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When casting first began for J.J. Abrams‘ rebooted Star Trek franchise, Chris Pine was definitely not interested.
Pine told Esquire UK that at the time, he “wasn’t a fan of Star Trek” and “it didn’t excite me.”
According to Pine, he wanted “a part that I really connected to and when my agent said Star Trek, I said ‘No! Have you not been hearing anything I’ve said? Star Trek is the furthest thing from what I want to do.’”
But Pine was persuaded by his agent, and his thoughts then turned to taking on the iconic Captain Kirk role. “Star Trek scared me a lot,” he said. “It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact that it was this iconic character. It was the bigger challenge. So I had to take it.”
When casting first began for J.J. Abrams’ rebooted Star Trek franchise, Chris Pine was definitely not interested.
Pine told Esquire UK that he “wasn’t a fan of Star Trek” and “it didn’t excite me.”
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According to Pine, at that time, he desired “a part that I really connected to and when my agent said Star Trek, I said ‘No! Have you not been hearing anything I’ve said? Star Trek is the furthest thing from what I want to do.”
But Pine was persuaded by his agent, and his thoughts turned to taking on the iconic Captain Kirk role. “Star Trek scared me a lot,” he said. “It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact that it was this iconic character. It was the bigger challenge. So I had to take it.”
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Four new original series prints by Juan Ortiz have been released.
The prints this month are based on the: The Doomsday Machine, Patterns of Force, Elaan of Troyius, and The Paradise Syndrome episodes.
Ortiz spoke about his latest artwork, confessing that one of the four is his favorite. “Having watched [Elaan of Troyius] again during my research, I discovered what a great episode it actually is.”
The artist was unable to use France Nuyen‘s likeness on the poster though. “My original design had the likeness of [Nuyen], but because of legal issues, I had to change her features,” said Ortiz.
The posters, 18″x24″, sell as a set of four for $34.95 and can be purchased here.
Click on thumbnails below to see larger-sized photos.
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Rumors have swirled around the Internet regarding the identity of Benedict Cumberbatch‘s villain, and one site claims to have the answer as to John Harrison’s true identity.
Spoilers are behind the cut.
According to Shockya, which claims “trusted sources,” the villain is indeed Khan, as many have speculated over the past few months. “He is called John Harrison at points in the film, but during a key scene where Harrison is held prisoner on the Enterprise, he does reveal to Kirk and crew that his true identity is Khan,” said Shockya.
In addition to that bit of information, supposedly the famous reactor scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan will be referenced in the new movie, but with a “reverse spin” put on the scene.
Treat this as a rumor, and of course, everything is denied by Paramount, and by various actors in the movie.
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A group of fans in Dallas failed to break the Guinness World Record for people dressed as Star Trek characters.
The fans were attending a Texas Lottery event where the draws were the appearance of William Shatner as host of the event, and the attempt to set the world record.
Shatner appeared at the Dallas Convention Center to help unveil a new Star Trek scratch-off lottery game. “Those few dollars added to a few others go to a great purpose,” he said of the new game. “So you might win a lot of money… but if you don’t, you’ve put a little money into a bank account, which is the children of Texas.”
The world record of 1,063 fans dressed as Star Trek characters was set last year in London. The Texas event drew five hundred-and-sixty fans dressed as Trek characters.
Although they didn’t set a new world record, some lucky fans walked away with prizes from drawings held at the event.
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For many Star Trek: Enterprise fans, the show ended way too soon, and a group of fans, led by Doug Drexler, are hoping to bring a fifth season to Netflix.
“The voyages of the NX-01, with Captain Archer, Trip, T’Pol, and the rest of the crew ended just as the show was finally beginning to get it’s legs,” said Drexler. “Nearly all of us agree that the fourth and prematurely final season of Enterprise demonstrated that this show was a late bloomer.”
Drexler explained that it is now possible to create original programming without going through broadcast or cable television. “A new day has dawned for the way television is produced,” he said. “No longer do three networks decide what you get to watch. It started with cable. A place where the audience pays for the shows they love by subscribing. Now the next huge step has taken place. The ability to stream the shows you want, when you want them, from the Internet. Today, Netflix, Hulu, Kickstarter, and Amazon are challenging the way television is funded, and the way it is decided what gets made.
“Interesting things have happened in the last year. Netflix began producing original programming, bringing back popular shows that the stodgy old programming model had done away with. Arrested Development is back in production. House of Cards with Kevin Spacey is doing well. The producer of Veronica Mars raised three million dollars on Kickstarter to make a movie from a show that the network thought no one watched.”
