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Post by Alec 006 on Dec 4, 2009 1:38:41 GMT -5
Harlan Ellison Wants to Write 'Star Trek' Sequel December 02, 2009 09:10:51 GMT "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...," the Hugos award winner wrote. "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." Hello, As a life long fan of "Star Trek: The Original Series". I remember a 'Starlog' magazine interview back in the early eighties where Harlan Ellison talked about his 'Star Trek' movie pitch. He happily revealed that he was very excited about his story and was 'dead set' on his script having both Kirk and Spock killed in the first 20 minutes of the film. Back then...Gene Roddenberry thankfully said 'no thanks'. I believe J.J. Abrams would do like wise. Ellison would have to as he says above: 'rethink such a film from the get go'. I respect Harlan Ellison in that he wrote the award winning script for my favorite Star Trek episode of all time 'City On The Edge Of Forever'. It was and still is revered and respected by fans...some who don't know even know a lot about TOS. As for Mr. Ellison's involvement in the sequel...I think I speak for many fans of this reinvigorated franchise when I say: 'Mr. Ellison - no thanks.' Take Care!
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Post by FormerBondFan on Dec 4, 2009 1:39:07 GMT -5
As long as Khan isn't part of the sequel, I'm good.
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Post by Alec 006 on Dec 4, 2009 1:50:38 GMT -5
As long as Khan isn't part of the sequel, I'm good. Hello, Agreed. The episode 'Space Seed' and 'Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan', the late Ricardo Montalban's performances, ect. were done so excellently...it's practically 'hallowed ground'. Abrams, and writers Orci and Kurtzman have cleared the slate to so many other possibilities. They should continue to move forward. Take Care! P.S. Now, what about those persistent William Shatner rumors and Abrams' quote that the two are 'meeting for lunch'
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Post by FormerBondFan on Dec 7, 2009 18:24:11 GMT -5
Bringing in Shatner in a sequel is fine, but Khan needs to be taken out of the picture.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Dec 7, 2009 18:30:13 GMT -5
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Post by FormerBondFan on Dec 19, 2009 11:54:21 GMT -5
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Post by FormerBondFan on Dec 19, 2009 11:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jan 11, 2010 12:20:04 GMT -5
moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/01/11/star-trek-sequel-gets-a-release-date-nothing-else/'Star Trek' Sequel Gets A Release Date, Nothing Else
Posted 4 hrs ago by Adam Rosenberg in News
This counts as news, but there's not much to it. We all know there's a "Star Trek" sequel coming. Hell, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, writers/producers of the May reboot, were talking about sequel possibilities as far back as the week after the first movie came out. Now we have a date to pin our hopes to: June 29, 2012.
Nothing else is known or announced, so don't ask. Maybe director J.J. Abrams will return to helm the sequel, maybe he won't. Maybe Khan will be the villain, maybe not. For all we know, the plan is to give us an epic "Star Trek Meets Star Wars" crossover. Could happen, right?
The news comes from a variety of sources, including Ain't It Cool News and Box Office Mojo, but there's no Paramount-issued press release that I can find. The information ran through some trustworthy sources, but we've yet to receive comment from the studio directly.
Regardless, there really hasn't ever been any doubt that we'd be seeing more "Star Trek." Abrams' take on the series made it friendly to an entirely new, much wider audience than its ever known before.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Feb 2, 2010 15:19:15 GMT -5
www.eonline.com/uberblog/b165138_oscars_snubs_star_trek_hangover_michael.html Oscar's Snubs: Star Trek, The Hangover, Michael Jackson!
Today 9:00 AM PST by Joal Ryan
Does it count as a snub if you never believed that no matter how many Best Picture spots there were, there'd never be enough for your movies?
And so it came to pass that despite the Oscars' expanded Best Picture field, and despite Avatar's and District 9's success, Star Trek, The Hangover and Michael Jackson's This Is It were denied shots at the biggest prize.
