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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 / 12:10, 30 September 2009 / General Star Trek
Horror Crush posted a recent interview with Free Enterprise director Robert Meyer Burnett in which he talks about the upcoming sequel and the state of the Star Trek franchise. Here are few excerpts of the article.
HC: We think you were the first to cross boundaries with "Free Enterprise" in that someone didn't have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy the film. Was it easier to get this film made because of that?
RB: It absolutely was. While my co-creator Mark Altman and I used our own obssession with Classic Star Trek as a jumping off point, we were always aware the film had to appeal to a mass audience. So even though the specifics the characters discuss might be lost on those in the audience who don't know Trek, they can still understand these guys are just really, really obssessed with their own interests. Everyone understands or even knows someone that is immersed in something, whether it's sports, rock and roll or whatever.
HC: So....FREE ENTERPRISE - THE WRATH OF SHATNER. Wow! Do tell.
RB: Mark and I have a script. We've met with Shatner in May and he's very interested. We're currently putting the finishing touches on the screenplay and we have some strong distribution interest. With the recent success of JJ Abrams reinvention of the Trek franchise, there's never been a better time to make a sequel, to paraphrase the Romulan Ambassador from Star Trek VI.
HC: I'm sure you don't want to disclose too much, but if you can get Leonard Nimoy on board, what will his role be?
RB: We've never actually approached Nimoy to be in the film, but let's just say, for a moment, he was in fact, a part of the script. Obviously, his almost half century of professional and personal association with William Shatner, including insights only he might have into Bill, would have to play some kind of role in our story, or so I'd like to believe. Maybe. If Nimoy were a character in the story and I'm not saying he is.
HC: As the ultimate Star Trek fan, what were your thoughts on the J.J. Abrams film?
RB: I have notes! Actually, I thought the cast was terrific, the direction and production values were amazing and it reintroduced the franchise to audiences in high style. The film did a tremendous job of serving both the longtime fan and those who may never have seen an episode of the original series. I love the fact that 10 year old kids who see it can then go watch the remastered versions of the original series and discover what I loved about Trek when I was a kid. But I sure would like to serve as a creative executive during the development of the sequel script!
HC: Do you feel partially responsible for the success of the Star Trek films because you re-introduced the franchise in a hip way before it was cool again?
RB: I wish! In my mind, the original series was ALWAYS cool. I believe people have always loved Kirk, Spock and McCoy, which is why going back to those characters for the latest movie was so inspired. What really "did in" the franchise was the lack of creativity exhibited in the two later series, VOYAGER and ENTERPRISE. The characters in those later shows became Star Trek cliches. The half-human, half-alien character, the artificial life form, the rookie crewmember. The shows no longer worked as allegory but were increasingly insular about nothing more than Star Trek itself. The final Next Generation feature, NEMESIS, was a watered-down version of Wrath of Khan and offered audiences little they hadn't seen already countless times before...and better.
The full interview is here
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