ST09 Tidbits (T-36 days): 10 min TX Preview + Trek April Fools + Pine Award + more [UPDATED] April 1, 2009
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Another day, another bunch of tidbits about the new Star Trek movie. Lucky fans in Austin TX have a chance to see 10 minutes next week (even before the world premiere in Australia). Plus Star Trek was the subject to a few April Fools pranks today [UPDATE: including a fake 'leak']. And Chris Pine isn’t letting his pre-superstardom go to his head.
ATTN: Texan Trekkies – 10 Min Preview in Austin on April 6th
Next Monday AICN and Fantastic Fest will hold a special free screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at the Alamo South Lamar in Austin Texas. And to make it an extra special event, they will be screening 10 minutes of the new Star Trek movie along with it. If you are a Fanastic Fest badge holder you can RSVP at the Facebook Page, otherwise it is first come first serve. More info at AICN.
Hey Joaquim, look at the size of those nacelles
Star Trek Fools Day
With so much real news going on, this year TrekMovie decided not to do any spoof articles for April Fool’s Day (and even some still thought the Rock Band story was a joke). However there were still a few creative Star Trek related spoof articles out there, some of which fooled fans and got sent in as ‘tips’ to TrekMovie). Here is what we have spotted so far:
Ex Astris Scientia: Shatner to Play Captain April in Upcoming Movie
An ‘exclusive interview’ between Bernd Schneider and Star Trek producer ‘Olaf Sporil’ (anagram for April Fools). Here is an excerpt:
EAS: Is he wearing prosthetics or something?
OS: Not exactly. It’s a bit tricky to explain. Uhm… No offense to Mr Shatner. I mean, he is in great shape for his age. But… he just didn’t look good in his Starfleet uniform.
EAS: You mean, he was too fat?
OS: Those are your words. I won’t take the blame. ;-) But you’re right in essence. When the ‘younger April’ scenes had already been shot, Lisa Rontoriou, one of our editors, came to JJ [Abrams] with the suggestion to have him ‘thinned’ digitally.
AfterElton: Kirk is Bisexual, Kisses Spock in Upcoming ‘Star Trek’
The folks at AE have let their K/S fantasies get the best of them, their ‘exclusive report’ starts off…
In the new Star Trek “prequel” movie due out in May, James T. Kirk, future commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise, is bisexual and in love with Spock, and hints that Spock may have loved him back. In one scene, Kirk shares a bed with Spock and kisses him on the lips, although the Vulcan does not seem to reciprocate.
MovieGoods: "Star Trek Fereginar Rising" advance poster released
MovieGoods sells movie merchandise including posters, and they have quite the ’scoop’
John Eaves Blog: The USS Sea breeze NCC-1701
Veteran Trek designer John Eaves, who also worked on the new Star Trek movie, revealed an early design of the Enterprise from the new Star Trek movie, which was originally not even going to be called Enterprise!
By the way, John’s blog is pretty awesome so check it out. He also has a follow-up April Fools message, explaining his prank.
Pine: Man of Tomorrow – not that he believes it
Movie exhibitors have named Chris Pine, the new Kirk, as the ‘ShoWest male Star of Tomorrow,’ which is being awarded to him this week at the big industry trade show. But in comments to Variety, the actor isn’t letting it get to his head, showing some humility saying:
It’s flattering but incredibly daunting and a little bit perplexing when you’ve heard people say what a great job you’ve apparently done…It remains to be seen.
Mr. humble at last weekend Kids Choice Awards
Wolverine leaks – could Trek be next [NO]
At first it was thought to be an April Fool’s prank, but this one does not have Fox laughing. In the last day a working print of X-Men Origins Wolverine leaked on the Internet. This film opens a week before Star Trek and is the film’s main competition opening weekend and the leak can’t help. Before feeling any schadenfreude, in the last hour IESB is reporting there is a ST09 leak on the torrents as well. Could be a joke and this hasn’t been confirmed yet but we are looking into it. [UPDATE: turns out to be a very late April Fool's joke].
