USS Enterprise Features In New Brilliant Machines Adverts
The advert called “Brilliant Enterprise” is designed to demonstrate how General Electric’s deep-sea oil & gas technology helps to discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions. GE is building the world by providing capital, expertise and infrastructure for a global economy. GE Capital has provided billions in financing so businesses can build and grow their operations and consumers can build their financial futures....
Chase Masterson Stars In R.U.R.: GENESIS
Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s Chase Masterson stars in a new retro sci-fi short R.U.R.: GENESIS. It serves as both a standalone short film adventure and a “teaser” for the full-length feature currently in development. The Story In 1919, acclaimed Czech playwright Karel Capek began work on arguably his most famous piece, the seminal science fiction story R.U.R. Set approximately 50 years in the then-future, R.U.R. was a...
US: Pre-Order Star Trek Enterprise S3 On Blu-ray Now
Star Trek Enterprise season 3 on Blu-ray is available to pre-order from Amazon US for $76.99. There is no release date for it yet, but it’s expected to arrive in January 2014. Following the attack on Earth in the season 2 finale “The Expanse”, the crew of Enterprise attempt to seek out the Xindi and stop them from launching their much larger, and much more devastating, weapon, the Xindi weapon. The third-season set will include...
J.J. Abrams Apologizes for His Use Of Lens Flares In Star Trek
In a interview with Crave Online, J.J. Abrams apologized for his use of Lens flares in Star Trek. “I know I get a lot of grief for that,” says Abrams. “But I’ll tell you, there are times when I’m working on a shot, I think, ‘Oh this would be really cool… with a lens flare.’ But I know it’s too much, and I apologize. I’m so aware of it now. I was showing my wife an early cut of Star...
Bryan Fuller: I would love to do a Star Trek TV show
Speaking to Crave Online, Bryan Fuller revealed that he has a “specific” plan to bring Star Trek back to television. “I haven’t pitched it, I just expressed interest that I would love to do a Star Trek TV show. Again, that was my very first start, on Deep Space Nine and Voyager. That was my first job as a writer in Hollywood. So having spent four years on staff and another year of freelancing before that on Star...
Add Data’s Head To Your Star Trek Prop Collection
Premiere Props is auctioning off some Hollywood memorabilia Sept. 28, including some props found in the Star Trek movies and television series. One, Data’s head, was made in the likeness of Brent Spiner for the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “Phantasms.” The starting price is $500, but it’s estimated to pull in at least $4,000. The head, according to the website, is made with...
Star Trek Enterprise Season 3 Blu-Ray Trailer
CBS Home Entertainment have released the third season trailer for Star Trek Enterprise. Following the attack on Earth in the season 2 finale “The Expanse”, the crew of Enterprise attempt to seek out the Xindi and stop them from launching their much larger, and much more devastating, weapon, the Xindi weapon. The third-season set will include all 24 episodes and a variety of behind-the-scenes featurettes and...
Star Trek actors combined in portraits
What would Captain Kirk’s Chris Pine and William Shatner look like combined? Or the rest of the cast of Star Trek Into Darkness? Well, one user on Reddit, That NordicGuy, has merged key members of the Star Trek Into Darkness cast with their original counterparts. The results are as follows: Kirk: William Shatner/Chris Pine Spock: Leonard Nimoy/Zachary Quinto McCoy: DeForest Kelly/Karl Urban Sulu: George...
Star Trek Into Darkness – User Interface VFX
Here is a video with 4 shots designed and animated while at OOOii for Bad Robot for the film Star Trek Into Darkness. Created under the creative art direction of Jorge Almeida. This is from a article that Adobe did with Andrew Krammer and OOOii team who created the stunning graphics and heads-up displays for Star Trek Into Darkness. Resurrecting the classic science fiction franchise of Star Trek is certainly a challenge that any...
JJ Abrams believes that the Star Trek game ‘arguably hurt’ Into Darkness success
Speaking to GamerHub, JJ Abrams explained that Namco Bandai’s tie-in Star Trek: The Video Game “was obviously a big disappointment”, and that he walked away from the project early on after realising “that it was not going in a place where we were going to get what we wanted…” “To me, the video game could have been something that actually really benefited the series and was an exciting, fun...