Drexler would like the see a fifth season whose story line features the Romulan War. To do so, fans need to watch Enterprise on Netflix to raise the numbers and get Netflix‘s attention, and to share a FB page, located here.
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Several magazines recently have featured Star Trek into Darkness, and fans can see online scans of three of them now.
The magazines are the April issue of Star Trek magazine and Cinemania, and the May issue of Empire.
In the Star Trek magazine, “Darkness is about to fall.” Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof talk about Harrison and his motives, and the challenge of creating a good story in the alternate Star Trek universe created in the first movie.
Cinemania is a Spanish-language magazine, and their article features plenty of pictures of the actors and movie scenes.
The May issue of Empire also features pictures from the movie, including a battle-damaged Enterprise.
The article in Empire discusses the beginning of the rebooted franchise, and how the creators wanted to make Star Trek rival Star Wars in “terms of grandeur and adventure.” The article then moves on to the present movie, and Alex Kurtzman and Chris Pine describe the pressure of getting the new movie right. Other actors in the movie describe their working relationships with each other and with J.J. Abrams.
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Anton Yelchin has signed a deal to appear in Rudderless.
Rudderless is the story of a “grieving father in a downward spiral who stumbles across a box of his deceased son’s original music. He forms a band, hoping to find peace in the wake of his loss.”
Yelchin joins Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Billy Crudup, Selena Gomez and Laurence Fishburne in the film, which begins filming in April.
Rudderless was written by Casey Twenter, Jeff Robison and Macy, and will be produced by Keith Kjarval and Brad Greiner. Macy will be directing.
It is not yet known what role Yelchin will have in the film, which is expected to be released next year.
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Three Star Trek actors will be presenting awards at this year’s MTV Movie Awards.
The MTV Movie Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 14 at 9 PM in Culver City, California.
The three Trek presenters will be Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana .
Other notable names presenting at this year’s MTV Movie Awards will be Seth Rogan, Danny McBride, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Stave Carell, Zac Efron, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Seyfried, and Kerry Washington.
Hosted by Rebel Wilson, the 2013 MTV Movie Awards will air on April 14 at 9 PM on MTV.
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There will be twenty-eight conventions, shows or appearances in April and May that feature actors of interest to Star Trek fans. This listing of conventions and shows features actors from all of the televised series and several of the Star Trek movies.
April begins with the Steel City Con, which will be held from Apr. 5-7 at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA. In attendance at the Steel City Con will be Dwight Schultz.
Next up is Planet Comicon, to take place April 6-7 at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Missouri. In attendance at Planet Comicon will be George Takei, Will Wheaton, Daphne Ashbrook (Melora), and Lee Meriwether (Losira).
The Kansas City FilmFest will be held on Apr. 10-14 at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet in Kansas City, Missouri. In attendance will be John de Lancie.
Next up is the Supanova Pop Culture Expo, to be held April 12-14 at the Melbourne Showgrounds in Melbourne Australia. In attendance at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo will be Tony Todd.
On April 13-14, FanSci 7 will take place at the Centro Cultural Borges, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In attendance at FanSci 7 will be Marina Sirtis.
On April 19-21, the Hollywood Show will be held at the Westin Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, California. The Next Generation‘s Dwight Schultz will be at the Hollywood Show.
Also taking place April 19-21 will be StarFest, taking place at the Denver Tech Center in Denver, Colorado. In attendance at this convention will be Avery Brooks, Cirroc Lofton, Kevin Dilmore, and Dayton Ward.
Yet another convention will take place this weekend, Trek Trax, which will take place at the Holiday Inn Atlanta Perimeter in Atlanta, Georgia. Manu Intiraymi, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and James Cawley will be appearing at Trek Trax.
And Down Under, the Supanova Pop Culture Expo will also be held from April 19-21, at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast, Australia. Tony Todd will be appearing at Supanova Pop Culture Expo.
Next up is the Fan Expo Vancouver will take place April 20-21 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jonathan Frakes will be in attendance at Fan Expo Vancouver.
The Official Star Trek Convention will take place April 26-28 at the Crowne Plaza Cherry Hill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In attendance at this convention will be: Vaughn Armstrong, Rene Auberjonois, Casey Biggs, Avery Brooks, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Dorn, Aron Eisenberg, Max Grodenchik, Chase Masterson, Gates McFadden, Ethan Phillips, Armin Shimerman, and Nana Visitor.
On that same weekend, Chiller Theatre will be held at the Sheraton Parsippany in Parsippany, New Jersey. In attendance at Chiller Theatre will be John Billingsley, Bonita Friedericy, Jeffrey Combs, Sherry Jackson, and David Warner (Chancellor Gorkon).
