SPOILERS: Popular voice actor joins Tom Hardy as villains
With filming already well under way, Paramount Pictures has finally released who has been cast as the villain Viceroy in 'Star Trek: Nemesis,' to play alongside Tom Hardy, recently cast as Shinzon -- the clone of Picard. Ron Perlman, whose most recent works include the soon-to-be-released "Blade II ...
Read MoreCourt order forces hand of satellite television providers
After a court ordered them to comply to a 1999 federal law, DirecTV and Dish Network became the first two satellite television companies to announce they are now offering UPN and The WB on its basic systems.The decision came when the two networks took satellite television providers to court stating ...
Read MoreSite will concentrate more on free e-mail publication
The Trekker Newsletter is planning to end news updates at its Web site after time constraints and lack of visitors forced a change.Benjamin Winn, who runs the e-mail publication and its companion Web site, said that life outside the Internet as well as lack of time to put together his e-mail publica ...
Read MoreEven with largest Christmas opening ever, Will Smith's movie is not enough
It may have had the best Christmas Day opening ever, but the new Will Smith movie "Ali," featuring the life of boxing star Muhammad Ali, wasn't enough to beat out Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen -- who don't box -- and "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring." "Ali" made a $10.2 million entranc ...
Read MoreSPOILERS: Some more familiar faces join Picard and Co.
Some more names have been added to the ever-growing list of guest and cameo appearances, including some new ones recently released by the trade publication, The Hollywood Reporter.Steven Culp and Dina Meyer will be making their way to the "Star Trek: Nemesis" sets, playing Cmdr. Madden and Cmdr. Don ...
Read MoreDespite some crew changes, the online Star Trek series continues on
Putting together a television series isn't easy, even if the scripts that are being written and released never make it to the actual small screen.Yehuda Katz, executive producer of the online fan series, "Star Trek: Renaissance," learned that first-hand, but the series continues on schedule and with ...
Read MoreThe former DS9 actress says why she was pushed out of 'Dark Angel'
To stay on the Fox series "Dark Angel," Nana Visitor (Madame X/Renfro) said she virtually would've had to leave her children behind while she did shoots in Canada.It was because of her requests to make it feasible to bring the rest of her family that the former "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" actress s ...
Read MoreBoth comic book and television series honored
After receiving a nomination from the American Film Institute, UPN's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has yet another reason to be proud.The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has nominated the series as outstanding drama series as part of the organization's 13th annual GLAAD Media Awards to be giv ...
Read MoreOpening weekend breaks December records
It was a big box office weekend for "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" as it racked up an estimated $73 million on its opening five-day weekend, putting it on pace to become the biggest movie of the winter season.The movie has already crossed the $100 million barrier when international ...
Read MoreAlthough receiving strong ratings, economics might play a role
"Enterprise" is scoring much better than expected ratings for UPN, returning Star Trek at the network's top series, but there could be some belt tightening when it comes to costs on the show.According to SFX Magazine, the high cost of the series premiere and some of the episodes following it has for ...
Read MoreThe show is up for Best Drama at AFI Awards
Make plans to sit in front of the boob tube Jan. 5 at 8 p.m., to find out whether or not UPN's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" can convert a long-awaited nod in Best Drama Series category into a win.The show received the nomination this week as part of AFI Awards 2001 from the American Film Institute."Bu ...
Read MoreThe movie is on pace to break an opening weekend record
The first movie of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring," earned an estimated $17.1 million on its first day of release Wednesday in North America. However, Variety reported that those figures could be even higher as more counts come in.That opening puts the J.R.R. Tolkien cl ...
Read MoreThe director of Patrick Stewart's next film is getting dressed in a Starfleet uniform
And some thought he was too busy getting ready to direct "X2," the sequel to "X-Men."Bryan Singer has been reported on the Paramount lot recently for a costume fitting in order to become part of "Star Trek: Nemesis," starring Patrick Stewart, who also is starring in Singer's "X-Men" sequel as Profes ...
Read MoreBryan Fuller to develop new series for Showtime
From the same American premium cable channel that brought its audiences original series like "Stargate SG-1," "Queer As Folk," and the new J. Michael Straczynski series "Jeremiah" comes a new series being developed by a Star Trek alum.Bryan Fuller, whose writing credits include "Star Trek: Deep Spac ...
Read MoreJMS said it will be on Showtime in the near future, however
There will be a bit of a later start for J. Michael Straczynski's next project on the Showtime network as "Jeremiah" has been moved from its original January launch to either next March or June."The main premise is that there's a virus of some kind that gets loose more or less in present day and wip ...
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