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J.J. Abrams Says New Movie is Going to be Worth the Wait, Special Effects are Going to be Unbelievable

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By GustavoLeao / 09:28, 22 August 2008 / General Star Trek

The latest issue of TV Guide magazine, just out in the U.S., features an exclusive interview with Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams. Here are few excerpts.

On Trek, one of the people you worked with was Leonard freakin' Nimoy!

I know! But it's funny, because it wasn't until very recently that it really hit me how cool that was. There was so much work to do during the shoot and there were so many fires that needed putting out that there wasn't much time to sit and acknowledge the reality of working with him. Then the other day I was watching the movie, and there he was There was Spock! And it hit me like, "Holy s---!" [Laughs] It was kind of a huge delay.

There are still nearly nine months until Trek's release. What can you tell us ?

All I can say is that I think this movie is going to be worth the wait. It's blessed with a wonderful optimism and an incredibly alive and invested cast. While the visual effects are gonna be unbelievable, the movie is working right now with only 50 of our 1000-plus visual effects finished. It's funny, it's scary, it's dramatic, emotional and entertaining - all without having the stuff you'd think a movie called "Star Trek" would require. That to me is exciting.

A scan of the full interview can be found here.



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By: DAK23 (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:58:44 on Aug 22, 2008

Okay, I'm just as anxious as anyone else about the new film, but day-yam! Will they just quit slapping each other on the back already? I getting sooo tired of hearing how "good" it's going to be. I understand if Nimoy is in it, it's probably going to be excellent anyway. However... Sometimes, the more a project is built up over longer periods of time, either the less substance it will have, or there will be less interest due to product oversaturation.

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