ST09 Tidbits (T-41 days): Kids Trailer + Premiere Tickets + New Abrams Deal + Faux Fan Flap March 27, 2009
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If you are headed to see Monsters vs. Aliens this weekend, keep your eye out for new kid-friendly Star Trek trailer (and some Trek refs). In other Tidbits we have Abrams comments on Trek (and a new deal), world premiere tickets going on sale, a fake controversy, and more. Check it all out below.
Monsters vs. Aliens gets kid-friendly Trek trailer + has Trek refs
Today the animated comedy Monsters vs. Aliens opens and attached to it is a newly edited Star Trek theatrical trailer. According to Paramount this new edit is geared specifically for a younger crowd and primarily takes elements from previous trailers and makes them kid-friendly (so no Zoe taking off her top). The only new bit is a shot of a scene of Kirk running through a room with big blue-filled tubes. As this trailer is highly targeted, it appears it will not be made available online on the official site.
Speaking of Monsters vs. Aliens, there are a couple of Star Trek references in the movie. [SPOILERS] When it is discovered there are aliens headed towards Earth the alert that is issued is ‘Code Nimoy.’ And when the aliens are first greeted by the President (played by Steven Colbert), he greets them with a Vulcan salute.
And one last MvA thing: two of the film’s voice stars (Reese Witherspoon and Seth Rogen) were recently interviewed for that film byt MoviesOnline.ca and both talked about how much they are looking forward to JJ Abrams Star Trek:
Q: WHICH OF THE BIG SUMMER MOVIES ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING?
ROGEN: That’s a good question. What have we got? We’ve got Wolverine Origins. That’s coming. I’m in. Transformers, I’m in. Star Trek, I’m in.
WITHERSPOON: Oh, I want to see Star Trek.
ROGEN: Every one. I’ll see every one. (to Reese) Which ones do you want? All those? Are you going to see them all?
WITHERSPOON: I like J.J. Abrams. I think Star Trek will be very cool. I think that will be interesting.
ROGEN: That will be good. I’m excited. Good pick. Good pick.
Apparently Witherspoon is serious, here she is showing off her Vulcan sign at the gala premiere for Monsters vs. Aliens.
Reese shows her Trek cred
Abrams Talks Trek As Thrill Ride + gets Paramount deal extended
Variety is reporting that JJ and his Bad Robot production company have extended their overall deal through to 2013. This shows that Paramount have a lot of confidence in the team that is about to unleash Star Trek on the world. Bad Robot’s deal in 2006 was one of Paramount President Brad Grey’s first deals at Paramount and he tells Variety he feels Abrams has become "part of the fabric" of the company, and for his part Abrams said that the collaboration has been "fun" and he feels they are "just getting started."
In other Abrams news, in a new interview with Film Journal the Star Trek director covers a lot of familiar territory, but also addressed how even though they are amping up the action in this Trek, he still tried to keep the characters at the heart of the film:
The goal for me was to make the movie equivalent of that ride at the amusement park you’ve just gotta go on. I didn’t want people to feel like this was anything other than an exciting, fast-paced ride. At the same time, I didn’t want it to be shallow and empty. We’ve all seen movies that are filled with action and spectacle and are ultimately devoid of any heart or meaning. The beautiful thing about this script is that it has wonderful emotional through-lines. At its core, it’s about this group of people that barely know each other and go through this massive adventure together and, at the end of it, emerge as a kind of family.
Abrams: Star Trek is more than just a fast-paced ride
Tickets available for Sydney premiere + fans outraged?
Paramount Pictures Australia has announced that a limited allocation of special tickets will be available to purchase for the gala world premiere of Star Trek on April 7th at the at they Sydney Opera House. The limited allocation of tickets will go on sale from 9.00 a.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) on Monday, March 30 and will only be available online via sydneyoperahouse.com or by phoning Sydney Opera House box office on +61 2 9250 7777. Tickets will be $100 each plus booking fee and each ticket purchase comes with a poster.
