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Startrek,
Star Trek, the television version of Star Wars for most people, have been getting lots of raves and reviews recently. This just proves that the movie is really eagerly anticipated by the public. Chris Pine, the actor who ditched White Jazz to fill in the role of James Kirk said he really wanted to evoke [...]

Greg Ellis as Chief Engineer Olsen.

English actor (not the football player) Greg Ellis of has been confirmed by TrekMovie.com that he will appear in the new Star Trek movie. He will be playing the new role of Chief Engineer Olsen.
Ellis is no newbie at the Star Trek scene having played a role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in [...]

Anton Yelchin joins the crew!

18 year old Anton Yelchin, also star of ‘Charlie Bartlett‘ is also part of the cast of the much-awaited Star Trek film directed by J.J. Abrams. This time, we are brought back to the time when Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew were still newbies at the Star Fleet Academy.
Yelchin, will portray Pavel [...]

Jennifer Morrison is in Star Trek!

I love House, and although I watch it for Hugh Laurie, I’m glad that its other stars are given bigger roles due to the show’s popularity. I mean, really, I was quite delighted to find out that Jennifer Morrison has also been casted in the new Star Trek film! There is no confirmation yet as [...]

Winona Ryder joins ‘Star Trek’

I thought it was only a rumor but I found out recently that it is indeed true. Director JJ Adams has Winona Ryder set to play mom to Zachary Quinto’s spock. Wow, imagine Winona Ryder doing mommy roles. Does this confirm my age, as I still see her as Kim in Edward Scissorhands. Okay, I [...]

Leonard Nimoy – the original Spock

Beside making a name for himself as the voice of Galvatron in the Transformers animate movie, Leonard Nimoy is really best known for his role as the half-Vulcan, half-human Spock in the original series of Star Trek, which ran from 1966-1969. Playing Captain James T. Kirk then was William Shatner.
Besides Star Trek though, Nimoy [...]

New Capt. Kirk is Funny

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Chris Pine is one young, lucky actor who landed the famous role of Capt. Kirk in the soon coming feature film, Star Trek. Next year is the big event for all Star Trek fanatics. The film is directed by J.J. Abrams. While the interview was continuing [...]

Eric Bana as Nero in Star Trek

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Australian actor Eric Bana was here at the junket for, The Other Boleyn Girl in Manhattan. Unsurprisingly, Bana was bombarded with questions about his recent comments regarding his role as Nero, in the upcoming J.J. Abrams film, Star Trek. Bana recently commented on [...]

Bad Books Don’t Get in Movies

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Frequently speaking (and I know there are exceptions to this rule), only well-liked and high excellence books get chosen up by some studio and get made into a feature film. This stacks the deck a not much bit. If each book (good or bad) got completed into [...]

Damon Denied

There were lots of rumors concerning Matt Damon being selected to be play the role of James Kirk. It has been said that William Shatner, the actor who played Kirk in the series gave Damon his vote for the role but when Damon called up Abrams to confirm the gossips, he was denied. Abrams told [...]