FOX wishes they could send this guy to the interweb
Thanks to Pat, Jorg and others who sent in tips (even the fake ones)
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Cool beans. Pine seems to be a really promising actor judging from his previous films as well as clips from the new Trek.
Marina, soft as the sea breeze yet strong as the sea! That’s all I would have been able to think of. For those of you young ones, I’m referring to an old was a toilet paper commercial.
hopefully not an April fools joke
2. Slade Brunner
Oohhh, I hope not. Takes away from film revenue. Hopefully its a joke, because if its not, I will be very tempted to take a sneak peak at some new Star Trek footage.
Excuse me, I meant comment #1
This is probably the only time in my life, I actually wish I was in Texas.
I honestly doubt that Trek has been leaked . Seriously, JJ’s been uber tight about this.
#8
lets hope so.
Well, there are at least three files out on the torrent sites within the last 24 hours labeled as Star Trek 2009, and they’re quite large with few seeds. Might well be a practical joke – they could in fact be anything, couldn’t they?
I’ve been checking torrent sites and many say that the downloads are fake and/or have viruses.
What about the new TV Spot with the Bar Fight that played during the UFC Fight Night Live 18 tonight???
augggghh Texas! I’m Canadian and I don’t even have a fricken passport!!
No joke, a new TV spot with new footage was shown during UFC Fight Night Live.
Exactly……..bad ass………………geared towards an action crowd…………..which is alright.
The little brother called from college…………..his frat is pumped!
There is a leak out there you can torrent, and it looks like the cut for the music writing guys (no soundtrack).
Unfortunately, people here think I’m making the new TV spot up.
As soon as someone has a link to the new TV spot, please post it!!
#14
was it on pay per view?
#16 not good
20
It was on Spike.
17. SChaos1701
Well, I believe you. Just being April Fools day, its hard not to be skeptical. At this point there is enough evidence to say you are telling the truth. I hope more will be posted on that soon.
16. Oh CRAP. What the heck is going on??
SChaos1701
By the way, what did you think of it?
Anyone notice the “Rick Berman” shout out from Braga and Coto in this week’s episode of “24″ (which they wrote)? The President’s daughter mentioned “Rick Berman” as her choice for the next Chief of Staff. Pretty funny.
(I hesitated posting this, because I know it will open up the Ferenginar Floodgates on Berman and Braga bashing, but I think they are both great and did Trek proud in their two decades of work.)
U.S.S. Sea breeze… I would have killed Abrams
dont care if its a joke… i like the sea breeze
@ 1. I checked torrent websites. Star Trek is NOTTTTTT !!! leaked.
On the other hand… Wolverine IS leaked.
Those are the facts.
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/213
#28
yeah ive been checking the comments on the torrents and one of them said it was a trojan. don’t know what that is. maybe a virus?
#28 yup… wolverine workprint is out there… didnt see st09 either.
There are torrents out there with the name Star Trek 09. Whether or not they are fake remains to be seen.
#31 sure this isnt just insurrection?
@ 29, lolololol.
@30, its appreantly is close to dvd quality , but many green screens, strings attached to the actors, etc are still visible. But REGARDLESS….Its a huge hit to wolverine and hte movie industry when movies are secretly leaked. Although it may help Star Trek in the box office when Trek opens up against Wolverine. But non the less…. I hate to see another movie go down like this. If its a so-so movie, people will give it ”bad-word of mouth” or wtv before it comes out. So people will avoid it at all-costs. I just hope nothing like this happens to Star Trek. I just hope Paramount see’s this as a threat to Star Trek and really tightens up security quite a bit before the movie premiers ! I’d hate for my Star Trek movie being spoiled !!!!! I’ve been waiting 2-3 years for this movie for god sakes !
