Report From Mexico City Star Trek Press Conference (w/ Pictures & Video) + JJ Talks Sequel June 4, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Star Trek (2009 film), Star Trek sequel (2012), TrekMovie.com , 101 comments
The Star Trek movie has opened in most markets around the world, but there are a handful left, including Mexico this weekend. To promote the Mexican premiere JJ Abrams went down to Mexico City with Zachary Quinto, Roberto Orci and Zoe Saldana. We have video and images from the yesterday’s press conference, along with a few comments from Abrams about the Star Trek sequel.
Star Trek: The Exhibition Launches New Site + Science Museums Still Showing ST09 in IMAX
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Star Trek (2009 film) , 43 comments
Starting in 2008 there have been two ‘engagements’ of Star Trek: The Exhibition, a touring museum exhibit of Star Trek set pieces, costumes and props and more. Now ST: TE has a new central website with info and where you can get notified when it comes to your town. And in other Star Trek museum news, a number of science museums are still running Star Trek in IMAX.
Exclusive First Look At 2010 TOS and ‘Ships’ Star Trek Calendars + Movie Calendar Announced
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Merchandise, TOS , 55 comments
Every summer the new year starts a little early with the release of the Star Trek calendars. Just like last year, Pocket Books and Andrews McMeel Publishing will have a Star Trek TOS and a ‘Star Trek Ships of the Line’ calendar for 2010. Today TrekMovie has an exclusive first look at the inside of the TOS calendar and the cover for the SOTL calendar. Plus we have news of a third calendar based on the new Star Trek movie.
TrekInk: Wrath of Khan Comic Adaptation Preview June 3, 2009
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Comics, Feature Films (TMP-NEM) , 331 comments
Fixing an oversight from 1982, IDW will is finally adapting Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as a comic book. The three issue series written by Adny Schmidt with art by Yang Ong Chee kicks off next week. IDW has provided us with five page preview for the book, check it out below
Mike Okuda To Receive NASA Public Service Medal
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Science/Technology, TOS Remastered , 56 comments
Mike Okuda is well known to Trek fans as a designer for Trek on TV and film, author of Star Trek reference books and a producer TOS Remastered. But while Okuda was designing Trek’s fictional future in space, he has also been designing for the real space program today. And now NASA is going to honor Okuda with a special award for all his work.
GoAnimate Adds More Star Trek Characters & Announces New ‘Backstory’ Contest
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Contest, Fan Productions, Merchandise, TOS , 11 comments
GoAnimate.com, the site that lets you make your own animations, today announced that it has expanded its roster of official Star Trek characters to include Nurse Chapel, Gorn, Mara, and two Klingon crewmen. To celebrate the five new characters, they have also launched a new animation contest for fans to create the best ‘backstory’. Details below.
Watch Tom Hanks Scream Out TOS Episode Titles On Tonight Show + ST09 Box Office Update
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Humor, Star Trek (2009 film), TOS , 114 comments
Last night Oscar-winner Tom Hanks was a guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Conan brought up how his movie Angels & Demons has been competing with Star Trek. Hanks said that he thought the Star Trek film was "great" then went on to show how much of a Trekkie he is by screaming out TOS episode titles. See video of that below, plus the latest box office numbers.
TOS Producer Herb Solow Reviews New Star Trek Movie June 2, 2009
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film), TOS , 186 comments
Herb Solow is one of the founding fathers of Star Trek, who was there at the beginning with Gene Roddenberry. And today he has reviewed the new Star Trek movie where he focuses on how the characters were handled in the new film. Plus Doug Drexler remembers another one Trek’s founding fathers, Robert Justman.
JJ Abrams Talks Star Trek Post Production
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Star Trek (2009 film) , 119 comments
One of JJ Abrams objectives for the new Star Trek movie, was to make it feel as ‘real’ as possible. This manifested itself in many ways, and in a new interview with Post Magazine, the director talks about shooting the movie on film, his post production process, and of course…lens flares. See below for excerpts.
Happy Birthday Zachary Quinto
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 51 comments
Today is Zachary Quinto’s birthday. The new Spock is now 32 years old (just a year younger than Leonard Nimoy when he shot "The Cage"). So we just want to send out a big TrekMovie.com ‘happy birthday’ to Zach. See below for a birthday tribute video and to also catch up on the latest news from Mr. Quinto.
EXCLUSIVE: James Clyne Talks About His Newly Revealed Star Trek Concept Art June 1, 2009
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Interview, Star Trek (2009 film) , 112 comments
There were two main concept artists for the new Star Trek feature film. In the last few weeks Ryan Church has posted a couple his designs on his site. Now James Clyne has joined in, by putting up over two dozen pieces of Star Trek concept art on his site. TrekMovie talked exclusively to Clyne about his work. See below for his sketches and what lies behind them.
The Collective: Review Of Hamilton Star Trek Trek Ship Collectibles
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Merchandise, Review, TNG, TOS , 47 comments
You may not have heard of them, but the Bradford Group (and its various brands) has been making legacy-quality Star Trek collectibles for years. Over the next couple of weeks TrekMovie will be reviewing their latest offerings which are perfect gifts for dads and grads. Today we start with the Hamilton USS Enterprise NCC 1701 D Laser Etched Glass Statue, and the Guardians of the Federation Collection Figurines.
Star Trek Strong In 4th Weekend At Box Office
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Paramount, Star Trek (2009 film) , 115 comments
The estimates for the fourth weekend of the new Star Trek have it in fifth place with $12.8M in domestic sales and another $8M in overseas sales. Star Trek topped $200M domestically and $300M globally over the weekend. The film’s continued ‘legs’ is impressing box office watchers, who expect Trek still have some life left in it.
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