Before JJ Abrams jetted off to Tokyo to show the Japanese press some of Star Trek: Into Darkness on IMAX, the producer/director showed up at an event celebrating 100 episodes of Fringe over the weekend. While there Abrams spoke a bit about how the Star Trek Into Darkness footage is "mind-blowing." More details below.
Abrams: IMAX Trek will be ‘mind-blowing’
J.J. Abrams keeps plenty of secrets, but he’s almost gushing about his love of IMAX, telling IGN using the IMAX format to film Star Trek Into Darkness was “amazing." The Star Trek Into Darkness producer/director goes on to say…
“Unlike (Mission: Impossible IV) Ghost Protocol, a lot of what we shot is integrated into special effects and visual effects in a way that I cannot wait for people to see,” says Abrams. “I think it really is mind-blowing, how it looks.”
Fans will have their first chance to get their minds blown by watching the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness with IMAX screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey starting on December 14th.
In the full (but short) story, part of a longer interview IGN’s Eric Goldman had with Abrams at the 100th episode/finale party for Fringe, Abrams says he’s excited for audiences to see the nine-minute IMAX sneak-preview debuting with The Hobbit this month.
Read the full piece at IGN.com.
Shame they aren’t showing the preview outside IMAX
Will the preview be shown in from of the HFR 3D IMAX presentation?
I await the blowing of my mind…
IN those pics we see jj talking into a mic, and Bendict walking up with a mic, come on surely the characters name had to be revealed.
Well, I have a different definition of mind blowing or should I say a deeper view of the term. I think “mind blowing” must also be deeply thought provoking, as well as great visuals. 2001: A Space Odyssey had unbelievable visuals but also had one’s mind thinking. (By the way, see it on a HDTV with Blu-Ray.) The recent “The Life of Pi’ is another example of mind blowing being more than just visuals. Ang Lee’s masterpiece will have you think about man, his beliefs in God, and his relationship to nature.
It would actually believe him if he didn’t throw around ‘mind-blowing’, ‘genius’ and ‘brilliant’ every single time he is asked about something Trek related or not.
5 I fully agree.
6 Yes, the hype detracts greatly. JJ is just another Hollywood BS artist.
Holy … I mean, there’s conceit, and then there’s JJ Abrams.
What kind of sad bastard calls his own film ‘mind blowing’???
We should’ve just gotten M Knight Shammylimlam to direct this movie.
9 Again, I fully agree. :-(
>>>>>What kind of sad bastard calls his own film ‘mind blowing’???
Read the whole sentence skippy.
>>>>>I think it really is mind-blowing, how it looks.”
He’s talking about how it looks in Imax. He’s praising the Imax format you troll.
Suppose he should go back to Rick Berman’s humble “pleasing” comments, which obviously sold tickets by the masses. Some people here have truly hit rock bottom on their pity parties and complaining.
Hope they are doing this in the UK (showing the first scenes before the hobit). I would get a tenner ticket just for that!
6. Aix – December 4, 2012
“It would actually believe him if he didn’t throw around ‘mind-blowing’, ‘genius’ and ‘brilliant’ every single time he is asked about something Trek related or not.”
Right you are. JJ sure likes himself.
I think JJ should have stuck with variations of the “very pleased” comment. We all know how well that turns out.
You’ll need to do a google translation of this (unless someone reads Japanese) but it’s a first hand account from someone who attended the event in Japan. http://cumberbatchcollection.tumblr.com/
There isn’t much in the way of hard information about the film, just stuff we’ve already heard. The one thing that is clear is that the Japanese audience was impressed. ‘Applause rose in unison’ after the showing.
Also, it seems the Japanese fans have a nickname for Benedict: ‘Jaunfu’, which evidently means ‘Curl Sherlock’. I bet he’s been called worse things!
We won’t get the nine minute preview at Imax in Australia.
I just found out, totally bummed, was so looking forward to it.
I hope some of you lucky ones will at least think of those on the other side of the planet and break the law and film it on your iphones for the rest of us.
