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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 […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Year Five #11

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The Five Year Mission continues this week with the release of Star Trek: Year Five #11 from IDW Publishing; check out a preview of the issue here… With the Federation border in sight, a villain revealed will subject Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to their most dangerous challenge yet—where everything comes to a […]

Simon Pegg still uncertain about the future of the Star Trek movie franchise

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Star Trek star and co-writer Simon Pegg is uncertain about the future of the movies involving himself and the rest of the cast from the three most recent Star Trek instalments – Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond. In a recent interview with Collider, Pegg revealed the future of his Star Trek films are unconfirmed as of right now […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to be more optimistic and episodic, reveals producer Akiva Goldsman

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Since relaunching the franchise on the small screen back in 2017, CBS All Access’ new Star Trek shows have received a mixed response from fans, with many struggling to engage with the revamped version of the long-running sci-fi series which has been presented through both Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard. Well, it seems […]