Happy Birthday, Zoe Saldana
Today is the birthday of Zoe Saldana, the fourth June birthday for members of the new Star Trek crew. The new Uhura is turning 32 years old. We here at TrekMovie want to wish Zoe a big happy birthday.
Today is the birthday of Zoe Saldana, the fourth June birthday for members of the new Star Trek crew. The new Uhura is turning 32 years old. We here at TrekMovie want to wish Zoe a big happy birthday.
As reported earlier, Leonard Nimoy and Zoe Saldana were at the E3 gaming show to help introduce the Yoostar 2 Movie Karaoke Machine (and LeVar Burton dropped by too). We now have more video and photos from the event, including video of Nimoy inserting himself into a scene from The Terminator.
John Cho is celebrating his birthday today. Star Trek’s new Hikaru Sulu is turning 38 years old (making him a whole nine days younger than his co-star Karl Urban). So today TrekMovie wishes John a happy bithday.
Have you ever wanted to put yourself into a scene from Star Trek? Well soon you will be able to do just that with the Yoostar 2 Movie Karaoke Machine for XBox 360 and Playstation 3. Today Yoostar unveiled their new product with the help of Leonard Nimoy and Zoe Saldana at E3. Details below.
On Tuesday night TrekMovie reported on Patrick Stewart presenting Zoe Saldana with the Best Actress honor at the UK Glamour Women of the Year Awards. We now have some back stage video from the event. Plus we also have a roundup of the fallout of Patrick Stewart's now infamous clash with the host of the show.
Tonight in London Zoe Saldana, Star Trek's new Uhura, won the Film Actress of the Year Award at the UK Glamour Women of the Year Awards. And presenting the award was none other than Sir Patrick Stewart, who got in to a verbal tussle with the host. We have details and photos from the event below, plus photos of Zachary Quinto in a tux at a New York fashion event yesterday. [UPDATE: Video from the event]
Keenser, Scotty's little loyal alien sidekick in 2009's Star Trek, was played by veteran genre actor Deep Roy. And in a new video interview, Roy talks about working with director JJ Abrams and his hopes for Keenser to return in the 2012 star Trek sequel. Watch it below.
Karl Urban is celebrating his birthday today. The kiwi actor who has become Star Trek's new Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy is turning 38 years old. So today TrekMovie joins other fans in wishing the good doctor happy birthday.
The 2010 MTV Movie Awards were held Sunday night in Universal City. Chris Pine was nominated for Star Trek for two awards, and Zoe Saldana was nominated for two awards for Avatar. However, it was not their night with neither star winning any awards. More details below.
Today is Zachary Quinto’s birthday. Star Trek’s new Spock is now 33 years old (the same age as Leonard Nimoy, when he shot "The Cage"). Tonight Zach will be having a birthday dinner with Mr. Nimoy. More details below, plus some fan tributes to Zach on his big day.
Tonight at the Women in Film gala fundraiser in Los Angeles, Star Trek’s new Uhura Zoe Saldana was named the MaxMara "Face of the Future. We have photos from the event below .
Last night Simon Pegg, Star Trek’s new Scotty, presented at National Movie Awards in London. While there he answered some questions on the red carpet about his upcoming projects, including the Star Trek sequel, if only to express his lack of information.
We have another special edition of KirkWatch. We start with news that nuKirk Chris Pine is returning to the Los Angeles stage to star in a dark comedy. Plus we have some great photos of Kirk Classic William Shatner at the network upfronts, paired with a certain Baywatch icon and the ultimate Big Bang fan.
It look’s like Zoe Saldana, Star Trek’s new Uhura, is once again going to up her action quotient. The actress who recently appeared in The Losers is in talks to star as an assassin in Columbiana, a new action film produced by Luc Besson.
Today has been bad day for some fans of genre shows on network TV, especially fans of the two shows featuring members of the new Star Trek crew. Today news has come out that ABC iscancelling the time-travel show FlashForward (featuring John Cho), and NBC is saying goodbye to Heroes (featuring Zachary Quinto).
Zoe Saldana, Star Trek’s new Uhura, continues to get noticed. This week she is coming in at the 3rd spot on Maxim Magazine’s 2010 ‘Hot List’, where Zoe talks about her perfect Star Trek man. The actress is also getting high marks on her Met 2010 fashion, where (in a video interview) she reveals her red carpet diet.
