Assorted "Star Trek" News and Tidbits

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Star Trek Actor Castings And Happenings

Actors from several Star Trek series and movies have been cast in new roles or are appearing in shows, movies or at conventions.

 

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/04/s...happenings.html

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Star Trek XI Rock Band Contests

Three different competitions and sweepstakes are being offered by Rock Band and Paramount; including a sweepstakes, an online "band battle," and an avatar design contest, with Star Trek XI and Rock Band-related prizes for the winners.

 

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/04/s...d-contests.html

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Pine Almost Declined Kirk Role

It took a comment by Chris Pine's sister to get him to see that playing James T. Kirk would be better than accepting a role in White Jazz.

 

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/04/p...-kirk-role.html

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Nimoy's Warning To Quinto

In spite of an awkward first meeting, Zachary Quinto now feels that he can call Leonard Nimoy "friend."

 

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/03/n...-to-quinto.html

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Watch this thread for daily updates until May 8th. (you may respond to any item here on this thread or create your own post about them in any appropriate forum)

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Star Trek Wax Figures To Be Auctioned

Star Trek fans now have a chance to own a six-foot-tall wax figure of Captain Kirk and/or Mr. Spock.

 

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/04/s...-auctioned.html

[Voyager recruit 0]

Just thought I would say thank you for all the rest of us in posting the latest here, and ahead. Wax figures, eh? Too rich for my blood! You know what would be wild? Stick them in your front window, and see how many looky-loos you get!

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Too rich for my blood too.

 

Orci and Kurtzman talk Star Trek: Behind the Scenes

Will there be Tribbles? "Star Trek" screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci dish about how hard it is to please a Trekkie. Play Video.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com

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The Collective: DST Announces New TOS Ship Toys & Figures + Review of Electronic Chair & Kirk Figure

Not all the toy news is about new movie related stuff, Diamond Select Toys is still announcing new items from the rest of the 40 years of Star Trek franchise (especially TOS). TrekMovie has the details about the exciting toys and action figures on their way from DST. Plus the Collective reviews the new Kirk Figure w/ Electronic chair.

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/02/the-collec...ir-kirk-figure/

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Official Star Trek Site Adds ‘Dossiers’ & Bridge Panoramas + Movie Gets PG-13 Rating

 

 

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/03/official-s...-panorama-more/

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Zachary Quinto Launches New Official Site + Sends Video Message To TrekMovie Readers

Today Zachary Quinto launched a brand new official website, at www.zacharyquinto.com of course.

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/03/zachary-qu...kmovie-readers/

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TrekInk: Review - Crew #2 + Preview Missions End #2 + News On Post-ST09 Comic

In addition to the final issue of "Star Trek: Countdown, IDW also released the second issue of John Byrne’s pre-TOS series "Crew" focusing on the enigmatic "The Cage" character ‘Number One.’

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/03/trekink-re...ost-st09-comic/

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[Voyager recruit 0]

Thanks again, Alterego! You know, those uniforms-or what may be 'jackets' ? on the crew lookk rather classy. I am always glad to get more pics from the movie. And from what I have so far seen of the bridge..wow.I love TOS as we all saw it...but, and I have remarked thus before, this vision looks more modern than the original. Granted, design visions are affected by the period in which we live-witness how cars have changed, from, say, the '50's...I would say the most stylish period in that arena...It looks as if it should come AFTER the 5-year and before missions..particularly the exterior of 1701....but I think I have modified some of my preconceptions about what it all should be. I am trying to do so, and accept this, including the overall story, as 'another trekverse' seperate from Classic as we know it....with the latter still existing elsewhere. LLAP, fellow trekkie.

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You're welcome, happy someone is getting use of it.

 

Certainly no denying it looks different from how we think it should but remember, the producers have said this [somehow] honors canon.

 

That it is an alternate timeline seems most likely and I can accept that, if true.

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It'll be nice when it comes out, so we can clear up some of this speculation. It is to an extent a balancing act, emotionally, when you've been steeped in the original vision-story wise, in particluar. The look is not so big a thing, more or less. And as I say, it does look good. I have all the screencaps, promo stuff. Saw the trailer again last night. They shortened it! The music from the movie I have heard on the net is great!

Edited April 4, 2009 by Voyager recruit

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More goodies...

 

Star Trek: Online History Update

The new openness on Romulus has made it much easier for the Federation to get news about what is happening on that world, but not all of it is favorable for the long-term stability of the region.

 

http://www.startrekonline.com/node/216

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Spock: Reflections To Appear This Summer

Written by my pal Scott Tipton and his brother/ partner-in-scribe David, with art by David Messina of the Star Trek prequel fame, Reflections looks to be set in the new, post-film timeline established by the rebooted continuity.

