without notice. And as usual thanks to Joe for the video clip of the new CGI.
Takei Feels ‘Hot’…Wants In On Star Trek XI
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast, TOS , 83 comments
George Takei seems to be getting more and more work lately; tonight he will be guest starring in NBC Heroes. This bit of stunt casting is getting the show and Takei a lot of publicity. In a TV Guide Interview Takei talked about what it was like to be in demand again
Oooooh, and it’s sooooo wonderful! Who knew this would be happening 40 years after Star Trek? It’s good to feel hot.
In another interview with the Philadelphia Daily News Takei was asked about Star Trek XI, and he responded in classic fashion:
JJ Abrams Appears In The Trek Life
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Humor, Star Trek (2009 film) , 14 commentsJJ Abrams has finally made it, he has now been portrayed on the StarTrek.com comic The Trek Life
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Family Guy Wrath Of Khan Parody January 28, 2007
by Rick Kelvington , Filed under: Humor , 31 commentsTonight’s Family Guy featured a great parody from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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Star Trek Auction Update: Week 6
by Alec Peters , Filed under: Memorabilia , 13 commentsThe sixth week of the Star Trek auctions on eBay from It’s a Wrap Hollywoodended with 92 of the 99 lots selling for a total of $68,883.85, the secondhighest total for these auctions since they began and the the highest sellthrough
Better selection, fewer unreasonable reserves. 
The top item of the week was the Admiral Janeway costume seen being worn by the former Voyager Captain in both Star Trek: Nemesis and the Star Trek Experience Borg Invasion show. A beautiful piece, it sold for $5,100, the most yet for a Star trek item in these auctions.[Editor’s Note: congratulations on winning this item Alec] The Satan’s Robot costume sold for $4,628, which was the second highest price paid for an item so far. The robot featured in the Captain Proton holodeck scenes, this was also a rare and dynamite piece.23 items sold for over $1,000, which is second only behind the first week. If you ignore the first week as an aberration, because everyone was feeling out the auctions, then this past week was significant.
Remastered “For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” Airs Today January 27, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 66 comments
The Enterprise finds a giant asteroid generation ship headed towards a planet…and McCoy finds a girlfriend.
This McCoy centric 3rd Season episode is probably not Trek’s best effort, but it does have the longest title. For the Remastered team there isn’t a lot to work with, but you can look forward to…
- New missiles
- A big new Yonada Asteroid
- Various shots of the Enterprise, including one firing phasers
- Possibly some new effects for the Oracle Zap
Trek Remastered on DVD Update: Season 1 on Combo Disk By Q4 January 26, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 54 comments
TrekMovie.com has finally got a copy of the offiical release for TOS-R coming to HD DVD, announced recently at CES. It states that season one of the ‘Remastered’ Star Trek: The Original Series will be released on combo DVD/HD-DVD disks by the fourth quarter of 2007 in the USA and Japan. Note that this is the actual 29 episodes of the first season of TOS and not the first season of Trek Remastered in syndication which is airing out of order. This release is sooner than originally planned and TrekMovie.com has been told that CBS are ‘accelerating’ their production schedule to ensure they have completed all of season 1 this year. However even though they will be producing these extra season one shows this year, the 2007 syndicated airing schedule will remain unchanged. In the official release Ken Ross, EVP of CBS Home Entertainment states "as we take this initial step into the high definition DVD market, it is only fitting that Star Trek is the first property that we chose to release.”
Shatner: Including Old Cast In Trek XI Will Bring Audience ‘In Droves’
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 137 comments
While the brain trust behind Trek XI remain mum, William Shatner keeps on talking. This week The Shat talks to Time magazine, where he reveals a tiny bit more about his thoughts on Star Trek XI.
Time: Lost producer J.J. Abrams is working on a Star Trek movie for 2008 about a young Kirk and Spock, and there are rumors you will make an appearance.
Shatner: I did have a talk with J.J., and he outlined what he wanted to do. Getting a character who is supposed to be dead to talk to his younger self is a storytelling problem. But if you want to guarantee the audience will come in droves, one of the things you might do is include some members of the old cast.
