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May 12 | "J.J. is one of those people who has the ability to re-introduce water to you in a new way. He's such a creative man," said actor Faran Tahir, who plays Federation Captain Robau in the new movie to National Ledger "I love what he's done with it because he hasn't said farewell to the tradition or the story of 'Star Trek,' but he has such a fresh approach to it that I think he will re-introduce it to this generation in a way they can relate. It will create this bridge between the people who grew up with it and this younger generation who didn't know about it."
May 11 | Comic book artist Joe Corroney has released a new version of his previously seen cover for the second issue in the Mirror Images mini-series from IDW, now featuring dramatic flame effects. See it, here.
May 11 | Fox has picked up J.J. Abrams's Fringe, which follows a young female FBI agent who tackle cases involving unexplained medical and scientific phenomena. Abrams' Bad Robot produced a two-hour pilot which was written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek) and directed by Alex Graves (Journeyman). The series' cast includes Anna Torv, Mark Valley and Joshua Jackson. More info at Variety
May 11 | Comic book writer/artist John Byrne on his own forums, has release some preview art for, and announced the title of his forthcoming Romulan miniseries sequel to his Romulan issue in the first Alien Spotlight series from IDW. The series is Romulans: The Hollow Crown and starts in September.
May 09 | Universal Studios has announced plans to bring hit Xbox 360 shooter BioShock to the big screen. The film will be directed by Gore Verbinski, whose previous credits include the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and The Ring. John Logan, who wrote Star Trek Nemesis, is in talks to produce the screenplay.
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By GustavoLeao / 07:53, 26 March 2008 / Feature Films
MoviesOnline.com posted yet another new interview with the new Montgomery Scott, actor Simon Pegg. Here are few excerpts.
MoviesOnline: What are you working on now?
SIMON PEGG: I finished Star Trek on Monday and now I'm going to have a break. I'm maybe thinking of producing something back in the U.K. I finished a screenplay with Nick Frost who is my collaborator on Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead which will shoot here maybe towards the end of the year and I just want to have some time with my wife and my dog now. I just want to kick back and do nothing.
MoviesOnline: What's the Enterprise set like?
SIMON PEGG: I can't tell you. [laughs] Seeing the set on that film was amazing. Stepping onto those sets and knowing what they meant and what they were, as a fan of the show, you know, it was never lost on me. My first time in certain environments I was really just geeking out completely. It was great. I wanted to just keep everything. "Can I please take my ‘this' home and my ‘that' home." "No, you can't." [laughs]
MoviesOnline: They didn't let you take anything?
SIMON PEGG: Nooooo! I think I took one picture of myself in my trailer in the mirror and then felt guilty and erased it in case they checked my cell phone on the way out.
MoviesOnline: Is it that secret that you can't talk about it?
SIMON PEGG: Yeah. Well J.J. wants it to be a surprise and people out there are so clever and if you get enough tidbits from everybody, you'll be able to start piecing together something of the plot. If Anton gives something away and then I give something away and then Zach or Chris give something away, suddenly you start to see patterns, so the blanket idea is say nothing.
MoviesOnline: I'll bet you're signed for 2 or 3 of them?
SIMON PEGG: That's kind of standard practice. Yeah. That was my original sort of worry in taking the role was did I want to be tied to something even if it's Star Trek, even if it's the ultimate. And J.J. said, "Well, if that is the case, then the worst thing that will happen is that we get to hang out every 3 years and have a lot of fun." And I couldn't see that that was a bad idea so...
MoviesOnline: What was J.J. Abrams like?
SIMON PEGG: He's fantastic. He's one of the nicest human beings I've ever met. He's a fantastic director - I mean seriously energized by enthusiasm. He's so driven by his enthusiasm which is enormous. And I can't think of a better person for this franchise to be in the hands of. As I've said before, if I was not in the film and I was the most rabid Star Trek fan - you know, I love it very much but not as much as some people - the person I would want to make the film is a fan of Star Trek and that is most certainly J.J.
The full interview is here.
UPDATE : AICN also posted an interview with Pegg. Here are excerpts.
Quint: Can you tell me how big of a role Scotty plays in the thing? Is it a significant part?
Simon Pegg: Yeah, and there is very little I can say, because there is a Paramount sniper trained on the back of my head as I speak. He's on a building and I'm not going to look, because he will know I know he is there, but I worked on the film for five weeks basically, so take from that what you will. The rough and tumble chirpy engineer from Linlithgow is very much in the film.
Quint: Since you have a bigger part in this than you did in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, was there any noticeable difference in how Abrams worked with you?
He's not making this because it's a business opportunity or it's a script that landed on his door step. This is something he really, really loves and wants to do and I can't think of a better person to be at the helm of this project and that's always reflected in his attitude on set. He is just an absolute... he's a pitbull. He really is. He's on it all of the time and kind of... you know there are people on a set to verify things so that nothing is overlooked... nothing out of the universe, because people are always going to be looking for that kind of stuff for whatever weird reason. In some respects there is an odd sense out there that people kind of want it to not be very good to justify that the odds are kind of reluctant that it even exists, but I just think that being a fan of the show and having seen it up close, I'm fucking excited and I'm in it.
Quint: So he's not "prequeling" it. He's not going to crush the dreams and hopes of the fans?
Simon Pegg: Absolutely not and what is so exciting is what we are going to see is a STAR TREK movie with contemporary special effects in it. With the special effects that we are seeing now in cinema, that's going to be applied to STAR TREK. ILM and these companies that can do amazing stuff... It's going to be fantastic and we are going to see this universe realized more keenly than it ever has been before.
The full interview can be found here.
AICN asked Pegg, "So, [Abrams] is not 'prequeling' it. He's not going to crush the dreams and hopes of the fans?"
Pegg's answer: "Absolutely not, and what is so exciting is what we are going to see is a STAR TREK movie with contemporary special effects in it."
Entertainment Weekly also caught up with a fat boy on the run.
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