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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 / 02:31, 23 April 2009 / Trek Books
Wizard posted a new interview with Star Trek star William Shatner and here are few excerpts.So how'd you find yourself immersed so quickly in the comics world? You're teamed with Bluewater Comics for a series of comic books inspired by your non-Star Trek novels, Quest for Tomorrow, Man O'War and TekWar.
WILLIAM SHATNER: I was asked if I was interested in doing comic books, and it occurred to me that I had three series of novels that I had written, thinking visually all the time. I had adventure films in mind so that a person reading the book might visualize their own personal movie. And comics lend themselves to movie themes because the best comics have a singular theme as well. There's a simplicity to the story, but simple stories can have a power, as we know from traditional storytelling. So my books and these comics fit well together, and I'm really excited by the prospect of seeing them in this format.
Your good buddy Leonard Nimoy delved into comics in the '90s with Primortals. Have you dialed him up for any advice?
I ask Leonard for advice on everything, but I haven't asked him about comics yet. I didn't know about Primortals. He's been the pathfinder in everything, hasn't he? He's out of town right now, but when he comes back, I'll have to ask him about this!
Well, if you're going to ask him about anything, why not the new "Star Trek" movie? Has he spilled any details?
Not only has he not talked to me about it, he hasn't let me think about it. I don't know when it's coming out, I don't know what the plot is, I don't know who's in it. I literally know nothing.
We hear you've been calling out director J.J. Abrams in a series of online videos.
Well, I've been pulling his leg on the Web a bit. Pulling the Web over his eyes! I believe he said something like, "I don't know when my life became answering Shatner on the Web!" So I've just been keeping at him. He has to call me!
Were you ever approached to be in the film?
When they were thinking about doing the movie, they talked to me a couple of times, I don't know what it really was all about, and then they stopped talking to me and went their way. But you just know it's going to be wonderful because J.J. Abrams is such a good moviemaker.
We think it's kind of silly that they're using the excuse that you died in "Generations." Dude, everyone on "Star Trek" died at one time or another and came back!
Yes, including the ship! I keep thinking about amber, how they have these insects that are trapped in this liquid for millions of years, fossilized, and how they're talking about being able to extract DNA from them. And therein lies the mystery of Kirk's return!
Are you seriously bumming that you're not in the movie?
I can't understand it as a business decision. I could be talking to you about the Bluewater comics and the movie, but I'm not in the movie, so I have nothing to say! I just regret that I'm not a part of it. But if it's successful, then maybe there will be a call.
The full interview is here.
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