 

http://andrewstevenharris.wordpress.com/20...ck-reflections/

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Meet Mr Spock

Gerard Wright April 4, 2009

IT'S Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2007, at San Diego's Comic Con, the largest comic and popular arts convention in the world.

 

J.J. Abrams, the director and producer of the latest Star Trek movie, leans into the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen [dramatic pause], Zachary Quinto is Spock."

 

Quinto enters, to whoops, cheers, applause and camera flashes, his face carefully expressionless, save for the merest hint of a smile. He half-raises his right hand. This will be his first movie role...

 

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/f...ge#contentSwap2

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New Star Trek “Beginning” TV Spot Video + Screenshots & Analysis

As reported earlier, a new TV commercial started airing this week on cable (so far seen on Spike and MTV). Paramount have not yet made it available, but video is now online for this new spot. Check it out below with TrekMovie.com’s usual screen caps and analysis.

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/04/new-star-t...shots-analysis/

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[Voyager recruit 0]

I am familiar with ST Online, somewhat, but have never been to the site, till now. I love the 'briefing' on the lateest developments across the quadrants. Neat stuff. It was cool to see Data, in the body of B-4, coming back to Starfleet, supported by his friends. I have had my own concepts, creatively, about how things could go after ''Nemesis'', and in the st story as a whole therein. It's fun to see others take future history'' in their own directions. But , what's this I read about Vulcan being destroyed in the'' newtrek'' ?That does bug me some. To quote David Bowie ''Ch-Ch-an-geees...'' hmm...

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I am familiar with ST Online, somewhat, but have never been to the site, till now. I love the 'briefing' on the lateest developments across the quadrants. Neat stuff. It was cool to see Data, in the body of B-4, coming back to Starfleet, supported by his friends. I have had my own concepts, creatively, about how things could go after ''Nemesis'', and in the st story as a whole therein. It's fun to see others take future history'' in their own directions. But , what's this I read about Vulcan being destroyed in the'' newtrek'' ?That does bug me some. To quote David Bowie ''Ch-Ch-an-geees...'' hmm...

 

I haven't followed STO either.

 

 

Unlike wanna-be-a-bad-guys like Khan, Soren and Shinzon, who talked a good talk but couldn't do the walk, NERO is truly Bad-Ass!

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Review - Star Trek Monopoly Continuum Edition by John Tenuto

For the first time ever, Monopoly is being customized to cover the entire Star Trek franchise. This month USAopoly releases The Star Trek Monopoly Continuum Edition, and TrekMovie got an early version. See below for our early review of the latest Star Trek board game. More...

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/04/review-sta...tinuum-edition/

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Preview Of Scott Bakula’s Guest Spot on Chuck + Bakula Talks About New Star Trek Movie by TrekMovie.com Staff

On Monday Scott Bakula, Star Trek Enterprise’s Captain Jonathan Archer, begins a three-episode arc on the NBC show Chuck. We have video and image previews plus some interview excerpts from Bakula talking about Chuck and about Star Trek, including how maybe the new Star Trek movie could prove that Enterprise should never have been cancelled. More...

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/05/preview-of...tar-trek-movie/

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Abrams, Pine & Quinto Depart For Australia + Prelim Global Premiere Schedule by Anthony Pascale

Today in Trek (future) history is First Contact Day. On April 5th 2063 Zefram Cochrane will make the first Human warp flight and greet the first Vulcan visitors to Earth. And how fitting that today Star Trek director JJ Abrams and his Kirk and Spock (Chris Pine and Zach Quinto), all boarded their first flight to greet fans (new and old) across the world, in their global Star Trek tour. See below for details including a preliminary schedule of the events. More...

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/05/abrams-pin...ek-global-tour/

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Sci-Fi Sunday: Dragonball, Transformers, Terminator, GI Joe + Lost, Heroes, Doctor Who, Stargate Univ. + more by Rosario T. Calabria

We are headed towards the Summer movie season and so we have big updates with images and video on upcoming movies, including Dragonball, Terminator 4, Transformers 2. and GI Joe, and more. We also have news on future movies, including Spidey 4 and Iron Man 2. We also have details and previews from TV, including Heroes, Lost, Doctor Who, Stargate Universe, and more. More...

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/05/sci-fi-sun...gate-univ-more/

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Only a couple items tonight.

 

 

Excerpts From JJ Abrams Interview in New SFX Star Trek Issue - Talks Fans, TOS, Roddenberry & more

This week the May issue (#182) of the venerable UK sci-fi magazine SFX comes out and it is all about Star Trek. The magazine features a number of articles and exclusive interviews related to the new movie, including a cover story with comments from director JJ Abrams. SFX provided TrekMovie with some excerpts from the new magazine, read them below. More...

