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Englishman in Scotty’s clothing for new Star Trek

It’s debatable that only a handful of individuals are as known for being Scottish as a Vancouver-born actor whose parents were immigrants from Northern Ireland. James Doohan’s act as Scotty in the iconic TV and movie series Star Trek is still seen by millions of people every week in reruns of the show and replays [...]

Boulder scientist to help with ‘Star Trek’ film

It’s all about the details for television and movie producer extraordinaire J.J. Abrams. So for the new “Star Trek” film, Abrams is looking out the real thing, finding a Boulder space scientist to make sure his version of the last  frontier looks as valid as possible. Carolyn Porco, a planetary scientist and imaging team director [...]

Star Trek the First Professional Fan Film

Star Trek fans can’t get sufficient  of their favorite show. There are ten previous movies with a high profile, $160 million new plan on the way, 600 TV episodes, a gazillion novels and a lot  of comics. And yet, fans even want more – so they make their own Star Trek. Filmed with high resolution [...]

New Star Trek movie filmed in Kern County

One of Hollywood’s biggest production companies is supporting Kern County in shooting a movie that millions have been waiting for. Paramount Producers are filming the next Star Trek movie  immediately outside Bakersfield. For millions of Star Trek fans an fretful wait is almost over and characters from the legendary television series and theatrical space drama [...]

The Enterprise

Image Source: Screenrant Hold your horses, long-time and hardcore Star Trek fans! Before I spill the beans on the latest news about the newest and latest Star Trek Movie (under the studio, Paramount Pictures), I want you to assure me that you won’t freak out. Clue – canon violation. Yes, it indeed is so, and [...]

Wise move by Abrams and Lindelof

Star Trek producers JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof were wise in their decision to ensure that the script for the new Star Trek movie was all set for filming before protests begin for the WGA strike. The two show support for fellow WGA members as they also walk the picket lines. This is despite being [...]

Star Trek Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers

Anyway, the story of how the independent planet of Bajor, the focus of the TV series, became occupied by the Cardassian Union (planet Cardassia), home to a race of militaristic, reptilian appearing humanoids, is now being told in an exciting new novel series by writer James Swallow. The first book, titled Day of the Vipers [...]

‘Star Trek: Hidden Frontier’ And ‘Odyssey’

Fan-produced films give the chance to tell original stories that might be too contentious for the usual studios and also help to keep the authorization alive. The best reasons to do something like this, is to offer stories that have yet to be seen, even on the studio backed Star Trek. Obviously, the gay storylines [...]

Plot Detail Confirmed for Star Trek Movie at Wizard World Convention-Spoilers

Posted a report of the “Mega Movie” panel this weekend at the Wizard World Los Angeles convention, in which were offered exclusive previews of such movies as Speed Racer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy 2 and several others. Nevertheless, the panel gave the crowd the breakdown on all the comic [...]

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 [...]