Last month we showed you the new posters for the next Star Trek movie with new and younger actors taking up the roles for the characters from the Original Series. In those posters we got to see the new Kirk, Spock and Uhura, as well as, the new Romulan enemy. Now say hi to another four members of the crew: [Top/Bottom: lt to rt — John Cho (Sulu),...
First there was “Captain’s Log,” then along came “Time Travel,” “Klingon,” “Q” and “The Borg.” Now get ready for the next in the Star Trek Collective DVD Series with “Alternate Realities,” ready for purchase. To get you own copy simply click on the image. Read More →
To see all the cool-looking movie posters visit TrekMovie.com. Read More →
Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura of Star Trek, and who most graciously appeared our our show several weeks ago, says there was talk about her getting a cameo role in the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek film. Nichols, who has previously spoken enthusiastically about visiting the movie set and meeting both the new Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and director J.J. Abrams,...
After months of trying to deal with the fact that he won’t be in the next Star Trek film that is looking to put spark back into the 40-plus year old franchise, William Shatner told CTV.ca News’ Josh Visser that “”I was amazed at what a wonderful director J.J. Abrams is and he’s going to make a wonderful movie.” I...
Paramount Already Asking Abrams for Another Trek Film
June 6, 2008 || Category: Star Trek | Leave a Comment
Paramount Pictures wants a sequel to J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek film and it’s still a year before “Star Trek” hits theaters. Read More →
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men Part III Release Date Announced
May 23, 2008 || Category: On the Net, Star Trek | Leave a Comment
Part III of the highly-praised internet webisode Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (STOGM) will premiere on Saturday, June 15th at 5:01 p.m. Eastern Time. (Please note, there may be a possiblity of it being released earlier than June 15th, so stay tuned!) In this action packed final installment we are introduced to 3 new characters played by Daamen J. Krall,...
Trek XI writers fill in gaps in Trek history
May 19, 2008 || Category: Film, Star Trek | Leave a Comment
Over its 40 plus year run, the Star Trek universe has provided fans with a lot of details about the history of not only the Federation, but also the characters who inhabit Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. With hundreds of hours on both the small and large screen, the task of creating a new, original script for the next installment of...
We love Wil Wheaton here at Slice of SciFi. He was one of the first major actors to promo our show, has been a past guest and has remained a loyal friend and strong supporter ever since. We are also glad that he has finally chimed in and made his first real public comments about the new J.J. Abrams re-invention of the classic Trek characters. This...
Star Trek alumni and fan favorite BarBara Luna will appear in the next episode of Star Trek: Phase II, scheduled to go before the lens this June at the Retro Films Studio in Upstate New York. Written by Trek author Dave Galanter, from a story developed by him and fellow Trek writer Greg Brodeur, “Enemy: Starfleet” will be directed by Kevin...
A landmark announcement was made at the end of last week about a collaboration, spearheaded by the cutting edge CGI production house, NEO f/x and the dramatic talents of the live action fan film, Starship Farragut, which will see the first Star Trek cell animation since the demise of Star Trek, The Animated Series in 1974! This is ground-breaking not...
A car accident near the set of the latest installment in the Star Trek franchise revealed filming is taking place for the film in Bakersfield, California according to reports at SyFy Portal. The reason for the filming is that Bakersfield is being used to simulate Captain James T. Kirk’s boyhood home of Iowa for scenes in the film. “We wanted...
Star Trek: Phase II (ST:P2), formally known as Star Trek New Voyages, has created a new eMagazines designed to give access to articles, stories and other information that cannot be found on their official website or discussion forum. Each new issue will contain interviews, exclusive photos, articles, posters, and downloads that give you an idea of what...
By now just about everyone into scifi knows that “Shaun of the Dead” star Simon Pegg willb e starring as the new Montgomery Scott for the next big Star Trek movie produced and directed by J.J. Abrams. In a recent interview Pegg stated that he didn’t add anything different to the role made so famous for nearly 40 years by the indomitable...
Welcome Cadets to the Campus of Starfleet Academy
March 18, 2008 || Category: Star Trek | 2 Comments
Is this the set of Starfleet Academy in future San Francisco? Could be. AintItCool caught these images and have them posted on their website. Looks like they got it right. To see more of these images go to AintItCool.com. Read More →
Part II of “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men” (STOGM) will be released to the general public Saturday, March 15th at 1701 hours Eastern (5:01pm EST). “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men” stars Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura and Chekov from original Star Trek) along with Alan Ruck (Captain John Harriman of the seventh feature film,...