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/06/excerpts-f...tar-trek-issue/

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Andrew Steven Harris reviews the Star Trek script. Spoiler FREE!

 

With the world premiere of Star Trek unspooling tomorrow night in Sydney—and no, the International Date Line does not constitute time travel—I thought I’d finally break my silence about the script, as one of the few people in the galaxy to actually read the screenplay ahead of time.

 

A word of caution as we begin: breaking my silence doesn’t mean breaking my non-disclosure agreement with IDW, Orci/Kurtzman or Bad Robot, who would all be happy to set their phasers to kill if I genuinely ruined any surprises. So, expect a spoiler-free review below; and if you actually like spoilers, you’ll already be surfing a tsunami of them tomorrow and won’t need any from me. (In fact, thanks to Twitter, you’ll probably even get them during the screening itself).

 

First, however, some background: Director J.J. Abams, the mastermind behind the franchise’s reboot, is notoriously secretive with the details of his projects, a lesson cannily learned from the successes of Lost and Cloverfield; so even reading the script ahead of time required a perfect storm of opportunity and circumstance.

 

trekmovielogoAs the Trek editor for IDW, which routinely publishes comic book prequels for its licensed titles, the “Supreme Court” of J.J.’s creative circle had tapped me to write the four-issue miniseries that would lead into the film, with the comics hitting the stands in 2008. Soon thereafter, though, Paramount execs repositioned Star Trek as a 2009 summer tentpole release, having laid their eyes on the film’s early footage. Meanwhile, I left the Trek captain’s chair to freelance full-time, and the logistical insanity of creating both the film and the prequel simultaneously finally forced J.J.’s team to shift gears and create the comics series in-house. (No cards or flowers for me, please—it’s not the first time that’s happened in Hollywood, and it won’t be the last.)

 

During the interim between the two, however, I had the chance to drive up to Universal and read the script at the Orci/Kurtzman offices (where, by coincidence, I actually met one of the guys who’d ultimately write the prequel). This by itself took an extraordinary amount of negotiation, including a maze of round-robin phone calls, several rescheduled appointment dates, and finally a comprehensive resume of published works demonstrating my geek cred. When these people said they intended to keep the story under wraps, they weren’t kidding—in fact, even some key people at CBS/Paramount hadn’t read the script yet, and quite possibly still haven’t. (Did it help that I went to the same high school as Trek producer and Lost Abramite Damon Lindelof? Probably not, but you never know.)

 

I recognize that such secrecy has occasionally frustrated fans—Trek at its most basic might be a mere copyright, but it’s also a global cultural touchstone and the centerpiece of imagination for legions of true believers. When the custodian of that mythology says he’s going to rewrite the testament, but keep its secrets from the congregates, there’s naturally going to be disquiet among the faithful.

 

At the same time, however, this secrecy has delivered its exact desired effect: Fans have become more abuzz about this film than perhaps any other in Trek history, and unveiling the reworked franchise with one single flourish has proven much more effective than had J.J. piecemealed it out. Or, to put it in my familiar comic book terms: it would have been like reading a scattershot series of panels, released haphazardly, then attempting to gague whether the issue was any good.

 

So, enough preamble. Having read the script in a single flourish, is it any good?

 

The answer is: Oh, my, yes. You’re goddamn right it is.

 

6 April 2009 by Andrew Steven Harris

 

MORE here>> http://andrewstevenharris.wordpress.com/

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Well Star Trek has premiered in Australia and by quite a surprise, in Austin Texas!

 

Star Trek Premiered, Seen and Reviewed! By Ryan Parsons

Though completely unexpected, Star Trek has made its world premiere in er, Austin, Texas? That's right. Pulling a fast one, Paramount and the powers that be surprised moviegoers who were expecting to watch Wrath of Khan at the Alamo Drafthouse. With the surprise premiere comes screening reports and reviews -- one in the same this time I guess -- and the general feedback, to my relief, is incredibly positive. Reviews...

 

http://www.canmag.com/nw/13760-star-trek-reviewed

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Book Review: Star Trek: Crucible -- Spock: The Fire and the Rose

Written by David R. George III Reviewed for TrekNation.com by Bill Williams

 

Summary: In a single moment that stays with Spock, he preserved the timeline at the cost of Jim Kirk's happiness. Now the death of that friend will cause Spock to reexamine the fundamental choices he has made for his own life. While his quest for the perfect geometry of total logic will move him beyond his remorse, another loss will bring him full circle to once more face the fire he has never embraced.

