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Nov 06 | J.J. Abrams is in talks to direct the opening episode of "Undercovers," his Warner Bros. secret agent pilot at NBC. Schedule permitting, Abrams, who also serves as executive producer and co-writer for the pilot, will make "Undercovers" the first TV pilot he has directed since 2004's "Lost" two-part opener, which is considered one of the best-directed pilots of all time and helped launch Abrams' career into helming such theatrical films as "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Star Trek." The NBC pilot has been described as a mix between "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "The Bourne Identity." The original report is at the Hollywood Reporter.
Nov 05 | The upcoming MMORPG Star Trek Online has been given a release date. The game will be launched on February 2 in North America, and February 5 in Europe
Nov 02 | Journalist Edward Gross posted in his SciFi TV Zone.com website an animation that takes place on the bridge of the Enterprise, and it's where you can hear his... lord help us... impersonation of William Shatner. The url for the video is this.
Oct 27 | Leonard Nimoy narrates a new documentary about a historic synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The film profiles Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa., the only synagogue designed by the renowned architect. The building, a National Historic Landmark, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. A screening of the film will be shown at the dedication of the synagogue's newly designed visitors center on Nov. 15. Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker magazine, will be on hand
Oct 27 | Leonard Nimoy is celebrating Halloween by taking pictures of the most crazily outfitted attendee at the Santa Monica Museum of Art's Halla Gala. Nimoy, who has practiced fine art photography since the age of 14, is offering a private portrait session at the Viceroy Santa Monica hotel to whomever wins the gala's Secret Self costume contest.
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By Steve Krutzler / 15:53, 4 December 2006 / General Star Trek
Los Angeles, December 4, 2006 - Following the extraordinary success of
its interactive STAR TREK 2.0-which has generated 21.3 million lines of
chat and 5 million transactions in the virtual stock exchange known as
the Spock Market since its premiere in April 2006-G4 will launch an all
new interactive version of another television icon when it premieres
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 2.0 in January 2007. The show will
feature on-screen live chat, behind-the-scenes info, trivia games, and
interactive features that viewers can access via the G4 website,
g4tv.com. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 2.0 will premiere Monday,
January 15, 2007 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, and will air Mondays through Fridays
at 9 PM ET/PT, only on G4.
"The young male demo is driving today's media revolution," says Neal
Tiles, President of G4. "Increasingly, they are demanding a more
interactive, multiplatform experience. Our goal is to offer them TV that
guys can get their hands on-literally."
Shortly after its April 2006 launch, STAR TREK 2.0 quickly became G4's
highest rated strip series among its core Men 18-34 target audience.
Now, with the January 2007 premiere of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
2.0, all the interactive elements that STAR TREK 2.0 fans have come to
know and love will be featured in the four-wall "frame" of interactive
elements surrounding the classic STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
on-screen episode. These features include "Beam Me Up" live chat, Trek
Facts, Trek Stats and the popular Spock Market.
"Beam Me Up" Chat: Viewers can join a group of Star Trek fans, hardcore
Spock Market players and newcomers each and every night in the Beam Me
Up Chat room. This unique experience is fed from the Internet onto the
TV screen, giving each episode a stream-of-consciousness narrative from
real viewers that is different every time.
Trek Facts: Trivia, behind-the-scenes information from The Next
Generation and Star Trek-related news permeate every minute of TNG 2.0
via a news-ticker style crawl across the top portion of the television
screen.
Trek Stats: The accumulating tally of the beloved features and quirks
specific to the series will all have a NEXT GENERATION theme, including
the "Picard Maneuver" (in which someone tugs their uniform smooth) and
"Data Saves the Day" (self-explanatory).
The Spock Market: Viewers can make stock transactions on the G4 website,
g4tv.com, while an ever-changing stock ticker runs during each episode
on the right hand side of the television screen. The TNG 2.0 Spock
Market will feature 32 stocks (up from 24 on STAR TREK 2.0). Most of the
stocks will be new and specific to NEXT GENERATION-such as JLP (Jean-Luc
Picard) and DBC (Dr. Beverly Crusher)-along with a handful of classic
STAR TREK 2.0 stocks that have a "logical" reason for appearing in the
NEXT GENERATION universe, including COM (Communicators and
Communications, Inc.) and LOG (Starship Log). The Spock Market will
operate in the same manner as the STAR TREK 2.0 Spock Market, with
triggers hidden in each episode causing fluctuations in the valuations
of the stocks.
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