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Star Trek Movie Ready to Go Into Post-Production, Says Paramount Rep

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By GustavoLeao / 15:43, 10 April 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

According to a report posted today at the redOrbit website, a crew is wrapping up a shoot on private property at Highway 119 and South Enos Lane for the upcoming Star Trek movie prequel. Here are excerpts from the article.

"They need to work quietly and confidentially so they can get their work done, so next year, we can enjoy a great movie and know portions of Kern County were included in that," said Board of Trade Executive Director Rick Davis "That's what the office stands so proudly behind."

The location is a stand-in for Iowa, Captain Kirk's home state, said a Paramount Pictures representative, who provided information under the condition of confidentiality.

The Bakersfield landscape plays a small role in the movie.


"Iowa usually looks pretty green, so that's what we were looking for," the rep said.


Shooting began Monday and the crew will move today to a part of the property away from the road. Filming should wrap up this week, then the movie will go into post-production, she said.

"This is not your father's 'Star Trek,'" the rep said. "It's a whole new cast, a whole new group, completely different from anything people have seen before and hopefully the old fans will like it as well as garnering new ones."


None of the lead actors are out on the property, and there's no real action in this scene, just moving shots, she said.

The full article is here.



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RE: The sky is falling, the sky is falling!! | Report this post to moderator
By: critch (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:19:16 on Apr 11, 2008

All I'm saying is what they're saying doesn't add up. Putting it in Mid-May against heavy competition makes no sense, and unfortunately no matter the quality most people aren't going to see Star Trek over Terminator 4 and Wolverine. The hype is at it's strongest this year and just to have it sit on the shelf past a date when it could have been all by itself just seems silly, especially when this is the last thing that Paramount really has.

I've posted the numbers before, but the bottom line is that there has not been a hit movie released on the second friday in May. First weekend has only really been successful for the Mummy and Marvel movies. I don't make movies, but I've spent far too much time researching market trends and box office grosses as a hobby.

This could be the greatest Trek movie ever, but if the audience would rather see other things, then repeat business if not initial business will die, and the franchise will as well.

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RE: The sky is falling, the sky is falling!! by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 11:30:09 on Apr 11

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By: Hbasm (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:05:46 on Apr 11, 2008

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the studio moving the film to early-summer speaks VOLUMES about how good they feel this film will be.

I don't know if we have reason enough to trust their intuition. There are so many things that can go wrong. They are gambling. Someone at Paramount has seen some early footage, and Abrams has managed to impress them because he doesn't rely too much on blue/green-screens. So he already has got something that looks good. A good early impression. But the movie isn't really made yet. The reviews aren't written, and the advertising campaign hasn't really begun. I don't feel like being optimistic just for the sake of being optimistic. We know nothing.

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