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SyFy to Launch Star Trek Online Game

kreaty — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:32:05 +0000

SyFy (owned by NBC Universal) is set to launch the all new Star Trek online massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG).

It’s Raining Awards

kreaty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:24:09 +0000

It’s raining awards for the top SciFi films of the year and this time it is the American Cinema Editors who have named a list of films that would be considered for nomination under various categories.

Two Movies That Gave Us The Opportunity To Rediscover Scifi Films

kreaty — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:42:45 +0000

Star Trek and Avatar are in the list of the best movies that have hit the theaters in 2009.

‘Star Trek’ – The Most Pirated

kreaty — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:27:35 +0000

Star Trek is certainly the most popular movie of the year 2009 and this is not only revealed by the box office collections of the movie, but also by the downloads on file sharing sites like Torrent.

Rendezvous With James Cameron

kreaty — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:22:53 +0000

Heat Vision has published an interview with the Avatar Man James Cameron and the director sounded pretty candid during the question answer session.

William Shatner – At Loggerheads With Friends

kreaty — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:42:39 +0000

William Shatner alias Captain James T. Kirk of the popular flick Star Trek is in the limelight once again but for all the wrong reasons.

‘Star Trek’ – A Serious Consideration For The Oscars

kreaty — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:31:32 +0000

This is a real treat for all the Star Trek Fans- it is being sent for nominations to the Oscars!

Nimoy in Discussions to Appear in More ‘Fringe’ Episodes

Darren — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:01:35 +0000

Leonard Nimoy in Fringe S02E04 'Momentum Deferred'

78 year old Leonard Nimoy, who is most well known for his role as Spock in Star Trek, plays William Bell in Fringe, the founder of a mysterious corporation called Massive Dynamic.

At the end of Fringe season one we learned that Bell has an office in the still standing World Trade Center of an alternate reality but we don’t yet know if he’s ...

‘Star Trek’ Sequel Aims For Contemporary Relevance

Darren — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:52:11 +0000

Star Trek director J.J. Abrams and writer Roberto Orci have confirmed that they intend for the Star Trek sequel to take a cue from Battlestar Galactica’s approach to story telling.

Well, they didn’t exactly use those words, but they did explicitly confirm their intentions are to write a story infused with modern day allegories.

Here’s what J.J. Abrams said:

“The ambition for a sequel to ‘Star Trek’ is to make a movie that’s worthy of the ...

‘Star Trek’: Shatner Hasn’t Seen It, Nimoy Not in Sequel

Darren — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:15:16 +0000

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner attend Dragon*Con 2009 in Atlanta. Watch video of their entire panel presentation, filled with interesting information and some very funny moments of banter exchange between the two.

‘Star Trek’ Gets IMAX Release

Darren — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:22:06 +0000

On Friday Paramount will be re-releasing J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek in almost 100 IMAX locations.

Under normal circumstances a film will run for four weeks in an IMAX theater. Star Trek’s original run was cut short due to an IMAX commitment to play Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian instead. Since then Star Trek has had to wait while Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince completed their IMAX runs.

The ...

Summer 2009 Sets US Box Office Record

Darren — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:56:42 +0000

Megan Fox helped 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' lead the pack of films that broke the US Summer Box Office record

Though the figures aren’t final, the record for the highest Box Office summer in US history has now been broken.

The record was last broken in 2007 with $4.16 billion, but now 2009 has surpassed that ...

Limited Edition ‘Star Trek’ Blu-ray Includes USS Enterprise Replica

Darren — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:57:54 +0000

On November 17 Amazon are releasing an exclusive Limited Edition (5000 only) Star Trek Blu-ray set that include an 8.5 inch replica solid metal USS Enterprise.

Star Trek fans will want to move fast on this collectible as it’s high quality and because it’s available for pre-order now I have ...

Composer Michael Giacchino Spreads the Love

Darren — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:45:35 +0000

'Star Trek' Director J.J. Abrams and Composer Michael Giacchino

Recently Michael Giacchino was nominated for ‘Film Composer of the Year’ in the upcoming 2009 World Soundtrack Awards for his scores to Star Trek, Up, and Land of the Lost. But those aren’t the only scores he worked on throughout the year. He also composed the scores to three short ...

‘G.I. Joe’ Sequel Announced

Darren — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:45:26 +0000

After surpassing box office expectations over the weekend with a whopping $100M worldwide haul, Paramount has confirmed G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra will get a sequel.

The studio’s vice chairman, Rob Moore, also confirmed that the lead actors in the film are contractually obligated to return for the sequel, although apparently director Stephen Sommers is under no such obligation.

No further details are to ...

Excerpts From ‘Star Trek’ Magazine Issue 20

Darren — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:13:39 +0000

Star Trek Magazine #20 includes an interview with J.J. Abrams, an interview with the Borg Queen Alice Krige, and a rundown on the history of the Borg. Here are extracts from each of those features:

Excerpt from the interview with J.J. Abrams

Q. Every director approaches a script differently initially; when you read a script for the first time, do you visualize it, hear it, and see it edited?

J.J. Abrams: When ...

‘Star Trek 2′, ‘Star Trek 3′ and ‘Star Trek’ Back on TV

Darren — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:02:29 +0000

A few tidbits of information surfaced over the course of the weekend regarding the status of both the sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and the potential for a new Star Trek television series.

Here’s what surfaced:

the sequel’s script should be done by Christmas shooting may kick off around March next year Paramount hope to release it in May 2011 it was suggested to writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman that the studio thinks they should write for both Star Trek ...

‘Star Trek’ Blu-Ray and DVD Release Details

Darren — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:05:10 +0000

Paramount have issued a press release confirming the DVD and Blu-ray release details of Star Trek.

The highly successful film will received three separate releases:

A single disc DVD — $29.99 A double disc DVD — $39.99 A three disk Blu-ray — $39.99

all of which will hit the stores November 17, 2009.

Here is the complete official press release:

DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS’ PHENOMENAL REIMAGINING OF THE LEGENDARY ADVENTURE SOARS ONTO DVD AND BLU-RAY

$375 Million Worldwide Sensation Beams Up to ...

Play A Demo Of The ‘Star Trek Scene It? DVD Board Game’

Darren — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:35:16 +0000

Star Trek Scene It? DVD Board Game Demo

Screenlife games recently released the Star Trek Scene it? DVD Board Game, an interactive board game that features trivia questions, on-screen puzzlers and video clips that span across the different Star Trek series and movies.

They’ve also made a demo of the game available to be played online which gives you an idea of how the game is played. ...

Michael Giacchino Talks About His Score To ‘Star Trek’

Darren — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:03:16 +0000

'Star Trek' Director J.J. Abrams and Composer Michael Giacchino

The latest issue of ‘Star Trek Magazine’ features an interview with Star Trek music composer Michael Giacchino. Here’s a short excerpt from that interview in which he explains why the direction of the score went towards sad and brooding themes.

Your approach to the score is very different from the John Williams template from Star Wars…

Michael Giacchino: Quite honestly, that ...