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Wondercon 09: Star Trek Panel Detailed Report & Pictures February 28, 2009

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Conventions/Events/Attractions, Orci/Kurtzman, ST09 Cast, Star Trek (2009 film) , 141 comments

After they showed the Star Trek trailer, the full Wondercon Star Trek panel comprised of JJ Abrams, Bryan Burk, Roberto Orci, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, and Zoe Saldana held a Q&A session. See below for a detailed breakdown with partial transcript and images of all the ’surprise guests.’

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Wondercon 09: New Star Trek Trailer Premieres – Full Description & Review

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Review, Star Trek (2009 film) , 229 comments

The first ’surprise guest’ at Paramount’s Star Trek panel at Wondercon was none other than director JJ Abrams. Shortly after hitting the stage Abrams revealed the ’sneak peek’ was to be the first public viewing of the new trailer, showing with Watchmen opening next weekend. See below for full details.

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Wondercon 09: TrekMovie LiveBlogging Paramount Star Trek Panel

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Star Trek (2009 film) , 60 comments

The Paramount Star Trek movie panel at WonderCon 2009 starts at 2:00 PM, and TrekMovie is on the scene. Below is the TrekMovie Twitter feed, which will be updated with reports from the event. It will include links to any relevent live pictures (however Paramount are not allowing pictures or video of the ’sneak peak’ itself.)

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New Star Trek Online ‘Path to 2409′ Provides Game Story Clues and Ties In To Movie Prequel Comics

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Comics, Star Trek Online , 34 comments

Cryptic Studios released another one of their ‘path to 2409′ updates, telling the story between Star Trek Nemesis and the setting for the MMO. They are now up to 2385 and we are now starting to more hints towards the coming conflict with the Klingons, and what appear to be tie-ins to the events of "Star Trek Countdown"

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ST09 Adaptation Update: Novel Pre-order (& Audio Version Confirmed) + Card Set Announced

by John Tenuto , Filed under: Books, Merchandise, Star Trek (2009 film) , 43 comments

We have an updated on new info on a couple of Star Trek movie adaptations. The Alan Dean Foster Star Trek novel is now available for pre-order, plus an audio version has been confirmed. And Rittenhouse has just announced their Star Trek movie collectible cards set. We have exclusive details on all of that below.

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Wondercon 09: Our Star Trek Panel Kicks Things Off

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Fandom, Trek Franchise , 23 comments

Wondercon 2009 began yesterday in San Franciso and one of the first events was the “The Once & Future Trek!” panel, which is a sort of regular feature of Comic Con with various ‘Treksperts’. This time the panel turned out to just be just Daren Dochterman and myself, but that ended up to work out as it became an interesting Star Trek film focused Q&A with info-starved Trekkies.

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ShatWatch: Bill As Canadian PM? How About Astronaut? OK, Sci-Fi Fanatic? February 27, 2009

by John Tenuto , Filed under: Celebrity, Shatner , 52 comments

March will be the month of better weather, spring breaks, and also William Shatner’s 78th birthday. Therefore, we at TrekMovie have redefined March Madness to be March Shatness. At 78, Shatner continues to be a role model for how to age with vigor and enthusiasm for life, and TrekMovie has all the details on his recent adventures in this edition of ShatWatch.

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Science Friday: Pre-human Feet, OCO Fail, Sucking Ocean, Lunar Tonkas + Zero-G Java

by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 30 comments

Get your weekly dose of science today by discovering 1.5 million year old prehuman footprints, watching an unfortunate mission failure, vacuuming the reef, and playing with robo-tonka trucks on the moon! All this and more plus our gadget of the week: the astronaut designed weightless cup o’ joe!

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BSG Preview: “Someone to Watch Over Me”

by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: BSG , 134 comments

We are headed into the final stretch with the 7th episode of BSG Season 4.5, and let’s hope it is better than last week’s entry. Tonight’s "Someone to Watch Over Me" looks to be Kara-centric and should answer some questions. We have previews for that, plus the latest frakkin lins, f DVD art, and more, including the trailer that Richard Hatch was pushing before Ron Moore got his hands on BSG.

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Stream Full Star Trek Episodes Wirelessly With New TV.com iPhone Application

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Science/Technology, TOS , 29 comments

Ever been stuck somewhere and suddenly get the urge to watch an episode of Star trek? Well today CBS just made it possible for you to grab one literally out of the air (for free) with their new TV.com application for the iPhone and iTouch. See below for details and some quick thoughts on our first test run.

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CBS Confirms Contract To Re-open ST: The Experience in May + New ST:TE Documentary February 26, 2009

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions , 70 comments

TrekMovie has been reporting that Star Trek The Experience, which closed last year at the Las Vegas Hilton, is headed todowntown Las Vegas and today CBS finally confirmed the move. They are not providing many more details, but TrekMovie has done a little digging to find out what is going on with the rebirth of this Trek attraction.  Plus there is an interesting new documentary online, all about the history of ST: The Experience.

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ST09 Tidbits (T-70 days): New Nero Image + Premiere Tickets Contest + Bad Robot Sighting + more

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links, Star Trek (2009 film) , 150 comments

The tidbits are coming fast right now. Our Trek minus 70 day edition starts off with a brand new image from the Star Trek movie. Also this afternoon, Lenovo announced a new contest that could send you and your friends to the Star Trek premiere. Check all that out below.

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Library Computer: Review “Star Trek Titan: Over A Torrent Sea”

by Robert Lyons , Filed under: Books, Review, TNG , 22 comments

This week the Library Computer visits the planet Droplet, as Christopher L. Bennett continues adventures of the starship Titan with the fifth book in the series, taking them "Over a Torrent Sea". We also wrap up our Destiny Trilogy giveaway trivia contest

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ST09 Costume Designer Talks Star Trek – Then And Now

by Edward Gross , Filed under: ST09 Creative, Star Trek (2009 film) , 205 comments

For costume designer on the new Star Trek movie, JJ Abrams went to someone he hadn’t worked with before, Michael Kaplan. In a new interview in SciFi Now the veteran designer talks about what it was like in that first meeting with Abrams, how he put together the film’s costumes, and more. Excerpts below.

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Preview of 25th Summer TrekFest – TOS Stars (and TrekMovie) Headed To Riverside, Iowa

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Conventions/Events/Attractions, TOS , 38 comments

In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, James T. Kirk tells Gillian Tayler "I’m from Iowa. I only work in outer space", which started in motion an annual tradition in the real town of Riverside, Iowa: Trek Fest. Trekmovie.com brings you all the details about this annual event, with this 25th anniversary year promising to be the biggest and best yet, with guest stars Walter Koenig, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols.

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