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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 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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