Star Trek XI News & Updates

More Barbie Figure Images!

2009-01-21T16:37:00.005-05:00

Here are some new images just released by Paramount of the new BARBIE dolls!
The Barbies should arrive in Wal-Mart stores on April 20th.

Thanks To our Friends At TrekMovie For The Images.

THE Opinionator

2009-01-17T11:04:00.002-05:00

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been posting very much, but I did not have very much time, and at this point we are just waiting for the marketing to begin......... which leads to my question- WHEN IS THE MARKETING GOING TO START??????? Comment below on when...

Ricardo Montalban Has Passed

2009-01-14T17:09:00.003-05:00

Ricardo Montalban, Who portrayed Khan on TOS " Space Seed" And Star Trek II, has died of natural causes. He will be remembered, and, once again, this is a sad day for Trekkies.

Orci On Trek, The Fallen Getting Revenge, And Comedy

2009-01-14T17:00:00.003-05:00

A new interview with Roberto Orci talks about the big E and about the New Transformers movie:

With regard to Star Trek, what would you say to fans who might take issue with portraying Kirk as a reckless youth, getting into bar fights with Starfleet cadets?
Orci: Well, they cite the quote that he was a stack of books with legs in the Academy. The truth is that in our movie there's nothing that precludes Kirk from being a stack of books at the Academy. What you see is what he is before the Academy. Some would argue that him being a rebellious bar fighter in our movie is absolutely consistent with canon.
With those lavish, epic-looking space battles, is it safe to say they are no longer inspired by submarine battles?
Orci: It's safe to say that that has not been totally thrown away, but imagine super-advanced submarines. It still maintains some of the maritime origin battle-wise, either a sub battle or ship to ship, cannon to cannon, Master and Commander battle. Just, I think, on a different pace.
Some fans also take issue with the idea that they're building the Enterprise on Earth, instead of assembling it in space. Care to respond?
Orci: The response is that the Enterprise is not, nor has it ever been, a pleasure yacht. It's a ship that's able to warp space around it to several times the weight of gravity. So the idea that it somehow couldn't handle one Earth atmosphere of gravity was not something I think anyone who would board that ship would ever want to contemplate. The rationale for building it into space is when you have flimsy things that never have to be in gravity, but that's not what the starship Enterprise is.
Was it a major priority to work in a sword fight for Sulu?
Orci: You know, when you think of Star Trek, if you're a fan of the original, any one of us can kind of make a top 20 list of things you might see. I bet you a lot of our lists would be similar. There'd be a lot of overlap like that. Any fan could think of the top 20 things, and we tried to put as many of those things in the movie as possible.
And you got to show us the very first redshirt death.
Orci: Again, that's one of those things where if you're not a fan, you will learn that it's not good luck to be a redshirt. And if you are a fan, the minute you start to come into that sequence, you have an anticipation for what's going to come that nobody else has. That's one of the joys of having been able to tell this movie.
What can you tell us about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the sequel to Transformers?
Orci: The second movie is like an extreme version of the first movie.
You must have finished before they started planning the IMAX shoot, but did you write anything that lends itself to IMAX?
Orci: I mean, almost anything that Michael Bay directs lends itself to IMAX. The treatment that we turned in before the strike was primarily about preparing the action sequences. So he and the amazing Ian Bryce had the ability to really plan some gigantic sequences that I can't imagine what they're going to look like in IMAX.
What else are you working on?
Orci: Transformers will come out a month after [Star Trek]. The Proposal is something Alex and I executive-produced. It's a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds that comes in between Star Trek and Transformers. Right now we're writing Cowboys and Aliens with Damon Lindelof, our co-conspirator in Star Trek [and executive producer of ABC's Lost].
What is Cowboys and Aliens?
Orci: It's a graphic novel that's been around for a while in which you mix the genres of the Old West with the science fiction of an alien invasion.
How many novels are there, and where do you narrow down your source?
Orci: There are a lot of graphic novels. You've just got to go through them and just see what inspires you, what grabs you and what seems to have good imagery that might translate into a movie. Some graphic novels maybe wouldn't make such great movies.
What inspired you about that one?
Orci: That audiences are getting very sophisticated, and the idea of taking two known genres, a western and an alien-invasion movie, and literally crashing them together is something you haven't seen a whole lot of, and it's something you can't predict what that's going to turn up. What is crashing this chocolate and this peanut butter going to turn up?
How far along is that?
Orci: We have an amazing first draft from [Mark] Fergus and [Hawk] Ostby, the gentlemen who co-wrote Iron Man. We're in the middle of doing a second draft with Damon Lindelof, and hopefully we'll have something in a couple months.
Will you be writing on it?
Orci: Yeah, Alex and I and Damon Lindelof.

