Up tops box office for weekend »

Up trounced everyone at the box office this weekend with an excellent $68 million take. The rest of the field, however, was disappointing. Drag Me to Hell, despite good reviews, couldn’t get past $17 million, while Night at the Museum fell more than anticipated. Same goes for Star Trek and Terminator. Star Trek did become [...]

Patrick Stewart Alphabet »

Sesame Street, beam me up….

J.J. Abrams Responds To ‘Star Trek’ Fans’ Theories »

The “Sleeker, Faster Response” Theory: If the new “Trek” gives us the Enterprise equivalent of a Blu-Ray disk, then the ship on the original “Trek” looks like a Betamax tape. One fan theory is that the attack on the Kelvin forced the Federation to build sleeker, faster spacecraft in the movie’s new reality.
“Right,” agreed Abrams. [...]

Angels & Demons tops weekend’s box office with $48 million »

As expected, Angels & Demons won this weekend’s box office, taking in $48 million – about what we’d anticipated. Star Trek did better than many anticipated, at $43 million (we’d predicted about $40). Wolverine’s $15 million take helped it clear $150 million, but it’s a long shot to top the $200 million mark. One interesting [...]

JJ Abrams Says Shatner and Khan Are Possible in Star Trek Sequel »

MTV got a chance to grill Star Trek director JJ Abrams about what we could expect in the inevitable sequel. Of course, screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have not yet started on the announced sequel, so anything at this point is just speculation. But Abrams admits that the alternative universe timeline allows them to [...]

Real Live Astronauts are Watching ‘Star Trek’ in Outer Space »

Right about now in outer space, three men are crouched in a node of the International Space Station, watching J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” on a laptop. They chose the node, said NASA spokeswoman Nicole Cloutier, because it was “dark and quiet” and would be “a good spot” for three “Star Trek” fans to [...]

Star Trek Movie Recognition Chart »

Surprisingly accurate. Try this clever little thing courtesy of lukemckinney.org.

New in theaters this week: Angels & Demons »

Angels & Demons is this week’s list of new films. Nothing else opens wide. Angels will rule the roost, unless Star Trek kicks ass in the repeat viewers category. The oft-delayed Brothers Bloom, which has a nice cast with Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, gets a limited release, along with Jen Aniston’s Management. [...]

Mentos Trek »

The Star Trek episode, “Arena” as a Mentos commercial.

Star Trek breaks IMAX record »

JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek exceeded the Sunday morning predictions, grossing $3 million more than expected. The Mother’s Day numbers elevated the film’s opening weekend box office to $79.2 million. Vice-Chairman of Paramount Pictures Rob Moore says that “The spike over our initial estimates on Mother’s Day demonstrates that the combination of strong reviews and solid [...]

JJ’s ‘Star Trek’ beams up $76.5 million »

Resistance proved futile: “Star Trek,” the Paramount Pictures prequel, sold an estimated $76.5 million in tickets at North American theaters in its first three and a half days of release, the top draw of the weekend. The opening was propelled by a megawatt marketing campaign and unexpectedly strong critical notices. Going into the weekend, though, [...]

Star Trek Stars Do SNL Weekend Update With A Plea To Trekkies »

“Star Trek” stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Quinto’s Spock predecessor Leonard Nimoy surprised fans when they showed up on “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update.

Watch the Death Star blow up the Enterprise »

Nikki Finke: Star Trek Blast-Off »

FRIDAY 9:45 PM: Sources tell me that the North American opening number for Paramount’s No. 1 Star Trek grosses today is looking like $25 million from 3,849 theaters. So, adding in Thursday 7 PM-Midnight screenings, the reimagined space odyssey has made $32 million so far. My insiders say the total weekend number now could easily [...]

A cow goes moo. A horse goes neigh. But what does a Shatner say? »

Trek, for the kids…

Kirk Meets Kirk! Shatner’s and Pine’s first meeting »

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’ »

Long time fans of the Star Trek franchise say JJ Abrams’ enjoyable, engaging prequal betrays what Star Trek is all about.

What Does A Shatner Say? »

A cow goes moo. A horse goes neigh. But what does a Shatner say?

Star Trek’s crew: then and now »

Next week, director-producer extraordinaire J. J. Abrams (LOST, Cloverfield) re-starts one of the most beloved franchises in Hollywood history: Star Trek. What’s more, the eleventh feature film in the Star Trek universe is a reboot, not a sequel, which dares to revisit the youthful Starfleet Academy days of James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine) and his [...]

But Were They ‘Star Trek’ Fans? »

The cast of the new ‘Star Trek’ film reveal whether they were fans of the TV show, while director JJ Abrams explains why William Shatner didn’t make it into the movie.