#32 – I don’t think so. Many torrents will have comments saying fake or real. Many torrents with that name have none and were just put up on torrent search sites.
@ 31 and 32…. Its Insurrection. 09, meaning Star trek 9. Insurrezione meaning Insurrection, lol. I highly doubt its been leaked. People take huge risks doing it. I doubt both movies were leaked at the same time. Plus, if it was leaked already… then we would see HUGE amount of seeders and leachers for the trek movie, which doesn’t seem to be the case ! So don’t worry people !!! TRUST ME !!!
#33 reminds me of the hulk. i myself have been severely damaged by early leaks before. they arrested the original seeders, but the copy was out there and the damage done. hate it.
uhm… that last one was for 34… jas.
I searched for it on torrents. No luck. I don’t think it’s leaked.
I just want to see that new TV spot!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbVgd9OP7PM
OMG, LEAKED CLIP FROM THE STAR TREK 11 !!!!!!!
Even if Star Trek leaked right now, I wouldn’t download it. I want to see this movie in all its finished glory. Music, visual effects, everything.
#40 is a FAKE!!!
@ 42, LOL, I know, it’s hilarious. Jim Carrey humming the old trek fight scene music and fighting with the amok time stick blades, is just classic.
THANK GOD! I swear I was about to get pissed off if St09 was already leaked. That would not have been a cool thing to do, and I am glad its an April Fools joke, otherwise,I would of hunted those Bastards who DID do it.
#40
Hey, at least it’s not that Rick Astley crap that people keep leading unsuspecting web surfers into. XD
ha! ferenginar rising! that’s great. i would totally see that.
People …. these are my hopes…
1.STAR TREK doesn’t get leaked….
2.Due to the early leak of Wolverine… it gets early BAD reviews…..and ruins WOLVERINES premiere.
3. Star Trek Profits from Wolverines leak.
I hate when it happens to any film (aka. Hulk(2003)). But it might just end up being something that may help Star Trek get 20-30 Million dollars more then what they should get had Wolverine not been leaked.
FYI: TREK Leak another April fools joke
iesb has confirmed that the leak was a joke
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=%20%20%206614&Itemid=99
THANK GOD!!!!!!!!
well i checked my sources. For what it’s worth. Yeah Wolverine did leak but it DOES NOT appear Trek has. I hope it does not to be honest
For those of you searching the torrents for a leak, be extremely careful. You could run into a trojan, which for those of you who don’t know, is a very dangerous form of virus that can be used to gain access to your personal info. Stay clear! For enhanced security, I would suggest an internet scanner that can detect cookies, trojans, and so forth and can eliminate them. For mac users, Mac Scan works well.
Those folks have a sense of humor commensurate with their “gifts” as journalists.
Ha, its a fake! Happy April Fools!
After i heard Star Trek was not leaked and i got fooled….
i started listening too ”won’t get fooled again” by: the who
i knew that movie has always been in save hands. after all everyone involved had to sign contracts. they haven’t even been able to say much in those earlier interviews.
#54
“safe hands” sorry
#54: “i knew that movie has always been in save hands. after all everyone involved had to sign contracts.”
So, you’re saying that you figure the folks working on “Wolverine” didn’t sign contracts? ;-)
yea have to agree with everybody here, i had a good look around the mightly interweb there , on some good torrent sites , and have not seen one real star trek torrent yet, Wolverine is everywhere …..and its pretty cr*p anyway , quailty is o.k. movie …..boring.
#47
The thing about “Wolverine” is that a lot of people did not like what they saw, even when the trailers hit. I don’t think “Wolverine” ever posed much of a threat to Trek. For one, people weren’t really clamoring for a Wolverine film as much as they were clamoring for a new “Star Trek” film. Another thing is that Trek has such a positive PR stance; the cast seems to be happy, Paramount is happy, the writers are happy, (almost) everyone is happy with what they’ve done. In contrast, “Wolverine” has been plagued with so many creative conflicts like Tim Rothman and Gavin Hood going behind each other’s backs and doing/requesting reshoots. If anything, the leak has shown people that their fears were justified (but a workprint still isn’t much to go by). I think “Star Trek” is going to do very well, and the only movie that can stand in the way of a landslide success is “Terminator Salvation”, which I am also looking forward to. It’s going to be a good summer at the theater.
