Sounds way out of the loop, like when Mission Impossible made Mr. Phelps a bad guy. If its a former Captain he would probably be Garth of Izar.

I guess April is the Enterprise Captain before Pike? Im not familiar with the animated series. Its really sort of strange if they went that far out there to get a villain? Some don’t even consider the animated series “Canon”

Here's his photo. Looks amazingly like Gene Roddenberry. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...obertApril.jpg

Not Star Trek, I know, but no reports are coming out that JJ is set to direct Star Wars Episode 7.

Odd since he's said time and time again that he isn't. Are the reports wrong? Did he change his mind? Was all the earlier talk just smoke screen?

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/articl...xclusive-74596

He's planning a total star trek-star wars crossover, expect an apocalyptic like nerd meltdown to commence.

Well more or more outlets are running with this. Must be true.

In which case, I'm all for it. I think he's an ideal choice.

This is really reaching for a villain. It's like If Disney said. "Hey, remember Chewbaccas brother from the Star Wars Holliday Special?, well, he's the villain in the next Star Wars movie"

LMAO

But does it really matter? As long as it's a good story, I don't need it to be some known marquise villain. I don't even need it to be someone who has ever appeared in the Star Trek universe before.

Kirk would really be badass with force powers! :rockon:

Drew McWeeny?

I wonder if he is going to make the millenium falcon look like an Edsel as well.

J.J. Abrams directing ‘Star Wars’: What happens to ‘Star Trek’?

It’s a question that immediately sprang to the minds of fans of two franchises with Thursday’s news that J.J. Abrams will direct “Star Wars: Episode VII.”

What happens to “Star Trek”?

According to Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore, Abrams — who directed both 2009′s “Star Trek” and the upcoming sequel “Star Trek Into Darkness” — will still be involved in some capacity with a possible third “Trek” movie, at the minimum as a producer, if not also directing the film.

Moore also pointed out that Abrams will continue to play a role in another of the studio’s most valuable franchises, “Mission: Impossible.”

“J.J. will continue to develop projects for us including a new ‘Mission: Impossible,’ and he is committed to produce another ‘Star Trek,’” Moore said Friday afternoon.

With 2009′s big-screen reboot of the beloved television and movie series, Abrams won over a new generation of audiences with a broadly entertaining and accessible take on Gene Roddenberry’s venerable cast of characters — and satisfied hard-core fans by creating a place for Leonard Nimoy to appear as Spock alongside Zachary Quinto’s new take on the beloved Vulcan.

Anticipation for the May 17 sequel is astronomically high. Paramount wisely began stoking interest in “Star Trek Into Darkness” starting late last year, with the release of a plot synopsis, a poster, a teaser, a trailer and then rolling out nine minutes of footage before Imax 3-D showings of Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”

Last month, Abrams revealed the nine minutes to select journalists at a Century City screening room. Two days later, at the Santa Monica offices of his company, Bad Robot, the writers and select cast members — including Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Alice Eve and Benedict Cumberbatch — gathered to chat up reporters and to show off costumes and props from the upcoming film.

Damon Lindelof, who wrote the script with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, said the early rollout was inspired by director Christopher Nolan’s early reveal of footage from “The Dark Knight Rises.” With four years having passed since Abrams’ first “Star Trek” film, Lindelof said, “there had to be a lifting of the curtain a little bit,” otherwise fans grow suspicious.

With just about 100 days to go before the film officially opens, though, word of Abrams’ defection to a galaxy far, far away — news that met with a decidedly mixed reaction — raises questions about who might direct a third “Trek” film, should Paramount move forward with one, and what role Abrams and his creative partners Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci might play in a future installment.

Abrams’ schedule likely would prohibit him from stepping behind the camera, though there was a four-year gap between “Star Trek” and the upcoming sequel. If Abrams does not direct, that could leave either Lindelof or Kurtzman and Orci in the director’s chair, or perhaps another Abrams associate such as filmmaker Matt Reeves, who helmed the Abrams-produced monster movie “Cloverfield” (though Reeves is set to direct “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” for Fox).

It seems for now Abrams’ relationship with Paramount remains strong — every film Abrams has directed or produced since 2006′s “Mission: Impossible III” has been for the studio, where Bad Robot enjoys a lucrative first-look deal.

