Harry Knowles got the chance to see some early footage from JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. The few short clips he saw were early edits without proper cg or color timing. The one bit I found particularly interesting is the first description of the bridge of the USS Enterprise:
“For the first time in the history of [...]

First (potentially) the actors, and now it looks like Paramount has decided to sit out of this year’s San Diego Comic Con International. A Parmaount spokesman told Anne Thompson that “The timing was off this year.” Most of Paramount’s upcoming geek slate isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until 2009. Paramount might still participate with some [...]

34-year-old illustrator/designer Tom Whalen has been creating geekarific fan art for the last few years. His original Star Wars posters (seen above) are reminiscent of Eric Tan’s work (which we’ve featured recently on the site). Click on the image above for a better look.
“I love those movies (the Star Wars trilogy) and had to pay [...]

In this weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly, Office star Rainn Wilson (The Rocker) did a photoshoot as Xena: Warrior Princess, MacGyver, Pauile Walnuts from The Sopranos and Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Check out the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly for the full photos. EW.com has a video from the Xena [...]

Paramount is not only interested in another Star Trek sequel, but they are apparently trying to sign the contracts to bring the writers back for a follow-up
“I can give you a spoiler about the Studio’s state of mind (not about the movie itself). The spoiler is that they already want to lock us down to [...]

You might remember Gallery 1988: LA as the art gallery who held the I am 8-bit (video game), Crazy4Cult (Movie), and Stan Lee themed art exhibitions. Their next exhibition begins on May 20th and is called “One to Grow On”. The highlights include movie related artwork from Scott Campbell (”Friends with E.T.”) and Dave Chung [...]

Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!

A new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster has shown up on pipocacombo.
Patrick Swayze will be asked back to reprise the role of ‘Bodhi’ in the recently announced Point [...]

Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!

ComingSoon has the poster for Focus Features’ Hamlet 2.
The New York Times has a audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art director for Iron Man, describing how the suit up [...]

JJ Abrams recently spoke with the Associated Press about his upcoming Star Trek, and talked about the direction of the upcoming prequel/reboot.
“The whole point was to try to make this movie for fans of movies, not fans of `Star Trek,’ necessarily,’” Abrams said.
Not that hardcore Trek fans are being totally ignored. Abrams assures fans that [...]

Screenrant has a report from a Star Trek panel this past weeknd at Creation Entertainment’s 16th Annual Grand Slam: The Sci-Fi Summitin Burbank, CA. Here are some highlights:

The movie will be rated PG-13 and have a budget “far below” $200 million. A $160 million price-tag has been floating around the web for months now.
The most [...]

AICN just got their hands on some spy shots taken at California State University that apparently show numerous Starfleet Academy students scattered around campus from J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek, along with the unidentified futuristic vehicle scene below. If you’re wondering, in Trek canon, the Academy’s main campus is located in San Francisco. If you [...]

Bad news for Star Trek fans. Paramount has announced that they have decided to push back the release of JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek prequel/reboot from December 25th 2008 to May 8th 2009. The studio claims that the move is part of a major reshuffle in the Paramount/DreamWorks schedule, and studio insiders say they are more [...]

KTTV Fox 11 in LA caught a glimpse of the set of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek as shooting took place close to downtown Los Angeles.
The footage is pretty much spoiler free (there appears to be a downed ship in an Arctic location), but interesting none the less.
Check it out after the jump.

Eric Bana says his villainy role as Nero in J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek is nothing more than a “cameo.” News to me. You? Here’s another quote from the Aussie actor about his role: “It’s just a great character, it’s J.J. Abrams. It’s a really well-written script, great part. Couldn’t say no. I don’t actually look [...]

On Friday afternoon, JJ Abrams and the cast and crew of Star Trek sat down with TrekMovie.com to field questions from the fans. Here are the informational highlights:

The first movie trailer first will “hopefully be in theaters early to mid summer.”
Production is scheduled to wrap the beginning of April 2008.
Long time JJ Abrams’s collaborator and [...]