Patrick Stewart to Guest Voice on Futurama Tonight + LeVar Burton Supports Seth MacFarlane to Bring Back Trek to TV August 29, 2012
by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Celebrity,Rumor,Trek Franchise,Trek on TV , comments closed
In two pieces of animated news, Patrick Stewart will lend his voice to the hit animated series Futurama in an hour long midseason finale episode set to air tonight (Aug 29). Plus, LeVar Burton replies to rumors about Seth MacFarlane bringing Trek back to TV saying at Fan Expo that he would support MacFarlane to do the job right.
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Portland’s Trek In The Park Takes On Journey To Babel [Video] August 12, 2012
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions,Fan Productions,TOS , comments closed
Once again residents of Portlandia have a chance to spend their weekends in a park and watch live Star Trek. This year Atomic Arts is taking their "Journey to Babel." Watch a video report below.
STLV12 Friday Recap: Behr, Livingston, Keating, Trinneer, Muldaur, Guest Stars + more
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,Conventions/Events/Attractions,Trek on TV , comments closed
On Friday at the Vegas con fans got a great mix with very interesting behind the scenes panels with writer/producer Ira Steven Behr and producer/director David Livingston, along with fun celebrity panels, including a joint panel with the Enterprise pair of Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer, plus Diana Muldaur, and a giant panel of guest stars from various Star Trek series. See below for more details and photos.
Complete 15-disc Star Trek TOS Soundtrack Collection Coming This Fall From La-La Land + DS9 Set In The Works August 10, 2012
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Music,TOS , comments closed
Tonight during the "Renaissance of Star Trek Music" panel at the Las Vegas convention, the guys from La-La Land Records announced they are developing a 15-CD complete box set of the music from the original Star Trek series. More details on this exciting new set below, including a special video they made to announce the set. We also have a little bit of details on a DS9 La-La Land is also working on.
Viral Video: Call Me Maybe: The Next Generation
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: TNG,Viral Video/Mashup/Images , comments closed
A new video going viral this week is a version of the Carly Rae Jepsen’s pop hit "Call Me Maybe" made entirely of snippets from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Watch it below.
Roddenberry Launches Podcast Series To Explore Themes Of Every Star Trek Episode
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: History,Trek on TV,Web , comments closed
Coinciding with the Las Vegas con , Rod Roddenberry (son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) has launched a new podcast. Each episode of the new "Mission Log" series will examine a different episode of Star Trek, with the first looking at the pilot ("The Cage"). More info below.
Watch: Patrick Stewart Scalping Olympic Tickets With Simon Pegg In Funnny or Die Video August 9, 2012
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,ST09 Cast,TNG,Viral Video/Mashup/Images , comments closed
The only Star Trek TV captain not appearing at this week’s Star Trek con in Las Vegas is Patrick Stewart. And now we know why. It appears that Mr. Stewart is too busy in London making big money as an Olympics tickets scalper (or touter as they say across the pond). Watch the new Funny or Die video with Sir Patrick below, which also feature’s Star Trek’s Simon Pegg.
Watch William Shatner Throw The First Pitch For Dodgers Star Trek Night August 8, 2012
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,Conventions/Events/Attractions,Shatner , comments closed
Over the weekend the LA Dodgers held a "Star Trek Night" and part of the festivities included William Shatner throwing out the first pitch. Watch video of the original Captain Kirk’s time on the mound below, along with video of the fireworks show set to Star Trek music.
Star Trek: Infinite Space Game Officially Cancelled
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: DS9,Games , comments closed
The list of cancelled Star Trek video games just got longer. The German publisher Gameforge has made official what has been clear since last fall, their browser game Star Trek: Infinite Space is dead. The company is citing problems finding a partner. More details below.
Michael Dorn Looking To Fans To Fund Romantic Comedy With Star Trek Actors August 7, 2012
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity,DS9,TNG , comments closed
In May TrekMovie broke the news that Michael Dorn, Star Trek’s Worf, was planning to launch a production company and Kickstarter campaign to help fund a romantic comedy starring other Trek actors including his TNG co-star Marina Sirtis. Now Dorn has launched the campaign and announced his cast. You can watch his intro video and get more details blow.
Moonves Commits To Extend CBS/Netflix Streaming Deal + Says ‘Good To Have Star Trek’ August 6, 2012
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: CBS/Paramount,Trek on TV,Web , comments closed
Back when Star Trek: Enterprise was cancelled seven years ago there was much discussion and speculation that the franchise had lost support at the corporate level of CBS/Paramount, especially with CBS CEO Les Moonves. But now the man who runs the company that owns Star Trek is singing a different tune, telling investors that the franchise is working "exceedingly well" as part of the CBS portfolio for online streaming. Find out what he had to say about Trek below.
