Box Office: Star Trek Beams to First Place with $76.5 Million

The studio had low-balled J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the sci-fi franchise at $50 million, which you have to take with a grain of salt, as studios usually lowball their big movies so they can crow about the film surpassing “expectations” later on. Paramount will get to do just that when...

May 10th, 2009 | Read More

Superbowl XLIII Movie Trailers

They say the commercials are the best thing about the Superbowl (if, you know, you’re not into sports, as in, at all, I mean), and if you happen to dig movies, then it’s all about the movie trailers. Remember when “The Matrix” destroyed our senses with that bullet-time commercial...

February 1st, 2009 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 4/13/08-4/19/08

What would a sci-fi week in review be without a Stargate or X-Files sequel news? Well it would be pretty damn boring, that’s for sure. The previous week’s sci-fi movie and TV news also includes a huge helping of solid casting news about Joss Whedon’s new FOX show Dollhouse, which stars...

April 20th, 2008 | Read More

Jennifer Morrison is Number One in Star Trek 11

Fans of FOX’s hit medical drama House may still be getting used to star Jennifer Morrison’s new blond do on the show, but Star Trek geeks who have no idea who she is will be getting a load of the next hot sci-fi favorite next year when Jennifer Morrison jumps onto the U.S.S. Enterprise in...

November 14th, 2007 | Read More

Zachary Quinto as Young Spock Images

With all the recent casting news and rumors surrounding J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 11 reboot, it’s easy to forget that filming on the movie has already begun! One of the first scenes being shot is a young Spock (played by Heroes’ Zachary Quinto) at a Vulcan Council meeting, where he is...

November 13th, 2007 | Read More

More Star Trek 11 Time Travel Plot Rumors

Try as he might, poor J.J. Abrams is going to learn that he can’t keep the Internet geeks out of his head forever. Sooner or later, they will find a way in, and once in, all his secrets will pour out. Come on, J.J., didn’t you learn ANYTHING from the debacle that was the “Cloverfield”...

November 12th, 2007 | Read More

Winona Ryder and Bruce Greenwood Join Star Trek 11

Two more cast additions to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 11: Winona Ryder and Bruce Greenwood. Ryder will be playing the Vulcan mother of a young Spock, to be played by Zachary Quinto, while Greenwood would play Christopher Pike, the Enterprise’s first captain, a character that appeared in the very...

November 9th, 2007 | Read More

Shatner Can’t Believe He’s Not in Star Trek 11

William Shatner is a blowhard. I think we can all agree to that. But he’s also Star Trek. You can’t say “Trek” without saying “Shatner”. But apparently J.J. Abrams, writer/director on the upcoming Trek 11 movie, can, because although he’s met with Shatner, Abrams...

October 26th, 2007 | Read More

Karl Urban is Bones McCoy in Star Trek 11

So now the cast is finally complete, although I have to say that casting Karl Urban as the surly doctor Bones McCoy of the Enterprise was a bit of a surprise. I don’t exactly know the age of the original characters, but was Bones really that much older than everyone? Apparently so. The Hollywood...

October 18th, 2007 | Read More

Chris Pine Confirmed as James T. Kirk in Trek 11?

Via Empire Online, here’s news that little known, but very much in demand actor Chris Pine has all but been confirmed as landing the much coveted role of young James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek 11 movie. Or at least that’s according to director Joe Carnahan (”Smokin’...

October 15th, 2007 | Read More

John Cho is Sulu in Star Trek 11

Following quickly on the heels of the announcement that British filmmaker Simon Pegg (”Hot Fuzz”, “Shaun of the Dead”) has been cast in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 11 as Scotty, the chief engineer of the Enterprise, comes news that Korean-American actor John Cho (”Harold...

October 12th, 2007 | Read More

Simon Pegg is Scotty in Star Trek 11

Hey may not be Scottish like the original Scotty character, but British actor/director/writer Simon Pegg will just have to fake the accent, because Variety reports that the “Hot Fuzz” star has signed on to star as Scotty in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek 11. He joins a cast that already...

October 11th, 2007 | Read More

Eric Bana is Trek 11’s Romulan Villain and Chris Pine is Kirk?

After much speculation that saw a lot of names bandied about as possible candidates for the main villain role in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek 11 film, it would appear that Australian Eric Bana (”Hulk”) has won the role, beating out New Zealander Karl Urban, who was rumored to be...

October 10th, 2007 | Read More

Is Karl Urban a Romulan Badass in Star Trek 11?

It would appear that J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 11 movie is picking up steam, with (possible) castings of all the younger versions of the Enterprise’s crew already announced. So if you have the good guys, what’s next? Oh right, the bad guys. According to IESB, they know who the bad guy...

October 1st, 2007 | Read More

Mike Vogel is Young Kirk in Trek 11?

According to the folks over at IESB, J.J. Abrams has found his young James T. Kirk, and it’s some chap name Mike Vogel. Who the hell is Mike Vogel? I don’t know, and that seems to be the point. Abrams has been casting mostly unknowns for the younger versions of the Trek cast, and picking...

September 27th, 2007 | Read More

Zoe Saldana Joins Abrams’ Star Trek as Uhura

Earlier this month Zoe Saldana’s name was rumored to be in the running to play Uhura in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek 11 movie (read here), and now Variety has confirmed the casting. Zoe, who will also be seen in James Cameron’s science fiction epic “Avatar”, has officially...

September 17th, 2007 | Read More

Zoe Saldana as Uhura in Star Trek 11?

Has J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 11 movie landed its Uhura? And is it Zoe Saldana? Well, why not? Saldana has already landed a big sci-fi role in James Cameron’s upcoming “Avatar”, and with her name “out there”, landing Star Trek 11 is not such a surprise anymore. Or at...

September 4th, 2007 | Read More

Star Trek 11 Plot Details: Alternate Timelines, Time Travel, and Romulans!!!

As always when it comes to everything Trek, take this with a, “Maybe, maybe not”, as in, “If it’s all wrong, don’t come blaming me”. But the dudes over at Aint-it-cool-News.com may or may not know what J.J. Abrams has planned for Star Trek 11 and the two Spocks —...

August 31st, 2007 | Read More

McAvoy as Scotty in Trek 11, Injury on Valkyrie Set, Harold and Kumar 2 Trailer

Star Trek 11: James McAvoy will play Scotty in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie? Maybe. Rumor is that the 28-year-old star of “The Last King of Scotland” has landed the role of the Scottish engineer on the Star Trek Enterprise, and will be joining young actors Zachary Quinto as young Spock...

August 20th, 2007 | Read More

J.J. Abrams News: Chekov is Cast, Supernatural Thriller

J.J. Abrams is one busy fella. Besides going around thinking up viral marketing ideas for his upcoming “Cloverfield”, he’s busy prepping Star Trek 11, which means casting, casting, and more casting. The latest Abrams find is Russian-born Anton Yelchin, who has landed the role of young...

August 8th, 2007 | Read More