For $100 (Australian) you can join JJ Abrams and his cast at the world premiere
Did you know that Trek fans are fuming over the Sydney premiere? Neither did I. Leave to the UK press to create a controversy where there isn’t one. The UK’s Daily Mail is running the headline "Trekkies fume over film’s Sydney premiere," which was repeated by Australia’s Daily Telegraph and prompted the another Australian press headline: "Star Trek fans go berserk over choice to premiere film in Sydney." These articles contend that Trek fans are upset that Sydney was chosen over the small town of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada for the world premiere (even though Vulcan is still getting an advance preview). Far be it from me to say I speak for all Trek fans, but WTF? From what I can see, Trek fans are excited that Star Trek is getting a global premiere and tour and they understand that a tiny town in the Canadian prairie (without a movie theater) being first was far-fetched. But this goes to show that the media love a good controversy and are just looking for salacious Trekkies v Paramount stories, even if they have to fabricate one.
Trekkies are NOT marching on Paramount over Sydney premiere
ST09 Bullets
So much Star Trek 2009 news is coming, we have to condense some of it into bit sized bullet form:
- Simon Pegg has been cast as a weasel in Ice Age 3 + says after watching Star Trek he walked out ‘a wreck’ [EW]
- Tickets for the first general public showing in Munich Germany are available online.
Thanks to Jason, and Ulrich
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“Frankenstein”!!!
So they made a “kid-friendly” version of the trailer… So does this mean there’s gonna be a “kid-friendly” version of the movie as well? :D
Reese Witherspoon rocks! Go Reese! :)
Glad to see that the kids are being treated to “Trek” as well.
And, dare I say…..FIRST!!!
Maybe, maybe not.
God bless!
Im glad the kids will get there intro for Trek as well. I am taking my nephew and Neice tommorow and Ilm lookingm forward to seeing it as well.
Personally as a Sydneysider I’m thrilled that we’re getting the premiere down here.
And hellz yes I’m gonna be trying to get tickets for it. $100 to see a movie… It’s only $74 more than a normal movie ticket costs!
Reese looks hotter than heck!!! LL&P Indeed!!
Reese looks amazing. :]
#6 Reese looks hotter than heck!!! LL&P Indeed!! ( I agree with you o that.) I think it is so Koo, that trek is getting it’s world premeire and if anything I think it’s great that this so called controversy is going on. Even though it is lame. Good for the Blokes Down Under for getting to the final frontier first.
The day the Mail Online first ran their “Trekkies fume” article, I submitted a comment saying that, as far as I knew, fans were not fuming. They were just excited about the premier and looking forward to the film. They have yet to post my comment.
Reese obviously wants “in” to ST12. I agree,
God, dreaming of the day Reese does a Trek movie!
Reese Witherspoon for the part of Carol Marcus!
I hold 12 tickets for the Munich preview in my hands :D
Oh snap! Reese as Carol Marcus. I would have never thought of that. That would be sweet! Anyone have a video of that interview?
I saw the original full theatrical trailer today with MvA IMAX, not the new kid-friendly version.
In fact, right after the Kelvin exploded and the credits popped up, some lady behind me said in full conversational voice, “NOT FOR KIDS!” :/
Additional:
Reese looks sooo hot in that pic. IMHO, of course.
And one minor clarification to the above article…
SPOILER FOR Monsters vs. Aliens….
“Nimoy” isn’t a codename for a ship. “Code Nimoy” is used for the situation of an interstellar presence approaching Earth, like a red alert.
arggghh! I wish they had done it in vulcan!! I have friends in high places! That’s where my boyfriend freakin’ lives! And I live sooo close to there, it’s insane! But noooo, they have to premeire it across the world from where I am!!! :(
Cool :) I wouldn’t mind seeing this Kid Friendly Trailer ^^
Can I just say as someone from the UK… The Daily Mail is the worst broadsheet newspaper here, so don’t be surprised. I don’t know what the US version of it is, but essentially it’s a celebrity gossip mag in the form of a newspaper.
So, does anyone know where I can find a copy of the new kid’s trailer?
