8 Years Ago “Star Trek” Restarted A Franchise
TrekMovie looks back on the 8th anniversary of J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie, which rebooted, restarted, re-imagined and revived a franchise.
Articles by Anthony Pascale
Moonves: Couple Of Star Trek Discovery Episodes “In The Can” – Expects Younger Demo
The CEO of CBS talks up Star Trek: Discovery with investors, giving details on production and demographic expectations. He also announced a combined CBS All Access/Showtime package.
Star Trek Discovery Back On For Fall; CBS CEO Talks Netflix Importance
CEO Les Moonves discusses how Star Trek: Discovery and CBS All Access fit together, and how Netflix is making the show bigger and better.
“Star Trek: Discovery” Spared Interruption As WGA Strike Averted
A last-minute deal has been struck between the studios and the WGA, so Star Trek: Discovery’s writers can continue working on scripts for the show.
Zachary Quinto: ‘No Guarantees’ For Another Star Trek Film
Zachary Quinto talks about the status on the next Star Trek feature film, including what he knows about a script.
No, Michael Dorn Is Not Set To Appear In “Star Trek: Discovery,” But There Were Discussions [UPDATED]
We can debunk a rumor sweeping the web about the Worf actor’s return to Star Trek.
INTERVIEW: David Mack Talks “Star Trek: Discovery” And His Tie-In Novel
The bestselling author also talks about his upcoming Star Trek: Titan novel and returning to the Kelvin universe.
INTERVIEW: Author David Mack On How Surveillance State Inspired ‘Star Trek: Section 31: Control’
Through the continuing adventures of Dr. Julian Bashir, David Mack imagines where the spies of today could lead us in the 24th century.
Paramount Hires Jim Gianopulos As New CEO
The fate of the Star Trek film franchise is in new hands.
Viacom CEO Outlines Future Of Paramount Tentpole Releases, Includes Star Trek
While there has been a lot of news about the next Trek TV show (Star Trek: Discovery coming to CBS All Access this fall), news on Paramount’s plans for the next feature film is much more scarce. However, there was a mention about the future of the Trek film franchise by the CEO of Viacom, Paramount’s parent company, at an investor event this week.
CBS Expects “Star Trek: Discovery” To Get All Access To 4 Million Subscribers
Earlier today CBS CEO Les Moonves spoke to investors about the future of the company, including hopes for how Star Trek: Discovery will help meet their goals of growth for the CBS All Access platform.
Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise Crashes During Test – 1 Pilot Killed
Today a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise spaceplane ended in tragedy with a crash in the Mojave desert, with the loss of one of two .
Watch Trailer For Star Trek: Horizon – Fan Film Set In Enterprise Era Romulan War
A Star Trek new fan film has released its first full trailer. "Star Trek Horizon" takes us to Star Trek: Enterprise’s the 22nd century and the Romulan War. Watch the trailer and learn more about the show below.
CBS Launches Subscription Streaming Service Including Every Episode Of Star Trek
Today CBS launched a new subscription service which delivers live TV, full seasons of current programming and full seasons of "CBS Classics," including all five live-action Star Trek TV series. More details below.
Watch First Season Of Cracked’s Star Trek Satire ‘Starship Icarus’
The folks at the Cracked Studios have a brand new comedy webseries which is inspired by Star Trek, taking you to life below decks on "Starship Icarus." The show launched last week and all four episodes of the first season are now online. Watch them below.
Khan’s STII Costume + Frakes Personal Collection + More Star Trek Items Up For Auction This Week
A number of big pieces of Star Trek history are on the block this week and two separate auctions (on two different continents), including Khan’s costume from Star Trek II, Kirk’s costume from Star Trek III, two Riker uniforms (and more from Jonathan Frakes) personal collection, plus original props, scripts and other unique Trek items. More details below.
Sorry Internet, William Shatner Did NOT Confirm A Star Trek 2016 Role Via Twitter
Well the Shatner in Star Trek story hit a new high, or possibly low this afternoon as a two word tweet from the man launched a new wave of (completely wrong) news stories. Details below.
