Last month Gameforge announced their first Star Trek free-to-play browser games will be "Star Trek – Infinite Space” – set in the the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine timeline. And today they released the first trailer, check it out below
A number of Star Trek stars appeared at the Official Pix Fan Days celebration in Plano, TX over the weekend. Below we have video of William Shatner, including him giving details on his upcoming album, plus video of TNG stars Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, and Michael Dorn.
Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk Chris Pine will soon be seen in the new Tony Scott action movie Unstoppable. Pine spoke very briefly about Star Trek and his other upcoming projects at a recent press event promoting the film. Watch that clip below, plus new promotional videos for Unstoppable.
There has been a lot of buzz about the possibility of Klingons appearing in the next Star Trek movie. If they do then Star Trek creature designer Neville Page would likely be involved in bringing them into the new movie universe. Last week Page talked a bit about the prospect, excerpts below.
While many geeks may prefer the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory for their cultural references, the NBC comedy Community, also airing at 8PM on Thursdays, is also full of pop culture, including last night’s episode which dipped into Star Trek. And next week it looks like they will have more Trek fun. Watch the clips below.
One of the surprising cameos in the 2009 Star Trek movie was Tyler Perry as a Starfleet Admiral. In a new video interview, Perry talks about the notion of coming back for the Star Trek sequel, currently being scripted. More below.
Today Sony announced that they have added two Star Trek stars to the voice cast for their upcoming massive multiplayer game DC Universe Online. Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Wil Wheaton will be voicing Robin and TNG’s Dwight Schultz will be voicing The Flash. More details below.
As we recently reported, work on the Star Trek sequel script is finally underway. A new interview with the writing team has some more comments about the process. See excerpts below for what Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are saying about their second Trek.
If you are in Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX areas, then this weekend you have the chance to meet some genuine Star Trek heroes. William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes and more are headed to Star Trek Fan Days in Texas and Leonard Nimoy, Christopher LLoyd and more will be at an official Star Trek con in Chicago. Details below.
Chris Pine’s role as Captain Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek movie has shot the actor into Stardom, landing him a number of other big roles and makes him the subject of a cover story in the new Details. We have excerpts, photos and video below, including Chris talking about how he is thinking of living life like George Clooney, and pondering if he will be hanging with William Shatner.
Over the weekend the Hollywood Xpo convention was held in Universal City and many Trek stars were in attendance, including Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Nichelle Nichols, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Walter Koenig . Below we have video of many of the Trek celeb talks, plus pictures from the event.
The 2010 Spike Scream Awards were taped tonight in Los Angeles. Star Trek sequel co-writer/producer Damon Lindelof was there because Lost was getting a special farewell tribute, and while there talked (and wore) some Star Trek on the red carpet. More details below.
Star Trek’s new Scotty Simon Pegg has just released a new memoir. We have a video below with Pegg talking about his "Nerd Do Well" book, plus more video and clips from Pegg, including talking about getting the role of Scotty, the trailer for his new movie Burke & Hare and more.
This weekend fans of Karl Urban will be able to see him in the action comedy Red. The actor is still out promoting the film, and he continues to talk a bit about Star Trek. Below we have compiled clips and excerpts of Urban talking Trek and more, plus a new trailer for yet another film with Urban coming out later this year.
It has been months since the last new Star Trek novel, but the wait is over in two weeks when Pocket Books kicks off the exciting 24th century cross-over "Typhon Pact" series. Pocket have now released the first chapter for the first novel in the series, "Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game" by David Mack. Read it below
The Film4 channel in the UK is going to the final frontier with their "Star Trek Weekend" movie marathon kicking off on Saturday. They will be showing the first ten Trek feature films. Check out their cool promo and the schedule below.
Star Trek’s George Takei is back on TV this week, this time in a guest spot on the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory. George plays himself alongside Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff, check out the preview below along with George’s latest commercial for Sharp TV.
Today at New York Comic Con, IDW Publishing announced a "first in comic book history" with a multi-title zombie series called "Infestation" that ties together their licensed properties, including Star Trek. We have details below, plus a look at a special NYCC edition of the new Khan series.
The crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation were seen on the big screen in four feature films, but in a new interview Sir Patrick Stewart talks about the fifth and final (and never produced) TNG movie – see excerpts below. We also have links to Patrick’s appearce on The View from today, plus video and images from his new Broadway play A Life In Theatre, opening next week.
It seems that Star Trek celebs doing Funny or Die viral videos is the in thing. This week it is John Cho, Star Trek’s new Sulu, in a satirical PSA about the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Check it out below.
Karl Urban, Star Trek’s new McCoy, has been doing some promotion for his role in the film Red, and he has also talked a bit about the next Star Trek. Excerpts below, plus some new video interviews with Karl promoting Red.
Have you ever had an idea for a cool Star Trek T-shirt? (or mug, hat, or other merchandise?). Well CBS and CafePress have teamed up to allow fans to design and sell their own licensed Star Trek products. Find out more below.
William Shatner is once gracing TV screens with his hit new CBS sitcom $#!* My Dad Says. While out promoting that, Shatner talked to Vanity Fair about various things, and once again talked about the Star Trek sequel. We have excerpts of that, plus a video interview and more from Shatner below.
The ongoing war between Star Wars and Star Trek has been fought between fans for decades. It is also the subject of many mash-up videos, but a new one is particularly well done and has been going viral for the last week. Check it out below.
Issue 29 of the official Star Trek Magazine arrives on newsstands tomorrow (Wednesday). We have a preview with both covers, interior spreads, and excerpts of an interview with Sir Patrick Stewart (taking TNG and Roddenberry politics), plus David Mack revealing Typhon Pact book series details. Check all that out below.
Following in the footsteps of Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana, Star Trek Voyager stars Robert Picardo and Tim Russ have a new Funny or Die video – a sci-fi spy spoof called "Chad and the Alien Toupee". Check that out below, plus some excerpts from an interview where Picardo talks about the Voyager finale and the notion of a Voyager reunion.
Last night the 9th season of the animated FOX comedy Family Guy premiered, and the special 1-hour episode "And Then There Were Fewer" contained a cameo from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Sir Patrick Stewart, as a cat. Watch it below, plus the new National Car Rental commercial featuring Stewart’s voice over.
In October PBS’ Great Performances will air their filmed version of the Broadway production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Sir Patrick Stewart. Check out a video preview and video interview with Stewart below.
Star Trek just had its 44th anniversary, but apparently the show is still able to capture new viewers. Our video of the day is set to Adorable Alert with a 2 year old girl dancing and singing to the original theme for Star Trek. And if you have a Star Trek toddler, we have a link to the perfect outfit.
We are now in the second round of the "will William Shatner be in the new Star Trek movie" saga. Bill is out promoting his new CBS sitcom $#!* My Dad Says and the actor is again being asked about the next Trek. In today’s excerpt we have Bill joking about getting sushi with JJ Abrams. Excerpts below, plus some new video previews of Bill’s sitcom and Bill singing for Canadian Genie special.