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J. J. Abrams attended the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour yesterday to talk about his latest television series, Alcatraz and spoke about his latest film, Star Trek 2, going into production on Thursday. We were also offered details about the sequel to his 2009 film, for which Abrams discussed his recent casting choice of [...]
So now we know that Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing a villain in J.J. Abrams’ new movie, Star Trek 2 which is set for release May 2013, however what we don’t yet know is the bad guy that he’ll be portraying or indeed what race / species he’ll be. So with no reason whatsoever, we [...]
Last night we put up the news that Noel Clarke was set to join J.J. Abrams in his sequel to 2009 movie, Star Trek (currently named Star Trek 2) and this morning, Deadline have put up the news that Benedict Cumberbatch who seems to be in everything at the moment is all set to join [...]
**UPDATE: Woke up this morning to fnid out that Benedict Cumberbatch has also been cast in the movie to play a villain. More here.** Here’s some rather fabulous news for British Actor / Director Noel Clarke as Variety have just announced the news that the BAFTA winner has been cast in J.J. Abrams’ sequel to [...]
Star Trek 2 is gearing up for principal shooting to kick off in the new year, which is welcome news. The reboot of the franchise was desperately needed and JJ Abrams’ first instalment was a sensational shot in the arm for a series that had become bogged down since the high water mark of First [...]
Just yesterday, we got the news that Peter Weller, the original RoboCop, had joined the new additions to the cast of JJ Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek sequel, along with Alice Eve and Benicio del Toro. (You can catch up on all our Star Trek-related coverage right here.) Del Toro was the first of the new [...]
Following on from the recent casting additions we’ve been getting in the past few weeks, with the brilliant Benicio del Toro and Alice Eve joining the cast, JJ Abrams’ highly anticipated Star Trek sequel has another new cast member, Deadline report, in the form of Peter Weller. Weller is best known for his role as [...]
After what seems to have been years of waiting, we’re finally starting to hear some concrete news about the sequel to 2009’s hit Star Trek movie; OK, so maybe the floodgates aren’t quite flying open, but there’s certainly a few leaks: first, after months of speculation J.J. Abrams confirmed that he would indeed be returning [...]
With JJ Abrams having recently confirmed that he will be returning to the director’s chair for the sequel to his 2009 blockbuster Star Trek and pre-production on the film now well under way, speculation has turned to who will follow in the footsteps of Eric Bana’s Nero and take the role of the movie’s villain. [...]
After months of speculation, JJ Abrams has finally gone ahead and confirmed what we were all expecting anyway: he’s going to direct Star Trek XII. Or II. Whatever it’s going to be called, he’s directing it. Despite the phenomenal success of 2009’s critically acclaimed reboot the Star Trek sequel has faced a number of delays, [...]
JJ Abrams is nothing if not predictable. As inscrutable as ever, he has offered a few hints and comments regarding Super 8 and the Star Trek sequel without really saying anything at all. While speaking with MTV, Abrams said a trailer would be out soon, though he didn’t know what it might reveal regarding what is [...]
Star Trek 2 is still very much in pre-production mode, with writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (who wrote the first film, along with Transformers and next summer’s Cowboys and Aliens) working hard on putting together a script that will do justice to critic and fanboy expectations, a job made all the more difficult by [...]
Whether it’s fake or not, it’s nice to be reminded that Star Trek is, at some point going to be hitting our cinemas screens and from this image, it could be Summer 2012. The image comes from the chaps at Collider who too aren’t sure whether the image is legit or not and speculate that [...]
We reported here on some of the thoughts from JJ Abrams and his Star Trek writers as to where the sequel to their highly successful reboot might boldly go. Now Badass News say they have had confirmation from an “inside source” that the villain of the piece will not be Khan, who was the antagonist in [...]
UK magazine SFX have been talking with Star Trek reboot director and producer JJ Abrams, as well as scripters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman about their various ideas for the sequel, which is currently in development over at Paramount. Trekmovie.com have extensive excerpts from the interview, which you can look at here, but here are the [...]
Entertainment Weekly are carrying a story on a new television collaboration between awesomely talented film/tv producer and director J.J. Abrams (Lost, M:I-3, Star Trek, Super 8, Cloverfield) and Jonathan Nolan, co-writer of Christopher Nolan projects such as Memento, The Prestige and The Dark Knight. The project is a crime-thriller TV series, which Jonathan Nolan has created. [...]
Both Trekkies and (now thanks to the release of last year’s geek/mainstream crossover prequel) non-Trekkies alike will be interested to read that Bruce Greenwood (Captain Pike), had this to say to Hollywood.com at a premiere this week, when he was asked about the shooting of the next film: “I just know that the plan is [...]
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is one of the most successful and entertaining reboots in years, and with the weight of expectation from a fanbase known for its rabid passion for the series Abrams and his writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman surprised us all when the end result was a frantic, funny and thrilling film. [...]
