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Science Sets 'Trek Nation' Premiere Date For Nov. 30

Eat 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 ...

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Star Trek Needs Fans At The Helm Again

Franchise saviour of the 1960s, Bjo Trimble, highlights problems

The policy about Star Trek at Paramount Pictures has been clear for some time: The more removed someone is from Star Trek, the better they will do in attracting a wider audience. But Bjo Trimble, the woman who led the "Save Star Trek" campaign back in the 1960s that created the much-needed third ...

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Will CBS Consider New Star Trek Television Series?

David Foster says he hasn't abandoned hope on his project quite yet

It seems like everyone has a pitch going for a new Star Trek series. But one may not be as fully realized as one by David Foster and the late Kevin Severson, which has been in development for years, but not yet presented to CBS Television. Foster, talking to "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" writer Ja ...

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The Origin Of 'The Captains' From Shatner HimselfCapt. Kirk joins Capt. Archer and Capt. Sisko at Comic-Con

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Roddenberry Documentary Finds Home On Science Channel

'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 ...

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Soundtrack Coming For 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'

Will include three hours of previously unreleased music from hit series

Bear McCreary has opened up the market for television soundtracks -- a market once reserved for just movies and musicals. And now "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is joining the game. La-La Land Records -- which produced soundtracks for "Battlestar Galactica," "Caprica" and others -- is releasing ...

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'Star Trek',' Star Wars Composer Fred Steiner Dies, 88

Probably considered one of the busiest composers in Hollywood

Not even John Williams -- who seems to have his signature on just about anything made in Hollywood -- can stand up to him. Yet, you may have never heard of Fred Steiner before. Steiner, who died Thursday in Mexico at age 88, has 77 titles to his name as a member of a music department, 66 title ...

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Rod Roddenberry Needs Fan Help To Finish Documentary

Convention 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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Star Trek Online Finds Perfect World For New Owner

Atari sells Cryptic Studios for $50.4 million

Atari is getting out of the MMORPG business it seems. The mega-game developer has sold Cryptic Studios -- which carries titles like Star Trek Online, City of Heroes and Champions Online -- to Perfect World for $50.4 million. Atari had announced last month that it intended to sell Cryptic, whic ...

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Larry Nemecek To Chronicle Biggest Convention Meltdown Ever

New documentary will focus on 1982 Houston convention that crashed and burned

It was a weekend some Star Trek fans hoped the world would forget. It was 1982, and some had billed it the "grandaddy of all Star Trek conventions." Scheduled to take place just days after the release of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," this was supposed to be a convention like none other. ...

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