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Infographic: Star Trek Explains Local Swedish Politics September 15, 2010

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Great Links, Viral Video/Mashup/Images , 20 comments

The image of the day is an infographic from today’s edition of the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan, which has a two page spread using Star Trek characters to explain how municipal politics work in the town of Lund.

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Star Trek Celebs Pegg, Nichols, Burton & Ryan Join Twit Change Celebrity Auction For Haiti

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast, TNG, TOS, VOY , 21 comments

Today a new sort of celebrity auction was launched on the web, including some Star Trek celebrities. TwitChange is a charity for building homes for victims of the Haiti earthquake with dozens of celebrities involved by auctioning off becoming your friend on Twitter. Trek celebs Jeri Ryan, Nichelle Nichols, Simon Pegg and Levar Burton are involved. Details below.

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Video & Photos Of Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson At MTV VMAs + Rosario ‘Dreams’ Of Role In Trek Sequel September 14, 2010

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 54 comments

On Sunday Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk Chris Pine appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards, introducing Taylor Swift. Chris was joined by his Unstoppable co-star (and big time Trekkie) Rosario Dawson. If you can’t get enough Chris, check out the video and photos below. Plus Rosario Dawson tweets to @trekmovie about wanting into Star Trek.

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Check Out This Cool Vulcan Hoody

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Apparel, Trek Franchise , 35 comments

A young Brazilian designer has come up with a clever design for a hoody that lets you show your Star Trek love. Check the Vulcan Saluting Hoody below.

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Happy Birthday, Walter Koenig

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, TOS , 37 comments

Today (Tuesday September 14th) is the birthday for Star Trek’s original Pavel Chekov. Walter Koenig turns 74 today and all of us at TrekMovie wish Walter a very happy birthday. We have some fun from Trek’s Russian below and take a look at what Walter is up to these days.

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First Look At Star Trek Urns

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Collectibles, Merchandise, Trek Franchise , 71 comments

When you are ready to shuffle off to the truly final final frontier, you will be able to do it with Star Trek. After being announced three years ago, Eternal Image is finally ready show off (and start taking orders) for the first ever Star Trek funeral product – specifically Star Trek urns. Details and a first look below.

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Watch Funny Video Trailer For Night of the Living Trekkies + Video Preview Of Star Trek 365

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Books, Humor, TOS, Trek Franchise, Viral Video/Mashup/Images , 35 comments

The publishers of two new Star Trek related books have released video promos worth checking out. We have a funny "book trailer" for the zombie/Trek mashup "Night of the Living Trekkies". Plus there is a new video preview/promo for the photo book "Star Trek The Original Series: 365". Check them both out below.

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Jonathan Frakes On Enterprise Finale: Not Our Finest Hour

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, ENT, TNG , 78 comments

Jonathan Frakes successfully went from playing William Riker in front of the camera to become a director behind the camera on Star Trek and much more. In a new interview Frakes reflects on his directing career and his controversial return to the role of Riker in the Enterprise series finale.

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VIDEO: Watch Zoe Saldana’s New Calvin Klein Underwear Commercials September 12, 2010

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 118 comments

Zoe Saldana is the latest Star Trek star to appear in a TV commercial campaign. But unlike other Trek vets, she is only wearing underwear – which is what she is pitching. Below we share the three new Zoe Saldana Calvin Klein underwear commercials and a behind the scenes video as well. Zoe also talks about how she is no wilting flower in a new interview, excerpts of that below as well.

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Sci-Fi Movies Saturday: Dark Tower, The Hobbit, Captain America, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider 2, Kick-Ass 2 September 11, 2010

by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 59 comments

In this week’s Sci-Fi Movies column we start off with news on how Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally headed to theaters (and TV). We also have cast/plot details on The Hobbit, Captain America, Kick Ass 2, Ghost Rider 2 and more. All that plus more, including the latest casting bites, images and videos.

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Star Trek Sequel Update: Abrams, Orci & Kurtzman Talk Khan, Klingons & more

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Orci/Kurtzman, Star Trek sequel (2013) , 401 comments

We all want to know what is up with the Star Trek sequel, which is currently being written. The new special 200th issue of the UK’s SFX Magazine has an extensive section all about Star Trek that includes interviews with JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman. They talk sequel possibilities, Khan, Klingons, humor and more. See excerpts below.

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TrekInk: Review of Star Trek Captain’s Log Pike + 5-page preview

by Alex Fletcher , Filed under: Comics, Review, TOS , 35 comments

The Enterprise is returning from Talos and has been recalled to Earth. Captain Pike is struggling with a guilty conscience, and the ship is attacked en route. Must be time for the review of "Star Trek Captain’s Log: Pike", the third in this periodic series about the "other" captains from IDW. We also have a 5-page preview to get you started.

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Klingon Opera Opens In The Netherlands + Klingon Shakespeare Coming To Washington DC

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Trek Franchise , 28 comments

2010 seems to be the year of the Klingon. Evidence of Klingon infiltration has shown up in Scotland, California and Australia. And this weekend Klingons are back, performing an opera in The Netherlands, and later this month Klingons will be in our nation’s capital performing Shakespeare. Details below.

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Star Trek Turns 44 – A look back at 1966 in Video September 8, 2010

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS, Trek Franchise , 174 comments

Today Star Trek turns 44. On September 8th at 8:30PM, 1966 NBC aired the first episode of Star Trek – "The Man Trap" (which was actually the 6th episode produced). So today TrekMovie looks back to 1966 to see how Star Trek got its start with a selection of videos promoting the show.

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TNT Orders ‘Perception’ Pilot From Trek Vets Ken Biller & Mike Sussman

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ENT, VOY , 26 comments

Veteran Star Trek writer/producers Kenneth Biller (Voyager) and Mike Sussman (Voyager & Enterprise) have most recently been working on the fantasy series Legend of the Seeker and now the pair are writing and producing Perception, a new pilot for TNT. More details below.  

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