Star Trek The Experience To Re-open in May? (Maybe) February 11, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions , 60 comments
Star Trek The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton closed its gates for final time last September, but soon after TrekMovie and the Las Vegas press reported that talks were under way to find a new home in downtown Las Vegas at the Neonopolis center. Now the manager of Neonopolis is talking about opening up in time for the new Star Trek movie in May, TrekMovie has done some double checking to see how doable that is.
3rd Star Trek Trailer Coming With Watchmen – March 6th February 10, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , 192 comments
Today TrekMovie has confirmed that Paramount is readying a third trailer for JJ Abrams Star Trek movie. This new theatrical trailer will premiere on March 6th in front of the biggest movie of the Spring, Watchmen, and it will include brand new footage not seen in past trailers. More details below. [UPDATED: Officially announced by Paramount]
First Look At Playmates Star Trek Toys Packaging [UPDATED]
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film), Toys , 192 comments
Recently we broke down the full first wave of Playmates toys and figures for the new Star Trek movie with details and photos (see article). Today, courtesy of Japanese toy sites, we are getting the first glimpses of the packaging for the Playmates Trek line.
[UPDATED: More images from Japan...See below for the full set of images.]
Make Your Own Star Trek Animations At GoAnimate.com – TrekMovie Takes A First Look
by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Merchandise, Science/Technology, Trek Franchise , 81 comments
Today Star Trek is getting (re)animated, and this time you are the one calling the shots. CBS has hooked up with GoAnimate.com, a site with the motto ‘anyone can animate,’ to give fans the ability to create their own Star Trek animated stories, based on the classic Original Series. TrekMovie.com got an early look at the GoAnimate Trek site which went live this morning, see what we came up with below
ST09 Tidbits: Grunberg Hints – Collins Backpedals – Jackson Pines + more polls February 9, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fringe, ST09 Cast, Star Trek (2009 film) , 62 comments
We are now officially in the final three months, awaiting the release of the new Star Trek movie. Today TrekMovie catches up on a few new tidbits coming from the Internets on Trek’s next feature, including Greg Grunberg talking about if he is in or out, Clifton Collins dialing back spoilers, Joshua Jackson revealing what role he didn’t get, and yet even more online polls.
Brannon Braga: Star Trek Is My Ex-Wife + More From Frakes On Leverage ‘Trek Reunion’
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Sci-Fi, TNG , 117 comments
Veteran Star Trek writer and producer Brannon Braga is keeping busy these days on the FOX series 24 and he even has a new genre pilot for ABC in development. Our friends at iF Magazine caught up with the man with the most Trek writing credits to talk about Jack Bauer, JJ Abrams and much more, excerpts below. iF also has more from Jonathan Frakes about his ‘Trek reunion’ episode of Leverage.
Esurance ‘Biggest Trekkie’ Video of the Week
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Contest, Marketing/Promotion, Star Trek (2009 film) , 42 comments
Esurance, Paramount’s new Star Trek promotional partner has a new cool website (esurance.com/startrek) with behind the scenes video, movie assets, and a ‘Biggest Trekkie’ video contest, with the winner going to the Hollywood premiere. Starting today TrekMovie will feature one of these videos as our weekly favorite, and award the weekly winner with an Esurance Star Trek T-Shirt. Check it out below [note video autoplays after you hit 'more'].
Star Trek VOIP/Skype USB Communicator Coming Soon + Bluetooth Communicator Later in 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Merchandise, TOS , 80 commentss.jpg)
Last year CBS announced that one of their new Star Trek licensees was Dream Cheeky, the maker fun computer accessories. Dream Cheeky revealed their first Trek Device, a USB TOS communicator, at the recent CES show in Vegas. Today TrekMovie has more details and high resolution images of the first ever official Star Trek VOIP/Skype communicator, plus we have news on what is next from Dream Cheeky.
Exclusive: Jonathan Frakes On Nemesis, JJ Abrams Star Trek, A Return of TNG + more February 8, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Feature Films (TMP-NEM), Interview, Star Trek (2009 film), TNG , 165 comments
Yesterday we posted our the first part of our interview with Next Generation’s Jonathan Frakes, focusing this weeks episode of Leverage which he directed and guest stars Trek vets Brent Spiner and Armin Shimerman. For part two we focus on Star Trek, talking about keeping in touch with his former co-stars along with his thoughts on both the last and next Star Trek movies, and even a bit on Heroes and Lost.
Star Trek Online @ NYCC: New Details + Video + Screenshots + more
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek Online , 95 comments
There is a lot of news on the upcoming Star Trek Online MMORPG coming out of New York Comic Con this weekend. Cryptic held a panel on STO and their other MMO Champions Online. For STO they released some new ship screenshots and a new video showing character races and customization. They also revealed new story and game play details.
Sci-Fi Saturday: Terminator, Watchmen, Tron, Iron Man, Dollhouse, Caprica, New Genre TV Pilots + more February 7, 2009
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 57 comments
This week the buzz is about Christian Bale’s Terminator reshoots tirade – we have all the latest on the fallout, plus more Terminator news and images. We also have a big update with lots of video and images on Watchmen, Jeff Bridges being cloned for Tron 2.0, Iron Man 2 casting news, the latest on the future of Superman and Batman, and much more. In TV news we have a breakdown of all the genre pilots in the works, updates on Dollhouse and Caprica and tons of previews.
Tyler Perry On His Role In Star Trek & Being Directed By JJ Abrams
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: ST09 Cast, Star Trek (2009 film) , 70 comments
One of the more surprising castings in the new Star Trek movie is Tyler Perry, who has a couple of scenes in the film. Perry is best known as the producer, writer, director and star of his own films and TV shows, and Star Trek is actually the first film he has appeared in that he didn’t direct. In a new interview with BlackVoices, Perry talks about what it was like on Trek and being directed by JJ Abrams. [minor spoilers]
Exclusive: Jonathan Frakes Talks ‘Trek Reunion’ Episode of Leverage, Type-casting & more
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Interview, TNG , 44 comments
Jonathan Frakes started directing while still playing William Riker on Star Trek The Next Generation, going on to direct multiple Trek episodes, two TNG films, as well as many non-Trek films and TV shows. Next week TNT will air an episode of their heist show Leverage directed by Frakes and featuring guest spots for Trek actors Brent Spiner and Armin Shimerman, so we thought now would be a good time to check in with the bearded one.
Preview ST Magazine Voyager Issue w/ Jeri Ryan & Bob Picardo Interview Excerpts February 6, 2009
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Merchandise, VOY , 38 comments
If you are a fan of Star Trek Voyager, you will want to pick up the new issue (#16) of the official Star Trek Magazine. There is an extensive set of articles and interviews looking back at Trek’s fourth series. We have extended interview excerpts below from Jeri Ryan (7of 9) and Robert Picardo (The Doctor), plus preview images from the issue.
BSG Preview: “Blood on the Scales” + Caprica Coming To DVD In April
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: BSG, Sci-Fi , 78 comments
Last week’s episode Battlestar Galactica, "The Oath," ended with those dreaded word ‘to be continued’ and so this week they pick up where they left off with "Blood on the Scales" the fourth of the final 10 episodes of BSG. In our weekly BSG Preview we have clips, details, interview links and videos, plus more frakin links all about BSG, including news on the release of the Caprica BSG prequel on DVD.
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