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Feb 05 | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby will be part of Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed – a full-cast reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation® to be held at the Calgary Expo April 27-29, 2012. The special reunion event will be held at Calgary Stampede Corral on the evening of Saturday, April 28, 2012. This auspicious occasion marks the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation® and will be the first time in over twenty years that the cast has participated in an event such as this. Included in the evening’s program is a 90 minute panel discussion, a Q&A session, and a video presentation in honour of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation®. A commemorative guide will produced solely for this event along with exclusive merchandise. This is a separate ticketed event with tickets going on sale through Ticketmaster on February 18, 2012 at 10 AM MST. Although the cast will be participating in various panels throughout the course of the weekend, Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed will be the only opportunity to see all nine of the cast members in one incredible panel. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com and range from $40-$125 CDN.
Jan 30 | A large, heavy pewter sculpture that Paramount
commissioned, commemorating the series finale of DS9 in 1999 is available on eBay.
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By GustavoLeao / 07:55, 27 July 2007 / Feature Films
Trek Movie Report just posted the full transcript and a video about yesterday San Diego Comic-Con Star Trek XI (or simply "Star Trek") panel attended by producer/director J.J. Abrams, star Zachary Quinto and legendary Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy. Here is excerpts from the transcript.
Abrams opening remarks on franchise, script, and why he chose to direct:
"It is an amazing honor to be here talking about Star Trek. We go into production in November. [...] when I read the script I realized I was going to be so damn jealous of anyone directing this movie. It wasn't the movie because I drank the Kool-aid and loved Star Trek, it is because the script was great. It was because characters were amazing and it was alive and funny and scary and an adventure. I showed it to my wife who is the last person who would be into Trek and she read it and said ‘you should direct this movie.' So we went to Paramount and we said this is what we wanted to do and we are just honored to be here and do this. We are obviously a long way away...there is another comic con plus six months before the movie comes out."
Abrams on Shatner and new Kirk casting:
"The thing about casting Trek is how do you possibly top or even match the cast of The Original Series...and that is really where this film takes place. William Shatner...I have met him a number of times and he is the greatest. We are desperately trying to find a way to put him in this movie. The truth is: it needs to be worthy of him - it needs to be worthy of you - it needs to be worthy to the movie. We cannot just shove him in. It would be a disaster. You would hate it, he wouldn't like it...it would be bad. So we are on that. And we are looking for a Kirk, cause that's tough too. So Kirks?...any ideas for Kirks? We are taking Kirk names."
Quinto (on if his performance will be influenced by Nimoy)
"As much as he wants it to be I supposed. It is pretty incredible to be part of something so iconic and to be doing with the support and involvement of the man who created the role is a true honor. I certainly intend to bring my own spin on it and working with these guys I am sure we will find that. But it is really nice to know that he is behind it himself."
Nimoy on Quinto and Script
"People are asking me why I am doing this movie and think the answer is pretty simple. We have a great director and a wonderful actor playing the young Spock. The answer is that it was logical. By the way I should mention this is a fabulous script...this is going to be a great movie. And I mean that, I don't say these things lightly. It is a wonderful script and great team putting it together."
The full transcript can be found here.
A YouTube video featuring the Comic-Con panel can be found here.
UPDATE : A more detailed transcript is up at Star Trek.com.
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How could they be trying to work him in and not have him in the script?
From the get-go, Nimoy opined that he and Shat might play bookend roles, or to set up the story. As Nimoy said, just after he got the call from Paramount, last year: "They might possibly want Bill and I to set up the story as a flashback" (report).
So, only the lead-in (and, perhaps, lead-out) portion of the current script need be edited to add Shatner, and this can be done later in the production schedule. The main story, about young Kirk and Spock, wouldn't require rework.
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