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Star Trek: Lower Decks casts Paul Scheer in recurring role

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Deadline has revealed  that Paul Scheer (The League) has joined the upcoming half-hour animated comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks in what will be a recurring role. Scheer will portray Lt. Commander Andy Billups, the chief engineer on the USS Cerritos and the boss of Eugene Cordero’s Ensign Rutherford. The role will see him recur throughout […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #1

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #1… Deep Space Nine has returned!  Perhaps I finished that a bit too prematurely? Deep Space Nine has returned to the comic book universe, thanks to IDW Publishing.  Still just as exciting, but perhaps not “as” exciting as you may have initially hoped […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #1

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IDW Publishing takes us back to DS9 this Wednesday as it launches the new four-issue miniseries Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice; check out a preview of the first issue here… Death casts its shadow as Constable Odo searches for truth amid a web of treachery and lies. Everyone on the […]

Star Trek gets animated with first Star Trek: Lower Decks trailer

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CBS All Access is set to take the Star Trek franchise where no series has gone before – the world of half-hour animated comedy – with the upcoming series Star Trek: Lower Decks, and with its August premiere fast approaching we’ve now got a first look at the show with the release of the first […]

The Star Trek universe is beaming into Comic-Con@Home

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CBS is bringing Star Trek to the virtual San Diego this month with back-to-back panels at the Comic-Con@Home fan festival on Thursday, July 23rd which will showcase CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and the upcoming animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks. “Star Trek broke barriers when it first premiered more […]

Zachary Quinto on Star Trek: “I’m not really attached to it anymore”

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While Star Trek is flourishing on the small screen (in terms of quantity at least – quality is up for debate), the movie franchise seems to have completely derailed since the last big screen offering Star Trek Beyond in 2016. Despite having a pitch for an R-rated take from Quentin Tarantino, Paramount originally planned on […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Year Five #12

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Star Trek: Year Five #12 hits comic book stores this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview for you here courtesy of IDW Publishing; take a look… At last—the moment you’ve been waiting for since the first page of issue #1! With a villain revealed, a stranded crew, and a ship on a collision course with […]

Star Trek: Lower Decks showrunner teases possible Next Generation cameos

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The Star Trek franchise is set to get animated this year as we move from the Bridge to the Lower Decks for CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Lower Decks – an animated comedy series focusing on four lowly Starfleet ensigns serving on board the USS Cerritos. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the show’s creator […]

Star Trek Timelines celebrates Pride with new campaign & LGBTQ+ characters

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Tilting Point and Wicked Realm Games have announced that Star Trek Timelines is set to celebrate Pride Month by launching a new themed campaign, as well as introducing a number of prominent LGBTQ+characters from the Star Trek franchise into the character collection role-playing game. Vulcan for “infinite diversity in infinite combinations,” the Kol-Ut-Shan campaign gives […]