Hmm, people complaining about Abrams describing the effects on imax as mindblowing. Some of you guys are total freaks.
10 days away!!! Awesome. Despite some qualms about the reboot, I am very happy to have a new Trek on the horizon… :)
I can’t wait to have my mind being blown! ;)
I just hope I don’t get motion sick watching it.
I just hope I don’t get motion sick watching it.
#16 Really? That sucks! I’m in Sydney and the WORLDS BIGGEST Imax cinema is just up the road from me in Darling Harbour. I saw Avatar there in 3D and it totally blew my socks off! I was soooo hoping to see some Trek there (and some Hobbit) in a couple of weeks. Oh well, I’ll just have to wait till May I suppose. :-(
That’s crazy…. Last movie Trek 2009 in Australia we had the world premire here at the Oprah house, how could they not even show the preview here???
Sure hope they at least put the normal trailer in front of The Hobbit for Australian release :(
I just hope the story is as “mind-blowing” as the effects. I like cool action scenes and effects as much as the next guy, but the story and characters and dialogue are more important to me.
Somehow I doubt that this new movie will deliver in that department.
lol:Oprah house. I’m sure we’ll see the 9 minute and teaser before other movies during the summer (That’s now till end of Feb BTW North hemisphere folks) we may just have to wait a few days longer.
I believe Mr Orci said that the trailer will be in all movies not just IMAX ones
22: Oprah House?
just hurry up and show us all the trailer !!!!!!!
we’ve waited too long already !!!!
One thing is for sure. Next week Trekmovie will explode. I for one can’t wait to set off the bomb. Lol.
I think it would be incredibly frustrating (but of course, fascinating) to watch the first 9 minutes, return to that world again, and then not be able to continue! It must be a separate moment – like Joker or Bane – before the main story! It’ll be how BC goes all one-man weapon…
Showing nine minutes of the film in front of The Hobbit will turn out to be a very effective marketing move. TDKR is a good template to follow, and we’ll likely see more teasers and trailers than were released for the first film. I can’t wait to see what I hope to be a kick ass movie in the IMAX format!
I think its interesting how we’re finally starting to see a very carefully orchestrated PR campaign emerge for STID. I think we’ve all learned not to trust any supposed “sneak peeks” from Conan now :)
One thing’s for sure – if this turns out *not* to be “mind blowing,” it’d sure put a kink in JJ’s credibility from here forward. I suspect its going to be really good – at least I’m going to remain optimistic going foward. If the film even remotely matches the hype, it’ll be an epic success at the box office.
IMAX = Overrated, imo. Bigger is not necessarily better. Give me CONTENT.
Why do fans posting in comment and “talk back” sections so incessantly demand “deep content” and originality while demonstrating so clearly that they have neither to offer themselves?
It’s really quite funny.
I wonder if we will see preview 9 minutes in Japan? The Pine´s girlfriend said on twitter: Just saw the 9 minute teaser for Star Trek Into Darkness … EPIC. You guys are going to be blown away … incredible special effects
I love imax for the right movie. Sometimes bigger is better. Besides if size was not important why go to the movies at all?
I am pretty sure the nine minute trailer is only on the imax. A different trailer will be on with the other movies with completely different cenes to the nine minute one.
I was going to book for the hobbit yesterday in Melbourne but found out they were not going to have the nine minutes of Star Trek so i tried Sydney figuring i could fly up and see it there but no luck.
The reasoning according to their sites is something to do with Sydney and Melbourne using film but the trailer being digital. Apparently they can only squeeze on 165 minutes of film and the hobbit takes up the entire amount.
Not sure if that means that other imax theaters use digital projection, i wasn’t aware of that.
So feeling pretty gutted along with my other fellow Aussie trekkies.
Meanwhile i need to start thinking about dusting off the old Spock ears for May. It’s been so long i may need to check them for mold.
@21 Is Sydney Imax really bigger than Melbourne? That’s no good.
“The Lebanese Cinema Movie Guide is reporting that the Trek trailer will *not* be in front of The Hobbit (regular version), but that trailers for The Wolverine and Man of Steel would instead be shown ahead of that movie.
