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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.
Aug 18 | Jack Bender has signed on direct 7 Minutes in Heaven for Paramount, reports Heat Vision.The film, based on an original idea from Bender, tells the story of two teenagers who, upon returning from a round of the titular game, find all of their friends dead. J.J. Abrams will produce through Bad Robot, now at the stage of finding a writer to move the idea towards a full script.
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By GustavoLeao / 03:35, 8 September 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
Daily Dragon Online posted a new interview with Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy, conducted at DragonCon convention this weekend (in which Nimoy made an appearance with William Shatner - above photo), and here are few excerpts.
DD: What do you think about how the new Star Trek film used the concepts of time travel and parallel universes to update the series?
LN: The parallel universe was very successful. They put it in an alternate universe in order to be free to do things that might have been . . . prevented from doing if they had to be faithful to the cannon of all the original material. So they gave themselves a clean slate by saying this is an alternate universe, and alternate time. I think it was a very clever way of giving themselves the opportunity to be creative.
DD: In Star Trek, what was it like to face your younger self?
LN: I thought it was terrific. Zachary Quinto is a very talented actor, a very intelligent actor. I thought he did a terrific job. And I feel very flattered that the character we created has a new life and will continue for some time, which I think is great.
DD: What effect do you think the Star Trek franchise has had on science fiction?
LN: I think it's been great. Prior to Star Trek, I think science fiction was probably considered a sub-level genre, and Star Trek got to elevate the thinking about science fiction in general and about science fiction in later movies. We had some great writers, and that's been very helpful.
DD: What do you foresee for the future of science fiction in TV and film?
LN: (Laughs) I think I would position myself as a watcher to see what it's going to be like. I'm curious about where it's going to go next. I'm working on Fringe... I've already done a couple of episodes. One will air next month-another alternate parallel universe story.
The full interview is here.
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