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Turns out the whole hullabaloo was started by a polar bear in the jungle.

Paramount Digital Entertainment tells us that the official Star Trek Captain’s Log application for iPhone 4 is now available.
The Captain’s Log app transforms the iPhone 4 into a Star Trek-inspired Starfleet communicator.
Using the Captain’s Log communicator, users can capture voice recordings, text entries, take photos and map GPS locations of their voyages as they [...]

J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK sequel is set to begin pre-production in January 2011 and begin shooting as early as Spring of that year.

Could Simon Pegg return for the fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise?

[ July 17, 2010; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The Starfleet jacket worn by William Shatner as Captain Kirk in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN will be auctioned off at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills on July 17.  If you cannot make it to Heritage Auctions in person, you can make on absentee bid here. But only fans with deep pockets need [...]

Found this little gem surfing over to TrekMovie.com. SHATNER OF THE MOUNT by Fall On Your Sword.
“CAPTAIN KIRK IS CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN!”
Apparently edited from one of the special features of the STAR TREK V:THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989) DVD.
And isn’t it about time Paramount let William Shatner do a Director’s Edition of that film?
By the [...]

Leonard Nimoy in his last appearance as Spock
Leonard Nimoy – the original Mr. Spock – told the Toronto Sun that his appearance in the 2009 big-screen reboot of STAR TREK will be his last appearance as the world’s most famous Vulcan:
“I don’t think it would be fair to Zachary Quinto,” he said of his successor, [...]

Zoe Saldana is the Wonder Awards choice for Best Actress, in the Best Pic winner, AVATAR.
It’s Sunday, March 7, and everyone is wondering what the winners will be. Well, wonder no more, because here are the official winners of this year’s Cinefantastique Wonder Awards. Oh sure, other people are tuning into the Oscar telecast to [...]

Over at USA Today, Scott Bowles points out that Summer 2009 is loaded with blockbusters that feature origin stories. The motivations for this a fairly clear: Hollywood likes familiar franchises, but audiences are getting tired of sequels rehashing the same old plots. Prequels allow filmmakers to fill in the back story; more than that, an [...]

Variety reports that Eugene Roddenberry will host a DVD box offering a look behind the scenes at the making of the various STAR TREK television series. Included will be prevously unseen behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew; unfortunately, footage dates back only to STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
“This footage is a gold mine,” [...]

Hollywood Reporter tells us that actor Chris Hensworth – last seen as Captain Kirk’s ill-fated father in the new STAR TREK – has been cast as Thor in Marvel Studios’ film version of their popular comic book character. He will also take on the lead role in a remake of RED DAWN. A young Australian [...]

The tenth STAR TREK feature film is not the worst of the bunch – in fact, with the exception of STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT it is probably the best to deploy the cast of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION – but there is a sense that, by this time, the anti-matter had been drained out [...]

Science fiction and fantasy films had launched the summer box office season to a great start thanks to STAR TREK and X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, but this weekend they were passed up by the debut of ANGELS & DEMONS, director Ron Howard’s sequel to his 2006 blockbuster. Not to worry: both TREK and WOLVERINE posted strong [...]