 

Full Review @ This Link

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Busy, busy, busy! The web is on fire with new Trek News!

 

EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Star Trek’ Clip Reveals Tougher, Hornier Captain Kirk

Published by Larry Carroll on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 6:04 pm.

 

“Star Trek” fever is gripping the world wide web, as the franchise re-boot was unspooled Monday evening at Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse, and fans and critics alike have been weighing in with their thoughts. Now, MTV follows it up by letting those outside the Texas area in on the fun, with this exclusive clip from the May 8th blockbuster. More and Clip...

 

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/07/exclu...r-captain-kirk/

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New "McCoy" clip is released

 

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809752801/v...865145#12865145

 

OMG! He's totally nailed the Character!

 

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Star Trek on Today Tonight 7/4/09 (You Tube Version)

A story on Trek XI, aired on the night of the film's world premiere in Sydney.

 

 

This is a cut-down version seen on Perth's Today Tonight. Full version is on the TT website.

 

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The Gastonian gives us a geek's eye view of the Sydney World Premiere of STAR TREK!

Hey folks, Harry here - The Gastonian here contacted me days ago to let me know his intentions of flying to Sydney with his "golden ticket" and asking if I'd like a review. Well since there was no way on Earth I'd be seeing the movie before him, I said - "Absolutely" and look - he wrote about the Official Premiere experience and his thoughts on the film... a world away from Austin where we saw it! Here ya go...

 

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40685

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Make it so, No. 1 - Star Trek fans aflutter over film

Emily Dunn Entertainment Writer

April 8, 2009 - 12:02AM

 

IT WAS a film premiere, captain, but not as we know it. More than 1500 people filled the Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House last night for the world premiere of Star Trek , a month before the film's Australian cinema release. MORE...

 

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainm...90408-9zpt.html

 

Sydney Star Trek premiere video (02:12) http://media.theage.com.au/national/breaki...ere-466416.html

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TrekMovie Report From Sydney Star Trek World Premiere w/ Red Carpet Interviews & Photos

 

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/07/exclusive-...erviews-photos/

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TEN MINUTES OF "TREK"

April 7, 2009 by Tom Sharp

 

A couple of weeks ago, Ain’t It Cool News was advertising a free screening of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN at the Alamo Drafthouse – South Lamar. Priority seating would be for Fantastic Fest badge holders, with empty seats given out on a first come, first serve basis. In addition to the classic sequel, there would also be a screening of ten minutes of footage from the new STAR TREK directed by J.J. Abrams.

 

I thought about attending the event, but didn’t really want to stand in line, hoping for a seat to a movie I already own on DVD just for ten minutes of footage to a movie I will probably be able to get a screening pass for, anyway.

 

And then I got an email from Jason Hunt, asking me to me the Austin correspondent for his new science fiction fan site, SciFi4Me.com. I agreed, if he could get me a seat, I’d go to the screening at the Drafthouse and report back on the ten minutes of new footage. A couple of days later, he forwarded me the confirmation that I would have a seat reserved for the event.

 

MORE>> http://www.scifi4me.com/scifi4me_startrek.htm

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Leonard Nimoy beamed into the South Lamar Alamo.

Last night was a pretty epic one for everyone here in the world of Fantastic Fest. Tim and Harry had invited Fantastic Fest badgeholders and the general public to come out to a special screening of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN that was set to feature ten minutes of exclusive never-before-seen footage of the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek. What none of us expected - not me, not Karrie League, and not even Harry Knowles himself - was that Paramount itself had enlisted Tim in a secret mission to surprise Harry, his AICN crew, and the entire audience. And boy did that surprise work.

 

Not only did we watch WAY more than ten minutes of footage - Leonard Nimoy himself stopped by with the entire film and we got a chance to see it three hours before the Australian “world premiere.” To say the air in the room was energized with excitement would be a huge understatement. But here’s how it went down:

 

MORE + Videos>> http://blog.originalalamo.com/2009/04/07/l...th-lamar-alamo/

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'Star Trek' Premiered in Austin by: Ty Colfax

The new Star Trek got a surprise advanced screening in Austin last night and the reviews are coming in from Trekkies and writers who were there. We talk with Executive Editor, Neil Miller, of Film School Rejects to hear what the buzz seems to be.

 

Spoiler Free Video>> http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/theloop/66...-in-Austin.html

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[Jack_Bauer 1]

Awesome what they did in Austin.

 

Is it okay to post on this thread or do you want to keep it just for news, AE? You can delete this post if you want to, no worries.

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Posting here is welcomed Or, anyone can grab any story and create an exclusive thread on that topic in any appropriate forum.