STO Corner: 2 New Screenshots!!

2009-01-11T20:46:00.003-05:00

Here are two new screenshots, released January 7th. Sorry we didn't report it earlier.
Here they are:

Musical Sunday Results & New Poll

2009-01-11T11:43:00.002-05:00

Okay, thwe winner for this one is
Ilias theme, from Star Trek: TMP.
So here it is!

This weeks Poll is on the sidebar!

Star Trek: Victory Has A New Poster

2009-01-10T15:14:00.003-05:00

Star Trek: Victory has launched a new poster!! It has a ship ( not aloud to tell exactly) flying out!! Well, here it is!

Trek Check Now Has A Forum!

2009-01-10T12:22:00.000-05:00

http://trekcheck.forummotion.com/forum.htm

Make sure to sign up!!!

STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN 5 PAGE PREVIEW!!!

2009-01-10T10:48:00.002-05:00

A preview for the lead up comic is now avaliable!!
UPDATE: WE HAVE IT! TAKE A LOOK!!

Chris Pine And Zachary Quinto To Present Trek At Golden Globe!

2009-01-09T22:55:00.002-05:00

EXCERPT FROM TREKWEB:
Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, the actors starring as James T. Kirk and Spock during their early Starfleet careers in the upcoming "Star Trek" movie, have been set as presenters and will make their first live television appearance at "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton.

Make sure to watch!!!

Fan Films Friday

2009-01-09T16:27:00.000-05:00

There isn't much news on the fan film front, but we do have this years fan film awards!!

1. I really liked Star Trek: Blood And Fire, So that is my first pick, with some new frontiers in that episode.
www.startreknewvoyages.com

2. Star Trek: Intrepid. They are just great, expect them to be Phase 2 caliber in about a year!
www.starshipintrepid.net

3. This was hard, but i believe it should go to the Helena chronicles. A great, interesting production.
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Most anticipated fan films of 2009-

1. Star Trek: Dark Armada

This is their first "real" episode. I expect Phase II caliber, right after release!

www.darkarmada.nl

2. Star Trek: Victory

So much secrecy. ( i know im creator) Some inside news:
Expect the first poster by Monday or so!

www.april2009.webs.com

Star Trek Will Play In The Super Bowl!

2009-01-09T16:12:00.003-05:00

Well, it won't be on the field, but if you bought a plasma TV for the NFL playoffs, you will get to see the Star trek Trailer on it in another first! According to variety, one of the most watched television premiers, the Super Bowl will finally have Star Trek included.So, even if you don't like football, watch football Febuary 1st! This will also be the first ever Star Trek advertisment to appear in the Super Bowl. So, Febuary 1st.. REMEMBER!

New Item Pictures!

2009-01-08T16:53:00.003-05:00

Here are the pictures from CES!!!!

** Thanks To TrekMovie!**

Star Trek Movie Props ON DISPLAY @ CES Convention

2009-01-07T20:02:00.003-05:00

From The Webmaster Program!!

Lenovo, one of the marketing partners on STAR TREK, will be displaying three original props from the upcoming feature film at this years CES Convention in Las Vegas. Included in this display are Kirk’s Communicator, Uhura’s Communications Unit and Bones’ Medical Tricorder.
Visitors can view these props in front of the AquaKnox restaurant at the Venetian Hotel starting tonight at 6pm (Wednesday, January 7th) through midnight (12am) on Friday, January 9th.

I will try to get pictures ASAP! This is the begining of 09 marketing, folks!

Off Topic Wednesday!

2009-01-07T17:09:00.000-05:00

Even though our slogan is All Trek, All The time, we have to go on the off topics at time.
Here is some cool news:

* We are now on twitter.. sorry Trekmovie. It was already on my mind.

* NEW LOGO! Thank you Elizadolots!

* Computer Generated Actors:

Silicon Valley is on the verge of producing sophisticated software that will allow motion picture companies to create actors on a computer who are visually indistinguishable from real people, San Jose's Mercury News reported today (Thursday). In the words of the newspaper, which closely follows the sofware industry, when software engineers finally achieve what it calls "the holy grail of animation," stars would be able to "keep playing iconic roles even as they aged past the point of believability like Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft or Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter." Rick Bergman, general manager of AMD's graphics products group, told the Mercury News that his company "is getting real close" to producing computer-generated actors that will look identical to real human beings.

* NFL PLAYOFFS:
GO PANTHERS!!!!
It'd going to be a tough one as the Panthers take on Arizona at 8:15 on FOX.

