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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
The Menagerie?
Following up from the Sybok rumor, on-set peeper wolf359 tells us
Several of the Enterprise command staff are allowed pets in their quarters. Lt. Uhura has a tribble, we see Chekov feeding a parrot, and we catch a glimpse in Mr. Spock’s quarters of something the set dressers called a sehl-oda — it looks like a […]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
EXCLUSIVE: Uhura’s New Headset!
This exclusive behind-the-scenes render shows Zoe Saldana wearing the latest technological upgrade to Star Trek. Gone is the oversized earpiece worn by Nichelle Nichols in the original series, replaced with a holographic projector that will display up-to-the-minute information in a manner emulating the “Heads-Up” display being used in today’s fighters! Can’t wait to […]
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
A 23rd Century for the 21st Century?
The exterior may have the classic lines, but the interiors of the spankin’-new U.S.S. Enterprise are getting a 21st-century makeover courtesy of the film’s design team. Synopsis pages leaked to us by our Loyal Spies mention virtual control panels a la Minority Report, “hard light” holographic spacesuits, “nanoscopic brain implant lattices” for universal translation, and […]
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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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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 […]
