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Feb 08 | While his "Lost" co-stars prepare to pack up and leave Hawaii, Daniel Dae Kim can plan to remain there for at least a few more months. Mr. Kim, who plays the time-traveling tough guy Jin on "Lost," has been the first actor cast in a coming remake of the crime drama "Hawaii Five-O," The Hollywood Reporter said. He has been cast as Chin Ho Kelly, a detective played by Kam Fong in the original series, which began in 1968. The "Hawaii Five-O" revival is being developed by the screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Star Trek," "Fringe") and Peter Lenkov, an executive producer of "CSI: NY."
Feb 03 | William Shatner has paid tribute to his former Boston Legal co-star Justin Mentell, who died in a freak car accident on Monday. The 27 year old was thrown from his Jeep after swerving off the road near Madison, Wisconsin and died at the scene of the tragic crash. The Star Trek legend was saddened to hear of Mentell's passing - as he's convinced the actor was destined for a glittering career. In a post on his Twitter.com page, Shatner writes, "I'm deeply saddened to hear about Justin Mentell. There's no telling how far up the ladder he may have climbed. My sympathies to his family."
Feb 01 | Journalist Edward Gross posted an article at SciFiTVZone.com called "The Making of the Star Trek Pilots, Part 3: "Assignment Earth"" which takes a retrospective look at the making of the Gene Roddenberry unsold TV pilot "Assignment Earth" filmed at Desilu Studios as a second season Star Trek episode. The article feature rare interviews - including authors involved with the character of Gary Seven in comics and in novels.
Jan 25 | William Shatner has signed on to serve as host of the 37th annual Annie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, organizers said. The event honoring the previous year's best in animation is to take place Feb. 6 at UCLA's Royce Hall.
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By GustavoLeao / 00:25, 30 January 2008 / Feature Films
The latest issue of Starburst Magazine, out in the UK, features an extensive interview with TOS actor George Takei and claims that he will cameo in the new Star Trek movie, a rumor denied by Takei's business manager and partner (story). Here are few more excerpts of the article.
Regarding the fact that William Shatner will not appear in the new prequel movie, Takei said "He's expressed his disappointment, because he's a very competitive guy."
"Kirk's death was visibly seen on film" Takei said "Science fiction is wonderful, but to be credible, there has to be some verities. With Spock, he's got a lot of special Science fiction things. We did one movie, The Wrath of Khan - where Spock dies - but we followed it up with a movie titled The Search for Spock. You can't finish a movie like that saying "Well, we didnt find him !" So Spock is a very special character, Kirk is a humanoid and Bill Shatner has to accept that."
To read the full article, get the new issue of Starburst Magazine at your local newsstand.
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Takei Goes On a Musical 'Trek'
George Takei will appear Friday and Saturday night with the Minnesota Orchestra as part of "To Boldly Go ... ", the finale of the ensemble's Sounds of Cinema film-music series. He replaces the originally scheduled Leonard Nimoy, who had to cancel because he was too busy filming the new "Star Trek" movie, in which he reprises his role as Spock.
Boldly Going
The remarkable thing is that "New Voyages" is produced by fans, not a studio. When it won the TV Guide award, it beat out studio-produced webisodes such as "Battlestar Galactica" and "The 4400."
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Star Trek: Year Four, Number 6 (Cover B)
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Quoyre from StillKirok:
While Shatner did want a bigger part, he was never offered the smaller one.
Knowing that someone won't accept a particular thing can preclude any calls with offers of that thing.
Shatner announced "I don't do cameos" while talking about ST:XI, so Abrams has reason to take that as being applicable to his project. Why offend Shatner with an offer of something he has openly dissed?
Whether or not Shatner appears in ST:XI, Kirk's death should be undone.
For TOS, Gene Roddenberry chose a classic style of storytelling that once utilized gods or wraiths to represent the base elements of mankind and nature. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy -- as the triumvirate Body, Mind, and Soul -- are essentially immortal, timeless archetypes which, as an inseparable unit, embody the corporeal and spiritual human condition.
A permanent elimination of Kirk, Spock, or McCoy is an act of gross ignorance (or arrogance) toward the architecture of a pop-cult legend. It shouldn't have happened, and warrants a canonical annulment.
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