Fantastic new Star Trek trailer

Check out this epic trailer for Star Trek :)



The film looks awesome and is set to hit screens here on May 8th. I love it. Really great stuff .
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Some more ads from the superbowl

a few of the other ads from the superbowl turned out pretty well, or at least interesting.

Check out this ad for Star Trek, I am definitely interested in this one, fingers crossed that it'll be good. And from this ad my hopes are still running high. We'll see what becomes of all this on May 8th.



Also airing on Bowl day, the Land of the Lost remake starring Will Ferrell.




Having never watched the original show, I think this looks pretty funny. The movie is out June 5th, '09.

Next up is Up :) Pixar's new one coming out on May 29th 2009.



I have high hopes for Up. Pixar really makes great movies and this one looks really cute.

There was also a really real 3D commercial! for the upcoming animated film Monsters vs Aliens! Sweet.



I think this one looks like a lot of fun. And it comes out pretty soon, on March 27th, 09.

Now check out this one for Fast & Furious, the movie we all knew had to come eventually...



F&F comes out April 3rd... so get ready!

How about this to wet your appetite, the one time prequel, now sequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons. This one is sure to make everyone a boatload of money, and honestly looks pretty good.



Look for Angels and Demons on May 15th.

What do you get mixing Jack Black and Michael Cera? Year One... set to come out June 19th.



I'm still not sold on that one...

This one surprised me. Race to Witch Mountain, set to come out March 13, starring The Rock. I've actually never seen the original. Is this what that was about too?! seems like a story I would've totally dug as a kid. Now, meh... could be good... but will probably be just bleh.



And that's all for the movie trailers at the 2009 Superbowl. I think this was definitely a solid year. I'm really looking forward to a few of these films. Let me know your fav in the comments :) Oh, and one more superbowl ad for good measure.


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A long list of quick hits

There is a lot of coverage on the San Diego Comic Con out there, but much of it is buried in panel reports and drawn out press events. Also the world has not stopped turning just because of the con. There is other cool entertainment news to be had as well. But I just don't have the time to write up posts about everything. So maybe a few quick hits are in order. I mean, theres a lot of cool stuff going on, I wouldn't want to miss it. And with that said here are a few quick stories or links for you.

According to THR, Leonardo DiCaprio and his Apian Way production company are looking to possibly make a series of movies out of old Twilight Zone stories. They've put the call out to writers for pitches.

Some descriptions of the 3 minutes of Tr2n footage that was screened at the con can be read here and here, with more follow up details at AICN. And just a note, the footage was NOT actually from the new movie.

Cartoon Network is developing 3 comic book titles into tv movies. The first is Firebreather, a story about a teenager growing up in a divorced family with a typical worrying mother, and a fire-breathing dragon for a father. The next is The Mice Templar, a book about templar mice, a prophecy, and oh so much more. When I was at Wizard World the creator gave me a full 5 minutes on the book after I guessed that it was probably just like Mouseguard... And the third is The Vanishers, about a fifth grader who travels through time to rescue his friends after they start disappearing from existence.

Bryan Singer is developing a feature based on the comic miniseries Freeedom Formula , a sci fi about a high speed illegal mecha racing circuit and the cost of freedom in a fascist techno-future. Seems reminiscent of IGPX with a bit of Akira.

You can watch the trailer to Afro Samurai: Ressurection at Spike TV right now, or read more about the show here.

You can watch a painfully bad clip with Paris Hilton singing from Repo! The Genetic Opera over at MTV right now.

An honestly pretty cool trailer for Sam Raimi's new family friendly tv show Legend of the Seeker (formerly Wizards First Rule) has landed online. The show is based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth book series, and premieres on ABC on Nov 1st, '08.

Kevin Feige said at the SDCC Marvel panel that FOX was waiting the see how well the Wolverine movie does before moving forward on the Silver Surfer solo film.

NBC has posted videos of their Knight Rider and Kings panels on their website. Also catch this new one minute KR trailer.

The will be NO Dinobots in Transformers 2 say the writers.

Care of IGN watch the trailer for the upcoming animated film Resident Evil: Degeneration. No word on a western release date yet.