CBS & QMx Making Groovy Retro Star Trek Posters For Every TOS Episode
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Art,TOS , comments closed
Replica maker QMx is venturing into are of cool Star Trek prints and also moving into creating items for the original series, with their announcement of a series of prints themed around TOS episodes. They have announced a new series of episode posters for TOS, revealing the first four to be released. Eventually they will release posters for all the episodes. More details below.
Watch: Wil Wheaton & William Shatner’s Dueling Narrations For NASA’s New Mars Rover July 30, 2012
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,Science/Technology,Shatner,TNG,Viral Video/Mashup/Images , comments closed
Once again NASA looks to Star Trek to help tell their story. Today the space agency released two versions of a video about the Curiosity Rover (aka Mars Science Laboratory) which is scheduled to touch down on the surface of Mars next week. And to satisfy fans of different generations one version of the video is narrated by original Star Trek star William Shatner and the other has Next Generation’s Wil Wheaton. Watch both below.
CBS Offering Free Replacement Blu-ray Discs To Fix Star Trek: TNG Surround Sound Problem
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: CBS/Paramount,DVD/Blu-ray,TNG,TNG Remastered , comments closed
Since the release of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray last week there have been a number of fan complaints about audio issues related to the surround sound track on some of the episodes. Today CBS has officially acknowledged the issue and offered to provide replace discs free of charge. More info in the official statement from CBS below.
Watch: LeVar Burton’s Star Trek TNG Event Q&A + Responds To ‘Jheri Curl Geordi’ Viral Image July 28, 2012
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,Conventions/Events/Attractions,History,TNG,TNG Remastered , comments closed
Earlier this week in our review of the Star Trek: The Next Generation theater events we also reported that TNG actor LeVar Burton surprised fans at the Times Square theater screening in New York. Video of Burton’s Q&A with the fans. Burton also tried to clarify that an image from the set that has gone viral is not him.
Review: William Shatner’s ‘Get A Life!’ Documentary
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions,Fandom,History,Shatner,Trek Franchise , comments closed
William Shatner’s new documentary "Get A Life!" premiers tonight on the Epix channel. For the second year in a row Bill explores Star Trek, but this time he turns his focus to the fans. Find out how it all turns out in the TrekMovie review below.
Bakula & Sirits Joke About Getting Into Next Star Trek Movie July 27, 2012
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity,ENT,Star Trek Into Darkness,TNG , comments closed
Also showing up at the Saturn Awards was Star Trek alums Scott Bakula from Enterprise and Marina Sirtis from Next Generation. Both were asked about the new JJ Abrams Star Trek films and (of course) both said they would love to be part of the new feature films. Sirits also took issue with one element of the 2009 movie. Excerpts below.
Exclusive Clip From William Shatner’s Get A Life! Doc + Free Epix ‘Star Trek Celebration’ On XBox Live July 25, 2012
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fandom,Shatner,Trek Franchise , comments closed
On Saturday William Shatner’s new documentary "Get A Life!" premiers on Epix. For his latest doc, Bill dives deep into Star Trek fandom to find out why Trek fans do what they do and today we have an exclusive clip from the doc to show some of Bill’s research. We also have details on how XBox 360 owners will be able to see all 11 Star Trek movies via Epix this weekend too.
Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation Theater Event + LeVar Burton Defends Wil Wheaton At NYC Event July 24, 2012
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions,DVD/Blu-ray,TNG,TNG Remastered , comments closed
Last night CBS and Fathom Entertainment held special one night only theater screenings of two episodes from the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This celebration of the 25th anniversary of the show was also a way to promote today’s release of the first season of the show on Blu-ray. TrekMovie’s John Tenuto share’s his thoughts on the event with a recap and review, including some tidbits shown that aren’t on the S1 release. Also find out what LeVar Burton had to say about Wesley when he attended the NYC screening.
TrekInk Comics Review: Tribbles, TARDIS and Borg, oh my!
by Mark Martinez , Filed under: Comics,Review,Star Trek (2009 film),TNG,TOS , comments closed
Cyborgs, furry beasts, and past encounters of the crossover kind are the order of the day in the third issue of Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who – Assimilation2 and the beginning of a new story arc in the ongoing series, Star Trek #11, from IDW Publishing. Spoilers and a roundup of recent Star Trek comics after the break.
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