I liked reading Simon Pegg’s comments in the link…with him I trust its not just promotion…
And ummm, BTW…
Anyone excited yet? :)
Reese Witherspoon as CAROL MARCUS!
C’mon, Roberto! Let’s see the future creator of Genesis in the next film. :)
Wow! Reese Rocks! I have newfound respect for her!
Regarding the photograph of Miss Witherspoon: I do not believe that the Vulcan salute has ever been delivered — ever, in the history of Trekdom — more sexily.
What’s the point of taking the Uhura bra scene out of the kid-friendly trailer when it’s going to be in the movie?
That’s like saying there isn’t anything that’s not kid-friendly in the movie when there actually is.
And even if the Uhura bra scene and the Kirk-Orion sex scene are suitable for kids, as most people are saying they are, then why is there even a need to make the trailer “kid-friendly,” as if those scenes weren’t “kid-friendly”?
Reese would be ace as Carol Marcus, but I reckon she could make an excellent Vulcan too. I could see her as an “earlier” or similiar character to Saavik.
I really like Reese Witherspoon, she’d make a GREAT Christine Chapel.
Mongo like Pretty Reese Witherspoon lady. She make great Mrs. Mongo.
Weird…I almost pictured her as Yeoman Rand…
mmmmmmmm Reese. MMMM melt Reese on Reese and lick Reese of Reese.
Kudos to Reese for the Vulcan salute, and YES Reese as Carol Marcus would work on so many levels.
….yes Yeoman Rand and Christine Chapel as well, but Reese was made for the roll of young Carol Marcus.
mmmmhmmmm role not roll….yes quick typing fingers ;) haha yeaaaaaaaaa
27
I dont have a kiddie friendly version problem off hand.
But think of this. under age actors star in films that are made from the start to be rated ‘R’ a rated ‘R’ movie they cant watch when it comes out.
with this kid friendly ver it brings up the topic of advertising inapropriet material to klds. (insert Joe cool joke hear).
but i dont think this is the case with this. Trek’s PG or PG-13 (what ever the case). This M v A will have an audiance over AND under treks rating age limitations. the Kid frienfly ver was the right way to go.
Ditto #6 and #8. Look at the legs on her!
I cant wait to see ST: TFB
Just show it in New Zealand first!!!!
I love me some Star Trek, and I’m going to be in the theater at 12:01 May 9. That said… I’ve got a bad feeling about this one… like maybe I’m too old to enjoy a modern Star Trek movie.
Who could picture her as Yeoman Rand or Chapel?? They were both transvestites, let’s be fair.
27: I agree.
40: For someone taking the name of Spock in vain, you certainly don’t have his brains. :)
I just noticed Witherspoon’s dress looks like something that William Theiss would have made for the original series. Intentional or no?
#42, exactly what I was thinking!
She looks like a throwback to any number of the Hotties of TOS.
been saying for months this is a kid’s action movie aimed for the Transformers MTV crowd.
Indeed so they put a kid friendly trailer out and somehow that vindicates you?
Whatever gets you through the night llittle man.
-cs™
Reese Witherspoon, a Trek nerd? I gotta marry her.. right after I marry the three green gals from the other thread.
Trust the Mail to make stuff up just to get people angry. As Stephen Fry’s a fan of saying, ‘if it makes the Mail angry, it MIST be a good thing’.
#5 – If you add concession treats to the mix, $100 would be about right.
Cool! Reese is one of us.
Resistance is futile…
uh, long live and prosper.
Good god, Reese looks like she stepped right out of 1966 !
I like it.
- W -
* Hey maybe this is a sign that that style of fashion is en vogue again *
RE – #40…
( Just shaking my head and rolling my eyes )
Fans outraged? Eh? Damn, I think Sydney’s a GREAT idea. So are all the international posters. Now it’s looking smarter than ever to have delayed the film until May 8. Otherwise, it would have been lost in the Obamamania.
#14, 24, etc. Reese = Carol Marcus. Absolutely. Reese has had children, too. Interesting, with her being 33, and Pine at 28, we never knew exactly how old Carol was in relation to Kirk… could be a slightly older “blonde lab tech”. The old “timelines” set TWOK in 2283, 17 years after the original 5YM, so if they’d been “together” 10 years previous, it would all make some sort of sense…
A kid friendly trailer for Star Trek but it’s for a film that is not kid friendly.
