Karl Urban Talks Star Trek 3
In a interview with Karl Urban, he tells IGN about his next project which will see his return to television in Almost Human. It’s the lead in the new FOX series from Fringe showrunner J.H. Wyman, which is produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot. He also has a clause in his contract for Almost Human that allows him to participate in the next Star Trek film when it goes into production. When asked who he’d like to see come...
Star Trek – Secrets Of The Universe
Star Trek – Secrets Of The Universe is a documentary that the History Channel made. This looks behind the scenes of the making of Into Darkness, as well as clips from the movie not seen in TV spots or trailers. Description Is building our own starship Enterprise possible? Will we ever travel between the stars as easily as they do in Star Trek? JJ Abrams’ new feature, Star Trek Into Darkness, hits the screen in a golden age...
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman Return for Star Trek 3
Here is an interview that IGN did with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, about returning to write the third Star Trek film. They are currently in talks with Paramount and hopefully the film will be out for the 50th anniversary in 2016. IGN: How influenced, or not, are you by the online feedback to your work? Kurtzman: Bob will constantly say when we’re writing something, ‘Oh you know, I’ve been reading a lot online and...
Star Trek: Renegades Update
As reported here on 30th July 2013, Star Trek Renegades had setup an Indiegogo.com project to raise money to fund the completion of their production. Star Trek Renegades has reached their minimum goal of $20,000. This will fund both extra days of shooting (sound stage rental, actor salaries, and other various daily expenses). Star Trek Renegades next goal is $45,000. This will build alien planet sets. If you would like to support Star...
Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention Las Vegas 2013 –
Creation Entertainment’s 12th Annual Official Star Trek Convention Las Vegas 2013 will be on 8th – 11th August and will be located at The Rio Suites in Las Vegas. Creation Entertainment will also celebrate Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s 20th Anniversary. Over the four days there will be non-stop, round the clock live entertainment featuring over 100 Star Trek celebrities, the Vegas Convention also offers something no...
Vulcan’s Trekcetera Museum Opens
Canada’s Only Star Trek museum, the Trekcetera opened it’s doors on August 2, 2013, as Vulcan’s newest attraction. From the Wild West to the final frontier, the Trekcetera Museum displays an array of memorabilia and artefacts. Beam yourself back to the days of Star Trek while viewing original costumes, screen-used props and pre-production artefacts utilised in both the television series and various Trek movies that...
Star Trek Actor, Michael Ansara (1922-2013)
Star Trek guest star Michael Ansara passed away on July 31 at the age of 91 following a long illness. Michael Ansara played the Klingon commander, Kang, in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Day of the Dove.” He would then return to reprising his role as Kang in the Deep Space Nine episode “Blood Oath.” and Voyager episode “Flashback”. Ansara also portrayed Lwaxana Troi’s Tavnian...
New TOS Retro Art Prints Now Available
Juan Ortiz has created 4 new TOS Retro Art Prints, which are available now. Star Trek.com chatted with the artist. Here’s what he had to say: “Journey to Babel.” First up is “Journey to Babel.” That’s a super-tight close-up of the Enterprise, with the juxtaposition of the shuttle making the Enterprise look massive and the shuttle miniscule. What inspired this poster? ORTIZ: The word journey in the title implied a voyage aboard a...
Star Trek: Seekers
August 2014 will see Star Trek: Seekers, which is a sequel to the Star Trek: Vanguard series of books. Written by the Vanguard authors David Mack, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore. Seekers will feature two ships, the Constitution-class USS Endeavour and Archer-class USS Sagittarius. This will include characters from the Vanguard series and continue their ongoing mission of exploration in the Taurus Reach. David Mack writes on his blog...
Star Trek style gadgets don’t get much cool than this: A Handheld 3D Scanner
A British inventor has unveiled a Star Trek style gadget – The world’s first handheld point-and-shoot, full colour 3D scanner available for under £650/$1,000. Fuel3D is developed by an expert team of hardware and software engineers and scientists, from Oxford University. They have developed the Fuel3D handheld scanner, a point-and-shoot 3D imaging system that captures extremely high resolution mesh and colour information of...