MTV interviews The Rock on Shazam, and Sam Jackson on Nick Fury.

AICN has a review of what is apparently a terrible script rewrite on Escape From New York by Jonathan Mostow.

IESB has heard that The Rock may appear in the Johnny Quest film, as Race Bannon!

Watch almost 4 minutes of new footage from Star Wars Clone Wars right here on Yahoo!

MTV has a preview up for the upcoming direct to dvd Marvel animated film "Hulk vs Wolverine" and it is killer.

Read Comingsoon.net panel reports and coverage on The Spirit, Watchmen and here, Day The Earth Stood Still, Prince of Persia, The Wolfman,

Read AICN panel reports and coverage on Wolfman, Watchmen, Twilight, Wolverine, Batman: Brave and the Bold and here, and a non-con Star Trek report

Read Latino Review's reports on the Hasbro panel (G.I. Joe), the Fox panel (DTESS, Max Payne, Wolverine), Watchmen, Punisher WZ, The Spirit, Ninja Assassin, Star Wars, and a video interview for Red Sonja,

Read IESB.net's well written reports on Watchmen, Twilight, the Fox panel, the best Wolverine footage breakdown online, and video interviews on Wolverine, Max Payne, and DTESS

And that's about all I can handle for now. That's sure a ton of info, And there'll be even more tomorrow after the Saturday panels get going at Comic Con. It's kinda crazy, but very cool stuff overall. Anything in this list really stand out to you as awesome? In my opinion the Star Wars footage steals the show so far. I'll post it up on its own later this weekend. Until then, I'm off to bed.
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new Star Trek poster, is that all?

Here is the new poster for the J.J. Abrams epic, Star Trek. Personally I'm really not such a big fan...

The poster will reportedly be divided into four distinct one sheets and given out at SDCC next week. These 4 sections of the above poster can also now be found as Wallpaper, along with Icon sized representations too, at the slightly revamped official website. Just check out the Downloads section.

Meh... I'll wait to see what JJ says at the panel.
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Trek pushed back

Some sad news for Trek fans was announced this week as J.J. Abrams new Star Trek movie was uncerimoniously pushed back from a Christmas '08 release to a May 8th, '09 release date. :(

Seriously, 5 months! It's a long time I know. And while usually a reason such as 'they needed more time for effects work' is given, in this case the studio seems to have effectively said 'this film will make us WAY more money as a summer film than a Christmas film'. While I can appreciate that I suppose, it's still a bit of a bummer.

There's also some speculation that since the strike has ended J.J. is going to use the opportunity to tighten the script some. And frankly, that's something I can roll with.

Anyhow, sad but true, we're going to have to wait even longer for Trek. sigh...
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Trek teaser and viral beginnings

Since I posted last week with that crappy quality Youtube clip of the new Star Trek trailer a few developments have arisen. Firstly , the official Trek website has been updated with the trailer in glorious HD for your viewing pleasure. You can also, as before, register for updates on the film there.

Secondly, and I wonder if maybe more or less importantly, Bad Robot are up to their old Cloverfield tricks again, launching the first of what I assume will be many Trek viral sites. This one, NCC-1701.com has four viewing panes that, after tuning in, will reveal various views of the construction dock where the Enterprise is being built. Check it out if you get a chance and keep an eye out, Camera 2 is currently offline.

Oh, let the games begin :) I'll leave you with a much better quality version of the teaser trailer off of Youtube. adios muchachos.


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Star Trek trailer

I put a better version of this Star Trek trailer up once it surfaces online, but for now, just enjoy...



Oh and for you die hards out there, head over to IESB.net where they scored some really good but quick video interviews with most of the cast of Trek on the carpet at the Cloverfield premiere.
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Enterprise under construction

With the release of Cloverfield nationwide tomorrow, JJ has dropped a great little tidbit of Star Trek on us plebes. Check out this picture of the Enterprise being built. Click to enlarge. Sure thats nice, but shouldn't that be in space? I'll have to wiki that at some point and figure out...