And the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will also be held the same weekend, taking place at the McCormick Place – West Building in Chicago, Illinois. In attendance at this convention will be Lee Arenberg.
Another convention to take place on April 26-28 will be Sci-Fi on the Rock, which will take place at the Holiday Inn in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Dominic Keating will be at Sci-Fi on the Rock.
Sun City SciFi will also be held on Apr. 26-28, at the El Paso Marriott in El Paso, Texas. In attendance will be Marina Sirtis and Joseph Gatt (Star Trek into Darkness).
And the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo will be held at the BMO Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the same weekend. In attendance at this convention will be Wil Wheaton and Walter Koenig.
Wrapping up April will be the Wales Comic Con, which will be held on Apr. 28 at Glyndwr University in Wrexham, Wales. In attendance at Wales Comic Con will be Robert Picardo.
There will be eleven conventions or appearances in May, beginning with Texas Frightmare Weekend, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency DFW Airport in Dallas, Texas on May 3-5. In attendance at the Texas Frightmare Weekend will be Jeffrey Combs and Denise Crosby.
Next up is the popular FedCon, which will be held May 9-12 at the Hotel Maritim in Dusseldorf, Germany. In attendance at FedCon will be Robert Beltran, LeVar Burton, James Cawley, Roxanne Dawson, J.G. Hertzler, Dina Meyer (Commander Donatra), Anthony Montgomery, Robert O’Reilly, Linda Park, Ethan Phillips, Mark Allen Shepherd, Alexander Siddig, and Garrett Wang.
On May 10-12, the Ottawa ComicCon will take place at the Ernst & Young Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In attendance will be Jonathan Frakes and Wil Wheaton.
The Dallas Comic Con will be held on May 17-19 at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, Texas. In attendance will be LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, William Shatner, and Brent Spiner.
On the same weekend, the Motor City Comic Con will be held at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan. In attendance at the Motor City Comic Con will be Walter Koenig, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Marina Sirtis.
The Phoenix Comicon will be held from May 23-26 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. In attendance will be Walter Koenig, Bill Mumy, Nichelle Nichols, and Garrett Wang.
On the same weekend, STICCON will be held at the Centro Congressi Europeo in Bellaria, Italy. In attendance at STICCON will be Robert Duncan McNeill and Robert Picardo.
Comicpalooza will be held on May 24-26 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. In attendance at Comicpalooza will be Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Sir Patrick Stewart, Joseph Gatt, and Rene Auberjonois.
From May 30-June 2, the Philadelphia Comic Con will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Shatner will be a guest at this convention.
The Denver Comic Con will be held from May 31-June 2 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. In attendance at the Denver Comic Con will be George Takei and Wil Wheaton.
Wrapping up May will be The Official Star Trek Convention, to be held from May 31-June 2 at the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. In attendance at this convention will be Rene Auberjonois, Casey Biggs, Avery Brooks, LeVar Burton, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Dorn, Aron Eisenberg, Jonathan Frakes, Max Grodenchik, Chase Masterson, Gates McFadden, Ethan Phillips, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart, Nana Visitor, and Vaughn Armstrong.
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Star Trek into Darkness has not yet debuted, but thoughts have turned to what will follow the movie.
IDW Publishing will answer that question on May 29.
Two weeks after Star Trek into Darkness opens, IDW Publishing will unveil Star Trek after Darkness, a new comic book sequel to the movie.
Star Trek after Darkness will be written by Mike Johnson and overseen by Roberto Orci, and will be considered canon.
The story will run from issues #21-23 of the ongoing Star Trek comic book series.
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In a new ad for Star Trek: The Video Game, Captain Kirk faces a familiar foe.
In the ad, William Shatner and the Gorn from Arena are sitting on a couch watching a promotion for the Star Trek: The Video Game.
“You keep getting me killed!” Shatner tells the Gorn. “I thought you had my back!” He then smacks the Gorn, who hits him back and the two begin to fight.
“Ohhhh, not again!” exclaims Shatner, rising from the couch. The pair valiantly try to beat each other, but “we’re both too old for this,” says Kirk as he tries to catch his breath.
Star Trek: The Video Game will appear in stores on April 23.
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Star Trek: Enterprise‘s John Billingsley will be on an episode of Nikita next week.
Billingsley will be returning as the scientist Heidecker in Tipping Point.
In Tipping Point, “Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) learn of a new prosthetic hand that could have Michael back to his old self, but it comes at a steep price. Meanwhile, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) and Sean (Dillon Casey) are tasked with investigating who, inside Division, is behind a mutiny that ends in bloodshed.”
