ToyFair DST Update: New Excelsior & Enterprise B Toys Announced February 16, 2009
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Merchandise, Toys , 97 comments
The 2009 Toy Fair has already revealed a bounty of Trek goodies from Diamond Select Toys (see previous story). But DST have shown two more items that will be joining their 2009 line: toy ship versions of the USS Excelsior and USS Enterprise B. We also have new pictures of some of the functionality of previously announced toys, and some new images of packaging.
CBS & Paramount Announce First Star Trek Blu-ray sets – TOS S1 & All TOS movies coming April/May [UPDATED]
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: DVD/Blu-ray, Feature Films (TMP-NEM), TOS, TOS Remastered , 209 comments
Today CBS and Paramount made official what we have been reporting for months, for the first time ever, Star Trek is coming to Blu-ray in 2009. CBS announced a Blu-ray set for the first season of TOS and Paramount announced all the TOS era movies are coming to Blu-ray, all to be released this Spring. TrekMovie and DigitalBits.com have worked together to bring you all the info on the new sets, see below for full details.
ST09 Tidbits for: Trek Minus 11 weeks
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , 108 comments
We here at TrekMovie bring you all the big news on the upcoming Star Trek movie, but sometimes stories fall through the cracks. So every week we bring you all the little Star Trek tidbits. This week we have another cadet intro, Frakes longing over Abrams cash, Trek in fashion, and Viacom biz news. Plus a ST09 book update and the first look at a couple of upcoming posters you can actually buy.
STO Update: Star Trek Online Producer Gives New Game Details at NYCC February 15, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek Online , 27 comments
Last weekend Cryptic Studios went to NY Comic Con to preview their upcoming MMO games, Champions Online and Star Trek Online. (see our roundup of news from NYCC). In the last few days a number of NYCC interviews with STO producer Craig Zinkievich have shown up online. Below are links, videos, and highlights on all the new info on STO.
Exclusive: LeVar Burton Talks New Roles, Roddenberry, Blogging and more February 14, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Interview, TNG , 75 comments
Tomorrow night LeVar Burton, better known to Trekkies as engineer Geordi La Forge on Star Trek The Next Generation, appears in the Lifetime movie Taken in Broad Daylight. Burton also has a number of other directing and acting projects in the works, so it seemed like a good time to see how life after the VISOR was treating Burton
DST Announces New Star Trek Toys, Figures & More at ToyFair 2009
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Merchandise, Toys , 109 comments
At this weekend’s Toy Fair (New York), Diamond Select Toys revealed plans for some of their 2009 Star Trek line. Newly announced items include TOS & Wrath of Khan toys, an Enterprise D variant ship, a Pike bust and (of course) a bunch of action figures, including a Romulan Kirk and a ‘fascinating’ Spock. So buckle up and let’s see what DST has in mind in what is certainly the best year for Star Trek merchandise ever.
Official ST09 Site Update: Check Out New ‘Panoramas’ Inside The New USS Enterprise February 13, 2009
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , 433 comments
The official site for the new Star Trek movie has just added a brand new ‘PANORAMA’ feature that gives you interactive 360 degree views of sections of the USS Enterprise. As of now you can choose to get a close look at two different corridors on the ship, including ‘zoom in’ on various control panels, details and screen shots below.
Play Esurance’s New Star Trek Game Online & Learn Clues About The Star Trek Movie
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Marketing/Promotion, Star Trek (2009 film) , 101 comments
This morning Esurance, one of Paramount’s Star Trek promotional partners, has just launched a new game on their Star Trek subsite (esurance.com/StarTrek). And hidden within the game are actual clues to related to the new Star Trek movie. Details [and spoilers] below.
BSG Preview: “No Exit”
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: BSG , 75 comments
Tonight is the halfway mark of season 4.5 of Battlestar Galactica and it is another one of those ‘all will be revealed’ episodes. We have all the previews you could want of "No Exit", plus recap of last week’s episode, the latest interviews and videos and more frakin links below.
Science Friday: Friday The 13th Edition
by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 34 comments
Happy Friday the 13th, everybody! While you’re avoiding black cats and walking under ladders, why don’t you read up on the newest in science news? This week, learn what happens when spacecraft collide, magnetars make astro-fireworks, doctors make like McCoy, and 40,000 year old bones come to life. All this and more plus our gadget of the week: The Ponginator.
Star Trek The Exhibition Beams Into Detroit This Weekend February 12, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions , 62 comments
On February 14th the first ‘engagement’ of Star Trek The Exhibition, makes its Midwest debut at the Detroit Science Center. The Exhibition features genuine Trek memorabilia along with recreations and motion simulator rides. TrekMovie has full details along with other related activities at the science center and comments from Star Trek vet Mike Okuda who is helping put it all together.
Alan Dean Foster Writing Star Trek Movie Adaptation
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Books, Star Trek (2009 film) , 169 comments
One of the last pieces of the multimedia rollout for the new Star Trek movie has finally been revealed. Today Pocket Books confirmed with TrekMovie that veteran sci-fi novelist Alan Dean Foster is writing the adaptation for the new Trek feature. See below for exclusive details on this exciting development, along with comments from Star Trek screenwriter Roberto Orci.
CBS Introduces Star Trek QUOGS – New Cartoon-style TOS Character Designs For Multiple Products
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Merchandise , 95 comments
Two days ago TrekMovie highlight the new Star Trek GoAnimate site featuring a number of newly designed characters from The Original Series. Today CBS announced that these new character designs (called ‘QUOGS’) will appear on a number of new products from a number of their Star Trek licensing partners. More details below.
Paramount To Show Star Trek ‘Sneak Peek’ At WonderCon February 11, 2009
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Star Trek (2009 film) , 72 comments
They skipped San Diego Comic Con last summer and New York Comic Con last week, but Paramount is bringing a Star Trek panel to WonderCon in San Francisco in just over two weeks. Today the full schedule for WonderCon was announced and included is a ’sneak peek’ and a ’special guest’ from the new Star Trek movie. There are other Trek related panels as well, including one with yours truly.
Library Computer: Review “Star Trek: A Singular Destiny”
by Robert Lyons , Filed under: Books, Review , 65 comments
This week the Library Computer looks to the hallowed halls and sacred ashes of the Federation and the Alpha Quadrant as the after-effects of the Destiny trilogy begin to take root in Keith R.A. DeCandido’s new novel "A Singular Destiny". We also have the third and final entry in Destiny trilogy giveaway trivia contest
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