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Paul Giamatti Wants To Play Klingon In Star Trek Sequel + Stephen Fry Does Klingon Opera February 28, 2011

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links, Star Trek sequel (2013), Trek Franchise , 124 comments

Another high profile actor has expressed interest in appearing in the 2012 Star Trek sequel. This time it is recent Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti who wants to know what it will take to land a job as a Klingon. In other famous face as Klingon news, Brit actor and humorist Stephen Fry joined a production of Hamlet in Klingon for a new documentary. Details and photos below.

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Star Trek Vet Stromberg Wins Design Academy Award + Photos Of Trek Celebs At Oscar Events

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Awards, Celebrity, ST09 Cast, VOY , 27 comments

While the Oscars were not a big year for Star Trek, one Trek vet, designer Robert Stromberg, picked up an Academy Award. More details below, plus photos of Star Trek vets at Oscar events, including JJ Abrams, Zoe Saldana, William Shatner, and Whoopi Goldberg…plus George Takei with Oscar-winner Colin Firth.

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TrekMovie Viral Video Awards – Best In Star Trek Viral Videos February 27, 2011

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Awards, Viral Video/Mashup/Images , 29 comments

Unlike last year with its first win, the Oscars don’t have much to do with Star Trek this year. So tonight TrekMovie has decided to hold our own award show. Below we celebrate all the best in Star Trek viral videos for the last year. There is no red carpet, no nominees, just lots of winners. Check them out below.

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Report: Paramount Ready To Get Star Trek Sequel Going + Flashback: JJ Abrams Star Trek First Officially Announced 4 Years Ago Today

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Trek Franchise , 153 comments

As we have been reporting here at TrekMovie.com, developing the script for the 2012 Star Trek sequel is now in the final stretch. Now a new report states that Paramount is ready to get things started. This all falls on the four-year anniversary of Paramount officially announcing JJ Abrams’ first Star Trek film. More details below.

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Sci-Fi Movies Saturday: The Amazing Spider-Man, Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, THOR, X-Men: First Class, Ghostbusters 3 + more February 26, 2011

by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 73 comments

In this week’s Sci-Fi Movies column brings new looks and news for the upcoming Superman and Spider-man reboots. There is also a big update and previews from Thor, an Alien tie-in for Prometheus, and details on X-Men First Class. All that plus more, including the latest casting bites, images and videos, including a peek at an alien from Green Lantern.

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William Shatner: Proud Of Work On Star Trek – Doesn’t Expect To Appear In 2012 Sequel

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Shatner, Star Trek sequel (2013) , 137 comments

In a new interview promoting some upcoming events in Australia, Star Trek’s original Kirk William Shatner looks back and says he is "proud" of his work on Star Trek, and looks forward saying that even though he would like to be in the 2012 Star Trek sequel, he thinks we are "beyond that" happening.  

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Photos: Zoe Saldana At Independent Spirit & Impact Award Shows + NY Fashion Week

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 26 comments

Star Trek’s new Uhura Zoe Saldana has been out and about in the last week, showing up on red carpets on both coasts. We have photos of Zoe from today’s Independent Spirit Awards, last night’s Impact Awards plus New York Fashion Week. Check it out below.  

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Science Saturday: Discovery’s Final Flight (w/ Star Trek Music) + Soviet Space Sale + Head In Particle Accelerator + Anti-Shark Suit

by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 15 comments

Welcome once again to Science Saturday! This week: Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off for the last time (plus, Star Trek theme will play on board!), buy a 1961 Soviet space capsule, the man who survived a particle accelerator to the head, and how atomic oxygen can restore works of art. All this and more, plus our gadget of the week: Neptunic’s super shark suit.

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Leonard Nimoy Confirms Return To Fringe February 25, 2011

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Fringe, Nimoy , 41 comments

Star Trek’s original Spock is coming back out of retirement one more time for JJ Abrams. Leonard Nimoy has confirmed that he will be returning to the Fox sci-fi show Fringe, reprising his role as William Bell.

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In Case You Missed It: Clips Of LeVar Burton On ‘Big Bang Theory’ & ‘Community’

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, TNG , 13 comments

As previously reported, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton was a guest on last night’s episode of the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory. Well if you weren’t paying close attention you may have missed the quick appearance, but you can check it out below, plus clips from Burton’s previous week’s appearance on Community

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Simon Pegg: Star Trek Sequel Script Is “Amazeballs” + Bob Orci Talks Fan Feedback [UPDATED] February 24, 2011

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Orci/Kurtzman, ST09 Cast, Star Trek sequel (2013) , 465 comments

Time for another update from Simon Pegg, Star Trek’s new chief engineer. Following up from yesterday’s comments about the state of the movie industry and franchise films (like Trek), today Pegg clarified and offered the inside buzz on the sequel script, coining an interesting word. Plus producer/co-writer Bob Orci has commented on the importance of fan feedback.  

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Christian Slater Brings Star Trek Captain’s Chair To His New Sitcom ‘Breaking In’

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Feature Films (TMP-NEM), Great Links, Humor , 36 comments

Actor Christian Slater showed his Star Trek fandom two decades ago with a Star Trek VI cameo, and now he is bringing his inner Trekkie to his new Fox sitcom Breaking In, where he worked in an original series Star Trek captain’s chair for his character. Check out a clip of Slater and his Kirk chair below.

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Star Trek Gaming Update: Infinite Space Music Clip + Latest STO News

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Games, Star Trek Online , 14 comments

Today we have a quick Star Trek gaming update. First up Gameforge has announced that Chris Hülsbeck will be scoring their browser-based game, and they provided a clip of music from the game. Listen to it below, plus check out some recent Star Trek Online videos and updates.  

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Simon Pegg: New Star Trek Films “result of execs favouring familiarity” + New Paul Trailer February 23, 2011

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast, Star Trek (2009 film) , 90 comments

Earlier today Star Trek’s new Scotty Simon Pegg made a comment that the recently rebooted Star Trek films were examples of how Hollywood has run out of new ideas. More details below, plus the red band trailer for Pegg’s Paul.

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William Shatner Gets To The “Raw Nerve” Of Scott Bakula, LeVar Burton and Walter Koenig – See Clips February 22, 2011

by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ENT, Shatner, TNG , 42 comments

The third season of William Shatner’s Bio chat show Shatner’s Raw Nerve is underway and it looks like this year will have a big influx of fellow Star Trek vets. Next you can see Bill sit down with Scott Bakula and later in the season Bio will air episodes with Walter Koenig and LeVar Burton. Clips from each are now available online.

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