*Not too much in the news. Please pray for the Roddenberry family as they take on tough times with the passing of Majel.

Twitter And Facebook!

2009-01-06T19:15:00.002-05:00

Visit our Twitter page at

www.twitter.com/trekcheck for up to the minute updates.

Our Facebook And Youtube Pages should be up and running by the end of the week!
So stay tuned!

Star Trek Is DONE!!!

2009-01-06T16:59:00.003-05:00

it has been reported that Star Trek, is done!!! That means that the marketing will most likely start soon. We will have every piece of marketing reported. That means, I will not be throwing away my Burger King kids meal toy, as well. It also means we may all find ourselves in the toy section, looking for Star Trek Models, amd even in the girls section for the Barbies.

Another big thing is that it has been announced that award winning Ben Burtt is providing sound effects. You know, the guy who did Star Wars, ET, and Wall-E.He created the iconic lightsaber and R-2 D2 sounds. He is, of course a Trek fan. He says he was very excited about this one, and i'm sure he did have fun creating phaser sounds and re-introducing our favorite little alarm.

Trek Check has also hit a milestone. Thanks To Elizadolots, we now have our official logo!!! She did a great job, so, again a big THANK YOU to Eliza.

Quinto And Pine Talk Trek In WSJ Interview

2009-01-05T17:21:00.003-05:00

The Wall Street Journal Interviewed Quinto (Spock) and Pine (Kirk).
Spock says he felt like a "nerd" dressing up like Mr. Spock. Click Here to see the full interview!

Star Trek XI- On The Cover Of March Star Trek Magazine!

2009-01-04T17:24:00.002-05:00

This will be avaliable March 18th in the US!
It will feature the two movie posters. Titan Magazines released the following statement:

J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek film is warping into theaters in May, and Star Trek Magazine features exclusive articles and photography about the film you'll find nowhere else. We would say more about it, but Section 31 and Starfleet Intelligence will send us to the dilithium mines on Rura Penthe if we did! Available in Newsstand and PREVIEWS Exclusive editions.

Heres The Magazine cover, so far:

We will continue to cover this special edition magazine as more details are revealed!

Musical Sunday

2009-01-04T14:58:00.003-05:00

Our first ever musical sunday takes the best star trek Scores, and I rate Them!
Heres one of my all time favorites!
Heres the first pick! At the bottom, you can vote for your favorite score of the three!
Thanks To Poll Daddy!

" The Enterprise"- Jerry Goldsmith, Star Trek: TMP - 1979

HERE ARE THE CHOICES FOR THIS WEEKS-

Star Trek: Countdown Final Cover Art!

2009-01-03T10:20:00.006-05:00

The final cover art for Star Trek: Countdown was released! The first copy comes out January 28th! So only 25 days to go!
Final cover art!

Final Cover For Issue 4:

To See more, Click On The Link:http://davidmessinart.blogspot.com/2009/01/star-trekcountdown3.html

Fan Film Friday: Spotight on Dark Armada, Victory

2009-01-02T18:17:00.000-05:00

http://trekcheck.blogspot.com/2008/12/fan-film-friday-spotlight-on-dark.html

Visit this link for an exclusive with director Robin Hiert!

STO Corner: The Path To 2409-2384- And more Screens!

