Star Trek 2 Spock Whupping Set Video

J.J. Abrams was upset when just a few set pictures leaked, I wonder how he will feel about a video posted on 5min that provides more details of the same Spock vs. bad guy fight. It shows Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch doing a few takes of a fight between the two characters. Well really the segment being shot just shows Spock getting a beat down. As the voice points out, Vulcans have superior strength to humans (reiterated in the Spock vs. Kirk fight in the first movie) so for the big bad to hold his own and then some indicates he is either a genetically enhanced human (aka a Khan-like character) or an alien in human disguise. (via Collider)

Star Trek #6 Preview

Wednesday brings the next issue of the ongoing adventures of the Star Trek 2.0 Enterprise crew with Star Trek #6. The issue is the final part of the re-intrepretation of the Operation: Annihilate! story from The Original Series where nueral parasites are attacking a Federation colony. A preview of the covers and first 8 pages can be found here.

Mike Johnson (w) • Joe Corroney (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)
It's the stunning conclusion of OPERATION: ANNIHILATE! The events of the new timeline unfold in shocking ways as Kirk reunites with his estranged brother to save a colony from extinction. STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci oversees this story that continues the lead-up to the much-anticipated film sequel!
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Quinto Comments on Trek Sequel Leaks

Zachary Quinto (Spock) commented yesterday while at the Academy Awards about the Star Trek sequel and the set pics that leaked. He joked "The cameras weren't even rolling so ... imagine what it'll look like when we're actually doing it" and promised a "definitely bigger" and "challenging" film. Zoe Saldana had also commented on the leak. Video after the break.

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Abrams Upset By Set Pics Leak

While at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Zoe Saldana (Uhura) spoke to MTV about the set pictures that were leaked online Friday that potentially revealed a few secrets of the Star Trek sequel. "J.J. was very upset," she said. "I have to say that. It's not going to stop people from intruding, but they are, and it's such a bummer because it only hurts them by stealing away the surprise." Video after the break.

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Star Trek Sequel Set Photos

Multiple online websites (MTV, Yahoo, PopSugar, & TooFab) have posted images (below) taken by On Location News of filming on the set of the Star Trek sequel. The images show Benedict Cumberbatch (main villain), Zachary Quinto (Spock), and Zoe Saldana (Uhura) on "a Space Barge set". The action shows Spock's Vulcan nerve pinch failing to subdue the big bad forcing a potential save from Uhura. TrekMovie spotted in the last pic an IMAX camera rig. This strongly indicates that the movie will have at least some real IMAX scenes (vs. post converted) when it comes out next year in 3D and IMAX.

The photos (below) reveal little but allow for a whole lot of fun speculation. Spock is in his blue Starfleet uniform, pretty sure Uhura is in her red Starfleet skirt (a nod to The Original Series), and Cumberbatch is wearing a black shirt that has a Starfleet logo on it or at least a faded version that indicates possibly the location of where the patch use to be before it was removed or ripped off. The villain also seems to be a human or an alien that was modified to look human (a spy?). The big bad also has the strength to take on a Vulcan and shrug off the nerve pinch, something a normal human would not be able to do. Shades of Khan? Or just highly trained?

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Lost Star Trek: TOS Screenplay Found

Norman Spinrad, who wrote episodes for Star Trek: The Orignal Series, found a draft of what he thought was a long lost script for the series. Called "He Walked Among Us", the never produced story was designed to show off the dramatic chops of Milton Berle. The author wrote about the script on his blog. It might be interseting for the die hard fans that want to see an almost script for the series.

This screenplay was commissioned by Gene Roddenberry as a vehicle for Milton Berle as a serious actor and he also sent me to an overgrown backlot village set he wanted to to try to write into the script too.

It was written in 1967 and lost for 45 years.

This original version was rewritten into an unfunny comedy by the line producer Gene Coon apparently unaware that Uncle Miltie was also a serious dramatic actor and a good one. It t was so bad that I complained to Roddenberry.

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IDW May Star Trek Comics

IDW Publishing has released their publishing plans for May that continues the adventures of the Enterprise 2.0 crew and starts the crossover with Doctor Who. Two comics and one trader are being released that month. If you are interested in the books, just let your local comic book store know. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, Transformers, Locke & Key and more click here.

Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #1
Scott & David Tipton with Tony Lee (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Woodward, David Messina (c)
They said it would never happen! Nearly five decades and 1500 episodes in the making! The two greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history, in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2!

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