It’s called bait and switch. Do Paramount’s marketing peeple have no shame?
It makes no sense, as it is highly illogical. My 4 year old son won’t be seeing the movie for many years.
=A=
GOTTA AGREE WITH YOU GUYS ON REESE. I HOPE SHE DOES LIVE LONG……..and PROSPER.
Anywho, does anybody have a link to the kid-friendly trailer?
Has anyone considered that the kid-friendly trailer was for the PARENTS (and older siblings) at Monsters vs. Aliens? And it’s kid-friendly because there are kids too young to see the film in the audience for Monsters vs. Aliens?
It doesn’t mean they’re marketing the film to children too young to see it. Unless you think children too young to see it drove themselves to see Monsters vs. Aliens.
#40-Calling Majel Barrett-Roddenberry a transvestite? Anthony, that should be enough for a ban, since the death penalty is only for going to Talos.
Oh, and no offense to transvestites….I believe in IDIC….but he used it in a derogatory way.
Three Things:
1. Star Trek may not be “kid-friendly” to some, but can you honestly tell me this is NOT going to be one of the better options for the summer for kids? Believe me, kids see much worse on TV, and I imagine there will be quite a few in the Wolverine audience. My bet is, that movie will be quite a bit LESS kid friendly. A guy slicing people up versus Uhura in a bra. Hmm, tough choice…
2. Reese Witherspoon has never looked hotter than that picture. And yes, it’s the Vulcan salute that does it. Seriously, I saw another picture from the premiere and didn’t find her hot at all. Is it weird that a woman doing a Vulcan salute changed my entire opinion of her?
3. AP – There’s not been much comment on the Sydney thing here, which I think FULLY proves your point. Obviously, if a premiere outside of the US or Canada is not being argued to a pulp on this message board, it’s safe to say that probably 90% of the true Star Trek fans (since most view this site on a regular basis) could care less about the premiere being overseas. But, I do have to admit that I’m still curious on the details of the US premiere. Any new details yet?
It doesn’t bother me in the least that the gala premiere is overseas.
The only thing I don’t care for about the Sydney premiere is how far in advance it is. The internet will be full of spoilers for a month before the U.S. opening.
And I know it’s usually the other way around, which doesn’t make it any more palatable. ;^)
#15—”In fact, right after the Kelvin exploded and the credits popped up, some lady behind me said in full conversational voice, ‘NOT FOR KIDS!’ ”
I think it is a given that individual parents have their own standards as to what is suitable for their children, and from what types of things they choose to shelter them.
I know that—as a parent myself—I certainly do.
#53—”A kid friendly trailer for Star Trek but it’s for a film that is not kid friendly.
It’s called bait and switch. Do Paramount’s marketing peeple have no shame?”
I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is not “kid-friendly”. For instance, there is quite a difference between a 4 year old “kid”, and a 14 year old “kid”, IMO.
Certainly, there is a common audience among pre-teen and young teens between ST09 and “Monsters vs. Aliens”. We’ll be taking my boys to see the latter tommorow, and I will be taking them to see the former in May.
As for the infamous “Uhura bra scene”, I have to say that my boys have certainly seen more scantily clad women every Summer at the beach. I must say also that I am quite a bit more confident in my own parenting ability than to allow a shot of a woman in her underwear top and a few make-believe explosions harm any of my children. Just as the MPAA rating suggests, young children probably need some “parental guidance”.
Movies do not raise my children. I do.
60. Closettrekker
Very true and very well stated.
Interesting that a week from tuesday, about 1600 people will have seen the new movie. Paramount will have a really hard time keeping people from spoiling the movie between April 7th and May 8th.
“I didn’t want people to feel like this was anything other than an exciting, fast-paced ride. At the same time, I didn’t want it to be shallow and empty.”
Do those two sentences together make anyone else’s head spin?