Also hitting the interweb today, the official Star Trek movie site has gone live. Not too much to look at for the moment, but at least there's a nice little logo graphic. Enjoy it people, Christmas Day is a mere 11 and a half months away.

Although advance reviews for Cloverfield are surfacing online, I have yet to see a good description or better yet a bootleg of the Star Trek trailer that is supposedly attached to it. Hopefully tomorrow.

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Tyler Perry in Star Trek

A few days ago UGO posted a pretty out there, yet apparently now confirmed, rumor that we'd be seeing another familiar face in the upcoming Star Trek film. Only you might not recognize him without a dress and make up. The one and only Tyler Perry is reportedly going to be playing the head of Starfleet Academy! As the rest of the story contains minor plot spoilers I'll tell you to stop reading now if you're concerned about that. Probably not if you're already here, but I thought I should mention it anyhow. :)

Anyhow, Perry will be playing a human and reportedly he has already filmed a major scene with Kirk and Spock where he is chewing out the young Kirk for cheating at a test during his academy days... what does that mean exactly? Well for the casual Star Trek enthusiast like me not too much. I guess I haven't watched Wrath of Kahn recently enough. But others like UGO and now AICN are reporting that this means we should be seeing the 'infamous' episode of Kirks academy days where he cheats his way through the Kobayashi Maru test. Apparently this test is designed to be unwinnable, and is ultimately a glimpse at character of cadets before they leave the academy. According to Trek schoolyard lore Kirk is the only man to ever have beaten the test. And if AICN is correct he manages to do that by doing some of what Kirk does best, charming the ladies. Yup thats right, apparently Kirk actually beats the Kobayashi Maru by convincing the girl he's sleeping with to alter the simulator so that he can win. Seriously, what a guy that Kirk...

So that's all for now, Can't wait to see the new Trek trailer with Cloverfield in two weeks, this film is quickly approaching and I am definitely looking forward to it. Only one year to go people. Star Trek will be released on Christmas Day '08.
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Ryder and Nichols in Trek

Well, I know I just said I was done with posts on the casting announcements for the upcoming Star Trek film, but when the news is this pretty I just had to mention it. From Variety this morning comes word that none other than Winona Ryder has been cast as Amanda Grayson, Spock mother. If you'll recall, Spock is actually a mudblood, with a Vulcan dad, and a human mother. As far as I know there has been no word on who will play the infamous Sarek. This is still pretty cool though, especially considering the part will probably be pretty small. And I have to wonder, is it a flashback maybe? I mean Ryder as Quinto's mom? Do those ages really work?

And the other piece of hot casting is for the character Janice Rand, who you might not remember, but let me assure you, is definitely a vital piece of the big picture. While at first glance the character may appear to be the standard redshirt (er red-skirt) but she was a staple of the early episodes of Trek. She was the token hot girl on many an away mission and while not remembered as well, technically had a bigger role in the series than most of the bridge crew for quite a while. The character was written out of the series halfway through the first season. And while this casting tidbit comes from AICN, by their own account it should still be considered a rumor. Word is that Alias super-spy Rachel Nichols will play the role. Nice.

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Greenwood is Pike

It looks like the final major piece has fallen into place for the Star Trek film, as Canadian actor and all around good guy Bruce Greenwood has been cast as Captain Christopher Pike. In case your running behind, Pike was the captain of the USS Enterprise before Kirk. He has show up twice onscreen in the the original pilot to Star Trek TOS, and again as an old man in the Hugo winning Trek two parter episode, The Menagerie. This is Pike more or less in the prime of his life. And Greenwood who I've really enjoyed since Nowhere Man, and Thirteen Days is a great choice.

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Doctor Onboard

Well it looks like the penultimate piece to the casting puzzle that is Star Trek may actually have fallen into place. While still unconfirmed AICN is reporting that the role of Dr. McCoy has been cast with the ever talented Pathfinder and Doom star, Karl Urban. Wow, good casting, not that I think DeForest Kelley really looked like Urban as a young man, but hey, creative license is a good thing sometimes.

I say the following in whatever way sounds the least gay, but doesn't it seem like maybe with the casting of Urban, Pine, Quinto, and Eric Bana that Paramount may be going for a bit more of the female audience...

