July Brings Live & Improv Star Trek Shows To NYC, Minneapolis & Portland June 30, 2011
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Fan Productions , 16 comments
Do you like your Star Trek live? Well this weekend (and others in July and August) you will have your chance to check out some live Star Trek shows, if you happen to live in New York, Oregon, or Minnesota. Details on the shows below.
Review: QMx Star Trek Movie Phaser Replica
by Jeff Bond , Filed under: Replicas, Review, Star Trek (2009 film) , 72 comments
Quantum Mechanix has released their new USS Enterprise Metal-Plated Phaser Replica from the 2009 Star Trek movie. QMx has kept the price affordable on this new replica by focusing on recreating the look and feel of the phasers while leaving the lights and sounds for a future (more expensive) offering. The results are pretty impressive. More details in our review below.
Michael Bay Talks About Leonard Nimoy & Star Trek Nods In Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Nimoy, Sci-Fi, Trek Franchise , 76 comments
Yesterday we talked about Paramount’s big Star Trek movie for next 4th of July weekend (at least officially). For this 4th of July weekend Paramount’s big movie is Transformer: Dark of the Moon, and it turns out that it contains some Star Trek of its own. Today director Michael Bay is talking about the Trek references in TF3, including Leonard Nimoy’s voice work.
One Year To Go For Star Trek Sequel…Or Is It? June 29, 2011
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Editorial, Star Trek sequel (2013) , 211 comments
We are exactly one year away from June 29, 2012, which is the officially scheduled release date for the the sequel to JJ Abrams 2009 Star Trek. So should we all start our countdown clocks? As the film has yet to get into official pre-production, most seem to expect that the next Star Trek will require a bit more waiting.
Brent Spiner Talks Typcasting, Death Of Data & Bringing Back Soong For Star Trek Sequel
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, ENT, Star Trek sequel (2013), TNG , 74 comments
On Monday Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Brent Spiner participated in a online live webchat promoting his webseries Fresh Hell. The chat ended up with a lot of talk about Star Trek and Data. Spiner talked about Trek typecasting, the death of Data, and even lobbied to "Bring Back Soong" for the 2012 Star Trek sequel. Details below, plus the full video.
Submit Your “Khaaaaan” Yell To Become Part Of EpixHD’s “The Long Khan” Video
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Fandom, Shatner, Viral Video/Mashup/Images , 19 comments
As part of their celebration of all things Shatner and leading up to the premiere of The Captains documentary, Epix HD has launched "The Long Khan," a special video collaboration which will compile fan submitted videos doing their best "Khaaaaan" yell from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Watch a promo video and find out how you can be part of it below.
Sci-Fi Movies Tuesday: Transformers, Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit, Prometheus, Pacific Rim, The Wolverine + more June 28, 2011
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 66 comments
In this week’s Sci-Fi Movies column we get ready for giant robots of Transformers 3, find out who is Superman’s daddy, get a look at The Hobbit, ponder a Green Lantern sequel, learn how Prometheus is related to Alien, and reveal a Batman 3 casting spoiler. All that plus more, including the latest casting bites, images and videos.
First Trailer For Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol – Produced By JJ Abrams & Featuring Simon Pegg
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 81 comments
Star Trek director JJ Abrams first feature film was Mission: Impossible: III in 2006. For the sequel Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol (due in December) Abrams is back as a producer and he again brought along Simon Pegg as Benji the IMF tech. And Paramount has just released the first trailer — watch it below.
Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Indistinguishable From Magic
by Robert Lyons , Filed under: Books, Review, TNG , 32 comments
TrekMovie continues catching up on recently released Star Trek novels to help with your summer reading list. Today we take a look at "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Indistinguishable from Magic," a new standalone novel from David A. McIntee which reunites engineers LaForge and Scott and brings back some of the concepts (and cast) of the former Starfleet Corps of Engineers eBook series.
Watch Epic 2 Hour 40 Minute Interview With Damon Lindelof (Sorry No Star Trek 2012 News) June 27, 2011
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Lindelof, Sci-Fi , 63 comments
Want to learn lots about Star Trek producer (& sequel co-writer/producer) Damon Lindelof? Yesterday Damon spent 2 hour & 40 minutes on The Kevin Pollak Chat Show. Amazingly they barely touch on Star Trek, but Lindelof talks about his genesis as a writer, a lot about Lost plus Twitter feuds Cowboys & Aliens, Prometheus, collaborating with JJ Abrams and Ridley Scott, and more.
Exclusive Previews Of 2012 Star Trek Calendars
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Art, Merchandise, TOS, Trek Franchise , 120 comments
One way to make counting the days going by a big more fun is to do it with a Star Trek calendar. In 2012 there will again be two choices: an original series calendar, and a "Ships of the Line" calendar. Today TrekMovie has exclusive previews for both.
Live Video Chat With Brent Spiner Today 8PM (Pacific)
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Trek Franchise , 3 comments
Brent Spiner’s latest project is the webseries comedy Fresh Hell where the Star Trek: The Next Generation actor plays a somewhat twisted version of himself dealing with life in Hollywood. Today at 8PM (Pacific) Spiner will be doing a live web chat and you can watch and participate below..
Con Report & Photos: Star Trek New Jersey 2011 – Dorn, Nichols, Visitor, Auberjonois, Trinneer, Keating + Shatner & more
by Frank Jay Gruber , Filed under: Celebrity, Conventions/Events/Attractions, DS9, ENT, Shatner, TNG, TOS , 17 comments
Creation Entertainment’s Star Trek convention in Parsippany, NJ was already set to be a fun con, but then William Shatner showed up with a camera crew and made it even better. See below for TrekMovie.com’s full report on the con with details and pictures of celebrity guests Michael Dorn, Nichelle Nichols, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating and more.
Obituary: Composer Fred Steiner Dead At 88
by Jeff Bond , Filed under: Celebrity, History, Music, TNG, TOS , 46 comments
Fred Steiner, who wrote numerous scores for the original Star Trek series and created the memorable theme music to the Perry Mason TV series and the beloved cartoon series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, died of natural causes in Mexico at his home in the Mexican state of Jalisco at the age of 88.
Happy Birthday, JJ Abrams
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Abrams, Celebrity, Star Trek (2009 film), Star Trek sequel (2013) , 40 comments
Today is the 45th birthday of the man (currently) in charge of Star Trek’s future. While we all wait to hear what JJ Abrams has to say about what is next for Star Trek and the planned 2012 feature film sequel, we also wish JJ a big happy birthday.
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