2009-01-02T16:03:00.007-05:00

EARTHDATE 2009.01.01
Path To 2409: 2384
Posted by Awen
Federation analysts say that a shakeup in the Romulan power structure has left the empire vulnerable to attack from within and without. Starfleet is dispatching additional ships to the border of the Neutral Zone and considers the Romulan situation one of the main threats to Federation safety and security.
After Tomalak’s defeat by Donatra and her fleet, Praetor Tal’aura removes him as proconsul, choosing Sela as her right hand and fleet commander. Sela, a human-Romulan hybrid with extensive experience in the military and intelligence fields, has been a part of several major Romulan operations, including a failed attempt to invade Vulcan and coordinating support for the House of Duras’ attempt to take over the Klingon High Council in 2367.
As a gift to Tomalak for his decades of loyal service to the Romulan Star Empire, Tal’aura allows him to “retire” to his rural estates on Romulus.
The Romulan defeat at Xantila has made open war with Empress Donatra unfeasible. Praetor Tal’aura reluctantly agrees to negotiate with the Imperial Romulan State to determine the new borders and the establishment of a neutral zone, but rejects the Federation’s offer to mediate the talks. Donatra says she would welcome the Federation’s input, but that she will defer to Tal’aura’s decision in this matter, and sends Admiral Taris to the Romulan capitol as her representative.
On Stardate 61602.00, Tal’aura is found dead in her private chambers. Tal Shiar investigators report that the praetor appears to have been attacked in her sleep.
The Romulan capitol erupts in a firestorm of rumors and accusations. Groups accused of responsibility for the assassination include a coalition of the noble houses, the Tal Shiar or agents working for Empress Donatra and the Imperial Romulan State.
Donatra denies having anything to do with the murder. “I face my enemies on the field of battle with honor,” the empress announces in an address to her citizens, “not with a knife in the dark.” She recalls Taris from Romulus and orders her to prepare to defend Imperial holdings.
At Tal’aura’s funeral in Ki Baratan, Sela publically blames the Remans and the Unification movement for the attack. “They claim to desire peace,” Sela says, “but ally with the murderers and usurpers who terrorized our planet and led us to the brink of destruction. The blood of one praetor was not enough for the Remans. Tal’aura was the victim of their thirst for destruction.”
But the upheaval in Romulan space is not the only potential war that Starfleet is monitoring. On Stardate 61829.83, the IKS Quv is attacked by a Gorn ship and 207 Klingons die in the battle. Representatives of King Xrathis of the Gorn claim that the commander of their warship was acting without orders, but refuse to surrender the surviving crew of the Quv to the Klingon Empire. In response, Chancellor Martok expels the Gorn’s diplomats from the empire and orders ships to the Klingons’ border with the Gorn Hegemony.
Representatives of the Federation Council are pleased to accept Bajor’s renewed application for Federation membership, and pledge to fast-track the planet’s admission. The increased traffic and commerce that could arrive with Federation membership prompts the Ferengi to open an expansive embassy and gift shop near Quark’s on Deep Space Nine.
Odo, acting as the Great Link’s ambassador to the solids, meets with his fellow changeling Laas on Koralis III. Odo invites Laas to return with him to the Gamma Quadrant. Laas refuses, choosing instead to continue to search for other changelings in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.
And Starfleet decides to transfer the Soong-type android B-4 to the custody of the Soong Foundation. The prototype android was deactivated after its discovery by the Enterprise-E in 2379, but foundation representatives say they hope to restore his full positronic functioning.

Here Are Some Screens Of The NX-91001

Make sure to stay tuned for more ships! Thanks to MMO Zone for the pictures!
For more Star Trek Online Info, Click HERE!

Fan Films Friday Part 1-Watch Star Trek: Blood And Fire Online Here!

2009-01-02T11:16:00.004-05:00

If you don't want to wait 30 minutes to download Star Trek: Phase 2's Blood And Fire, you can watch it here on Trek Check! Thanks To http://www.youtube.com/user/SimmerALPHA
for making this possible!

RED ALERT: PART 2 MAY BE GRAPHIC FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AS IT CONTAINS A SEXUAL CONTENT.

Heres part 1

Heres part 2:

Heres Part 3:

And Part 4:

NOTE: Stay tuned later today for more of Fan Films Friday with an interview with Robin Hiert, the executive producer and creator of Star Trek: Dark Armada!

Fan Made XI' Ships Are Starting To Appear On The Web! *UPDATE: MORE IMAGES!

2009-01-01T20:11:00.007-05:00

This one, you would think was done by the production crew. Nope. This is a model by the " Light Works" Tobias Ricter. Heres a Battle Scene. Take a look! Click HERE to visit his Youtube page
for more animations!

Now, The new USS Enterprise has an AMAZING mesh!!!! This will raise hopes of fans dreading the new " Big E" . It is actually not the Enterprise. The author calls it the USS Norton.
It is amazing. If you would like to see the development thread, click here.

Heres another, done by animator.

Heres one, done by gregored

This one was done by madman1701a

Heres another, done by him. Notice the Kelvin in the background.

There Are more Pictures On http://www.scifimeshes.com/ . We will continue to provide the latest fan made images!

We hope to have more fan made Images as more material start to be released by Paramount!

Majel Barret Roddenberry Mermorial Info

2009-01-01T15:46:00.001-05:00

For more info, and to tell whether you are attending,
click the link below.

http://roddenberry.com/

EXCERPTS FROM WEBSITE:

Majel Barrett Roddenberry Memorial Service

Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM(Please arrive by 9:30 AM).Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn DriveLos Angeles, CA 90068Phone: 800-204-3131
_______________________________________________________________

Condolences can be sent via email to share@roddenberry.com or by mail to: Roddenberry Productions4400 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Suite 100Studio City, CA 91604The family thanks you very much for your thoughts and sentiments. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests that a donation in Majel's name be made to one of the two following organizations, who share Majel's love for animals and dedication to animal rescue.
Precious Paws18034 Ventura Blvd., #430Encino, CA 91316http://www.preciouspaws.org/ (818) 304-5595
C.A.R.E.P.O. Box 56631Sherman Oaks, CA 91403http://www.care4pets.org/(818) 685-9980
Additional Information
OFFICIAL FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENT Click here to share your memories in the Posting Forum.Click here to access Majel Barrett Roddenberry's Biography.