 

Here's the morning crop:

 

Young Star Trek crew boldly walks red carpet by James Regan

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The 11th Star Trek movie in 30 years had its world premiere on Tuesday, its markedly younger cast boldly going along the red carpet to a makeshift cinema in the Sydney Opera House.

 

Chris Pine, 28, who plays a cadet-aged James T. Kirk, admitted he'd never met William Shatner, who starred as the original Captain Kirk in the television series dating back to 1966 as well as the first Star Trek movies.

 

But he said he watched the TV show "quite a bit."

 

Continued>> http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainme...=22&sp=true

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First review: New Star Trek is an intelligent triumph

Ian Cuthbertson | April 08, 2009

Article from: The Australian

 

ASKED by Paramount to revive the film franchise of Star Trek, which had been dormant, some might say moribund, since the feature Nemesis tanked artistically and critically in 2002, hotshot director JJ Abrams put his best minds to work.

Some of his conspirators were Trekkies, some had never seen a single episode. The point was that they all had to be satisfied with the film, from their various perspectives.

 

The result is a triumph, certain to be regarded as not just one Trek's better moments, but one of the finest films made in the sci-fi genre.

 

Special effects in films grow daily more complex and believable. Abrams will make you believe in a crisp future full of green women, bug-eyed aliens serving on the bridge of the Enterprise, and space conflicts that make most previous Trek films look like Saturday morning cartoons.

 

Continued>> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...0-16947,00.html

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The Sydney Morning Herald Video Review

 

http://media.smh.com.au/entertainment/pick...iew-467193.html

 

smh.com.au

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ScoreKeeper Talks About Michael Giacchino's STAR TREK Score...

 

Greetings! ScoreKeeper here still seizing from the spectacle of science-fiction experienced yesternight at the Alamo Drafthouse in beautiful Austin, Texas. In case you haven’t heard, there was a bait-and-switch screening of J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK (2009) with Mr. Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy, mind-melding our collective glee into an electrified euphoria the likes of which could not be immediately comprehended.

 

Reviews, bloggings, tweets, and reports about the new film are proliferating the net like Tribbles so I deemed it logical to weigh in on what has long been regarded as the backbone of the STAR TREK franchise…its music.

 

Continued>> http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40688

 

And related to that^ news:

 

Official Soundtrack Titles List:

 

1. Star Trek

2. Nailin' The Kelvin

3. Labor Of Love

4. Hella Bar Talk

5. Enterprising Young Men

6. Nero Sighted

7. Nice To Meld You

8. Run And Shoot Offense

9. Does It Still Mcfly?

10. Nero Death Experience

11. Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns

12. Back From Black

13. That New Car Smell

14. To Boldly Go

15. End Credits

 

Pre-order Available>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Z920N...ASIN=B001Z920NA

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'Star Trek': What people are saying after the surprise screening

Apr 7, 2009, 03:57 PM | by Chris Nashawaty

 

Last night, some very lucky Star Trek fans who believed they were walking into a screening of 1982's Wrath of Khan instead got a surprise sneak peek at J.J. Abrams' new enterprise. While Abrams' reboot/prequel, Star Trek, isn't scheduled to officially hit theaters until May 8, those fortunate enough to be on hand at the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Tex., were the giddy victims of a blockbuster bait and switch. And nudging the event into total nerdvana territory, the hotly anticipated summer tentpole was reportedly introduced by the film's writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, its producer Damon Lindelhof (Lost), and (get this) Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy.

 

Continued>> http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/04/st...ea.html?cnn=yes

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Star Trek: Spock, Scotty and Kirk onboard the Enterprise

 

 

 

I love it!

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Empire: Star Trek Review http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review....asp?FID=134061

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Geeks Gone Wild: Spock’s Surprise Appearance at ‘Star Trek’ Screening (with video of Nimoy)

By Mekado Murphy

 

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/...ing/?ref=movies

 

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Star Trek

Austin Premiere

Upscale Font Fans were invited to a screening of The Wrath of Khan, but when the film burned in the gate, Leonard Nimoy burst through the doors to save the day with a print of the new Star Trek film. For those of us who could not be there, here is a taste.

 

Video>> http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/star-...austin-premiere

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What could be geekier than Star Trek? Nightline channel 3

 

Video>> http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Nightline/tab...ault.aspx#video

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Star Trek Gala Tour Hits New Zealand - Video & Images From Event April 9, 2009

by TrekMovie.com Staff

 

On Tuesday evening (Tuesday morning for the rest of us), the Star Trek world tour hit New Zealand, home of the new Dr. McCoy, Karl Urban. He, along with Chris Pine, Zach Quinto and John Cho were all on hand for the gala premiere in Auckland. We have some of the first pics and vid interviews from this event below.

