The Collective: First Look at 2009 Calendars March 26, 2008
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Books, Merchandise , 55 comments
Is it 2009 yet? While the next feature film is 408 days away, Trek fans can get ready to start checking off those days with the new 2009 Star Trek Wall Calendars which are now available for pre-order. Just like 2008, there will be a Kirk era calendar and another in the popular CGI art "Ships of the Line" series. TrekMovie.com has got some details and sneak peeks of the two new calenders.
More Location Spy Photos
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , 224 comments
There are some new shots available at Aint it Cool from yesterday’s Star Trek location shooting Lebec, CA.
[UPDATED: AICN removed images at request of Paramount]
Shatner Met Quinto and Pine
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Shatner, TOS Remastered , 105 comments
It has already been reported that members of the new Star Trek crew have had a chance to meet their predecessors (Quinto and Nimoy, Saldana and Nichols, Yelchin and Koenig, plus Pegg has met James Doohan’s son, Chris). Now, finally, William Shatner reveals on a new ShatnerVision video that he has met the new Kirk, Chris Pine (and Quinto as well).
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Leonard Nimoy – in black and white
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Nimoy , 214 comments
Today is Leonard Nimoy’s 77th birthday. Words cannot express the admiration and respect that we have for the the man and the artist. So instead we offer only this tribute…in black and white
Pegg: James Doohan Is Scotty March 25, 2008
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 70 comments
Simon Pegg attended the premiere of his new movie, Run, Fat Boy, Run, in Los Angeles last night and the actor continued to discuss his role as the new Scotty with a variety of news outlets. He describes the difficulty he had in accepting of the role of Scotty, Trek fandom, fan reaction to his casting, and his approach to the role.
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The Great Links: Trek Saves The World, Talks Smack + Inspires Image Challenges
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links , 48 comments
New Feature: The latest column to evolve out of the old ‘This Week In Trek’ column is one for ‘Trek Links on the web’ that aren’t related to Trek Celebs, merchandise or other areas covered in our regular columns. For this week’s ‘Great Links’ we have a magazine honoring the importance of Trek in TV history and another honor for ’space smack talk’ plus some lighthearted ‘photo challenges.’
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Run, Scotty, Run: Pegg Talks More Trek
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 84 comments
In a series of recent interviews promoting his latest film, Run Fatboy Run, Simon Pegg also talked more about his (now complete) time on Star Trek. The new Scotty again expressed his intent to honor (but not imitate) James Doohan. Pegg also revealed who visited him on set, what he was not able to pinch from the set and who is doing his Scottish accent coaching. He also again showed off his inner geek.
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Contest: Create A Star Trek Movie Fake March 24, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Contest, Star Trek (2009 film) , 57 comments
Last weekend the latest in the line of leaked Star Trek movie footage hoaxes showed up at io9, bringing out Senator Vreenak once again to pass judgment. The folks at io9 decided to turn this lemon into lemonade and due to the lack of real footage, start a contest for fake footage. They have asked TrekMovie.com to joined in as well. So are you a faker?
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Moore: Star Trek Had Too Much Continuity
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: DS9, Star Trek (2009 film), TNG , 258 comments
Last week Ron Moore talked about his visit to the new Star Trek set and today there is more at Sci-Fi Wire. The TNG/DS9 vet writer/producer says after seeing Trek at Paramount again, “all that kind of really hardcore, Trekkie geek stuff came flying back.” Moore (who has not read the Trek script, but has experience rebooting the Battlestar franchise) opined on Abrams’ plan to bring Trek back.
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TrekInk: Review “New Frontier” #1
by Alex Fletcher , Filed under: Comics, Review , 23 comments
TrekInk this week breaks into a "New Frontier" with the first issue of Peter David’s "Turnaround" mini-series (due out this week). This story introduces an action-packed tale of Edward Jellico, Mackenzie Calhoun, and a stolen ship with a fancy new propulsion system. A must-have for fans of the New Frontier novels, but what about those new to the storyline?
Cho On Fight Training + A Korean Playing Sulu March 23, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 70 comments
While attending the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival last week (where we reported he arrived with a ‘Star Trek wrist injury’) John Cho did a couple of interviews. The actor joked he got injured “going for the almond dispenser” at craft services, but also talked about fight training and also gave his thoughts on being a Korean American playing Sulu.
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“Is There in Truth No Beauty?” Remastered Review, Screenshots & Video [UPDATED] March 22, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Review, TOS Remastered, TOS-R Screenshots/Video , 151 comments
Sci-Fi Saturday: Hugos, Dune, V, Batman, Wolfman, BSG, Jericho, Caprica, Futurama + more
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 92 comments
This week in SciFi brings news on possible comebacks and sequels for Dune, V, Friday the 13th, Dark Knight, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern and more. Plus new images and videos, including Indy 4, Speed Racer and a scary new Wolf Man. In TV news there a few obituaries as well as some birth announcements, including a Star Trek-themed comedy! Plus there are Hugo nominations, including one for some fan-made Trek.
FX Video of Enterprise in Star Trek?
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Rumor, Star Trek (2009 film) , 114 commentsio9 are running an article titled “First Clip of New Enterprise?”…is it?
77 Reasons Why William Shatner Is Awesome
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: List, Shatner , 161 comments
Today is William Shatner’s 77th birthday. The original Captain Kirk is still going strong both acting as well as with all his other myriad of activities (as pitchman, writer, philanthropist, entrepreneur, etc.). He is an endless source of inspiration and entertainment and so we thought we would honor him with a list of the 77 reasons why we think he is awesome.
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