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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.
Jan 26 | A fan campaign to bring back Christopher Doohan for the next Star Trek film can be found here. Join the campaign !
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By GustavoLeao / 13:54, 3 July 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
Esquire posted a new interview with Star Trek and Transformers 2 writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and here are few excerpts.
ESQ: Is there ever any temptation to play up the campiness of older franchises like Star Trek or Transformers?
AK: None. In fact, we came out of Hercules, one of our first jobs, and [director and producer] Sam Raimi taught us an enormous amount on that show. The first lesson we learned was even if the show is perceived as campy, you can never write it as camp.
RO: Because you just don't have fun. Unless camp is somehow inherently part of the original DNA of the project.
ESQ: Is it a burden to deal with fanboys who expect you to be faithful to the source material?
RO: No, not at all. In fact, we actually listen to fans all the time. It's helpful because you want to get a sense of what people are looking for and what they disagree with. [...].
AK: I mean, we're lucky in a way. Screenwriters didn't always have automatic feedback on every concept that gets leaked. It's like having a focus group of thousands. How you process that information is the trick. But it shouldn't be thought of as a burden - it should be thought of as a resource or a tool.
The full interview is here.
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