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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 / 08:54, 24 July 2008 / Feature Films
Action-figure.com posted several photos from the San Diego Comic Con 2008 and there are some pics of Mattel's 2009 Star Trek line of toys, including photos of which appears to be the new U.S.S. Enterprise model.
Is this the new Constitution Class Enterprise from J.J. Abrams movie ? The design looks like a mix of the Original Series Enterprise and the TOS movie Enterprise. Again, time will tell.
This information is preliminary, of course, and entirely rumor.
You can see larger photos of the model here
UPDATE : TrekMovie.com confirmed that neither of the ships being displayed at Comic Con were based on a design from the new Star Trek movie. John Ludwig, Mattel's Tyco Product manager, tells TrekMovie that they will be making a R/C Enterprise from the new movie, but that will not be out until shortly before the movie. The full report can be found here.
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Am I the only one slightly disturbed by the very strong implication that there WILL be a major redesign for the movie?
To anyone who has seen the teaser trailer, this should not be a surprise at all. All we have seen of the "revamped" Enterprise is below:
Based on the textured pattern on the saucer (known as 'aztecing'), the bridge module, hull lettering and the sensor underneath? We can deduce that the saucer of the ship is now more close in look to the refit, than what was seen in TOS. Likely, to make the refit that occured prior to The Motion Picture more believable.
The spinning Bussard ramscoops at the front of the nacelles are functionally TOS, but seem to blend into the nacelle more cleanly, with less ornament surrounding them. The dorsal "radiator fins" at the rear of each warp nacelle are definately more organic and "fluid" than the ones we saw in TOS, so the nacelles have been updated.
All we really need to see now is the secondary hull. Has the fantail and hangar door changed? Is the deflector dish of the metallic "satellite TV" TOS variety, or more of the glowing headlight effect seen in the films.. or a hybrid of both? I feel the reveal of the revamped Enterprise is the next biggest event forthcoming.
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Comic Con 2008 Reveals New U.S.S. Enterprise Design?
Note that these "new designs" have airscrews (propellers) embedded in their saucer section, and one has a dorsal fin (see photo enlargement below).
Now that is kitsch, JJ! ;-)
These models aren't replicas, they're semblance toys for play in the yard.
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