A Friend Gives Cho a Brief Glimpse of His Great Responsibility
March 12, 2008 || Category: Star Trek | Leave a Comment
Actor John Cho (”Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle”) is starring as the new Sulu in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” prequel set for a May 8, 2009 release. Just recently it hit him how great a responsibility he has undertaken by accepting the iconic role played for 40 plus years by the legendary George Takei. As he began shooting...
Marc Wade Joins Roddenberry.com Team
February 29, 2008 || Category: On the Net, Star Trek | Leave a Comment
Marc Wade, the former director of production for STARTREK.COM has joined the Roddenberry.com team as the company’s Senior Star Trek Correspondent. A new column by Marc will be featured on Roddenberry.com every Friday beginning February 29, 2008. The column will be under the banner — “Star Trek Spotlight.” We here at Slice of...
Part II of Tim Russ’ “Star Trek Of Gods and Men” is being released online Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 1701 hrs (5:01 PM ET). Part I of this three part web miniseries opened in Feburary to hugely successful response from online viewers. STOGM is an alternate universe imagining of the Star Trek tale with some very familiar characters,...
December 25, 2008 will not be the release date for “Star Trek,” the next film in the famous franchise. In a totally surprise move Paramount has decided to move the release of the J.J. Abrams film until May 8, 2009. This comes as good news to the director as he was hoping to launch his first venture into the Trek universe as a big summer...
Written by: Derek Kessler (Trek United News Editor) Carolyn Porco, the lead imaging scientist on the joint NASA/ESA Cassini mission to Saturn has been tapped by the “Star Trek” (2008) crew to provide her expertise to the graphics teams. She will be ensuring that the sets, mattes, and planets are all realistic and at least scientifically...
Eric Bana, the award winning actor who was chosen to portray the evil baddie for the upcoming Star Trek feature film being directed by J.J. Abrams, let slip the entire storyline for that highly anticipated movie. What so many other actors signed to the project have been very careful to keep hidden is blatantly revealed by Bana. In an interview with...
Official “Star Trek” Movie Forum Now Open
January 31, 2008 || Category: On the Net, Star Trek | 2 Comments
The official Paramount Website for the new Star Trek film is still under construction, however, the forum section has been launched and is ready for all registered users to participate in. To become a part of the group and discuss Star Trek, what this movie means to you and much more, first visit the Forum’s FAQ Page and then Register so you too...
Here a Kirk, There a Kirk, Everywhere a Kirk-Kirk
January 30, 2008 || Category: Star Trek | 3 Comments
It appears like everyone will get to play James T. Kirk in the next Star Trek movie, except for the original Kirk, William Shatner. Paramount announced today that 11-year old Jimmy Bennett will play the childhood Kirk for J.J. Abrams’ Trek movie. The young thespian already has an impressive resume with films such as “Hostage,” “Firewall”...
Security Cameras at the San Francisco Shipyards
January 23, 2008 || Category: Star Trek | 2 Comments
You can sit back and watch the progress of the workers constructing the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 at the San Francisco Shipyards. GO HERE and simply grab the sliders under the four security camera feeds. Then move them around to get the video feed. Refresh to get them all. The codes for clean reception are 564, 125, 289. Read More →
Nathan Lilly from SpaceWesterns.com was able to visit the set of Tim Russ’ “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men” in upstate New York and was kind enough to send us some of the pictures he captured. Much of the film was shot on the soundstage used for all the Star Trek New Voyages feature episodes. Here are some sample pics that Nathan was...
It is here at last: For official version in high def quality visit Paramount’s Official Star Trek Website. Read More →
If you plan on going to see “Cloverfield” this weekend then you will be treated to the first glimpse of JJ Abrams’ upcoming Paramount/Bad Robot film “Star Trek.” The folks over at the HollywoodChicago.com forums claim this is what you can expect to see. Whether or not this is completely accurate will be revealed in just...
Wil Wheaton made a visit to a familiar set to film a new Star Trek segment. He appears in his cleaned and pressed Starfleet uniform as the USS Titan’s Assistant Chief Engineer with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. The Titan is the Federation Starship commanded by Captain William Riker of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Wil starred...
Rumors have been flying across the Web fan sites for weeks that comedian Tyler Perry (”Madea’s Family Reunion”) would be in the next Star Trek movie, but we simply wanted to wait for official confirmation before making it public here at Slice. Now, we can confirm that Tyler Perry will indeed be seen in the eleventh Star Trek feature...



