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Karl Urban talks Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek movie

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While promoting his forthcoming thriller, Bent, the USS Enterprise’s Dr. Bones McCoy, aka Karl Urban, has been talking about the status of the in-development Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie. With no confirmation as to whether the script being written was for the Kelvin timeline cast, or a new set of actors, Urban told LRM “I think […]

William Shatner rules out another Kirk appearance in Star Trek

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While CBS may have been able to entice one former Enterprise captain out of retirement for Star Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart’s predecessor William Shatner has seemingly shut the door on another appearance as the legendary James T. Kirk, the actor revealing on social media that he believes Kirk’s story is “played out”. No. I think […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Nepenthe’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard… After last week Nepenthe brings us something slightly different with the return of old faces, on-going threats and more than a little subterfuge. Narek tracks Rios and company across space, Picard reunites with Riker while Soji distrusts anything within spitting distance as she comes to […]

Riker and Troi return in promo images for Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 7 – ‘Nepenthe’

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CBS has released a batch of promo images for the seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard season 1, entitled ‘Nepenthe’, which sees Jean-Luc reunite with some old friends from his U.S.S. Enterprise days in Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis); check them out here… SEE ALSO: Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 6 Review […]

Simon Pegg explains why the Star Trek movie franchise has stalled

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It’s closing in on four years since we last saw the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the big screen in Star Trek Beyond, and while there’s been plenty of talk of instalment (see projects from S.J. Clarkson, Quentin Tarantino, and most recently Noah Hawley), so far there’s been no official word from Paramount Pictures regarding […]

Kirk is feeling a little lonely in deleted scene from Star Trek Beyond

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Yesterday we brought you details of the upcoming Blu-ray release for Star Trek Beyond [see here], and now USA Today has unveiled a rather humourous deleted scene from the Justin Lin-directed sci-fi sequel, which takes place on Starbase Yorktown and sees a lonely Kirk trying to find some company, before being sneezed on by Soccty’s […]

Star Trek on TV: The Undiscovered Future

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Tony Black on the possibilities for Bryan Fuller’s new Star Trek TV series… Quietly stealing the thunder of Justin Lin’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, it’s the freshly announced rebirth of Star Trek on the small screen which has triggered a wave of excitement inside and outside of Star Trek fandom since the news dropped in November […]

CBS chief explains why the new Star Trek series will air on subscription streaming service

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Earlier this week, Paramount and CBS Television Studios announced that Star Trek is returning to the small screen for a brand new series from Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness), which is set to air on the network’s digital subscription service CBS All Access in 2017. Speaking on a earnings conference call, CBS chief Leslie […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Impossible Box’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard… In forty minutes of television Picard pilfers classic literature, employs franchise iconography and greases the dramatic wheels with style. Weaving in film homage, touching on past traumas and introducing emotional conflict ‘The Impossible Box’ proves a benchmark episode. Balancing Next Generation film franchise cameos, fan […]