Still, executives can’t be overjoyed by the idea of Abrams working on “Star Wars” for Disney, especially with the promotional effort for “Star Trek Into Darkness” continuing to pick up steam. At least for the moment, journalists are probably more interested in hearing about how Abrams might further George Lucas’ vision than deciphering the identity of Cumberbatch’s mystery-shrouded villain.

THESE ARE SO QUAINT NOW

I never saw the animated series, but I remember April from the books. In the books, he was the captain of the Enterprise when Kirk first served on the ship. I don't remember much else about him, but hopefully Abrams makes him interesting.

Oh, haven't you heard? Abrams is incompetent. He can't make anything interesting. Everything good that Abrams has touched is good because of his collaborators. And everything bad is all because of Abrams.

Is your local Duane Reade out of vagisil?

I have no idea. Why, do you need some? I can check for you. Won't even charge you shipping.

You're acting like a raging **** because I (and others) have pointed put obvious flaws in Abrams' work. You act as if you understand the hierarchy and his involvement in his latest TV shows, which clearly you don't.

I'm not sure what you're referring to. I don't understand anything other than my own opinion. What have I done that's so ****y? Where have I acted like I understand anything?

You've painted me as this raging Abrams fan and apologist.

For the record: Lost is awesome. JJ had next to nothing to do with it.

Alias is meh. It's fun but it's a mess.

Cloverfield is a fun monster movie. JJ produced. I have no idea what was his beyond that.

MI:3 is a fun spy movie. Well directed, mediocre script.

Star Trek is awesome. Great script. Great direction.

Super 8 is a fantastic nostalgia movie that I really enjoyed.

These are my opinions. And that's all I know about JJ Abrams.

So please, enlighten me. How much of these projects belong to JJ and how much belongs to his collaborators? I honestly don't know.

This is stupid.

Guys, I'm sorry I've muddied the tread with this kind of stuff.

Dane, my apologies. I don't wanna fight. Truce. No reason we can't discuss like adults.

Anyway, I'm super pumped for this movie.

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Whatever I think about the products Abrams has produced, I think they've created a fantastic work environment at Bad Robot, and they're landing project after project. More new series on the way for the fall TV season, locked into a 3rd Star Trek, now locked into the first new Star Wars (I think Disney's going to go the route of the original trilogy and have new directors on board for each), a few other movie projects in the works. I think a lot of us would love to be that inept.

Well said.

If I could get a job at Bad Robot, I'd be a happy man.

Badass new Super Bowl commercial. Looks like the Enterprise gets greased again.

Yeah, really interesting trailer.

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Thought it sucked other than the new lines from Cumberpatch.

I guess the NCC-1701A will be making an early appearance.

They wouldn't reveal the Enterprise getting greased this early.

That's probably just a shot from the beginning. It starts the movie underwater according to the first 8 minutes we saw.

I find this unbelievably ridiculous.

The Enterprise take a beating, if it's not out right destroyed, in every stinkin' film.

Enough is enough.

New timeline, they can change and do whatever they want.

Fuc,k all we know it could be a dream sequence.

From what I remember about the beginning footage, they were on some secret don't-****-with-the-prime-directive mission, which is why the ship was underwater at that point. I think this sequence is clearly something else.

However, it remains to be seen if the Enterprise is actually destroyed, or just badly beat up (looked like pretty severe damage to the saucer and one warp nacelle completely destroyed). You can see the hull number when it's damaged and falling, but there is no visible number when you see the starship crashing (into the water and later into a building) at ground level.

This video is a repost and has nothing at all to do with the upcoming movie, but I was just in the mood for some decent Star Trek space battles. So if you've never seen this before, enjoy....

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**** yeah to that trailer.

That's clearly NOT Khan and that ****ing line I WILL WALK OVER YOUR COLD CORPSES is **** YEAH.

**** YEAH.

http://i.imgur.com/aUHor8N.jpg

Love me some Alice Eve

repost

****ing awesome.

Alice Eve is beyond hot.

I would suck her box 'til her tits caved in.

I doubt very strongly that you have that kind of lung capacity; her tits are the size of her head.

That said, I'm confident that you'd give it your best shot.

**** that. We will have to wait even longer in between movies.

I don't know.....there has to be something they are hiding still about his true identity. It's Abrams, it's how he operates. Whatever the case, this looks fantastic. Although, the idea of the terrorist villian is starting to get overused.

This thing is gonna be so badass. I just can't even wait.