The site also claims that the trailer for Star Trek into Darkness will appear at an earlier date online.”
Any word if this is true and, if so, when the regular trailer will be released? If so, we’re talking any day now!
It’s been mentioned many times that the 9-minute sneak-peek is only at certain IMAX showings. There’s a list of theaters showing it somewhere online, but I can’t seem to find it again.
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Press Release
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WORLD PREMIERE EXTENDED PREVIEW OF J. J. ABRAMS’ “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” TO DEBUT IN IMAX 3D ON DECEMBER 14th
The first 9-minutes FROM THE ANTICIPATED SEQUEL WILL BE RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY IN DIGITAL IMAX 3D THEATRES WORLDWIDE
HOLLYWOOD, CA (November 14, 2012) – Paramount Pictures will release the first 9 minutes from J.J. Abrams’ eagerly-awaited “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” exclusively in IMAX 3D months prior to the film’s official release in May 2013. This first-look at the movie will play in approximately 500 digital IMAX 3D theatres beginning December 14th.
“STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS,” the sequel to Abrams’ 2009 hit film that redefined the Star Trek universe for a new generation, marks the first time exclusive footage has played in IMAX 3D and only the third time a first-look will be released in IMAX.
“Our longtime partners J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and the Bad Robot team have really hit it out of the park – the footage is absolutely incredible,” said Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “Their use of the IMAX® Camera and canvas is sure to impress current and future Star Trek fans alike, and we’re thrilled to once again work with our friends at Paramount Pictures to offer this extended ‘first look’ at this highly anticipated summer blockbuster.”
To further the IMAX experience, “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” used IMAX cameras to capture several sequences. Exclusively in IMAX theaters, sequences filmed with the extremely high-resolution cameras will expand to fill more of the screen with unprecedented crispness and clarity, putting moviegoers right into the explosive action and vast scope of the film.
“STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” is written by Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and directed by J.J. Abrams. Abrams is producing with Bryan Burk through Bad Robot Productions, along with Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci.
A friend and I were discussing this, and then (jokingly) realized the first 8 minutes will be credits and then there’s going to be an establishing shot of Earth and that will end the 9 minutes.
:)
I’m guessing the first nine minutes will be some kind of flashback/establishing sequence for the movie’s villian…probably just short of revealing who is is. I wouldn’t be surprised if NONE of the main crew is featured in that nine minutes.
That’s all well and good, but there’s a far smaller amount of IMAX screens around the world than ‘smaller’ ones, and far less audiences have access to one. I’m still disappointed that J.J. hasn’t filmed this sequel in ‘proper’ 3D, and has lazily plumped for an inferior ‘conversion’ method.
40. We might see Kirk in those nine minutes.
Remember , he has a score to settle .
We might find out more about that.
They should show it on ALL the showings of the Hobbit. Some people CANNOT AFFORD IMAX.
Where is the fairness?
-Not pleased with that decision
H’m… the Japanese article says that Cumberbatch’s character is “a character that is clearly of good and evil “about making [a] role also with humor” and so ruthless…”
No name was given to the character, but apparently Japan has gotten to see that 9-minute preview first. But they don’t get the movie itself until September of next year.
I thought that what the Lebanese Cinema Movie Guide article had been debunked and that the trailer will precede Hobbit screenings.
Anthony?
MIND-BLOWING 3D IMAX LENS FLARES!
can’t wait.
so star trek is just looks… sad.
Off Topic, but I thought this might be worth a mention for those looking forward to further ‘TNG’ blu-ray seasons – although I like to regard it as an ‘alternate timeline’ to ‘TOS’ along with certain other ‘Trek’ spin-offs, I was certainly impressed with the efforts on the blu-ray remastering of it.
But unfortunately, it seems to be turning into an unneccessarily, rushed mixed-bag just like the ‘TOS’ remastering project was. See http://www.darkhorizons.com for the article on why this is.
@47 What are you talking about?