Billingsley was last seen as Heidecker in the Brave New World episode which aired earlier this year.
Tipping Point airs Friday, April 5, at 8 PM on the CW Network.
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In Star Trek #19, readers will learn why Star Trek‘s Montgomery Scott went into engineering as a profession.
IDW Publishing’s Star Trek #19 had just been released, and fans can see an online preview before going out to pick up their own copies of the comic.
Written by Mike Johnson and overseen by Roberto Orci, Star Trek #19 features art by Claudia Balboni and covers by Tim Bradstreet. The thirty-two page issue will sell for $3.99.
Click on the thumbnails for full-sized photos. More preview pages can be found at the referring site.
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Welovefine has introduced three Star Trek polo shirts for men, and also has tunics for women.
The shirts come in original series’ colors; blue, red, and yellow.
The men’s polo shirt is 100% cotton, with a Star Trek insignia embroidered on the left chest (about three inches in height).
The shirts, which come in sizes from small to XXXL, sell for $28.00 each, and can be ordered here.
Welovefine also offers a tank tunic for women, with the same colors as in the men’s polo shirts, and made of 94% cotton and 6% Spandex.
The sizing, however, runs small, with a small for a 27″ chest running up to XL for a 33″ inch chest.
The women’s tunics sell for $29.00.
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Tonight, on ABC, George Takei can be seen as “Grandfather” on The Neighbors.
Also guest-starring will be Star Wars‘ Mark Hamill, who will be playing “Commandant Bill.”
In It Has Begun…, the season finale of The Neighbors, “The Weavers take the Bird-Kersees to Atlantic City, where Marty learns that Larry Bird not only counts cards, he can see through them, and Jackie admits that she’s always wanted a human wedding. Meanwhile, Dick Butkus, in charge back home, gets an ominous call from his grandpa. Is it time for the Neighbors to return to Zabvron?”
It Has Begun airs tonight at 8:30 PM on ABC. A promo for the show is below, and can be seen after a short advertisement.
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Peter Duryea, best-known to original series fans, has passed away at the age of seventy-three.
Duryea portrayed Lt. Jose Tyler in The Cage, the original pilot for Star Trek.
Duryea followed his father Dan Duryea into acting, with roles in thirty television shows, including guest appearances on Dr. Kildare, Bewitched, Daniel Boone, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Adam-12 and Dragnet, and six movies.
In 1964, he was cast as Lt. Jose Tyler for The Cage. “[Star Trek] reminded me of a western, but set in the future and it was very interesting,” said Duryea in a 2001 interview. “I was among the other many, many people who auditioned. I was really happy to be part of it and took the job really seriously. I can remember long talks with the director, Robert Butler, how to do the part.”
Duryea left acting in 1973 and moved his family to Canada, where he became an environmentalist and an activist. He founded the Kootenay Lake Players, a children’s theater collective. “Having come from Hollywood, this was a delightful change for me,” said Duryea.
Duryea is survived by his partner Janice Bryan, his daughter Star, and his brother Richard.
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Fans of Leonard Nimoy‘s Spock can now purchase a set of three limited-edition prints featuring the character.
One of the prints features both Nimoy and Zachary Quinto‘s Spock.
The set was released in honor of Nimoy’s eighty-second birthday, which was yesterday.
The first print features the original series Spock, who is posed showing the Vulcan “live long and prosper” hand sign. The second print is a profile shot of an older Spock, from 2009′s Star Trek movie. The third print features Nimoy and Quinto’s Spocks, with Nimoy’s Spock facing forward and Quinto’s Spock seen in profile.
The sets, produced on 300gsm textured fine art paper, are hand-numbered and limited to a run of nine-hundred-and-ninety five sets. Each poster measures 16.5″ by 11.7″. A certificate of authenticity will accompany each print.
The set, sold in the UK, will sell for £27.60 ($34.90 US according to Generation Gallery‘s website), with free UK delivery. To order, head to the link located here.
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Tomorrow, Star Trek The Next Generation: Hive will be released, but fans can see a preview of the issue now.
The one-hundred-and-four-page issue will combine the previously-released Hive #1-Hive #4.
In Hive, “in the distant future the entire galaxy has been completely assimilated by Borg and its king… Locutus! The only hope for the future lies in the past, in the hands of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise — as Picard faces off against the Borg collective in one final, terrifying, and definitive encounter!”
Written by Brannon Braga, Terry Matalas, and Travis Fickett, with art and cover by Joe Corroney, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hive will sell for $17.99.
