Some of Star Trek 2009’s stars have been generating buzz at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah over the last few days. Anton Yelchin is talking about the ridiculously happy Chekov and getting good reviews for his role in Like Crazy. Zachary Quinto has closed a deal for his movie Margin Call, and Zoe Saldana is there to support her sister. Details and photos below.
We have to wait until 2012 to see the new Star Trek stars back on the bridge of the Enterprise, but you will be able to catch most of them on the big screen this year. A couple of new trailers have been released for Star Trek celeb films: the US trailer for Simon Pegg’s comedy Paul (featuring a Star Trek gag), and a new trailer for Karl Urban’s vampire film Priest. Check them both out below
Star Trek’s new Scotty Simon Pegg will next be seen in the sci-fi comedy Paul, due out this fall. The second trailer has just been released, check it out below. Plus check out some location shooting photos of Pegg shooting the 4th Mission Impossible movie.
Zachary Quinto, Star Trek’s new Spock, is back with another viral video, Before After II, the sequel to Before After released earlier this year. The comedy short film features Quinto in three different ‘before/after’ sketches, with a Holiday season theme. Check it out below.
Anton Yelchin, the new Chekov has been very busy since the 2009 Star Trek movie, with a number of film projects coming out in 2011 and 2012. One of the is The Beaver, a family comedy/drama starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster (who also directed). A new trailer is out, watch it below.
Star Trek and Heroes star Zachary Quinto has been spending much of 2010 focusing on non-genre work. He is currently appearing off Broadway in the play Angels in America, and earlier this year he shot Margin Call, an indie film which he also co-produced. Today it was announced that the film will premiere at the prestigious Sundance Festival. Plus the first images have been released..
Today brings another brief comment about the Star Trek sequel from Chris Pine, Star Trek’s new James T. Kirk. In an interview promoting the opening of Unstoppable in the UK, Pine discussed talking about the Star Trek sequel with producer (and possible director) JJ Abrams, who is apparently quite giddy about the movie.
Karl Urban, Star Trek’s new Dr. McCoy, is currently shooting Dredd, where he plays the title character in the Judge Dredd comic adaptation. Today the first image of Karl as Dredd has emerged, check it out below.
Zoe Saldana, Star Trek’s new Uhura, will next be seen in Colombiana, a thriller written and produced by Luc Besson. The first looks of Zoe from the film have been released, which shows how Colombiana will help continue Saldana’s quest to be the next action movie queen. More below, plus new red carpet photos of Zoe.
Time for another big casting rumor related to one of Star Trek’s new crew, and this time it is Karl Urban. According to an online report, Warner Brothers is thinking about bringing the Batman franchise back to the small screen, with Karl Urban, Star Trek’s new Dr. McCoy, being considered for Bruce Wayne/Batman
We are just days away from Chris Pine’s big screen follow-up to Star Trek, playing opposite Denzel Washington in the action film Unstoppable. Chris was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, where he talked a little Star Trek. Watch that below, plus more excerpts from Chris talking Trek in new interviews.
Chris Pine, Star Trek’s new Kirk, is talking some more Trek while promoting his new movie Unstoppable. The latest excerpts below have Chris talking about Star Trek changing his life, his level of input into the sequel, his hopes for the future of Kirk, his thoughts on Shatner…and why he needed vodka at the Oscars.
Simon Pegg, Star Trek’s new Scotty, has a new autobiography out, and a fictional story from that book is going to be released this month as a graphic novel. Check out details and cover below.
Star Trek’s Chris Pine is out promoting his new action movie, Unstoppable. Intermittently he also talks a tiny bit about Star Trek, and he has also revealed that he is just not able to settle down. Excerpts and video clips from the latest, plus Rosario Dawson talking about nerding out with Chris Pine. We also have set photos from Chris Pine’s next movie, This Means War.
Simon Pegg’s new film, the John Landis directed body snatching comedy Burke and Hare, opened in the UK over the weekend. Pegg. While promoting the film actor talked a little bit about the Star Trek sequel, excerpt below, plus photos and video from the London premiere.
Last night was the official opening of the revival of the play "Angels In America" in New York, with a cast featuring Zachary Quinto. Star Trek’s new Spock is getting high marks for his acting. We have critic excerpts, pictures and video below.
Last night stars and crew of Chris Pine’s new movie Unstoppable came to Westwood, CA for the big movie premiere. We have photos and videos below, plus the latest Pine casting rumor: Chris up to be The Flash?
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
In August it was reported that Star Trek scribe Alex Kurtzman will be making his feature directorial debut with a Steven Spielberg produced family drama Welcome to People, and now there is a hint that they are interested in bringing in Star Trek’s Chris Pine to star in the film. Plus we have the latest images and poster from Pine’s new film Unstoppable.
William Shatner is out promoting his new sitcom $#!* My Dad Say (see our preview from last week). And in a new interview Bill talked a bit bout the new regime at Star Trek, including commenting on the new Kirk, Chris Pine. Excerpts of that below, plus some fun video of Bill from the CBS Late Late Show.
Today a new sort of celebrity auction was launched on the web, including some Star Trek celebrities. TwitChange is a charity for building homes for victims of the Haiti earthquake with dozens of celebrities involved by auctioning off becoming your friend on Twitter. Trek celebs Jeri Ryan, Nichelle Nichols, Simon Pegg and Levar Burton are involved. Details below.
On Sunday Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk Chris Pine appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards, introducing Taylor Swift. Chris was joined by his Unstoppable co-star (and big time Trekkie) Rosario Dawson. If you can’t get enough Chris, check out the video and photos below. Plus Rosario Dawson tweets to @trekmovie about wanting into Star Trek.
Zoe Saldana is the latest Star Trek star to appear in a TV commercial campaign. But unlike other Trek vets, she is only wearing underwear – which is what she is pitching. Below we share the three new Zoe Saldana Calvin Klein underwear commercials and a behind the scenes video as well. Zoe also talks about how she is no wilting flower in a new interview, excerpts of that below as well.
Star Trek’s original Kirk William Shatner is the subject of an extensive feature interview in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine. The actor speaks frankly about his career and a bit about his Star Trek co-stars. Excerpts below, plus some bonus Bill videos as well. And Chris Pine, Star Trek’s new Kirk, is also the subject of a new interview, talking about his new film. Excerpts of that below too.