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FedCon, Europe’s biggest sci-fi and Star Trek con, is in full swing in Dusseldorf, Germany. This year’s Trek guests: William Shatner, Walter Koenig, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Robert O’Reilly, J. G. Hertzler and Eddie Paskey. See below for report from the first two days.   FEDCON XXI THURSDAY & FRIDAY Gates McFadden reminisces on Beverly Crusher Gates [...]

Yesterday we reported the exciting news that La-La Land Records is going to release a complete 3-CD set from Jerry Goldsmith’s Oscar-nominated score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture in early June. Today TrekMovie can exclusively reveal the track listing details from the set. Check those out below, plus a behind the scenes video showing [...]

Tomorrow is a historic day in space flight, with the launch of the first commercial supply vehicle for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off Saturday morning and it has just been revealed that part of the cargo includes cremated remains of Star Trek’s original Scotty James Doohan, who passed away [...]

TNT has just announced their summer schedule which includes a new show called Perception from veteran Star Trek writer/producers Kenneth Biller and Mike Sussman. Starring Eric McCormack, Perception is a different kind of procedural  and it will feature Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton in a recurring role. See video previews of the show [...]

Star Trek’s new Uhura Zoe Saldana’s next film is a romantic drama with Bradley Cooper coming out this fall. The Words tell he story of a writer (Cooper) who goes to the extremes for his career, with Saldana playing his wife. The first trailer has just been released. Watch it below.   Trailer: Zoe Saldana’s Next [...]

The steady stream of extended soundtrack releases from the Star Trek movies continues, this time with a 3-CD set for Jerry Goldsmith’s Oscar-nominated score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The new set comes out on June 5th, with a special launch event and TMP screening in Hollywood the night before. More details on the [...]

This weekend Star Trek legend  Leonard Nimoy will receive an honorary doctorate from Boston University. He will also be giving the convocation address at the BU College of Fine Arts. In advance of the event Nimoy spoke to the college’s newspaper about growing up in Boston, and a bit about Star Trek as well. See [...]

As reported earlier this week, Star Trek’s Chris Pine is attending the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival in France. Chris is there to sell his new film Mantivities and to promote the upcoming release of the animated film Rise of the Guardians. See below for video and pictures of Chris at Cannes 2012. [UPDATED: Video [...]

Today’s video to share comes from the Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre (what a name!) in St. Louis, MO who are currently performing live versions of the classic Star Trek episodes "The Gamesters of Triskelion" and "Journey to Babel." And to promote the shows they put together a Trek-ified music video parody of Beyonce’s "Single Ladies [...]

In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier we learned that Spock had a half-brother. The fully Vulcan Sybok was played by actor Laurence Luckinbill who has revealed that things were a bit icy between him and Leonard Nimoy. Apparently Nimoy wanted to play both Spock and his brother. Details below.   Luckinbill: Nimoy Wanted To Play [...]

The previously teased new project "Space Command" has now launched their KickStarter campaign. The envisioned series of sci-fi films feature a number of Star Trek vets behind the camera and they have also announced a number of Trek actors who are also involved, including Armin Shimerman, George Takei, Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo. Watch the [...]

A new line of Star Trek insignia bracelets has been released.

The bracelets, designed and created by Jennifer Bunt of Magic Dog Studios, are available from Vulcan Tourism of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada.

The Star Trek insignia part of the bracelet is made from one hundred percent recycled sterling silver, and the suede wristbands come in three colors to match the insignias; red, blue and gold.

“It was very exciting to create the Star Trek Insignia Bracelets,” said Bunt. “Having my work out there, representing Star Trek, a show that has become a global icon, a show that I remember watching as a child, has been an honor.”

The bracelets, which sell for $55 each, can be ordered here.

The list of IDW Publishing Star Trek comic titles for August 2012 has been released.

Three comics will hit newsstands this August; Star Trek 100-Page Spectacular Summer 2012, Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2: #4, and Star Trek #12.

Star Trek 100-Page Spectacular Summer 2012 will feature two Star Trek adventures: Embrace the Wolf and False Colors. In Embrace the Wolf, “Captain Picard and his Enterprise crew find themselves in a particularly unusual setting, while in False Colors, Captain Janeway leads the Voyager and her crew through a very close encounter with the Borg.”

Written by Nathan Archer, Christopher Golder and Tom Sniegoski, with art by Dave Hoover and Jeff Moy, and cover by Travis Charest, Star Trek 100-Page Spectacular Summer 2012 will sell for $7.99.

Next up is Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2: #4, which continues the Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover. In this latest issue, “with the CyberBorg wreaking more havoc on the galaxy, the Federation must consider making an unholy alliance in order to prevail.”

