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First Look At A Playmates Star Trek Movie Figure January 17, 2009

by John Tenuto , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film), Toys , 185 comments

Today Playmates has revealed the first image from their extensive line of toys and figures for the Star Trek movie. Toynewsi got a first look at a 6" Kirk action figure. This new image also gives a look at the new Starfleet phaser (albeit a small look) Check it out below, plus more details on the rest of the Playmates line. 

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Watch LeVar Burton Drop By The Soup January 16, 2009

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Humor, TNG , 28 comments

Star Trek The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton was a surprise guest on tonight’s The Soup on E! and it is pretty funny and something we though you wouldn’t want to wait until next week’s CelebWatch to see, check out the video below.

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Science Friday: Martian Methane, Transparent Aluminum, Googling Khan, Klingon Keyboards and more

by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 54 comments

Welcome to another exciting week in the world of science! In this edition of Science Friday you can discover life on Mars, make transparent aluminum, make like the ship’s surgeon, create cryogenic icicles on a rocket engine, and more. All this plus our gadget of the week: The Klingon Keyboard.

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Abrams and Orci On Fan Reaction + Bob Meets Brannon

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Fringe, Orci/Kurtzman, Star Trek (2009 film) , 110 comments

We have another Abrams and Orci interview coming out of the Fox TCA event held earlier this week. Access Hollywood chatted to the pair about what it is like to work together on Fringe and Trek, how it felt for Trek to be completed (which Abrams confirmed), and their anticipation of fan reaction to Star Trek. See the video below (which includes an interesting Brannon Braga sighting).

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BSG Preview: Season 4.5 Is Here + Olmos as Picard?

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: BSG , 102 comments

The ragtag fleet is back! Tonight the first of the final 10 episodes of Battlestar Galactica airs and so TrekMovie brings back our weekly BSG previews. Tonight’s episode "Sometimes a Great Notion" is the first BSG (not counting webisodes) in six months. We have all the latest on BSG (plus some Trek connections) to get you started.
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CelebWatch: Stardate 01.15.09 January 15, 2009

by Charles Trotter , Filed under: Celebrity , 49 comments

This week, the Watch has more news on big news for Scott Bukula. We also have the low-down on new projects for Kate Mulgrew and Whoopi Goldberg, Malcolm McDowell taking pride in killing Kirk, William Shatner talking seal violations, LeVar Burton showing his ink, UK fame for George Takei, the latest Jeri Ryan sighting, and and much more below.

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Quinto and Pine On Fan Reactions, Nimoy/Shatner Reactions & Sequels

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: ST09 Cast, Star Trek (2009 film) , 71 comments

Another Golden Globes red carpet interview with Star Trek’s new Kirk and Spock has emerged. MTV talked to Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine about fan reaction, Nimoy, Shatner and possible sequels. See the video below.

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Messenger Bag Contest Winners Announcement + Reminder Of Laptop Contest Deadline

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Contest, Star Trek (2009 film) , 38 comments

Last week we kicked off a TrekMovie contest to win a couple of Star Trek messenger bags, courtesy of Intel and Lenovo, and there were quite a few entries. Find out who won below.  Also, we want to remind you all that the deadline to enter the Lenovo laptop contest ends tonight at midnight (Pacific).

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Abrams and Orci Talk Space Battles, Bar Fights and more

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Orci/Kurtzman, Star Trek (2009 film) , 111 comments

In a couple of new interviews conducted at the Televisions Critics Association winter press tour, Star Trek director JJ Abrams and co-writer Roberto Orci took time out from promoting their TV show Fringe to talk a little Trek with SciFi Wire. Both were asked about combat, both in space and in a bar in Iowa.

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More Details (and images) On Star Trek Movie Props On Display At CES January 14, 2009

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , 141 comments

Last week TrekMovie.com was the first to reveal the props from the new Star Trek movie being displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. That article raised some questions about the props and, as promised, TrekMovie now has a follow-up with more details, and more images.

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Ricardo Montalban Has Passed Away

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Feature Films (TMP-NEM), TOS , 322 comments

Ricardo Montalban, the actor who portrayed Khan Noonien Singh on Star Trek, died today at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 88. AP has just reported that Montalban’s passing was announced by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. RadarOnline reports Montalban died of natural causes.

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Star Trek Writers Talk Marketing and Fan Interaction

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Orci/Kurtzman, Star Trek (2009 film) , 90 comments

Yesterday we pointed to the first part of a FirstShowing.net interview with Star Trek scribes Orci and Kurtzman talking about the origins of the new film and more. Today FirstShowing has more from the pair on their other projects and also their thoughts about the marketing of their films and fan interaction (including interacting with fans here at TrekMovie.com).

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Chris Pine: No Crazy Sex In Star Trek January 13, 2009

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast, Star Trek (2009 film) , 125 comments

In November the Star Trek theatrical trailer raised some eyebrows with a couple of brief shots of the new crew in some sexy situations. However, somewhat contradictory to a previous comment of his, the new Kirk now says that Star Trek does not cross the line. Details below, plus Chris reveals who he has a man crush on.

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TrekInk: ST: The Last Generation #3 Review + Countdown #1 Update

by Alex Fletcher , Filed under: Comics, Review, Star Trek (2009 film), TNG , 33 comments

The Chancellor is dead and the timeline is jumbled due to interference from the future. Will Picard and his motley band of resistance fighters figure out how to set things right? Learn more in our early review of the third ‘Myriad Universe’ issue of "Star Trek: The Last Generation." Plus TrekInk has an update and new (little) preview of "Countdown" the Star Trek movie prequel comic.

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Orci & Kurtzman Talk About The Origins Of The Star Trek Origin Story

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Orci/Kurtzman, Star Trek (2009 film) , 633 comments

In a new extensive interview with FirstShowing.net, Star Trek co-wrtiers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman go into detail on both their own origin story as a writing team, and also explain how the eleventh Star Trek feature film came about. See an excerpt below.

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