Watch: ‘Steam Trek: The Moving Picture’ (Remastered)
Imagine that Star Trek was not coming up on its 50th anniversary, but its 100th – as if it were born in the silent film era. That is the premise of "Steam Trek," a short film parody shot in the 90s that went viral a few years ago and has now been remastered in HD. Watch it below.
Exclusive: ‘Life of Pi’ Cinematographer Claudio Miranda Tapped For Star Trek 2016 – Film To Shoot Digitally
While the crew seen on screen for the 2016 Star Trek movie will remain the same, there are going to be some changes to the crew behind the camera. TrekMovie can now exclusively report on a couple of key new members of director Roberto Orci’s team. More details below.
Star Trek 2016 To Shoot Primarily In Vancouver – Enterprise Sets To Be Rebuilt
TrekMovie has an exclusive follow-up on yesterday’s news about the Star Trek movie shooting in Seoul. The Korea shoot will be just for a portion of the film, TrekMovie has learned that the studio is planning on shooting principally in Vancouver. More details below.
TrekMovie Is Giving Away A Star Trek Costume Tunic
Today is the first day of October and that means starting to think about your Halloween costume. Well TrekMovie and PureCostumes.com are teaming up to make that decision easy for one Trekkie by giving away a Star Trek costume tunic. Details below.
Shatner Asked To ‘Keep Quiet’ About Star Trek 2016+ Orci Says Role Must Be ‘Worthy’
Over the weekend William Shatner confirmed he had been contacted by JJ Abrams about how there "might" be a role for him in the 2016 Star Trek movie. Today Shatner has revealed that he has been contacted again and told to stop talking about Star Trek. Details on that below, plus how the media is covering Bill’s weekend revelation, and there are some new comments from Orci here at TrekMovie and Bill and Orci are also tweeting to each other.
Great Links: Star Trek meets Storage Wars + Chief O’Brien Comicstrip + Picard Facepalm Cookies + more
The Great Links column is back again with tons of Star Trek in the zeitgeist fun, including showing up in this week’s episode of Star Wars. Watch a clip of that plus learn how to make Picard Facepalm cookies, experience the comicstrip ennui of Chief O’Brien’s boring job, listen to Philly morning drive DJ’s talk Trek, see Klingon Ballerinas (really) and much more.
Watch: 5 Star Trek Sketches From 4 Decades Of Saturday Night Live
Tonight NBC’s Saturday Night Live kicks off their 40th season. Over the years the show has had some fun with another show that began decades ago on NBC – Star Trek. We have compiled 5 Star Trek sketches from over the years starting with a sketch from the first season in 1976 all the way through to 2009. Watch them below.
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Team Building Event Sparks Federal Investigation
Last May some of the people who work for NOAA took the afternoon off for a team building exercise to attend a matinee of Star Trek Into Darkness. The event resulted in a government investigation and (just released) 21-page report. Get the details below.
Watch: Scottish Leader Alex Salmond Warns Of ‘Wrath of Khan’ Voters
Once again politics and Star Trek are intersecting. This time it is the (soon to be former) Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond who thinks those who voted no in last week’s Scottish Independence referendum may have buyer’s remorse akin to a certain genetic superman from the future.
VW Germany Teases Star Trek-themed Campaign Featuring Shatner & Nimoy [UPDATED]
Shatner and Nimoy are teaming up again! Volkswagen Germany is teasing a new Star Trek-themed campaign that will feature both Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. Get more details below. [UPDATED with new video tease from Nimoy]
Orci Drops Out Of Power Rangers Movie To Focus On Star Trek
Roberto Orci is clearing the decks to get ready to focus on his upcoming directorial debut with the next Star Trek movie. More details below.
Exclusive: Roberto Orci To Start Shooting Next Star Trek Movie Feb 2015 – Targeting Summer 2016 Release
Things are heating up with the next Star Trek movie (also referred to by the entertainment media as "Star Trek 3" for being the third movie produced by JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot and to be set in the rebooted Trek universe). TrekMovie has an exclusive update on the status of the next Trek feature along with some (very minor) spoilers about the plot. Get the details below .
TrekMovie Is Giving Away A Star Trek Tee Signed By William Shatner
TrekMovie has another giveaway opportunity, this time a Star Trek Tee shirt signed by the original Captain Kirk, William Shatner. See below on how you can win it.