Tonight we have a special brief all Kirks edition of CelebWatch. We start off with news on the new Kirk as Chris Pine has just signed on to do a new action comedy. As for Kirk Classic, William Shatner has bee making news this week with a report that he is a multimillionaire many times over, but apparently reports of his $600 Million worth are just not true.
UPDATED: The 2010 New York Museum Costume Institute Gala (aka Met Ball) was held Monday night and Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk and Uhura were both there in their finest (with Zoe showing off her back tattoo). We have photos below, plus shots of more Star Trek guest stars at Met Ball 2010: Whoopi Goldberg, Iman and Padma Lakshmi.
There is a lot of Star Trek celeb news this week. We start off with some images: papa Kirk (Chris Hemsworth) as Thor, Simon Pegg going viral on a pink bike, and Chris Pine hanging with Snape. Plus Zoe Saldana is having trouble with her shoes since Star Trek, Damon Lindelof in the new Time, and Kate Mulgrew is going to be Cleopatra.
Star Trek’s new Spock Zachary Quinto has once again gone viral with a new Funny or Die video "Before After". Zach can be seen in three ‘before an after’ vignettes, working as a bullfighter, a priest doing an exorcism, and as a birthday clown. Check it out below
In the last few days, four of the new Star Trek crew appeared in New York at various events. We have photos of Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and John Cho in the Big Apple below. Plus we have video of Saldana’s appearance on The Daily Show.
One of the biggest surprises for the 2009 Star Trek movie was the romance between Uhura and Spock. The question now is, where do they take it in the sequel? In an interview promoting her new film The Losers (opening today), Zoe Saldana discusses the potential for Spock and Uhura "mating". Watch the video below.
Leonard Nimoy came out of retirement to appear in JJ Abrams Star Trek (and Fringe), but now he is ready to exit the acting stage again. In a new interview promoting his appearances this weekend in Canada, the actor talks about his final acting performances. Plus, Star Trek’s new Spock Zachary Quinto comments on Star Trek without Nimoy.
Karl Urban, Star Trek’s new Dr. McCoy, is the latest Trek actor to weigh on on the production start guessing game. During a press event promoting his upcoming appearance in the vampire movie Priest, Urban said he thought the Star Trek sequel will "start to shoot at the beginning of next year." The actor also talked about the evolution of his character, Trek fans and how many Trek films he thinks he has in him.
Zoe Saldana is all over the place right now. She is in the film Death at a Funeral that opened last weekend, in The Losers, opening next Friday and Avatar is released on DVD & Blu-ray this week, plus a bunch of magazine covers. Not surprisingly her schedule is starting to fill up, and in a new interview she outlined what is next, including an update on the Star Trek sequel schedule.
Star Trek’s new Sulu, John Cho, was on G4’s Attack of the Show yesterday. He talked mostly about FlashForward and the (possibly 3-D) third Harold and Kumar movie, but he did give a brief update on the Star Trek sequel. Check out the video below. Plus Star Trek sequel co-writer Damon Lindelof gives an update on his schedule.
A couple of Star Trek 2009 stars have been on talk shows this week. Zoe Saldana was on Jimmy Kimmel Live (and appearing on yet another cover!), while John Cho appeared on the Bonnie Hunt Show. You can watch the videos below (mostly talked about current projects, so no Trek sequel talk).
Clifton Collins, Jr., who played the Romulan Ayel in the 2009 Star Trek movie, is holding out hope that he will be back for the 2012 Star Trek sequel. TrekMovie thinks that isn’t very likely.
Today we have a special Kirk and Spock edition of CelebWatch, or make that Kirks and Spocks. We have William Shatner selling his new "Weird" show Cannes, Leonard Nimoy wrapping on Fringe (and acting forever?), new details on Chris Pine’s Jack Ryan movie, and some more Zachary Quinto sightings in NYC.
We know the Star Trek sequel will released June 29, 2012, but Paramount has not announced a production schedule (or even a director). Scripting on the film has yet to start in earnest, but over the last few weeks actors from the first film have been dropping guesses for the production start. The latest to weigh in is the new Pike, Bruce Greenwood. Details below, plus TrekMovie asks the question: Should Pike be in the sequel?