Stewart Talks Transformation From Stage To Trek And Back Again May 7, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: TNG , 30 comments
Patrick Stewart was on PBS’ Charlie Rose Show on Monday and the half hour segment mostly focused on his role in Macbeth on Broadway, but he also talked a bit on Trek and how it changed his life as well as his approach to acting.
See full video interview below.
Library Computer: Summer Trek Book Preview + Shatner Book Signings May 5, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Books, DS9, Shatner, TNG, TOS , 23 comments
Pocket Books has a lot of Summer Trek reading for you lined up with five books coming out between June and August. TrekMovie.com has a full rundown on these, including some exclusive covers. Plus William Shatner’s new autobiography comes out in a week and we have info on his upcoming book signings and promo appearances.
Stewart Talks Trek, Success, American Dad and more
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: TNG , 30 comments
Partrick Stewart (aka TNG’s Capt. Jean Luc Picard) is still playing to rave reviews for Macbeth on Broadway. In a new interview promoting the show with Broaway.com, the actor also got around to talking about his time with Next Gen saying it ‘was a quality project.’ He also talked about how he and his former TNG cast mates ended up singing together, and more…see below.
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TNG Headed To Sci-Fi Channel [UPDATED] May 4, 2008
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Paramount, TNG , 92 comments
After being recently pulled from both the Spike TV and G4 schedules, reruns of the Star Trek The Next Generation were off the air for the first time in years, but that is about to change. The SCI FI Channel, which currently airs Star Trek Enterprise, is now the new cable home for Star Trek: The Next Generation . TNG is as part of a newly announced package deal between SCI FI and CBS, but is the only Trek series named.
TrekInk: Review ST:NF#2 + News On Comics DVD May 1, 2008
by Alex Fletcher , Filed under: Comics, Review, TNG , 16 comments
This week we have a review of the second New Frontier comic from Peter David, where he continues the story of the stolen prototype timeship. Plus, we have news on a new DVD, coming out later this year, that will have digitized versions of every Trek comic from 1967-2002. And IDW are branching out from Trek into Trek parody with their new Galaxy Quest comics!
Review: Brent Spiner’s Dreamland + Interview + Signed CD Giveaway April 27, 2008
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Music, Review, TNG , 30 comments 
Dream On Spiner Fans — Brent Spiner’s newest CD, Dreamland, was released on March 11th, to much deserved acclaimed. There are many words that could describe Dreamland, yet, like dreams, the most appropriate is pastiche. Trekmovie.com talks with Spiner about the CD and provides a look at this unique musical journey of the imagination.
FedCon: TNG Stars Hit Germany + Burton Hopes For TNG Movie April 23, 2008
by Markus Kettner , Filed under: Conventions/Events, DS9, Star Trek (2009 film), TNG , 123 comments
FedCon, Europe’s biggest Star Trek and Sci Fi convention took place over the last weekend in Bonn, Germany and over 5000 EuroFans came out to see the sci-fi stars. Among the many guests were TNG stars Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis and John de Lancie. Of particular interest were comments from Burton about hopes for another TNG move.
Jonathan Frakes Visited Star Trek Set April 20, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film), TNG , 71 comments
As reported before, John Cho (Sulu in the new Star Trek) is out promoting his new Harold and Kumar comedy, and usually saying the same stuff about Trek, but he did drop a new factoid in an interview with Canda’s Jam Movies. Apparently Jonathan Frakes (TNG’s Riker and director of two TNG films) came by the set for a visit.
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Ron Moore Developing New Sci-Fi Show For Fox April 14, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: DS9, Sci-Fi, TNG , 131 comments
Star Trek veteran writer/producer (and Battlestar Galactica co-creator) Ron Moore may be bringing space-based science fiction back to network TV. According to the trades Fox has greenlit Virtuality, a two hour ‘back-door pilot’ written by Ron Moore (and fellow Trek vet Michael Taylor). The show is set on a space ship equipped with a virtual reality system (cough, Holodeck, cough).
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Grand Slam XVI: Spiner On Dreamland, Typecasting, Nemesis + Interview April 13, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events, TNG , 90 comments
Brent Spiner, Star Trek The Next Generations’ Data, took the stage Saturday at Creation’s Sci-Fi Grand Slam and entertained the large crowd with jokes and stories from his career in and out of Trek. He talked a lot about his new CD Dreamland, and also covered typecasting and gave his assessment of the TNG era films. See below for pics, quotes and also an exclusive video interview.