Oh thank god there was not a leak. With all of the April Fool’s jokes alot of sites are doing, it was hard to believe anything that was out there today.
god i hope Senator Vreenak turns up to tell us its a fake …. :) that will make my day
” Its a fake!!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qKcJF4fOPs
#61
Didn’t Garak kill Vreenak? *frown*
I can’t believe Wolverine has been leaked, let’s hope the same thing doesn’t happen to Star Trek! Why someone would want to watch a big budget movie on their computer or television for the first time rather than in a cinema is beyond me! The Big Screen is where movies are designed to be viewed and you can’t get the full affect of that on the small screen!
Those April fools day pranks are awesome, very funny stuff! :)
24
The TV spot was awesome.
There was also a scene where Kirk throws some keys to a guy in a hard hat and says, “It’s yours.”
There another part where you hear, “Your the captain now mister….” and it trails off.
@ 63, LOL, YEA, LOL. ohhhh garak… how i miss your witty comments and your scandalous ways.
I uploaded it on YouTube with a special message at the end for all the naysayers. :-P It’s still processing because I just uploaded it but here is the URL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyEZ5saNpc
^^^^^^^
I’m talking about the new TV Spot.
Ok…it’s fully up now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyEZ5saNpc
67. SChaos1701
Yes, I believe you. :)
Its kinda hard to make it out, but I really appreciate you putting it up. Pretty awesome stuff and appropriate for the program it was attached to.
70
I had to have a little fun and rag you guys a little bit. I look like crap thought…lol. That’s what studying for your graduate comps will do to you. :-P
So glad I could help getting rid of the Sea Breeze idea.
Now. What was it I said about Trademarks and Licensing so long ago?
Re: 64. Chris M – April 1, 2009
” …..Why someone would want to watch a big budget movie on their computer or television for the first time rather than in a cinema is beyond me!”
At this point in time…saving $10.00. But I do agree with you as it is “beyond me” as well. I want the full effect!
All these leak files reminds me of when I first tried to download something like that- it was labeled Harry Potter 1 and it was a huge file, when it finally got downloaded I opened it and it was a Brad Pitt movie called Snatch where I couldn’t understand a single piece of dialogue.
Thanks SChaos1701- that new spot looks cool, wish I could understand what is being said, lol.
Heres hoping some of the people who downloaded Wolverine
are stupid enough to try to post reviews on various websites.
Maybe somebody will turn them in.
that’s why I Love it here, if the “Draft house” thing is for real. then Hell yeah I’m so there, if not then you got me so whatever.
Tbh I will probably see Wolverine but I’m not really looking foward to it, and I have agreed with aaall my Uni mates and family to see ST:TFB :P atleast 3 times! I really hope the film does well I really do, and as for Wolverine, well the story line looks a bit rubbish :P
So glad there was no leak!
I hope that the Sea Breeze is an April joke…It’s one of the most ugliest ship designs I’ve ever see O_o
Yes. I live in Austin and Ill be there. 10 minuts of the new Trek. Woo Hoo!!!. it’s great to be a trekee and a Longhorn!
The whole movie is an April Fools joke! Nothin to see here folks, time to go home! :P
I’m sure Anthony is working on that new TV spot…
LOL…
there are many ways to shut down an internet leak but ‘denial’ isn’t one of them. they just have to accept that ST09 has leaked.
