We haven’t updated Star Trek in a while, so lets get to it. During a recent online chat with The Guardian, director JJ Abrams was asked why he got involved in the film. And I think his answer says a lot about what we should expect from the final film: “It didn’t feel like a classic reboot or prequel. It is a brand new thing inspired by characters that are poised to make a big comeback.”
JJ Abrams insists that the film’s running time won’t be much longer than 120 minutes, ranting to MTV that he’s “sick of these two hours and forty-five minute movies.”
Abrams also claims that when he showed [...]

The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file. In this “very special episode”, Dave, Devindra, and Adam are joined by Dan Trachtenberg and continue their Lakeview Terrace discussion by trying to get serious about race, relate some hilarious stories about obnoxious theater-goers, and hit recliner of rage levels of frustration discussing annoying trailer alterations.
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The /Filmcast Interview is a series of conversations with actors, directors, and other key figures from the entertainment industry. In this episode, David speaks with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci about their new Fox series Fringe, the role of MacGuffins in their work, and the possibility of a third Transformers film. The DJ Caruso film Eagle Eye, which both Orci and Kurtzman produced, will be in theaters on Friday.
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JJ Abrams made a comment earlier this month that Captain Kirk was originally written into Star Trek, but that William Shatner’s unwillingness to do a cameo nixed the scene from being shot. And of course, William Shatner has responded to JJ Abrams in his latest video blog, claiming that nobody ever offered him a cameo. “Maybe you wrote it, but it never presented itself to me,” snaps Shatner, before totally destroying his point by concluding that he “wouldn’t have wanted to do a cameo, because that you would have clipped that out.” But Shatner says it isn’t too late to bring Kirk back from the dead in a sequel. “If [...]

It was announced that the full trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be attached to JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek, which hits theaters on May 8th 2009. The teaser trailer is due out by the end of the year, possibly attached to Eagle Eye, which is written and produced Transformers 2 screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Before you complain that May is too late for the full Transformers trailer, remember that the full length trailer for the original film was attached to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which was released in late May. So the timeframe is almost exactly the same, if not a little bit [...]

Apparently JJ Abrams originally wrote William Shatner into the new Star Trek reboot.
“We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing,” Abrams told AMCtv. “But the truth is, it didn’t quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn’t want to do a cameo. We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves. The truth is, the story that we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It’s [...]

In a recent interview with CreationTV (video after the jump), Zachary Quinto made a possibly revealing statement about his role in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek.
When asked “How did it inform your character, knowing what he would become?” Quinto responded that while Leonard Nimoy’s performance affected him to a degree, “Although, When you see this movie, you’ll understand that this story happens irrespective of where the Spock we’ve come to know ends up.”
Now, Irrespective means “Without consideration of; regardless of”. This to me means that Quinto’s Spock will not be the same Spock that Nimoy portrayed in the series or at least that one doesn’t affect the other. Fans are speculating [...]

In the new issue of Star Trek Magazine, both William Shatner and director JJ Abrams once again insist that the Shat has no part in the upcoming Star Trek reboot. Here is a quote from Shatner, courtesy of Trekmovie: “I have no connection with the film whatsoever. It’s the strangest thing. Even my dear friend Leonard [Nimoy] won’t tell me what it’s about.” Abrams claims that “the only cast member from the original films is Nimoy.”
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I just don’t believe it. Yes, there are is that almost insurmountable story logic problem which would prevent Shatner from reprising the role as an older Captain Kirk, but [...]

Entertainment Weekly should probably hire Kevin Smith to write movie reviews. Heck, they’ve sent Diablo Cody to do set reports!? It seems like Smith is seeing all the films early now-a-days. First The Dark Knight, then Watchmen, and now… Star Trek? Maybe so. The Clerks director was a guest on KROQ’s Kevin and Bean show and eludes to having seen JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. Lets take a look at the transcript thanks to TrekMovie:
Smith: I saw a movie last night that I cannot talk about.
Host: Was it good?
Smith: It was phenomenal.
Host: Any stars, any break out stars, and do they trek?
Smith: The stars absolutely trek in this film. It [...]

Cinemablend found this awesome fan created poster for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, which is actually ten times better than the recently released character one-sheets (for the record I want to say that I loved the first teaser poster which was released at Comic Con a couple years ago). The poster was created by UK artist Mark Storey. You can check out more of his art on his Deviant Art profile page.

Paramount has launched an official MySpace page for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. Right now the page is pretty standard, with wallpapers and a trailer, but I’m sure they’ll be adding a few cool goodies over the next eight months.

The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file. In this episode, David, Devindra, Adam, Peter, Hunter, and Dan (from the Totally Rad Show) debate whether or not Wall-E is a date rapist, get psyched for the new Star Trek film, and get all warm, fuzzy, and sentimental describing their personal origin stories. Devin Faraci from CHUD joins us to discuss the [...]

Junk Food has a new line of retro Star Trek t-shirts. My favorite is this Vulcan Death Grip tee which features Spock using the move on Captain Kirk. Accoridng to Wikipedia,the Vulcan Death Grip was mentioned in an episode titled “The Enterprise Incident” where Spock pretends to use it on Captain Kirk in order to complete a mission. Nurse Christine Chapel later asserts that the death grip is a myth (giving the famous line “there’s no such thing as a Vulcan Death Grip!”), later confirmed by Kirk still being alive. Spock does, however, do something to Kirk that simulates death to such a degree that Romulan doctors certified [...]

Paramount has updated the official Star Trek website with high resolution versions of the new Star Trek character posters featuring John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Karl Urban as McCoy. I’ve stiched the images together for a super high resolution version of the four posters combined. Click on the below image to enlarge.

Four new character posters from JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek have been revealed at VegasCon 08. TrekMovie was able to take a photo of the four posters, which like the Comic Con posters, combine to form the Star Trek delta emblem. Clockwise we have John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Karl Urban as McCoy. Head on over to TrekMovie for a higher resolution version of the original photo.