 

More>> http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/09/star-trek-...ges-from-event/

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Eminem - We Made You (supposedly the "Official Movie Video")

 

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Star Trek: New Clip, New Photos and Comics on iTunes

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Esurance Presents: Star Trek Movie Night at the San Francisco Giants VS LA Dodgers game.

 

Monday, April 27 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Buy tickets now »

Your $20 ticket package includes a View Reserve seat in the special Star Trek Movie Night section for the Giants vs. Dodgers game, an invitation to the exclusive pre-game party in Scoreboard Plaza, a free Star Trek foam finger, and a complimentary beverage voucher.

 

Pre-judging for the Star Trek costume contest will take place in Scoreboard Plaza and in Willie Mays Plaza prior to the game, with the finals winding up on the field before the first pitch! Break out your best Star Trek gear and join us at AT&T Park.

 

Cheer long and prosper!

 

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/sf/ticketi...s/star_trek.jsp

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Rockband Meets Star Trek

 

 

Star Trek is letting you rock out to your favorite tracks. For 15 days, we will be giving out 500 tracks EVERY DAY. That’s a lot of tracks! Enter today and you could be one of the lucky winners!

ENTER TODAY! DLC giveaway begins April 7th.

 

More>> http://www.rockband.com/startrek

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Alternative place to pre-order soundtrack. View cover, back cover and track lists.

 

http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp...d-302-066-966-2

 

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AMC Gift Card Promo Video>> http://trekwebmaster.paramount.com/amc_promo/

 

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TZN Exclusive: Koenig Talks Trek

Walter Koenig on New Star Trek, InAlienable & Burma by Henning Koonert

 

Walter Koenig exclusively talks to TrekZone Network about the new Star Trek movie, his successor as Chekov, his latest Sci Fi flick InAlienable and lasting impressions from a trip to the Burmese border.

 

After a long day of signing autographs and posing for pictures, Walter Koenig graciously agreed to take the time for an interview with TrekZone Network. We are deeply grateful to him!

 

In the last couple of years, Star Trek fans saw Walter Koenig once again as Chekov in independent Trek productions like New Voyages and Of Gods and Men. He remains active beyond the franchise that made him famous forty years ago, too. Koenig completed his independent film InAlienable in 2008. Mulling over the question if even aliens have inalienable rights, the movie deals with the highly topical tension between individual rights and security concerns.

 

Walter Koenig

Koenig not only plays a character in the movie starring Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), but also wrote the script and produced the film, which was released last year as a pay-per-download video on the Internet.

 

Koenig tells TrekZone Network about upcoming plans for the movie: "Until recently it was available on the Internet, but it's not anymore. But it will be getting out on DVD soon." Indeed an announcement has now gone up on Koenig's official website stating that Renegade Film Club is offering InAlienable for 19.99 $ on DVD for a limited time. People ordering the movie will receive a copy of the independently produced Star Trek movie Of Gods and Men for free. Koenig, whose sci-fi novel Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot was published in 2006, plans to sell InAlienable as a novel, too: "It is written. I am trying to sell it. I am trying to get a publisher to buy it."

 

More>> http://www.trekzone.de/content/cc/darstell...-talks-trek.htm

 

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Troops get peek at ‘Star Trek’ By Karen Jowers - Staff writer

Posted : Friday Apr 10, 2009

 

Beam ’em into the theater, Scotty.

 

About 440 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines will get to see the newest Star Trek movie at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Saturday — about a month before its stateside premiere, Army and Air Force Exchange Service officials announced Friday.

 

The troops will get an extra treat at AAFES’ Reel Time Theater: The actors playing the new recruits on the Starship Enterprise will also attend — Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Nero (Eric Bana), Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban) and Lt. Sulu (John Cho). Director J.J. Abrams also will be on hand.

 

The directors, actors, Paramount Pictures, the local command and AAFES worked together to make the screening special for troops, Roy Robertson, AAFES’ vice president of restaurants and hospitality, said in the announcement.

 

The movie, simply titled “Star Trek,” recounts the early days of the original characters, with Kirk and Spock starting out as bitter rivals rather than the close friends they would one day become. Kirk, a “delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy,” locks horns with Spock, who was raised in a logic-based society devoid of all emotion. On their maiden voyage, the young crew “must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind,” the news release states.

 

“Star Trek” is scheduled to open in the U.S. on May 8.

 

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/04/...kuwait_041009w/

 

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New Star Trek Viral Campaign

by TrekMovie.com Staff

 

Back in January of 2008 Paramount put up a viral site (ncc-1701.com), but since then it has been quiet on the viral marketing front from for Star Trek, but that appears to have changed, and in fact we seem to have missed it as it has been out there for a couple of weeks. It all starts with those Star Trek dance parties we reported on a couple of weeks ago.