Star Trek was treated like a sci-fi film, earning four technical nods for the 82nd Academy Awards. The Hangover was treated like a comedy that was unabashedly funny, rating zero nominations. This Is It was treated like a surprise critical hit nobody knew what to do with, its all-or-nothing gambit (the concert film was eligible for Best Picture, but not Documentary Feature) netting nothing.
Other snubs, surprises, trends and factoids:
• The theory that more Best Picture slots would mean more slots for so-called Oscar (read: serious, art-house) movies held true. Except when it didn't. Yes, A Serious Man and An Education, two films seen almost exclusively by Coen brothers completists and movie critics, respectively, benefitted. But so did The Blind Side (a sports movie!), District 9 (a sci-fi movie!) and Up! (a Pixar movie!).
• Yes, the expanded-field thing did what it was supposed to do, after all…Three of 2009's Top 10-grossing films made the Best Picture cut: Avatar, Up and The Blind Side. Last year's Best Picture bunch featured zero Top 10 hits.
• Because there are 10 Best Picture nominees but still only five Best Director nominees, the chance that winners in the film and directing categories won't match up has increased. Only not really. The Blind Side, A Serious Man, An Education, District 9 and Up, the five films that don't have a director in the hunt, realistically have about as much shot at winning Best Picture as Star Trek.
• Clint Eastwood's Invictus earned glamour nods for Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, but nothing else—a surprise for those counting on the rugby film to score in Best Picture.
• Meryl Streep's Best Actress nod is her 16th, a new acting record, breaking the old acting record held by, well, Meryl Streep.
• While Streep seemingly always gets nominated, she does not always win. She has not won, in fact, since before fellow Best Actress nominee Carey Mulligan was born. (Mulligan's 24; Streep's currently 26 years-plus between wins.)
• Was Avatar's script as "bad" as Titanic's? James Cameron didn't get nominated for writing either one.
• Avatar will break Titanic's domestic box-office record any day now. It will not, however, top Titanic's Oscar success. Cameron's big boat movie won 11 times (off 14 nominations); Cameron's big blue movie can win, max, nine awards.
• This Is It wasn't snubbed in the Original Song category; the movie didn't have any original songs. (The movie wasn't snubbed in the doc race, either—it wasn't released in time to qualify. Its studio could've chosen to submit it next year, but decided to go for it this year in the non-doc categories.)
• U2 (Brothers' "Winter") and Paul McCartney (Everybody's Fine's "I Want to Come Home"), both Golden Globe nominees, were snubbed in the Original Song category.
• Toughest break: Inglourious Basterds' Diane Kruger was the only Screen Actors Guild nominee not to earn an Oscar nod. Crazy Heart's Maggie Gyllenhaal "stole" her Best Supporting Actress spot.
• Say, remember that delightful romantic-comedy (500) Days of Summer? Oscar didn't. Nothing.
• Nancy Meyers movies usually produce Oscar nods, but not this time. It's Complicated didn't figure anywhere for anyone—Oscar cohosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin included.
• Once, onetime Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard looked like she might save Nine from awards-season obscurity. Instead, Penélope Cruz got the film's lone acting nod. (Overall, the box-office bust managed four nods.)
• You may have not heard of The Secret of Kells, but the folks who made Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs likely will never forget the film that "stole" its nomination for Animated Feature.
• For those keeping score at home, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince got one nomination (cinematography); New Moon got zero.
• For all its explosions, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen surprisingly figured in only one category: sound mixing.
• Not nominated, but not surprised: Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds).
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Post by harrypalmer on Feb 3, 2010 14:59:20 GMT -5
They snubbed The Dark Knight last year too.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Feb 3, 2010 19:47:24 GMT -5
As much as I love ST, I don't see the reboot getting a Best Picture nomination. TDK I can see.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Feb 22, 2010 0:17:50 GMT -5
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Post by harrypalmer on Feb 22, 2010 6:47:59 GMT -5
Let's hope he is ok.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Feb 26, 2010 0:01:31 GMT -5
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Post by Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry on Feb 26, 2010 8:02:51 GMT -5
Very sad news.
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