“It’s just a hoax”, you say? what do you call this then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJJiAy0bzI
theres no way i’ll be watching the Wolverine download but i get the feeling alot of people are going to in – to save $ if anything (recession time after all) and maybe wait to see Trek instead the following week so it could mean Star Trek is the first summer film that film fans havent seen…it’ll be very interesting to see if this leak significantly impacts the BO of W and ST
leak aside i have to say that as a mild X Men fan this film dosnt really have me making plans to go and see it (trailers are sorta ’seen it all b4 in the others’ quality and are even abit chessy with those Thundercats roars… plus theres no Patrick Stewart ) …so im seriously considering skipping it until the dvd release and waiting for Trek…im sort of at that age where i wont go to the cinema unless its a film i really want to see like Trek or Bond, Superman, Terminator etc (so wont be seeing Angels/Demons either)
I wish X-Men would come out now. There’s NOTHING to go see at the movies now and there’ll be a ton to see in May. I wish the studios would spread them out more.
That ship design of John Eaves wouldn’t have been appropriate for the Enterprise…too far of a departure. But as a general ship design…it rocks!
And hard to believe any Trek fan would fall for the “bisexual” joke…lol
RE: 85
But naming it “Sea Breeze”? Hell, even the Binars would try an blow away a ship with a wussy name like that. ;-)
Joke or not, I like the Sea Breeze.
Seabreeze would be a good design for The love boat in space.
The Sea Breese reminds me a great deal of the research vessel in the Search For Spock.
SChaos1701 – thanks for uploading the TV spot.
In the barfight scenes, all I could think was “DO A FLYING LEG KICK!!”
Alas, we didn’t even get a barrell roll. ;)
Whoever leaked Wolverine should be beaten then sent to prison where they can explore new relationship possibilities. I was and still am looking forward to Wolverine as much as Star Trek.
I love the opening lines of the new spot:
Cadet: There’s four of us and one of you.
Kirk: Then get some more guys and then it’ll be an even fight.
Now THAT is truly James T. Kirk.
#47/59 – agreed
heres whats going down this May:
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Wolverine%20versus%20Spock%20Star%20Trek%20X-Men.jpg
Hmm, first T4 is forced to reshoot due to the ending being leaked online, now Wolverine gets leaked in its entirety. Could be that the competition for Trek is dwindling.
@94: As a Trek fan, that’s good news. But as an X-Men and Terminator fan, Boo-urns!
I kind of like the Sea Breeze. I feel a bit dirty for admitting it. Well played, Mr. Eaves, sir.
94, 95
Wow. You know, if I didn’t know better, a small part of me would feel the urge to cry “conspiracy!”
J’accuse, Mr. Orci! ; )
92. (Falcon)
Agreed, that’s definitely the Jim-boy we know and love. Dang, I’m getting excited. :D
If I could be assured of tickets to the 9:50 pm showing, I know exactly where I would be on April 6th. But first come, first serve? I don’t know if it is quite worth the trip—especially by myself. That would put me home (assuming I got in) at about 2am, and I’m getting too old for that kind of thing.
@96: It’s hardly the loopiest conspiracy ever posted on this site. :D
My personal favourite is the one where JJ, diabolical mastermind that he is, is supposedly making this movie to “ruin” Star Trek, all because… wait for it… he is a Star Wars fan. Yeah.
I didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or punch my monitor.
RED ALERT!
New TV commercial – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyEZ5saNpc
Every Star Trek fan needs to see Dana Carvey’s version of Kahn:
http://www.clipupload.com/clip/showphoto.php/photo/9607/cat/508/Classic%20SNL:%20The%20Restaurant%20Enterprise
100
We’ve covered this…lol. That’s actually from me. :-P
@102
I didn’t see..where? :D
#103
Check #69 for your answer.
That being said, this is some smart target marketing. That commercial is def geared toward the UFC/WWE crowd, in terms of how it’s cut and the music used. I know some will undoubtedly cry to the heavens and curse JJ for ruining their show, but this is how you get butts in the seats.
@104
Thanks mate :) :top:
#101
FUNNY!!
