Tuesday March 31, 2009 3:16 pm
Star Trek Movie Franchise, Version 2.09
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Paramount, Action, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction, New Releases, Upcoming Releases,
After much delay and many false starts, the new Star Trek movie is slated to arrive in theaters on May 8. With a new cast and a new take on the Trek universe, the movie’s goal is to convert a whole new generation into a world of Trekkies. Paramount is so sure of the movie’s success, in fact, they’ve already ordered a second helping.
Director J.J. Abrams and the Trek writing staff are already on board with the second movie project, which is aiming for a tentative release in the summer of 2011.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released in 1979 by Paramount Pictures, featuring the main cast members from the original television series Star Trek. Five subsequent movies featuring the same cast followed; a seventh mixed William Shatner with cast member from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Three movies featuring this “new” cast followed.
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All that ended with Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002. Trek-themed TV series Voyager and Deep Space Nine both enjoyed relatively long runs, but Enterprise fizzled after only four poorly-watched seasons. Now, big-screen Trek is back…and it’s got J.J. Abrams on board. And a whole new cast.
And, if industry gossip is to be believed, a whole new feeling. The new, new Star Trek will not be a re-hashing of the old universe, but will offer up plenty of fresh plot (and plenty of CGI) to keep audiences visually astounded. But will it have enough Trek lore to keep even ardent, old school Trekkies happy?
The movie comes out May 8…all will be revealed then. But I’ve seen the trailers, and I gotta tell ya…it doesn’t look good. Take that as literally as you please.
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Don't you mean from Heroes? Yeah, the guy who plays Sylar seems like a pretty good choice for Spock. And a reboot of Trek, I think, is certainly welcome.
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