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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: PARAMOUNT PICTURES, BAD ROBOT AND CHARITYBUZZ PARTNER TO OFFER STAR TREK FANS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS AND THE CAST OF "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" AT THE FILM'S LOS ANGELES PREMIERE. PROCEEDS WILL...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct to consumer personal car insurance company, is teaming with Paramount Pictures to promote "Star Trek Into Darkness," the sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2009 hit film which introduced Star Trek to a new generation of fans. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
NEW YORK, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EPIX, the premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service announced today that it will preview its original EPIX Picture, The Captains, at this year's Comic-Con® in San Diego on Friday, July 22. William Shatner will talk about the original documentary he produced and directed, an in depth look at the actors who have played Star Trek Captains in the films and television shows. Avery Brooks, who played Captain Benjamin Sisko in...
HOUSTON, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Moviegoers likely will sit in crowded theaters to watch the new "Star Trek" movie, which premiered on May 8, but not NASA astronaut Michael Barratt. He will have the opportunity to watch the film aboard the International Space Station, while he and two crewmates fly 220 miles above Earth. The only thing missing will be the popcorn. Paramount Pictures transferred "Star Trek" to NASA's Mission Control in Houston, which then uplinked the film to the space...
The new version of Star Trek doesn't open in U.S. theaters until May 8, but Paramount Pictures is already working on its sequel, one of the producers says.Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof will produce and write the script for the follow-up, Variety.com reported Tuesday. J.J. Abrams, who directed and produced the soon-to-be-released Star Trek, will produce the next one with his Bad Robot cohort, Bryan Burk, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said. The decision regarding...
J.J. Abrams' film Star Trek is to have its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House.The BBC said the event is to take place April 7.Abrams, who is the creator of TV's Lost and Alias, directed the movie about the early days of the crew of the USS Enterprise. The reimagined story is based on the classic sci-fi series and stars Bottle Shock actor Chris Pine as Capt. James T. Kirk, Heroes' player Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock and Hot Fuzz hero Simon Pegg as Montgomery Scotty Scott.Leonard Nimoy,...
Paramount Pictures and IMAX Corp. Friday announced that Hollywood's new version of Star Trek will be released in both IMAX and conventional theaters May 8. Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers James T. Kirk, played by Chris Pine; Spock, played by Zachary Quinto; Scotty, played by Simon Pegg; Amanda Grayson, played by Winona Ryder; Uhura, played by Zoe Saldana; McCoy, played by Karl Urban; Sulu, played by John Cho and Chekhov,...
During a London press event, "˜Lost' creator JJ Abrams unveiled film footage from his upcoming Star Trek prequel.The film featured Actor Chris Pine portraying a young Captain Kirk, Simon Peg as Scotty the engineer, and Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock.One of the four clips showed Leonard Nimoy reprising his role as the older Mr. Spock.Speaking at London's Vue West End theater Tuesday morning, the filmmaker said he is planning a May 2009 release for the film, which he hopes viewers will find...
Hollywood director J.J. Abrams says he didn't put William Shatner in his upcoming "Star Trek" remake because the actor wanted too large a part. Abrams said while he had initially intended to put the star of the original "Star Trek" TV series in his upcoming movie, Shatner was adamant he have a bigger role in the Hollywood production, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. "It was very tricky. We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing, but the truth is,...
By ALICIA PQ. WITTMEYER By Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer The Virginian-Pilot CHESAPEAKE Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University professor whose funny, upbeat talk about how to live life with gusto while dying was viewed by millions , died early Friday at his Chesapeake home. He was 47. He was a professor of computer science, human-computer and design who founded a center for entertainment technology and pioneered software designed to allow anyone to create 3-D animations. It was his...