 

 

Party photos hold clues to viral sites

 

TrekMovie reader Phil B just sent in a tip that he noticed some URLs appearing in photos from the Star Trek Dance Parties at thecobrasnake.com. Here is one from the first party in Los Angeles.

 

 

Crack the code

There is more to this puzzle that we have sussed out, but for now why don’t you guys take a crack at it. One place to look may be the party photos at thecobrasnake.com (assume just the Star Trek parties). We haven’t figured it all out, but there are more sites for sure. So start posting below and lets see if we can’t get to the bottom of this thing.

 

See the photos>> http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/10/new-star-t...viral-campaign/

 

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Star Trek at RottenTomatoes reviews being being counted.

 

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Another Star Trek TV series?

By: Larraine Stacey

 

With the new J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie to hit theaters in May, the timing is perfect for another Star Trek series. That's what screenwriter Bryan Fuller, of Pushing Daisies, thinks. Hollywood.com quotes Fuller:

 

More >> http://www.examiner.com/x-5903-Orlando-Sci...-Trek-TV-series

 

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Faran Tahir breaks barriers as a new starship captain in Star Trek

By Patrick Lee

 

Faran Tahir, a Pakistani-American actor, has the distinction of playing Captain Robau, the first Federation starship captain of Middle Eastern (well, South Asian) ethnicity to play a major role, in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek, and he told SCI FI Wire the honor isn't lost on him.

 

In this, Tahir is the latest in a long line of ethnic actors who have taken on color-blind roles in Trek, which has had a tradition going back to the original series and creator Gene Roddenberry of imagining a future where every person lives up to his or her fullest potential, regardless of race or ethnicity.

 

More (Possible spoilers ahead!) >> http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/faran-tahir-b...barrie.php#more

 

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Abrams set to stun

By Natalie Long

 

If you're a fan of Star Trek, you'll be rewarded time and again, but if you've never seen it, well, that's the audience we made the movie for, says Abrams.

 

Star Trek director J. J. Abrams, who was in Dubai this weekend, is mulling over a story to film in the city.

 

Where better to meet the man who created the most compelling island in the history of television than on Dubai's most iconic man-made island?

 

We're at the Burj Al Arab, and J. J. Abrams, creator of Lost and director of the new sexed-up Star Trek movie has only been in Dubai for a few hours. But his feverishly creative mind is already at work, thinking of a story to film in the city.

 

"I have to admit that I have already said this morning, we have to shoot something here," Abrams says. "It's obviously like nothing I've ever seen before. It's just a remarkable place. Because any good story is translatable to any location, it makes me think of the things we're working on now, and wonder what can we do that is set in Dubai."

 

More >> http://archive.gulfnews.com/tabloid/Cinema/10303175.html

 

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Interview with Star Trek's Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine

 

Video> http://www.3news.co.nz/Full-Star-Trek-inte...84/Default.aspx

 

Interview with Star Trek's Karl Urban and John Cho

 

Video >> http://www.3news.co.nz/Full-interview-with...89/Default.aspx

 

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Interview: Karl Urban on Star Trek and beyond

 

New Zealand actor Karl Urban talked to SHANDELLE BATTERSBY about playing the Enterprise's moody medic on the eve of the film's world premiere in Sydney this week

 

So how did you get the role?

I heard they were rebooting Star Trek and was very interested in being a part of it, having watched it since I was a boy. I don't know if I was a Trekkie or a Trekker, but I loved the original show. We set up a meeting with J.J. [Abrams] and I thought it went horribly wrong. I went into the meeting and he said "so we're doing this Star Trek film and it's going to be really exciting, have you got any questions?" I said "Yeah, yeah, what's the story about?" and he said "Can't tell ya" and I said "Well I guess I've got no questions". There was silence and I thought "Oh God, I've blown that, and walked away thinking it wasn't going to happen.

 

Two months later we got word that J.J. wanted to see me for the role of Bones McCoy which I was absolutely thrilled to bits about and so went in there and started my audition and he started laughing. I hadn't done live theatre for quite a few years and to get that immediate response back that the joke you are telling is funny almost threw me. I finished the take and he was sitting there looking at me going "wow, that's it, that's Bones".

 

He turned around and looked at producer Brian Burk who was already on his BlackBerry going "I think we've got the guy" and so was April Webster the casting director.

 

Is that one of the most immediate responses you've ever had to an audition?

 

More >> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/ne...jectid=10565861

 

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Another Star Trek TV series?