Written by Scott and David Tipton and Tony Lee, with art by J.K. Woodward and covers by Woodward and Francesco Francavilla, Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2: #4 is thirty-two pages in length and will sell for $3.99.

Finally, Star Trek #12 will conclude the re-imagined The Trouble with Tribbles. Written by Mike Johnson, with art by Claudia Balboni and a cover by Tim Bradstreet, Star Trek #12 has been overseen by Star Trek 2‘s Roberto Orci. The thirty-two page issue will sell for $3.99.

For Star Trek 2′s Roberto Orci, his work on Ender’s Game differs from his work on other projects in one major way.

In Ender’s Game, Andrew “Ender” Wiggin is a young boy who has been sent away to Battle School to hone his military skills in hopes of saving the world from an impending alien invasion.

Orci explained why working on Ender’s Game was different than working on other projects, including Star Trek. “Let’s see,” said Orci. “Well first, though I have had some experience with bringing beloved stories to the screen that had intelligent and rabid fan bases like Mission Impossible 3, Transformers and Star Trek; this is the first movie with a pre-existing fan base I have worked on that I didn’t write.

“This means I that got the chance to evaluate the material merely as a fan.  Gavin [Hood]‘s script made me jealous, but it was also a relief that he had satisfied what I would want as a fan from a difficult adaptation.”

Although his experience on Ender’s Game is a little different for Orci, one thing is familiar, working with congenial actors. “I have never worked with so many talented young actors who became friends so fast under such amazing circumstances,” said Orci. “Seeing Asa [Butterfield], who plays Ender, and Hailee [Steinfeld], who plays Petra, floating high above the set and getting the giggles was amazing and frightening all at once.  They laughed for like twenty minutes, which as a producer on a clock eager to finish your shooting day can give you a heart attack.  But soon we all had the giggles, and the joy of it overcame the panic.”

Ender’s Game will be released November 1, 2013.

In March we reported on the launch of ByeByeRobot, a new fine art Star trek licensee, which is giving MondoPrints competition in the cool Trek poster and art world. The company has announced a new fun poster promoting "Shuttle Service" on planet Cestus III. Check it out below.   Cool Stuff: Cestus II Shuttle Service Poster Bye [...]

As previously reported the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation arrives on Blu-ray on July 24th. And in order to promote the release, CBS will be holding theatrical screenings across the USA in advance of the release. These one-day screening events are another great way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series. [...]

The video we have to share with you today is possibly the nerdiest thing you will see (and hear) this week. A guy in the Internet has created a small niche of making music using old computer floppy drives (ask your parents about them kids). One of his orchestrations is the theme to Star Trek: [...]

Chris Pine is about to follow his friend and Star Trek co-star Zachary Quinto into the indie movie producing business. Waterstone Entertainment has just announced a new comedy co-starring Pine called "Mantivities." Trek’s new Kirk also co-wrote and is co-producing. More details below.   Chris Pine set to produce and star in indie comedy he co-wrote Chris [...]

In honor of the release of a new deluxe three-disc Star Trek: The Motion Picture soundtrack, a Star Trek: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Celebration will take place next month.

The celebration will be held June 4 at 7: 30 PM at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood, California.

The Star Trek: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Celebration is billed as a “one-of-a-kind multi-media event, and will feature a live panel discussion and presentation, CD soundtrack signing, The Motion Picture props and costume display, and a screening of Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Director’s Edition.

The ninety-minute panel discussion/presentation event will be hosted by Jeff Bond, author of The Music of Star Trek. Panel guests schedule include: Original The Motion Picture soundtrack album and The Motion Picture re-issue soundtrack producer and longtime Goldsmith recording engineer Bruce Botnick, The Motion Picture synthesizer performer Craig Huxley, The Motion Picture session violinist and renowned composer David Newman, The Motion Picture soundtrack re-issue producer and The Motion Picture Director’s Edition producer Mike Mattesino, The Motion Picture director of photography Richard H. Kline, and others to be announced.

Attendees will see and hear exclusive video and audio clips, and a live demonstration by Huxley of his famed eighteen-foot “Blaster Beam” instrument, used in the Star Trek: The Motion Picture‘s score.

Huxley and Botnick will be signing the CD sets, which will be available for purchase (cash only) for $30 at the event. The CD set will be released to the general public on Thursday, June 5.

Event tickets, which cost $17.50, can be purchased here.

For fans of the original series episode Arena, a new giclee print will feature Captain Kirk and the Gorn.

The limited edition giclee, from Iron Gut Publishing, was created by British artist Dave Merrell and is hand-numbered and hand-signed by Merrell.

Gorn versus Kirk was created on one hundred percent cotton 310gsm textured fine-art paper and unframed, measures thirteen by nineteen inches.

The run will be limited to ninety-five pieces, and is available world-wide. Available now, the giclee can be ordered here.

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