#63—”Do those two sentences together make anyone else’s head spin?”
Not mine.
This is precisely what I hoped for.
There is no reason the film has to be “shallow and empty” just because there is plenty of action and adventure. I don’t know why people tend to assume that an action/adventure film cannot be character-centric.It is almost as if some fans believe that if you make the action/adventure scenes better, that automatically means you have to sacrifice some of the elements of strength that the original Star Trek stories had. That doesn’t make sense to me.
When I listen to JJ Abrams take on Star Trek, I come away with the impression that he wants to *add* dimensions to it—not subtract them. It doesn’t have to be an “exchange”. And the dimensions he wants to add are those which require the type of budget he has to work with on ST09.
“We’ve all seen movies that are filled with action and spectacle and are ultimately devoid of any heart or meaning.”
Obviously, he acknowledges that some films which are heavy on great action/adventure scenes are lacking in other areas, but at the same time, wants potential viewers to know that this film will not be. That’s good.
Guys I will be Tweeting live from the London premiere of Star Trek (no spoilers, obv) but lots of star spotting and mingling with the celebs.
twitter.com/intothesun
Took my niece to see M vs A yesterday, and we saw the new Trek trailer. She thought it looked cool, though she did mention “They advertise that movie a lot!”. Several other little kids cried out “THAT LOOKS COOL!” very loudly after the trailer played, which caused some giggles from the adults (over the enthusiasm, not the fact that it was Trek).
I will definitely try to take my kids, 6 & 8 to this film.
A positive message and a rollicking space adventure is a perfect combination for youngsters.
Seeing Uhura in her bra, or a bit of clothed “nookie” is easily explainable to kids, and they will most likely want to fast forward to the cool stuff.
My son will want to know ASAP who are the ‘good guys,’ and who is bad, and who has more powerful weapons. During the film, he will ask question after question. My daughter, who is almost 9, may get bored. Too bad.
@40 Reese is very talented. She can play a transvestite easy!
#67—”During the film, he will ask question after question. ”
It’s nonstop, isn’t it?
I know *that* routine. I have one that is 7. And the 11 year old (who is the Trek fan of the bunch—mostly of the original movies, VOY and ENT) is almost just as bad.
So when my wife asks, “why are you going see it again?”, that will be my excuse!
:)
Yes, there is “suggestive” content in the new Trek movie, but I’m not a prude and will take my three sons (Chip, Ernie and Rob).
Heck, I took them to Iron Man and that movie had suggestive scenes out the wazoo! OK, sorry, that was an inappropriate metaphor…
On taking kids to the new Trek film: I’ll be taking my ten-year-old daughter for sure. Uhura in a bra? Bah. In another couple of years, my daughter will be wearing one. Ho-hum. The suggestive content doesn’t bother me, either. It’s a constant puzzlement to my husband and me that we as a society try so hard to shield kids from sex, but violence just slides right though without comment. (Example: One of my daughter’s favorite films is “The Incredibles.” Great film. Unbelievably violent.)
If my daughter were five years younger, I’d probably leave her at home, not because of the suggestive content, but because she’d be bored to tears.
Side note: We went to see “Monsters vs. Aliens” today. Cute, but predictable. And no Trek preview, probably because we saw it in 3D and all the previews were in 3D as well.
I saw it in 3D and still got a Trek preview (the full kid-UNfriendly one, thankfully) prior to the ‘put on your glasses’ moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFYGE1LLgc
Kid-friendly tv spot
Omigosh, yay, Witherspoon supports Trek!!! Ahaaa, my day has just been made.
And I neeeeeed to go see Monsters vs. Aliens. A guy at my church’s youth group said he saw it and it was hilarious!
Just got my tickets for the premiere!!!
I knew living in Sydney would pay off one day.
Got my tickets as well, now i just need the day off so i can drive to sydney
I got a ticket as well! I thought there was no way I would, but was lucky to get one. If anyone’s organising a meet up count me in!
Hey
Ive got 2 tickets to the UK Star Trek Premiere in London Leicester Square on 20th April. Anyone interested, please give me a call on 07956403920