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Click to viewThe original Star Trek only managed to make 80 episodes before running out of Dilithium. Not enough! So we mixed up the show's most frequent plot twists, to create a foolproof Trek story generator. More »
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It may be nine months until we get to see JJ Abrams' rebooted Star Trek, but that doesn't mean that he's not willing to talk about it. TrekMovie.com quotes the director from a recent TVGuide interview, saying that "I think this movie is going to be worth the wait." Not that we'd expected anything different from him, mind you, but his reasoning may not be what you'd think. Learn what that reasoning is, and find out what would make the movie worth the wait for us. More »
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Four new posters for next year's Star Trek movie were released yesterday at the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, giving fans their first glimpses at the rebooted versions of Sulu, Scotty, Bones and Chekhov, and we have them for you under the jump. More »
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He may just be getting his first SF role as Star Trek's new Scotty, but that doesn't mean that Simon Pegg doesn't know his science fiction, as a new interview reveals. Discover the Pegg theory of why American SF is better than British, how to approach Montgomery Scott as a character, and why you'll never see Pegg play the Doctor, under the jump. More »
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The Star Trek movie is looking more like a comedy all the time. John Cho (Harold from Harold and Kumar) will play Sulu, and Simon Pegg (Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will play Scotty. Also, Christopher Pine is still trying to decide between playing Kirk and starring in cop movie White Jazz. Still uncast: Doctor McCoy, original Enterprise captain Christopher Pike, and Kirk's parents. The other big Trek news? Sources say the film's budget is creeping upwards of $160 million — more than any Trek movie has ever made at the box office. Can you say flying bomb? Image by APImages More »
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