Dochterman To Complete His “Enhanced Doomsday Machine” January 25, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fan Productions, Uncategorized , 138 commentsDaren Dochterman, the Visual Effects Supervisor on the Directors’ Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, has been working on a CGI-enhanced version of "The Doomsday Machine" for many years. He even presented a version of his work to Paramount TV over 2 years before they decided to give Star Trek Remastered the go ahead. That version has been available at his site (TrekEnhanced.com) and on YouTube for over a year, but Dochterman has been quietly working on a ‘final version’ which he announced at his site today.
Prepare to dock with the preview for “Journey To Babel” Remastered
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS-R Preview, Uncategorized , 71 commentsStarTrek.com have put up a preview for next weekend’s "Journey To Babel" Remastered. Check out the Enterprise’s new shuttle bay.
click image to play in WMP or Click Here for QT
Remember, this episode airs next weekend. This weekend is "For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
New Image from “For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” Remastered
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS-R Preview , 30 commentsHere is a high res shot of the Yonada asteroid ship bearing down on the Big E
The Remastered "For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" airs this weekend. StarTrek.com has also have a new desktop with this image as well.
Click here for showtimes & locations. Click Here for video preview
Grunberg Wants To Be Vulcan - Says Trek XI Script Almost Done January 24, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast, STXI Status , 57 comments
Greg Grunberg (the only semi-confirmed cast member for Star Trek XI) has decided what kind of alien he would like to play in his best friend’s new Trek feature. "I’d love to be a Vulcan, it’d be great. That would be incredible," Grunberg tells Rotten Tomatoes. This may be due to his repeated concerns about sitting in a make-up chair for too long, assuming ears are easy to do. More interestingly Grunberg reveals that the script for Trek XI is almost complete, saying:
He [JJ Abrams] is finalizing the script right now so I just talked to him today and he said, ‘I’ll send it to you as soon as it’s done’ so hopefully it’ll be very soon.
Shatner Talks Rocket Man
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Shatner, Uncategorized , 33 commentsOne of the interweb’s most popular viral videos is of William Shatner singing Elton John’s classic ‘Rocket Man’ at an awards show from the 70s. Now in a new video, Bill talks about (and shows) this legendary performance
Review of “Where No Man Has Gone Before” Remastered January 23, 2007
by Dennis Russell Bailey , Filed under: Review, TOS Remastered , 135 comments“If I Ruled The World…”
The Enterprise, leaving the galaxy, discovers the scarred and blasted recorder marker of the only other ship to do so, the Valiant. Upon reviewing the Valiant’s tapes, Spock discovers that the ship hit some kind of “unknown force” and as a consequence of some (inaudible) events involving (tape damaged) and ESP and such that ship’s captain ordered his vessel destroyed.
Captain Kirk decides to forge on ahead, reasoning that since other ships will someday explore this region it’s important for the Enterprise to leave behind its own scarred and blasted recorder marker to warn them off.
Turns out there’s a big Energy Wall around our galaxy, despite the fact that the only thing more scientifically ridiculous would be a big Energy Wall around the heart of our galaxy imprisoning a demon that claims to be God. The barrier (now given the full CGI treatment) zaps a number of Kirk’s crew, most notably his pal Gary Mitchell and Dr. Elizabeth “Hotlips” Dehner.
Grunberg To Be In Star Trek XI…Whether He Likes It Or Not January 22, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast, Uncategorized , 34 commentsJJ Abrams best friend Greg Grunberg was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last Friday, and Jimmy asked him about being in Trek XI. Grunberg said that he may not want to sit for eight hours of make-up for just a line, but Abrams may not give him a choice.
Another Rumor: James McAvoy To Be New Scotty? January 21, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Rumor, ST09 Cast , 70 comments
Here is yet another recasting rumor for you to mull over, this time for Scotty. The Scottish tabloid The Sunday Mail is reporting that Last King Of Scotland star James McAvoy is the leading candidate to play the iconic engineer in Star Trek XI. The paper cites a ’studio insider’ saying that "the producers are keen to have a Scot play Scotty." It is hard to judge the validity of this report, but it isn’t a good sign that the paper takes it as a given that Matt Damon has been signed on to play Kirk, quoting their source as saying "they (the producers) think he could form a brilliant double act with Matt (Damon)". For the record, Matt Damon has previously stated that he has yet to be approached by the studio. In addition, negotiations for any roles will not happen until after Trek XI gets an approved budget (with the possible exception of the leads and possibly Shatner and Nimoy).
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