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Chris Pine is James T. Kirk

Well, it appears that a decision has been made. As reported by comingsoon.net, and me a day or two ago, the young actor Chris Pine was offered roles as both James Kirk in the new Star Trek film, AND opposite George Clooney in the upcoming thriller White Jazz. Due to unfortunate production scheduling conflicts though he would have to make a decision as to which film to work on. No doubt the decision was a difficult one, but thankfully he has chosen to be a part of the wonderful world of Trek, and we now have our Kirk.

White Jazz director Joe Carnahan posted on his blog yesterday that Pine has bowed out of White Jazz after much deliberation, and will soon board the Starship Enterprise.

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Pegg is Scotty and Cho is Sulu!

The very funny British actor Simon Pegg has just been cast as Scotty in the new Star Trek film. You probably know Pegg best as Shaun of the Dead fame, but he has also starred in Hot Fuzz, had a fantastic guest spot on Doctor Who, and before all that starred in a great little Britcom called Spaced. I'm positive hes done a lot more, only that's all I can think of right now... Regardless, to this news I say, really, excellent work. Pegg is hilarious and deserves to be mainstream famous. He is funny and will bring some great life to the role I'm sure.

And to top that great news off we also just heard that John Cho, of Harold and Kumar fame, has landed the role of Navigation officer Sulu. I don't know.... I mean the guy is definitely likable, but do you see a young Takei? meh, I'm sure it'll all be good.

This movie sure is shaping up fast. Let's see if that can land Pine for Kirk. And of course we're still waiting on the casting of Christopher Pike.... I suppose all will be revealed soon enough.

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Eric Bana on Star Trek and more...

Woot! One of my current favorite actors Eric Bana, has just signed on to J.J. Abrams Star Trek as the villain. Unfortunately not much is known about the film yet, but I'm definitely getting excited. Now what we really need to find out is who will play the young Kirk???

UPDATE - Ok, it looks like I spoke, err posted, a bit too soon this morning on this story before I'd done a little digging around. Bana's character will be a villain named Nero, but all plot details or a character description are still being kept secret. Startrekmovie.com recently posted a very good interview with Trek writer Robert Orci, where he said that he has just turned in his second draft of the film, and is very pleased with it. He focused a lot on giving the the villain more depth in this draft, although the most important dynamic of the film will definitely still be the relationship between Kirk, McCoy and Spock. Check out the interview for more insight.

As for casting, two of the more minor characters have been announced. Anton Yelchin will play Checkov, and Zoe Saldana will play Lt Uhura. They're both young actors who you might've seen in a few smaller projects, but this is a big step in both of their careers. But the really big rumor of the moment though, is that Chris Pine is in talks to play the lead role of James Kirk. And just who the heck is Chris Pine... well that's a good question. He's been in a few things you've probably heard of like Just my Luck, and Smokin Aces but for the most part he really is an unknown. And for my money, that's a good thing. Word is that he might not get the job though; and not because Paramount doesn't want him, but because he is also up for a lead role opposite George Clooney in the crime thriller White Jazz! I guess when you're hot, you're hot. They'd better decide soon though as Trek is set to start filming this November.

I'll look out for more updates as they come in.

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Quinto is Spock

It's official! Just now fresh from the lips of JJ Abrams at Comic Con, the excellent actor Zachary Quinto who as we all know plays Sylar on Heroes has been cast as Spock in the new Star Trek film. Sweet news!

Leonard Nimoy is also set to appear in the film as the older version of Spock we all know and love :) This is shaping up very interestingly...

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Trek

J.J. Abrams talked about his new Star Trek film. Read the Variety article HERE.

He's planning on doing the whole MI:III treatment to it. Is this a good idea or a horrible one?
And who could honestly pull off a young Kirk???

My take. Yes its a good idea although I would've been fine to see the franchise take a breather for a few years, I understand why the money grubbing Hollywood types won't ever let that happen. And Abrams is a good choice to shake things up. The film, or potentially series of films, will focus on a young Kirk, Spock, and McCoy at Starfleeet. I think they should go for total unknowns for the roles. Anyone else have thoughts?