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Roberto Orci not writing Star Trek 3, reminds fans why he makes movies and we don’t

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With Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) now signed on to direct Star Trek 3 as Roberto Orci’s replacement, it had been reported that Orci would remain involved in the project in a writing and producing capacity. However, Orci has now taken to the message boards on TrekMovie to clarify that he is not involved […]

Patrick Stewart open to playing Jean-Luc Picard again

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One of the best known roles of Patrick Stewart’s career is that of Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the USS Enterprise. Stewart played the role in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and in several movies, the most recent of which was Star Trek: Nemesis, which came out in 2002. During a Q&A on […]

Nicholas Meyer joins writing team for new Star Trek TV series, Tony Todd on casting shortlist

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Earlier this month CBS’ new Star Trek TV series found a showrunner in Bryan Fuller, whose early writing credits included Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, and now another Trek veteran has joined the writing team in Nicholas Meyer. “Nicholas Meyer chased Kirk and Khan ‘round the Mutara Nebula and ‘round Genesis’ flames, […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hollow Man″

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hollow Man″… A mysterious message draws Mr. Spock on a solo mission to a distant part of the Federation, where an old friend awaits, as well as a menace with the potential to threaten the entire galaxy. There have been ups and downs throughout John Byrne’s Star Trek […]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Edition coming to Blu-ray in June

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The official Star Trek website has announced that Paramount Home Media Distribution is set to bring Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Edition to Blu-ray in June. The Blu-ray, which is set for release on June 7th, will include the original theatrical cut of the film alongside Nicholas Meyer’s Director’s Edition, as well […]

Star Trek: Why I’m with Takei, not Pegg, over Sulu

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Before we get started, let’s agree on one thing here: an openly gay main character on modern Star Trek is a great thing. It should have been included as part of Gene Roddenberry’s forward thinking, utopian vision for the 23rd century, but that was the 60’s and, well, the general message then was ‘straight people […]

Star Trek: The Axanar Repercussions

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Tony Black on the repercussions of Star Trek: Axanar… Well. CBS and Paramount just put a great big giant bat’leth right through the hopes and dreams of many a Star Trek fan looking to make a movie within their beloved franchise, with a brand new set of very clear and to an extent unprecedented stipulations […]

J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek films to be Paramount’s first 4k Blu-ray releases

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With the first official 4K Blu-ray titles now available to purchase in the US (the first UK titles are due on April 18th), Paramount Pictures have announced their first two 4K releases will be J.J. Abrams’ two Star Trek films. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, both Star Trek and Star Trek Into […]