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Nov 21 | Faran Tahir on His 10 Minutes as Captain Robau in J.J. Abrams Star Trek Movie

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Nov 21 | Roberto Orci on the Status of the Star Trek XII Script and the Possibility of Producing a New Star Trek TV Series

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Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.

Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."

Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.

Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter

Nov 08 | Unreality-SF.net has interviewed Star Trerk author James Swallow about some of his upcoming projects. He talks about Titan: Synthesis and Seven Deadly Sins: The Slow Knife, as well as some forthcoming Doctor Who and Stargate stories.

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Post Comment to: STAR TREK XI to be Filmed in Australia, Set in 2010 ? - Movie Rumor Mill Spinning Fast (SPOILERS)

Message you're replying to I'm having a hard time buying into this By TonyDP Personally I find all of this hard to swallow for a number of reasons: 1. Setting the movie in 2010 means that it will render itself irrelevant in a few years. Even if production started today, I don't think you could get this movie out before 2007 at the earliest; basing it on events that are supposed to happen in a couple of years is a very risky proposition, creatively speaking. 2. Leonard Nimoy is pretty much retired from the movie business and I doubt he would attach himself to a project (Trek or otherwise) unless he really believed in it. Remember, he did have the good taste to decline to be involved in Generations (if only Shatner had done the same). 3. Given the franchise's recent lackluster box office performance and the fact that Paramount always penny pinches these movies, I find it hard to believe that they would greenlight funds to film two movies back to back, with a new cast, and after the disastrous Insurrection and Nemesis, and the failure of Enterprise. Paramount usually doesn't take that kind of a risk. 4. The plot sounds like a cross between The Voyage Home and First Contact, the last two really successful Trek movies. You'd think that Paramount would have learned by now that ripping off ideas from previously successful movies does not necessarily guarantee a hit (just look at Nemesis, a Wrath of Khan wannabe if there ever was one). If these rumors are true, then this is the stupidest idea I've heard yet for a Trek movie. It sounds like Nemesis all over again: let's see what Trek movies did well at the box office and use those plot devices in a new movie with a new cast; nobody will ever notice. Yeah, right. What's that classic line: Those who do not learn from history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them. TonyDP Compose your message		Status You are not logged in. To post, you must enter your login information as well.
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[q]Personally I find all of this hard to swallow for a number of reasons: 1. Setting the movie in 2010 means that it will render itself irrelevant in a few years. Even if production started today, I don't think you could get this movie out before 2007 at the earliest; basing it on events that are supposed to happen in a couple of years is a very risky proposition, creatively speaking. 2. Leonard Nimoy is pretty much retired from the movie business and I doubt he would attach himself to a project (Trek or otherwise) unless he really believed in it. Remember, he did have the good taste to decline to be involved in Generations (if only Shatner had done the same). 3. Given the franchise's recent lackluster box office performance and the fact that Paramount always penny pinches these movies, I find it hard to believe that they would greenlight funds to film two movies back to back, with a new cast, and after the disastrous Insurrection and Nemesis, and the failure of Enterprise. Paramount usually doesn't take that kind of a risk. 4. The plot sounds like a cross between The Voyage Home and First Contact, the last two really successful Trek movies. You'd think that Paramount would have learned by now that ripping off ideas from previously successful movies does not necessarily guarantee a hit (just look at Nemesis, a Wrath of Khan wannabe if there ever was one). If these rumors are true, then this is the stupidest idea I've heard yet for a Trek movie. It sounds like Nemesis all over again: let's see what Trek movies did well at the box office and use those plot devices in a new movie with a new cast; nobody will ever notice. Yeah, right. What's that classic line: Those who do not learn from history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them. TonyDP[eq] Notify via email when someone has replied After my reply is posted: Go to it Go back to where I was		Quoting Links Styles Images

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