I hope so. I know the line between Star Wars and Star Trek is basically blurred beyond recognition at this point, but I hope it's not just two hours of 'splosions and CGI. For Star Trek, there should be a brain in there somewhere.

Yea, there is starting to be a divide between new Trek fans and old Trek fans.

I like them both, but can see where some fans might get pissed. But remember, alot of ToS episodes had Kirk/Spock/McCoy fighting guys hand to hand. It wouldnt surprise me if some of the fighting was inspired by the Wild Wild West stuff which was on during the same time period.


They were limited with phasers shots by budget obviously.


The fist fighting was toned down when Picard came along because Stewart was a more respected actor and less physical than Shatner.

http://i.imgur.com/WCIvXTv.jpg

I don't think this is the Enterprise crashing, it looks more like an Excelsior class ship with the chunky body (which may or may not exist in this timeline, idk).

It may not be the Enterprise but it is the same class ship as the Enterprise.

I don't think it's the Enterprise, either. I think it's a ship in synchronous orbit over Starfleet headquarters that Cumberpatch's character manages to bring down on top of them as a show of force.

****ing J.J. Abrams. The guy hit the 300 million dollar powerball for sci-fi nerds everywhere - he gets to reboot Star Trek AND Star Wars, and that's not even mentioning what he had accomplished up to that point. Who would have thought that would even be a possibility ten years ago?

It is certainly the Enterprise that is seen plummeting towards the surface beat to shit and billowing smoke - you can clearly make out the hull number and name. No way of knowing if it is the same ship that crashes into the water and buildings, but it makes sense that it is.

You're right. I went back and watched the trailer. On the saucer I could clearly see NCC-170 as the ship was blowing apart and beginning its fall towards Earth. I SUPPOSE it COULD be NCC-1707, or some such, but that's probably just wishfull thinking, heh.

I hate to think what kind of insurance premiums Star Fleet must pay on that ****ing ship by now...

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS LINK IF YOU DON'T WANT THE (supposed....) PLOT SPOILED...


2nd warning...


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http://www.chud.com/128567/star-trek...ajor-spoilers/

WHY WOULD YOU POST THIS??

Must....resist......urge........

:evil:

Im not gonna click....but i can guess.

I clicked.. But not much of a surprise..

Maybe I missed it but how does he come to these conclusions? Nowhere in that whole thing does it say, I saw the movie, or even a source for his info. Maybe I missed it but ill wait and see the movie for myself.

He tasks me......

No, that's the main reason I posted it. It's nothing all that mind-blowing.Yeah, wondered the same thing. I'm guessing he's seen it.

OK, i clicked...damn you Keg!!

Anyways, confirmed my suspicions. Im cool with it, but i suspect some fans wont be happy.

Count me as one. :(

The villain could be Jesus Christ and I'd be happy.

Did you see Alice Eve in that picture? In 3D?!?!

Seriously, Kirk molesting Spock and it turning into a cry session with Captain Janeway wouldn't bother me at this point. Go Alice Eve in her underwear!!!

All the Star Treks on bluray for $35.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...4QK6P32PWZ4Y9K

I've already got II, III and VI on blu-ray. Those are the only ones with the original cast worth buying.

:spock:

He says a couple of things in the article like:

So it sounds like he hasn't seen the film, or at least not the whole thing, which comes back to: how does he know?

I must admit, Star Trek the Motion Picture has grown on me a lil over the years. The cast was fairly young and svelte still....

III was sort of like Return of the Jedi - some good parts surrounded by shit.

All six original Treks are worth owning.

Shit man, I love row, row, row your boat.

Screw that. I don't even like IV. While I recognize it's an entertaining movie, it's not Star Trek. It would be like Godfather film where Sonny, Fredo and Michael go work at a department store. Doesn't matter if it's good or not - it's not what it's supposed to be.

I hated 4, with that greenpeace whale bullshit.

I thought i was the only one.

I didn't hate it. I've watched it a few times over the years. It's funny and has a good story. It's just not Star Trek. It's like the crew having a group vacation between viable movies/episodes and somebody brought a camera along.

For Star Trek you need (a) a solid villain and (b) space battles. Chasing down a whaling ship in a Klingon bird of prey doesn't count.

And it also helps if Star Trek has the ENTERPRISE for more than the last ten seconds, too.

**** the whales.