Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
FIRST LOOK: Quinto as Spock
FLASH! Our man inside found a batch of production photos that, um, er, fell off a truck on the studio lot. Most of these weren’t very enlightening, although we did enjoy the ones labeled “Tribble Hive” and “Smoke Monster’s Lair.” However, one pic that caught our attention: this exclusive first sighting of Zachary Quinto in […]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Teaser Trailer Spoiler.
We just received this from one of our spies who saw the teaser trailer this morning at a Cloverfield screening on the lot:
Slow Paramount logo.Bad Robot logo.
SPACE. Sparks. A welding iron touching plate metal.
We hear an old NASA radio countdown: “30 seconds and counting.”
Close up of SIMON PEGG’S SCOTTY welding something in space. […]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
On-Screen Endorsement Deals Rumored for Star Trek XI
A studio document obtained by our sources shows that the following brands have paid for on-screen placement in Star Trek:
General Motors (Specifically Chevrolet)
Red Bull
Samsung
LG
Motorola (for the communicators?)
Swanson’s Frozen Dinners
Culligan Water
Bose Home Audio
While this may look like an invasive amount of endorsement, the memo we’ve obtained discusses making the placement in the feature as seamless as […]
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Surprise Cameos in Trek XI Continue To Pile Up
Despite the on-set media blackout, sources close to the Star Trek production have let slip an exciting tidbit: geek icon Kevin Smith and his frequent on-screen companion Jason Mewes will be appearing in a brief on-screen cameo as two ensigns operating under the command of Montgomery Scott. While Smith’s character will maintain his trademark […]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Penn Mightier Than The Sword?
According to our man on the Star Trek XI lot, look for John “Sulu” Cho to cross rapiers with Harold and Kumar co-star Kal Penn, who has an extended cameo as a pugnacious Klingon bandito.
Production executives declined to comment, but a source close to the production said “Kal and John have been practicing for weeks […]
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Klingons in Star Trek XI
To hew closer to Gene Roddenberry’s original vision for Star Trek, the Klingons featured in the new movie will actually be a spacefaring race of Mexicans. While they will not feature in the film’s main plot, there will be a group of them touring the Academy training grounds under tight security during the opening […]
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Simon Pegg’s Scotty
Simon Pegg’s interpretation of Montgomery Scott, better known as “Scotty” to millions of fans worldwide, will not feature the accent championed by James Doohan over his tenure during the original Star Trek series. Instead, according to reports from the set, Pegg will be using an Irish accent.
“Abrams is well aware of the fact that […]
