Today brings news for two Star Trek 2009 actors and comic book movie adaptation. First up there is another one of those Star Trek movie actor rumors, this time it is Karl Urban as the new Judge Dredd. Plus there is a new image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Check it all out below .
Earlier this week TrekMovie had the exclusive news about the new Khan comic coming in October. Today IDW sent out their full October solicitations, which includes the "Khan To Rule In Hell" comic, "Captain’s Log Jellico" comic and trade collections for "McCoy Frontier Doctor" and the "Star Trek Movie Adaptation." See below for more details and all the covers.
Is the Klingon invasion real? A few days ago we reported that a sculpture on a mountain bike trail in Scotland warned of the Empire taking over Earth. And yesterday the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System claimed that they have "met the demands" of a Klingon invasion force and replaced all the signage at one of their trolley stations for signs in Klingon. Check out video and photo below.
As reported yesterday, the Ensign Sue Must Die webcomic will now be a regular feature here at TrekMovie.com And today there is a brand new strip, where we get to see the Mirror Sue. Check it out below.
Is it possible to find love at a Star Trek convention? Well one Trekkie made a love connection at a recent con in San Francisco, but then lost contact. He and a friend have made a short film to help him reconnect with his Trekkie dream girl. Check it out below.
The Award Ceremony for Canada’s fourth annual Constellation Awards was held over the weekend. The 2009 Star Trek movie went in with five nominations in four categories and took home three awards, including best Film. More details below.
Last week TrekMovie featured an article on the new Star Trek 2009 movie-themed parody webcomic "Ensign Sue Must Die". We like Ensign Sue so much here at TrekMovie that we decided to make it a regular feature, and so in partnership with Ensign Sue creators Clare Mosley and Kevin Bolk, we present the latest strip below.
Star Trek’s original Kirk attended the London Comic Con over the weekend and in between autograph signings yesterday he did a Q&A to a group of around 500 enthusiastic fans. His talked included some interesting details on his new "The Captain" documentary as well as some discussion of Star Trek V. Details below.
It looks like Simon Pegg, Star Trek’s new Scotty, is going to appear in another JJ Abrams produced movie. According to a new report, Pegg is in talks to to appear in Mission: Impossible IV, reprising his role from Mission: Impossible III.
It is time for a new ShatWatch. Star Trek’s William Shatner has spent the weekend at the London Comic Con and we have pix of Bill from the event. We also have some recently uploaded Shatner videos, including the Banff Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony, a recent con where he talks about De Kelley and his pitch for wild salmon. All that plus Nicholas Cage talking about how Bill is a ‘Great Man’.
There is no Star Trek panel from Paramount this year (as the next movie is two years away) but Star Trek will have a presence at Comic Con, most notably with a number of Star Trek licensees on the show floor, some of whom will have new Star Trek products and exclusives in San Diego. See below for a breakdown.
GenkiWear’s new Star Trek fragrance is: SULU Pour Homme. Next week they will be selling a limited selection of the Sulu cologne at San Diego Comic Con in special packaging. However, for just today, Genki are selling making a limited number at their site. Details below.
Tonight Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton will be seen in a family TV movie with a sci-fi theme "The Jensen Project", on NBC. The film is actually a ‘back door pilot’ that could result in a series. We have a preview and commentary from Burton below to get you started.
Today Zoe Saldana proved that Zachary Quinto isn’t the only new Star Trek crewperson who can do the viral comedy video thing. Star Trek’s new Uhura co-stars along with Kate Bosworth in a new Funny or Die video titled "Idiots". Check it out below
The images of the day are in amazing 8-bit resolution with some pixel art of our favorite Star Trek characters from the original Star Trek series and the Next Generation. Check em out the pixelated crews of the Starship Enterprise below.
Today Atari has launched a new web mini game Star Trek Online Architect, which allows fans to create their own starships and share them with others. The mini-game also includes an Intel-sponsored contest where you can win a full-sized captains chair. More details below.
The popular fan series Star Trek Phase II is currently in post production on their prequel flashback episode "Origins". Today they released an early version of opening teaser for the episode, where you can see a young James T. Kirk facing the famed Kobayashi Maru test at Starfleet Academy. Check it out below.
If you are looking for something to do in the Indianapolis area this weekend, you may want to take in some culture with the original Sulu. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will be performing a concert of music from Sci-Fi TV and movies (including Star Trek), with special guest George Takei who will be proving a "dramatic narration"…oh my. More details below.
A new mashup from a regular popular masher is going viral this week. “Data’s Achievements” showcases some of questionable art from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s favorite android Data. Check it out below.
Proving that he is the hardest working man in show business, we have a second press release today related to Star Trek’s William Shatner. The Bio Channel has released details on their second Shatner show, Aftermath, which has Bill taking a look into the famous and infamous in the ‘aftermath’ of coming to notice. The show is coming in August, more details below
William Shatner is headed to San Diego Comic Con. He will be participating in the ‘Tweet House’ event being held on the USS Midway where he will be conducing live web interviews. More details on the event below.
Star Trek’s original Kirk, William Shatner is currently in New York to interview Star Trek Voyager’s Kate Mulgrew for his upcoming The Captains documentary. And a few minutes ago Shatner just sent out an unusual picture via Twitter of himself on the streets of New York, check it out below.
As we reported earlier, this weekend marked the premiere of Trek in the Park and their live performance of "Space Seed" in Portland. We have video and pictures, plus news of another outdoor Star Trek performance of "The Naked Time" coming to Seattle.
Star Trek’s Chris Pine is spending the summer on the stage in LA, but it looks like he is gearing up to get back to being a movie star as the next Jack Ryan. A new interview with the producer of the next Jack Ryan movie has revealed that Pine could be doing that role right before returning to the USS Enterprise.
The Friday schedule for San Diego Comic Con 2010 has been released and a number of Star Trek luminaries will be on panels, including Zachary Quinto, Bruce Greenwood, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman. See below for the Trek celebs on Friday’s schedule.
Today we share a video from a Swedish composer who has composed a piece of music and put together a very nice video that is his tribute to the Star Trek saga, tying together the original and the new Star Trek.
The Thursday schedule for this year’s San Diego Comic Con has been released and it includes a number of panels that could be of interest to Trekkies, especially an Entertainment Weekly hosted discussion with geek gods Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams. See below for details on that and other Trek related panels and guests for Thursday.
This summer brings yet another opportunity to buy a piece of Star Trek history. The Heritage Auction Gallery is holding an auction next week which includes a number of Star Trek movie costumes, including Admiral Kirk’s jacket from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. More details below.
If you have ever had the pleasure to see original Star Trek icons Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner together at a Trek convention you may have heard the infamous bike stealing story. A fun video of a telling of the story from a con from the past has gone viral and is worth checking out, watch it below.
Back in January Star Trek’s new Uhura, Zoe Saldana, was announced as the new face of Avon. And today, Calvin Klein announced that Saldana is going to be featured in a global campaign for Calvin Klein Underwear. Check out a first look below.