Even the bogus “Ferenginar Rising” has a better movie poster than the one we’re getting for TFB.
#107 Indeed. I’m just annoyed that this “remake” will probably get the Rules of Acquisition all out of order! I hear the lead Ferengi’s character name, Reneg, is a direct mockery of Gene R. Why, I hear during the film, that Reneg will offer Pine’s Kirk to buy a keychain containing clips from the first Pine Kirk movie! And a photocopied script! Perhaps Melvin Kaminsky can star in the role of Reneg the Grand Naghurts.
Oh, wait, you mean it’s bogus? Darn. Seemed like a better idea than Nemesis. ;)
Oh well, Star Trek XII: The Future Continues!
Ferenginar Rising sounds like a bad Oo-mox pr0n flick. ;)
Also, Quinto has confirmed he’s signed on for sequels: http://trekweb.com/articles/2009/04/02/Zachary-Quinto-Confirms-He-is-Contracted-for-Star-Trek-XII-and-More-Sequels.shtml
LOL, wow.
That’s pretty insane. xD
#109—”Ferenginar Rising sounds like a bad Oo-mox pr0n flick. ;)”
As opposed to a good one?
Yuk!
:)
Title of the sequel: STAR TREK: EAT SH*T STAR TREK FANS!!! …(tounge-in-cheek humor)
John Eaves’ design would be perfect in the future tv series “Star Trek: Excalibur” featuring the New Frontier gang. I’d love to see a series with McKenzie Calhoun and his crew. Current, trek, yet a little different from what we know.
“But first come, first serve? I don’t know if it is quite worth the trip—especially by myself. That would put me home (assuming I got in) at about 2am, and I’m getting too old for that kind of thing.”
Closet — Come on! Your’re younger than me and I briefly (and insanely) considered AUSTRALIA!!! :)
John’s “Sea Breeze” has better design continuity than Church’s E does!
(I like this ship! It’s exciting!)
New TV spot is kick ass!
# 69, Thanks for the you tube clip! Great new trailer!
#115—”Closet — Come on! Your’re younger than me and I briefly (and insanely) considered AUSTRALIA!!! ”
And if they were showing the entire movie a month early and only a couple of hours away—that would certainly make a difference. But to go stand in line for who knows how long just for the *chance* to see 10 minutes of footage at nearly 10:00 at night, get home around 2am, and turn around and go back to work on Tuesday morning about 5 hours later—-I don’t know about that!
I think that TM should send a correspondent to Austin, or maybe Shatner_Fan_ Prime can pull it off for us and give us a spoilerific report on Tuesday.
Heck, even if he was willing to go with me, I might consider it (or at least ask the wife if she wouldn’t consider me insane).
I like the Sea Breeze, it fits the idea of a civilian vessel.
I would hate the idea that only the military or colonists would be allowed to travel in space.
Long live space tourism!
95
“I kind of like the Sea Breeze.”
Sad to say but I like it better than the new E…despite it’s ridiculous nacelle/pylon arrangement and bizarre origins, overall it is a more integrated, coherent design than the JJprise.
IMO
#118 … Dammit, Closet, as if I need any more persuasion to do crazy things! Hmmm…
with the security thats surrounded this project id be surprised if anything has been leaked. I certainly hope not. I want people to see this movie in droves. I want at least one sequel. I also want Trek back in the big time. lets put it back on the map…spend your money at the pictures.
Greg
UK
#25…
The President said her choice was “Bob Justman” before the daughter suggested “Rick Berman”. Just had to chuckle.
“Eleventh Hour” had an episode a few weeks ago that had “Andoria Farms”, and the killer’s name was “Ben Finney”…more Trek fans writing primetime scripts. Nice.
ANTHONY: Surely you guys are working on a shot by shot analysis of the new TV spot??? when could we expect it? Thanks!
124
yes
and dont call me Shirley
Hey Anthony,
Can I get credit for scooping you? :-P
I LOL’d at the gay news. xD