By: Larraine Stacey

 

With the new J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie to hit theaters in May, the timing is perfect for another Star Trek series. That's what screenwriter Bryan Fuller, of Pushing Daisies, thinks. Hollywood.com quotes Fuller:

 

More >> http://www.examiner.com/x-5903-Orlando-Sci...-Trek-TV-series

 

Just so everyone knows, nothing is imminent on the series front for Star Trek. Fuller did that interview a while ago (March 2nd, 2009) and it seems like somebody picks it up every few weeks or so. And, it is just speculative on Fuller's part. Most likely Trek will stay off of TV until some point after 2013 (presuming that ST09 is successful enough to garner the sequels the cast are signed for and that there are two year breaks between each movie). That would be Paramount's ideal I would think, they don't want to risk diluting Star Trek again. However, this is somewhat complicated based on the fact that the rights to the franchise were split and CBS owns the TV rights. I really don't know how it would work.

 

That being said, Fuller would be near the top of my list for potential show runner on a future Star Trek series (behind Abrams, and Damon Lindelof). What I've seen of his work is fantastic.

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New Star Trek TV Spot By Kellvin Chavez

We added a new TV Spot for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movie starring Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Eric Bana, and Leonard Nimoy.

 

More, Video >> http://latinoreview.com/news/star-trek-tv-...-star-trek-6580

 

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CHEEZ-ITS PRESENTS: TREK YOURSELF

 

http://www.trekyourself.com/

 

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DARK HORIZONS Review of Star Trek

 

By Garth Franklin

 

Successfully relaunching the long-declining franchise, rising director JJ Abrams delivers a less cerebral, more adrenalin-fueled take on the voyages of the USS Enterprise. In the process he reintroduces critical elements the franchise has not seen in years - cultural relevance, suspense, and a fresh sense of wonder missing from a mythology so heavily explored and exploited over the years.

 

More >> http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/911/Star-Trek/

 

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STO Update: Another ‘Path to 2409′ Entry Ties Into ‘Countdown’ + Screenshots + More

by Joseph Gunnell

 

This week brings a lot of news about Star Trek Online. Cryptic has released another one of their ‘path to 2409′ updates, which links into the recent Countdown comic series. There are also four new screenshots (three space, one land) and we have links to a number of new interviews with Cryptic’s Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich.

 

More http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/14/sto-update...reenshots-more/

 

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Official Star Trek Site Updated With Additional ‘Dossiers’

by TrekMovie.com Staff

This morning the official site for the new Star Trek Movie (startrekmovie.com) was updated. The most interesting new thing was the second wave of ‘dossiers’, with three new entries, including Spock and one showing a cool space station and some ships. They have also added the three new clips (which were previously exclusives) and some new photos (which were sent to some international sites last week).

 

More http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/14/official-s...-dossiers-more/

 

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Playmates Week (Day 2): Review Of Star Trek Playsets April 14, 2009

by John Tenuto

Today we continue our weeklong look at the first wave of Playmates Star Trek movie toys (officially coming out April 19th) with a look at the two playsets, one for the bridge of the USS Enterprise, and one for the transporter room. Both playsets come with figures, and both can be expanded with bonus pieces from the Galaxy Collection of 3.75 figures.

 

More http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/14/playmates-...-trek-playsets/

 

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Memory Alpha: Ask J.J. Abrams

 

Ever wondered what goes into making a ground-breaking movie, where the director gets his inspiration from, or what J.J. Abrams has up his sleeve next? Now is your chance to find out! We've set up an interview with science fiction legend and famed Star Trek director J.J. Abrams, and we will be asking your questions!

 

With the help of Memory Alpha admins Jörg and Shran, we will select 20 of the best questions that you provide, and send them to J.J. at the end of the month! If your question is selected, you'll have a chance to win some exclusive Star Trek-related swag. For legal mumbo jumbo, click here.

 

So, what are you waiting for? Be sure to get your questions in by Sunday, April 19th so you don't miss your opportunity to grill one of the greatest innovators in science fiction today!

 

More info, rules and submissions >> http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Memory_Alpha:Ask_J.J._Abrams

 

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4 more Star Trek Soundtrack Samples and much more>> http://www.colosseum.de/product_info.php/i..._Star-Trek.html

 

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New Clues In Star Trek Viral ARG

by Anthony Pascale

 

Over the weekend TrekMovie reported on a Viral ‘Alternative Reality Game’ for the new Star Trek movie with clues being left in images and on various websites. Although we think we solved one of the clues, it appears there is more to this game than originally thought. Today we have some more found clues, which only lead to more questions about the scope of the overall game.

 

More>> http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/15/new-clues-...trek-viral-arg/

 

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