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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 / 12:54, 22 July 2008 / Feature Films
More excerpts of the interview conducted at last weeks TCA press tour in Los Angeles with Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams are online at IGN. Here are few excerpts of their report.
Q: What was the biggest challenge of taking that franchise on?
Abrams: I think the biggest challenge was trying to make it relevant to now. Like to do it despite it being Star Trek. I don't think it's enough to say, "Oh, it's Star Trek, let's just...." I think it's a question of: How do you make it something that would be what it wants to be, even if it hadn't been a series before.
Q: How do you?
Abrams: Well, you invest completely in the characters. And you tell a story that is good, regardless of the setting, in a weird way. And I think that what we found -- with Alex [Kurtzman] and Bob [Orci]'s script and with the cast, who are so good -- is you love these people and so you go with them anywhere.
Q: In what areas do you want to maintain the spirit of the show, but also update it for today's audiences?
Abrams: Well, I think that... what's so funny is that these devices that everyone's holding [referring to recording devices] -- in the show would have been insane fantasy, you know? And now everyone's got them. We all have the iPhone that does more than the communicator. I feel like there's a certain thing that you can't really hold onto, which is the kind of, there's a kind of kitschy quality that must go if it's going to be something you believe is real. You know, our Star Trek is not parody. And so the idea of maintaining character relationships, the dynamic between the characters... I never saw how Kirk and Spock became so connected and that's what this movie does. It does it with the entire family of the Enterprise.
More from Abrams on Star Trek movie can be found at IGN.
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