Fan Film Friday: Spotlight On Dark Armada, Victory

2008-12-31T20:31:00.027-05:00

Here's this week's fan films picks

1. Star Trek: Dark Armada, a Netherlands based fan film Is going to release their new 10 minute shorts early this year. I had the opportunity to interview the executive producer, Robin Hiert. Enjoy!

So, how did you come up with Dark Armada?
I started writing a short story titled Dark Armada, that I published on the internet. It was just a story until I saw a fan series called Hidden Frontier. There wasn’t anything like that going on here in the Netherlands so I started to ask around, trying to find the people and the means to make a series such as Hidden Frontier. When we started to make a fan series we kept the name and pieces of that storyline. I can’t really explain the what the title means as I think that would spoil some episodes. You’ll just have to watch the show!

Why did you choose the Nova class, and what is your ship name?
I think the Nova class is a very nice looking ship, it was seen in the episode “Equinox” from Star Trek Voyager. We named our ship the Batavia, after a 17th century Dutch ship travelling to the city Batavia. Unfortunately this ship never reached her destination, let’s hope the new one has a bit more luck, huh.

The Nova class was originally a scout ship, but the Batavia has been refitted in 2382 and she is now part of a taskforce assigned to a region called the Dark Hinterlands.

So, you write your scripts. What is your target when writing them ( style, ETC)?
I’m responsible for everything related to the pre production of the episodes. That is everything you do before you start filming.

Before I write a script I first think about what I want to give to the audience. A message like that can be as simple as “Be nice to your parents”, but of course you try to think of something currently happening somewhere in the world.

When I have that message I start working on a story around it, using the characters and environment of the show. Then I usually ask someone else to give it a read, to see if it makes sense. And then of course it’s time to work out all the details in a script.

What is the main enemy?Well, you’ll just have to wait and find out in our upcoming episodes.
When is it being released?
We’re currently working on the post production of a short episode. I don’t do that myself, we have some wonderful people gluing everything together and I can tell you it’s a lot of work! This short titled “Worst Nightmare” will be released somewhere around February/March, we don’t have an exact date yet. Keep an eye on our website for the latest updates!

We’re also working on the pre production for another 2 shorts, which will be a two-parter titled “Choices”.

Who is your cast?
Go to our website and look for “cast” in the menu, there you will find the cast including their
pictures.

I’ve seen your test episode, could you tell us the changes that will happen between that one and the new episode? And maybe give us a link?
All I can say is that the upcoming episode will be much better in quality than the test episode. That’s exactly why we did a test episode, to see what could be improved. It can be watched in our download section on the website.

Thank you For your time! Make sure to visit http://www.darkarmada.nl/ for the latest on Star Trek: Dark Armada. And make sure to watch their ten minute short coming in February/March!

WE ALSO HAVE A SCREENSHOT FROM WORST NIGHTMARE!
Thanks To Robin Hiert!

Here is the Trailer for the 10 minute shorts!

Heres a poster:

And if you just can't wait, here's the first episode they ever did! ( only in WMV)

http://www.darkarmada.nl/movie/S1/E0/Dark%20Armada%20-%2001x00%20-%20These%20Are%20The%20Voyages.wmv

Admiral Tomcat ORDERS You to visit their website at http://www.darkarmada.nl/

2. Star Trek: Victory Trailer Online.
From yours truly, and Buffs79 comes our new series!
Heres the trailer..Enjoy!

http://www.startrekvictory.webs.com/

High Resolution Photos Online!

2008-12-31T20:16:00.001-05:00

These are the High Res. Pictures released by paramount!

Thanks To TrekMovie For Getting These-

New Year, New Trek, New Blog

2008-12-31T19:47:00.000-05:00

Welcome to my new blog! It will have news updates from the top Star Trek news sites! It will also have fan films. Coming early this year, fans will get a taste of the fan film Star trek: Dark Armada! I am hoping to get an interview with the Executive Producer, Robin Hiert soon! Their website is http://www.darkarmada.nl/ Oh, and remember! Our address is http://trekcheck.blogspot.com/

STAR TREK

2008-12-31T19:46:00.001-05:00

Star Trek Trailer Online!

2008-12-31T19:36:00.000-05:00

Visit http://www.startrekmovie.com/
Or watch the trailer here!