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CBS Releases New iPhone Star Trek Communicator Application July 12, 2010

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Electronics/Gadgets, Merchandise, Science/Technology , 82 comments

CBS Interactive has released a new official Star Trek application for your iPhone that turns it into an original series Star Trek communicator, complete with authentic sounds and voice effects. See below for demo video and more details. 

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Video & Photos Of Portland’s “Space Seed” in the Park + Outdoor “Naked Time” Coming To Seattle July 11, 2010

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, TOS , 20 comments

As we reported earlier, this weekend marked the premiere of Trek in the Park and their live performance of "Space Seed" in Portland. We have video and pictures, plus news of another outdoor Star Trek performance of "The Naked Time" coming to Seattle.

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Great Links: Daily Show/Colbert Trek + Apple’s Trek Fake + Trek Contortionist + Baby Gorn + more July 10, 2010

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links , 65 comments

The world just can’t stop talking about Star Trek, and every week we here at TrekMovie scoop it all up in the Great Links We start off with John Stewart and Stephen Colbert talking Trek, then ponder if Apple has been faking their Trek, watch a Star Trek contortionist, find out we are just like a bunch of punks, and take a look at an adorable little Gorn.

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JJ Abrams Possibly Directing ‘Wicked’ Musical Adaptation?

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Celebrity , 34 comments

Does JJ Abrams have a musical in his future as a director? Abrams is currently gearing up to go into production on his new movie Super 8 and most think he will follow that up with the Star Trek sequel. But a new report says that JJ is also angling to helm the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical "Wicked".

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Reminder: Midnight Screening Tonight of f Star Trek IV in 70MM w/ Nichelle Nichols in West L.A.

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Feature Films (TMP-NEM), TrekMovie.com , 68 comments

After taking a weekend off for 4th of July, the Summer STAR TREK Simply 70 Spectacular-Spectacular Saturdays continues tonight at the Royal Theater in West L.A. with a 70 MM showing of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, preceded by a Q&A session with Uhura herself, Nichelle Nichols. More details below, plus a new video interview with Nichelle.

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Sci-Fi Movies Friday: Captain America, The Hobbit, MIB 3, Batman 3, Superman, Avatar, Paul + more July 9, 2010

by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 71 comments

In this week’s Sci-Fi Movies column we start off with the last set of previews for this weekend’s Predators and early buzz for next weekend’s Inception. We also have a synopsis for Simon Pegg’s alien comedy Paul, a possible director for the next Superman movie, details on Men in Black III, more trouble for The Hobbit, info on the next Mad Max and much more. Plus more, including the latest casting bites, images and videos.

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Chris Pine Could Shoot ‘Moscow’ Jack Ryan Movie Before Star Trek Sequel

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 44 comments

Star Trek’s Chris Pine is spending the summer on the stage in LA, but it looks like he is gearing up to get back to being a movie star as the next Jack Ryan. A new interview with the producer of the next Jack Ryan movie has revealed that Pine could be doing that role right before returning to the USS Enterprise.

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Orci, Kurtzman, Quinto, Greenwood, Braga and more Trek Vets On Friday SDCC Lineup

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Conventions/Events/Attractions , 8 comments

The Friday schedule for San Diego Comic Con 2010 has been released and a number of Star Trek luminaries will be on panels, including Zachary Quinto, Bruce Greenwood, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman. See below for the Trek celebs on Friday’s schedule.

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Science Friday: Dinosaur Queen + Asteroid Close-up + Real Hypospray + Glowing Brain + Solar Car

by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 11 comments

This week in Science Friday, meet the Queen of the dinosaur kingdom, get a close-up view of a very large asteroid with Rosetta, get your daily dose of magnetic fields, and use chemistry to make your brain cells grow. All this and more, plus our gadget of the week: the round-the-clock solar plane flight.

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Chris Pine: Blessed By Star Trek + More ‘Inishmore’ Photos & Gala Tickets Giveaway July 8, 2010

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Contest, ST09 Cast , 28 comments

Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk, Chris Pine is spending this summer appearing on stage in Los Angeles in the dark satire "The Lieutenant of Inishmore", which has a gala opening this weekend. In a new interview promoting the play, Pine talks about how he has been blessed by Star Trek. We also have new images of Pine from the play. Plus TrekMovie has a pair of tickets to Pine’s new play to give away.   

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Video of the Day: ‘Star Trek: The Future Begins’ Tribute Video

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Fan Productions, Viral Video/Mashup/Images , 92 comments

Today we share a video from a Swedish composer who has composed a piece of music and put together a very nice video that is his tribute to the Star Trek saga, tying together the original and the new Star Trek.

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Patrick Stewart, Damon Lindelof & Michael Giacchino + More Trek Vets Nominated For Emmys

by Charles Trotter , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Creative, Trek on TV , 9 comments

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning, and numerous Trek alumni have cause to celebrate. Amongst the nominees were Star Trek 2009’s Damon Lindelof and Michael Giacchino, as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Patrick Stewart. Read below for the complete details.

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JJ Abrams & Joss Whedon Doing ‘Visionaries’ Panel At San Diego Comic Con + More Thursday Trek-related Panels

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Celebrity, Conventions/Events/Attractions, Trek Franchise , 20 comments

The Thursday schedule for this year’s San Diego Comic Con has been released and it includes a number of panels that could be of interest to Trekkies, especially an Entertainment Weekly hosted discussion with geek gods Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams. See below for details on that and other Trek related panels and guests for Thursday.

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William Shatner’s Wrath of Khan Jacket & More Movie Costumes Up For Auction Next Week

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Feature Films (TMP-NEM), Memorabilia , 38 comments

This summer brings yet another opportunity to buy a piece of Star Trek history. The Heritage Auction Gallery is holding an auction next week which includes a number of Star Trek movie costumes, including Admiral Kirk’s jacket from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. More details below.  

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Armin Shimerman Cast In Sci-Fi Web Series ‘Zimm’ July 7, 2010

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, DS9, Sci-Fi , 56 comments

Armin Shimerman, Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s lovable rogue Ferengi bartender Quark, has been cast in Zimm, a new sci-fi web series dealing with an alien invasion. More details and a teaser trailer for the show below.  

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