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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 / 15:17, 24 November 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
According to TrekToday, famed science fiction author Harlan Ellison, writer of the fan favorite TOS episode "The City on The Edge of Forever", thinks highly of Star Trek director J.J. Abrams and wouldn't hesitate to get involved with the Star Trek XII production team if he were contacted by Abrams or Paramount. Here are excerpts of their report.
"I would jump at the chance to work with the inordinately-talented J.J. Abrams on a new Star Trek film," Ellison wrote at his blog.
"Yes, I would likely try to steer him toward the original film idea I was asked to pitch, by the late Gene Roddenberry and a production exec whose name I have blissfully flensed from memory (but he had been, if I recall, a hairdresser or clothing designer or ex-boyfriend of someone or other, and he kept trying to press me to include the Mayan Calendar)."
"If the very smart Abrams didn't want to go that way, I would be wide-open to rethinking such a film from the git-go," said Ellison.
"If anyone out there thinks this melding has legs, let Abrams or anyone else with the chops to get in touch with me directly," he said. "I am without full-time film-agent representation, by choice, at the moment; so if the job presents itself, I will work for pay."
More from Ellison on the original article at TrekToday.
What, you mean Harlan Ellison still exists? I thought his ego had become so massive that it collapsed into a black hole. What an insufferably arrogant jerk.
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GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show!.... You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! -- William Shatner on Saturday Night Live (1986)
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Ellison...I love you, dude...but you're just not worth the aggravation to a major movie studio. You're one of the greats, but the reason you never get these types of offers is that you're just a nightmare to work with.
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.... Surely Paramount and Abrahms would be too wise to go down this dark path. How great would an Ellison story be? It could easily be the best of the movies, and it could even be one of the best films of that year.
How bad could it get? If Ellison wanted to stray from Trek more than Abrahms and co wanted to go- if there ended being some disagreement - or one of a hundred other factors - the little tyrant would make a stink to get his name off the movie or sue or go on a publicity tour to trash the movie or any combination of all three.
I hope the City business is truly in our past. I still think his story is among the very best of Trek's stories (along with The Visitor, they might be the two best). I wish him luck, long life, and prosperity - but away from Trek.
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