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Sep 05 | Moon, Duncan Jones’ poignant and thought-provoking psychodrama about a lonely lunar miner, won the 2010 Hugo Award for best sci-fi movie.The award, technically titled “best dramatic presentation, long form,” honored screenplay writer Nathan Parker as well as Jones, who came up with the story and directed the movie. The indie movie, Jones’ feature debut, bested big-budget competitors like Avatar, Star Trek, Up and District 9.
Sep 02 | Manchester Starfleet is a UK based Star Trek fan club. They recently turned one year young and proudly announced the registration of their 200th member. In the wake of Star Trek XI (2009), Manchester Starfleet was reborn. One year on and they already have 2 Trek conventions under their belt with the 3rd in October 2010 being their biggest yet. Their website appears on top of most search websites. The member's discussion forum is always very busy and they have an online store with club t-shirts and other trek-related merchandise in the making. So please join us in welcoming their 200th member and applauding the club's continued interest and success. Considering Star Trek has been off our screens for some time, it's wonderful to see there is still a huge and still growing fan base in the UK (partly thanks to JJ.Abrams). May Trek Live Long and Prosper.Manchester Starfleet is a not for profit, charity-led Star Trek Fan Club, run by the fans for the fans.Manchester Starfleet's Mini-Con 3 event is on the 23rd October 2010 at the Trafford Hall Hotel, Manchester. Tickets are on sale now via their online store.
Sep 01 | George Takei will have a cameo in the new season of The Big Bang Theory. TV Squad reports that the former Star Trek actor will appear in an episode alongside guest star Katee Sackhoff. The show's executive producer Bill Prady suggested that Takei and Sackhoff will play different sides of Wolowitz's conscience as he considers reuniting with his ex-girlfriend Bernadette (Melissa Rauchberg).He explained: "George Takei plays himself, and he's the other person guiding Wolowitz in his thoughts as he tries to figure out what to do about Bernadette."
Aug 24 | Vulture has learned that Joe Hill's comic Locke & Key will no longer be coming to theaters, but instead will be adapted for television by Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Josh Friedman. Distributed by IDW Publishing, Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them... and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all. Friedman ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") will write and produce. Kurtzman and Orci recently signed a deal with 20th Century Fox TV, so the studio will end up producing with Spielberg's DreamWorks TV.
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By GustavoLeao / 01:25, 8 May 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
The Seattle Times posted a new interview with Star Trek writer Roberto Orci and here are excerpts. (beware of minor spoilers)
Q: There was talk of having William Shatner involved as the original Capt. Kirk, but that didn't happen. Was that about money, or was it more of a story factor?
A: It really wasn't about money. It was about trying to come up with a role that was respectful enough toward both Shatner and the character of Kirk, and a role that didn't somehow come across as a gimmick. But from the very beginning we came at this from the standpoint of trying to preserve "Star Trek," and in the universe of "Star Trek," William Shatner's Kirk had died, so as writers we were immediately faced with two contradictory values. At one point we wrote a scene for him, but ultimately we felt that, for the good of "Star Trek" and for the good of protecting what Shatner had helped create, the story was best left as it was, without Kirk.
Q: Was a sequel factored into your contract, or is that just a recent development?
A: It factored in for the actors but not for us. As writers we're only contracted for one movie at a time. But we've just agreed to write the next "Star Trek" film with Damon Lindelof. So while the sequel is not officially greenlit yet, we've at least been contracted to write it.
Q: Have you compiled a list of things you'd like the next film to accomplish?
A: No, we were not so arrogant as to think we could start making a wish-list for another movie this early in the process, but we'll get there eventually. We've got some basic ideas about which direction the new movie is telling us to go. We also want to see what the fans and the general audience thinks of the first movie, and then we'll take some of that feedback and let it be part of the process in developing the second movie.
Q: Despite the fact that "Star Trek" comic books, novels and short stories are not considered part of the official "Star Trek" canon, will any of their details ever factor into the new "Star Trek" movies?
A: Some of the novels fit in between the existing movies and refer to themselves as such, so I can definitely see that happening again now. But we're not thinking in terms of linking any of the existing books with the new movies.
Q: The history of Kirk's predecessor, Capt. Christopher Pike (played by Bruce Greenwood) is also rewritten. Will that completely change his history as known to "Trek" fans?
A: Pike's history is not completely different now, but it has certainly changed significantly, and that's an example of our approach to time travel. Rather than stick to the familiar Einsteinian approach, our story is inspired by more current thinking in theoretical physics.
Q: You're referring to the increasingly popular "many worlds" theory about the possible structure of the space-time continuum.
A: Exactly, and we chose that approach not only because it's the most up-to-date speculation about time travel, but in terms of telling a time-travel story it inherently preserves the established events of "Star Trek" in an alternate reality, and that allows breathing room between those stories and what we're doing now. It's also really fun for us, as writers, because "Star Trek" got us into science and now science is helping us to preserve "Star Trek," which is pretty amazing when you think about it.
The full interview is here.
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