Click on thumbnails to see the preview. More pages can be found at the referring site.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Marina Sirtis will be seen on CBS’s NCIS beginning next month.
The actress will take on the role of the Mossad Director, replacing Eli David (Michael Nouri), who was killed off several months ago.
“The search to replace Eli David as Mossad Director was tricky for us, but we ended up with a true find in Marina Sirtis,” said showrunner Gary Glasberg. “I’ve always been a Star Trek fan, but Marina really owns this part. And the cast loves her. She’s everything I wanted for the role and then some. We are lucky to have her.”
NCIS airs Tuesdays at 9 PM on CBS.
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Sir Patrick Stewart has been chosen to receive an award from PFLAG National, a national organization for families, friends, and straight allies of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
Other honorees will include NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo and Chris Kluwe, author John Irving, and the Whirlpool Corporation.
Stewart will be receiving the Straight for Equality in Entertainment Award.
“From breaking through the ‘don’t play gay’ barrier with roles in Jeffrey, Frasier and now his upcoming film Match to his unwavering support for putting an end to violence against women, Sir Patrick Stewart is an ideal honoree,” said PFLAG National Executive Director Jody M. Huckaby. “His roles in both X-Men and Star Trek: The Next Generation—two franchises which have touched on themes such as the damage done by discrimination and the hurt inflicted by exclusion—have sent uncompromising messages to viewers, particularly GLBT youth, who have found themselves feeling hopeless and without allies.”
“I am delighted and honored to receive this PFLAG Straight for Equality in Entertainment Award,” said Stewart. “From my earliest years as an actor I have always been proud of the support the creative community gives to all forms of human and civil rights.”
The Fifth Annual Straight for Equality Awards Gala will be held on Thursday, April 4th in New York City at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
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Scott Bakula is a guest on a new episode of the Transporter Room 3 podcast.
The Transporter Room 3 podcast covers all things Star Trek; including movies, televised series, toys, “creepy cosplay,” books, etc.
On Episode 38, the topic of discussion will be Star Trek into Darkness. Hosts Scott Collura and Phil Pirrello will explore theories about Benedict Cumberbatch‘s mysterious character in the movie, drool over the image of Alice Eve recently released featuring her in her underwear, and speak with guest star Bakula, who reflects upon his time on Star Trek: Enterprise, and also shares his convention experiences.
The Bakula interview begins at around the seventeen minute mark, and can be heard here.
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This weekend saw the release of several new Star Trek into Darkness pictures, including a movie poster.
The URL for the poster was hidden as an Easter egg in the most recent movie trailer, while the new photo comes from the Star Trek into Darkness app.
The poster features Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Benedict Cumberbatch, the first three armed.
The photo from the Star Trek into Darkness app features Alice Eve, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, and Chris Pine, who are looking up as something is being lowered to the floor.
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the photos.
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The latest issue of Empire magazine showcases J.J. Abrams and Star Trek into Darkness.
The May issue of Empire has a three-page fold-out cover featuring the Star Trek into Darkness actors and Abrams.
Seventy-five pages of the issue are devoted to Abrams and his work on Star Trek, Star Wars and other projects, including Lost.
Several new images from Star Trek into Darkness are also included, and can be seen below (click on the thumbnails to enlarge).
The May issue of Empire will hit store shelves on Thursday, March 28.
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On Saturday night, the Star Trek logo appeared over London skies.
Paramount took part in the World Wildlife Foundation’s (WWF) International Earth Hour event in London by using quadrocopters to form the Federation logo in the sky.
Earth Hour is an event coordinated by the WWF which takes place around the world to raise awareness about climate change. During the hour, landmarks and cities switch off their lights.
Powered by green energy, quadrocopters rose three hundred feet into the sky to form the logo near London’s Tower Bridge.
“WWF is delighted that Paramount is supporting this year’s Earth Hour event,” said Kellie Rollings of the WWF. “Millions of people around the world take part in Earth Hour year on year and we’re always looking for innovative ways to get our message out there. It’s fantastic that Paramount has chosen to mark the hour by dimming their lights at this unusual light display.”
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Star Trek‘s Zoë Saldana is in talks to play the female lead in a new science fiction movie.
The movie is Guardians of the Galaxy, and Saldana would take on the role of alien Gamora.
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora, a green-skinned humanoid assassin, is the last member of a species wiped out by the Badoon race.
Others signed for Guardians of the Galaxy include Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer. Other characters in the movie include Groot, a giant tree-man, and Rocket Raccoon, a “genetically engineered animal with a knack for guns and explosives.”
Directed by James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy expects to begin production in June, with a projected August 2014 release date.
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