
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
Some fans are crying foul, but there's nothing heavy-handed
If you're a Star Trek fan, then chances are you've seen one of several excellent fan productions online: "Star Trek: Phase II." Originally founded as "Star Trek: New Voyages," executive producer and star James Cawley spent tens of thousands of dollars of his own money to continue the original "St ...
Read MoreRod Roddenberry's documentary celebrating Star Trek finally set to premiere
Several years ago, I was one of the few honored with the chance to see a rough cut of a documentary Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr. and director Scott Colthorp was making called "Trek Nation." Even then, the project had been in development for a few years, and I was now excited to finally see what Rod ...
Read MoreEat turkey, and then watch the documentary you've waited nearly a decade to see
To the day, it's 45 years since "Star Trek" first premiered on NBC. And Science celebrated not by hosting a "Star Trek" marathon, but instead by finally announcing a broadcast date for the long-awaited Roddenberry family documentary "Trek Nation." The documentary, narrated and produced by Eugene ...
Read More'Star Trek: The Next Generation' alum talks upcoming 'Eureka' arc
Child actors have a rough time when they become adults, mostly because of Hollywood's love to typecast. But there are probably few child actors who had it as rough as Wil Wheaton. Seriously, how many child actors (besides Michelle Trachtenberg) played a character fans despised and hoped they wou ...
Read MoreEve Myles tells reporters the toughest is yet to come for her character
During the "Children of Earth" mini-season, John Barrowman's Capt. Jack Harkness had to make a few very difficult decisions -- one ultimately leading to the death of his young grandson. But just because "Torchwood" has moved to the United States, it doesn't mean life will get easier. In fact, it ...
Read MoreEugene W. Roddenberry, Trevor Roth share the long journey that has become 'Trek Nation'
It took Gene Roddenberry years to get "Star Trek" on the screen. It was his first major project he took from beginning to end, and he wasn't going to stop until some network found it a home. That became a similar journey for his only son nearly a half-century later, but not to create a franchise ...
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Read MoreStory focuses on Gene Roddenberry's close encounter with aliens
The same weekend Roddenberry Productions learned that its "Trek Nation" documentary would be aired on Science, Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group has joined forced with Roddenberry Entertainment to bring "Gene's Journal" to television as an animated children comedy series. "It's fun to play ...
Read More'Trek Nation' is a project eight years in the making
Now that "Trek Nation," the documentary that Eugene W. Roddenberry has been working on since 2003, is finally nearing completion, it's also found a distributor. What was originally planned as a big-screen release, and then later rumored to be a direct-to-DVD release, "Trek Nation" -- a documentar ...
Read MoreConvention footage needed for 'Trek Nation'
Nearly a decade in the making, and now all it needs is some old convention film. Eugene W. Roddenberry's long-awaited "Trek Nation" documentary is ever-so-close to a release. And now the Star Trek advocate (and protector of his father's vision for the franchise) is turning to fans to help him put ...
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