On Tuesday night Star Trek Into Darkness had its first gala premiere in Sydney, Australia. Director JJ Abrams was there with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Karl Urban. And we have over a dozen photos from the event to share plus some new publicity photos from Australia, so check those out below. [UPDATED: Added video of the red carpet]
Star Trek Into Darkness will be the ninth film in the franchise with a Doohan on board the Enterprise. Once again Chris Doohan (son of James Doohan) has a role, playing a trasnporter officer. In an exclusive interview with TrekMovie.com, Chris talks about returning for Into Darkness and more.
Paramount has released the first full clip from Star Trek Into Darkness. It shows a scene that you would recognize if you saw the 9-minute IMAX preview in December, featuring the USS Enterprise bridge (in some interesting official Starfleet outfits) crew trying to help out a friend. Watch it below. Obviously being a clip it contains spoilers. [UPDATED: Now with YouTube version]
Star Trek Into Darkness director JJ Abrams along with actors Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban are getting ready for the Sydney, Australia premiere on Tuesday. Today they did some posing to promote the movie. Check out those photos below plus a note on TrekMovie’s policy regarding spoilers following the premiere.
One of the cool special features on the Season 3 Star Trek: The Next Generation Blu-ray (out next week) is an "Inside The Writers Room" chat with Ron Moore, Brannon Braga, Naren Shankar and Rene Echevarria – moderated by Family Guy creator (and huge Trek fan) Seth MacFarlane.
The new Star Trek Video Game is due in just two days. TrekMovie sat down with Paramount producer Brian Miller for an exclusive talk about the game and the future of Star Trek gaming. Read the full interview below plus we share some more game play and behind the scenes video for the game..
There is another great ‘homemade’ Star Trek Into Darkness trailer making the rounds of the interweb. This time some folks recreated the second domestic teaser trailer. Check out the no-budget Star Trek trailer below.
It is time to catch up on some of the new 2013 Trek novels so today we have two reviews of novels from the original Star Trek series universe: Tony Daniel”s "Devil’s Bargain" and David R. George III’s "Allegiance In Exile."
A new domestic Star Trek Into Darkness television commercial is now avaialble. You can watch that below plus see analysis of the new bits images and dialog from the commercial.
Yesterday TrekMovie reported on the new International "Message From John Harrison" viral video. The English version (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) is now available. You can watch that below and also check out a new Star Trek Into Darkness image of Harrison and tour hi-res images of the bridge of the USS Enterprise. [UPDATED: Country-lock free version of ‘Message’ video]
Earlier this week TrekMovie reported on Star Trek Into Darkness ticket sales for the evening of Thursday May 16th in North America. Now tickets for the official opening weekend are also available. In addition there is a new contest giving away 30,000 tickets. Get the details below.
Star Trek: The Video Game comes out next week. I have had a chance to play with the game a little and give you first impressions of the game below, along with four game play videos. Plus there is a new making-of video released by Paramount showing the new Star Trek doing their voice work for the game.
Star Trek Into Darkness baddie John Harrison has a message for Kirk – in the form of a new viral promotional video. Unfortunately for English speaking Trekkies the promotional video only comes in various international languages–likely due to the movie opening in some places before USA. You can watch the special message (and get the translation) below. [UPDATE: English version available in Australia and NZ only]
Paramount and Acer Computers have announced a co-marketing partnership for Star Trek Into Darkness. The new "explore beyond limits" campaign includes TV commercials, print and outdoor advertising, a special website and more. See below for more info and to watch 2 TV commercials.
There are a couple of new Star Trek themed viral videos to share today. First up is "Star Trek Into Dumbness" a live-action parody for a mission of some hapless redshirts. Then there is "Star Trek – Bad Days" – an animated parody of a bad day for the new Star Trek crew.
Tickets for Star Trek Into Darkness showings in the US for Thursday May 16th are now available – including some double-features with the 2009 movie. More info below plus check out the new Mazda/Into Darkness TV commercial and some cool new theater displays in Europe.
Today marks another big milestone for Star Trek Into Darkness. 11 months, 1 week and 2 days after wrapping principal photography, director JJ Abrams has finished the new Trek feature. See below for more details on the wrapping up of the movie along with looks back at the road to get here and the road ahead.
Last night we reported on footage from Star Trek Into Darkness from CinemaCon 2013 in Las Vegas. We now have video of Damon Lindelof, Chris Pine, Alice Eve, Zachary Quinto and John Cho talking about the movie before they showed the footage. Watch that below plus some interview clips with the group.
The new domestic theatrical trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness is now online. There are tons of goodies to see so once again TrekMovie takes a deep dive with a shot-by-shot analysis. Check it all out below, but beware of Spoilers.
The new domestic theatrical trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness has been released only at Apple trailers. This is the fifth and final trailer for the movie and you can watch it now below.
Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto were interviewed at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards and the pair talked about how they are relieved that Star Trek Into Darkness is almost here and they wont have to "lie" anymore about the movie. Watch the interview below plus check out the Kirk character poster in HD.
Today some of the cast and crew of Star Trek Into Darkness were at the industry tradeshow Cinemacon to show off a couple of extended sequences from the movie. TrekMovie has a report with details from the event. See below but beware of spoilers.
Two weeks ago TrekMovie took a closer look at an ‘other Starship’ from Star Trek Into Darkness. Last night MTV showed a clip from the movie that included a tiny bit of new footage that revealed more detail of the ship crashing into San Francisco Bay. So today we re-analyze the analysis. Take a deep dive below.
The third character poster has been revealed officially today and it is of Benedict Cumberbatch’s John Harrison. We also have a look at tomorrow’s poster of Kirk. Plus Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto talk about the ‘cruel’ challenges in Star Trek Into Darkness. All that plus a new pic too below.
Captain’s Log: Stardate 7493.5 – On a survey mission through an uncharted sector of the galaxy, we have picked a radio transmission from an unexplored sun system. This is how the newspaper adventures of the Enterprise began, back in December 1979. Most Trekkies aren’t familiar with these comics, but that’s ok, because IDW’s Library of American Comics can help. More after the break.
Speaking at the concert performances of "Star Trek Live" in Lucerne, Switzerland over the weekend, composer Michael Giacchino has talked in detail about his score for Star Trek Into Darkness including giving insights into the characters of the film. We have all the details below plus a short clip of music from this Star Trek Into Darkness score which was preformed at the event and an a bonus interview too! Beware of minor spoilers. [UPDATE: Added longer clip from STID]
In addition to debuting a new TV Spot during the MTV Movie Awards, Paramount sent stars Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto to present an award – and they came to the stage in a very dramatic fashion. We have pictures from the show and videos of them presenting. Plus red carpet photos as well.
UPDATED: As TrekMovie first reported earlier this week, a new Star Trek Into Darkness TV spot airs tonight during the MTV Movie Awards. And MTV has put the ad online early so you can watch it now. There are some new bits in it. Check it out below plus some analysis (with spoilers).
Today the second new character poster for Star Trek Into Darkness was released – this time with Mr. Spock. Check that out below plus find out why Alice Eve will "never forgive" Zachary Quinto after an embarrassing moment on the set. Also a reminder to watch the MTV movie Awards tonight for a new TV spot.
There are three new images of Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain from Star Trek Into Darkness to share. Plus in a new interview Cumberbatch talks about John Harrison’s motivation. Get the details below but beware of spoilers.