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Library Computer: “Making of Yesterday’s Enterprise” Review + Interview April 8, 2008
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Books, TNG , 83 comments
This week Library Computer takes a look at a number of ‘making of’ books for specific Star Trek episodes, including a review of the latest one about making the classic TNG episode "Yesterday’s Enterprise." We also have an interview with the author Eric Stillwell (who co-wrote the story for the episode) where he discusses both the episode and his time working on the TNG staff.
Stewart Opens On Broadway + Talks A Little Trek
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TNG , 53 comments
Tonight Patrick Stewart opens on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre for a seven week run of MacBeth. Rupert Goold’s Stalinist interpretation of the Shakespeare classic originated with Stewart on the London stage in 2007. In a new interview promoting the show, Stewart also talked a little Trek and how Jean Luc Picard influences his MacBeth.
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Happy First Contact Day April 5, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: TNG, Trek Franchise , 210 comments
According to Star Trek future history, on April 5th, 2063 Dr. Zefram Cochrane became the first man to break the warp barrier (with a little help from the crew of the NCC-1701E) and garnered the attention of some Vulcans in the neighborhood…sparking the ‘first contact’ between humans and aliens…and the beginnings of the United Federation of Planets and all that came with it.
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Patrick Stewart Defends Trekkies April 2, 2008
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: TNG , 94 commentsBack in February we reported that Patrick Stewart (TNG’s Capt. Picard) had to ask fans not to come to his plays dressed in Starfleet uniforms. In a new interview with Newsweek, however, the actor gets a bit testy (much like Simon Pegg did recently) and shows his love for Trekkies, assuring that we are not, as Newsweek calls us, “weird.” He still doesn’t like those damn uniforms, though.
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Moore: Star Trek Had Too Much Continuity March 24, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: DS9, Star Trek (2009 film), TNG , 258 commentsLast week Ron Moore talked about his visit to the new Star Trek set and today there is more at Sci-Fi Wire. The TNG/DS9 vet writer/producer says after seeing Trek at Paramount again, “all that kind of really hardcore, Trekkie geek stuff came flying back.” Moore (who has not read the Trek script, but has experience rebooting the Battlestar franchise) opined on Abrams’ plan to bring Trek back.
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Moore: No Trek-like Films For BSG - But Yes For TV Prequel March 18, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Sci-Fi, TNG , 128 comments
Today brings lots of news on the future of Trek vet Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica franchise. The BSG co-creator tells The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t expect the show to follow in the footsteps of Trek to the big screen. However, the show will be finally getting the TV prequel announced two years, ago as Sci-Fi have given the greenlight fo the pilot of Moore’s Caprica.
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Burton and Nichols Compare Baird To Abrams March 3, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Feature Films (TMP-NEM), Star Trek (2009 film), TNG, TOS , 207 comments
The last director to go to the final frontier was Stuart Baird for Star Trek Nemesis. Baird (who is an Oscar nominated editor) only got the Trek gig as payback for help he provided re-cutting Paramount’s M:I:II and Tomb Raider movies. After Nemesis bombed, the TNG cast have made no secret about how they feel about their final director. The latest example is in a new SciFi Pulse interview with LeVar Burton and TOS star Nichelle Nichols.
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Stewart On New Movie, Shatner and His Trek Warehouse February 16, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TNG , 134 comments
This week Patrick Stewart hit the new York Stage in the title role of “Macbeth” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In a couple of new interviews the actor talked about the show and of course a bit about Star Trek. Stewart said that he would consider playing Picard again, talked about his friendship with William Shatner, how he is glad to be back on the stage and even about his Trek collection. See below
IDW Announce 5 New Comic Series + Plan on Movie Tie-In December 27, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Comics, Star Trek (2009 film), TNG, TOS , 47 comments
More TOS & TNG + New Frontier, Mirror Universe & Gary Seven!
In 2007 IDW ended a six year drought in Star Trek comic books. Last week IDW announced a new TNG comic series to debut in January and today the company announced an aggressive slate of four additional series to premiere over the following 5 months. These include a TOS ‘Year 4′ series written by D.C. Fontana, a New Frontier series written by Peter David, a Gary Seven ‘Assignment Earth’ series by comic legend John Byrne plus a series set in the mirror universe. There are also plans afoot for an adaptation for the new Star Trek movie later in the year.
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