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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By GustavoLeao / 16:26, 10 June 2008 / General Star Trek
Press Release
Starship Farragut, an independent film project based on the original series of Star Trek, won "Best Fan Film of 2008" at the Wrath of Con science fiction conference and film festival in
Starship Farragut won the award for its film "For Want of a Nail," its second production based on the original Star Trek television series. The episode features Captain
"We are so pleased to have been selected as Best Fan Film of 2008," said
Farragut's 85-minute episode competed against six other sci-fi-based fan films at the three-day Wrath of Con convention. Conference organizer
The film may be downloaded free at http://www.starshipfarragut.com/.
Starship Farragut will be releasing two mini-episodes ("Crew Logs") later this year and in 2009. "Just Passing Through" provides a backdrop story for two of the four main principal characters of the series and is currently in post-production. The second, action-packed vignette, "A Rock and a Hard Place," is in production and will showcase a new shuttlecraft set. In addition, NEO f/x's production of Starship Farragut - The Animated Series features the voices of the Farragut crew in addition to well-known Star Trek guest stars, such as
About Starship Farragut
Starship Farragut is an independent film series based on the original series of Star Trek. It is based on the crew of the U.S.S. Farragut, a sister ship of the Enterprise commanded by Captain
About NEO f/x
Established in 2003,
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