The Oscar nominations are out and quite a few scifi movies appeared in the major categories including best picture. Avatar landed in the top spot as expected, but I was surprised to see District 9 in the list as well. James Cameron is up for Best Director for Avatar as well and District 9 gets on the list for best adapted screenplay.
Star Trek comes into the mix with nominations in Special Effects, Make-up and Sound categories. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, gets a sound nod as well.
What do you think? Should Star Trek have received a Best Picture nom as …read more

On November 17th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Star Trek on DVD & Blu-ray and all of the big DVD chains are fighting to earn your business. That’s good for you, except for one thing. With all these great retail exclusives, how will you choose just one?

**Best Buy – Collectible Gift Set with four pack of badge pins. (As seen in photo)
**Hollywood Video – Rent/Buy any Star Trek DVD and be entered to win an autographed poster of Uhura (Zoe Saldana).
**Transworld (FYE/Coconuts/Suncoast) – Collectible Steelbook packaging.

The Star Trek goodies just keep on coming. So here are a few quick links to keep you in the loop.
AMC is offering Star Trek Collectible Gift Cards for purchase. There are four available styles and presumably you get to keep them after you’ve used up the credit on them. If you buy all four at $25 each you get a “free display stand” — aka a cardboard background with slits and feet.
Three more ships have been added to the Enterprise Project gallery, a collection of ship models made by artists from around the country. Keep checking the ships to …read more

They haven’t even released the first movie, but Paramount is already working on a sequel to the new Star Trek prequel. According to Variety, they have hired Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to write the script. Not a bad little group, I’d say.
There’s no word yet on the script, though they seem to be shooting for a summer 2011 release. Kurtzman was quoted as saying they’ll wait for audience reaction on the new movie before deciding on a direction for the sequel.
Speaking of the prequel, the poster here is the just released, new, new, newest one and …read more

How many ways can a trailer be cut? Apparently, quite a few as each one of these Star Trek trailers gives us something just a tad different than the others. I will say that each one gets me more and more excited about this movie, much more than the trailers for the new Terminator flick. This just feels like it will be a fun ride.
Which movie are you looking forward to most? Terminator or Star Trek?

Video courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Every photo I see, I get more and more excited about the new Star Trek movie. Zachary Quinto was born to play Spock and I’m liking what I’m seeing so far from Chris Pine (which makes me think of Captain Christopher Pike) who is donning Kirk’s uniform. I certainly don’t envy any of them the task of taking on these much beloved characters but it sure must have been a cool experience for them and everyone who got to step foot on the new / old Enterprise bridge!
Star Trek hits theaters on May 8. In the meantime, visit the website …read more

One of the most anticipated movies in all of sci-fi is J.J. Abrams’ reinvention of the Star Trek franchise coming in May 2009. And of course, one of the biggest controversies surrounding that one is that William Shatner will not have a cameo as Captain James T. Kirk. Those that have followed Shatner’s career might anticipate him not being happy. But I know I didn’t anticipate Shatner pleading his case on YouTube. Check this out and tell me if you think Shatner has a legitimate point or if he should just stick to Boston Legal.