This Summer - We're Going BEYOND Where No Man (Or Woman) Has Gone Before.....

The 50th Anniversary of Star Trek is almost upon us, and what other way to celebrate it, than with a new Star Trek film, Star Trek - Beyond.
Beyond is the latest instalment in the rebooted JJ Abrams helmed universe, although, he isn't directing this time round, only producing, due to his commitments with Star Wars - The Force Awakens, when both were filming at the same time.
ST-B is said to have some nice wee nods to celebrate the franchises big 50th and will also honour the great Leonard Nimoy, who sadly passed away last year. Some are hoping for a cameo from some of the older cast members, William Shatner is fav to return. The film brings back cast members, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg (also co-writting the movie), Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, and new cast members, such as Idris Elba, playing the new lead villainess alien, Krall, and Sofia Boutella as Taylah (pictured below).

Fast & Furious director, Justin Lin, takes the helm this time round. Some people are happy with that and some aren't, having seen the first trailer for the new 2016 sequel. I for one loved the look of the film in the first trailer, it was fast-paced, action-packed, and an all round Star Trek film of the new generation!!! Link to the first trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrMyXLWAgdk

Today, a second trailer has been released and it has a more traditional Trekkie feel to it, which I think more fans will enjoy. Maybe the first trailer was a tad bit too action-packed for some peoples liking, a bit too Star Trek III - Fast And Furious-ish?
Anyway, have a look and see for yourself, but I think THIS could be the best Star Trek film to date and here's hoping, it's successful enough to carry on and before we know it, we could be sitting watch a Star Trek IV and Star Trek V.

Link to the new Star Trek - Beyond trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvq3y8BhZ2s

2017......To Boldy Go Where No Man (Or Woman) Has Gone Before!

STAR TREK! STAR TREK! STAAAAARRRR TRRREKKKK!!! Star Trek IS finally coming back to the small screens, well, it's set to premiere on CBS's All Access online network FIRST and then at some point make it's way to our regular television screens.
Right now, as we speak, this Bryan Fuller helmed CBS 2017 reboot series is called STAR TREK, pretty original (JOKES), seeing as JJ Abrams already called his 2009 reboot that. I do hope that it gets given a subtitle at least, something like Star Trek - Galaxies or even Star Trek - Galaxies Unknown or whatever, just something WITH the Star Trek title.
The 2017 series is said to be set somewhere between the final Captain Kirk film, Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country, and the first series of Star Trek - The Next Generation, and will feature a whole new crew, new villains and new worlds, as said in the teaser trailer that was released online last night (link below).
This could be an exciting new step back to the small screens for this long running sci-fi series, that this year, celebrates it's 50th anniversary with Star Trek - Beyond, hitting the big screen on July 22nd. Beyond is the third instalment in the Abrams rebooted universe, that follows the younger lives of Kirk, Spock, Bones, etc.

Anyways, a new crew for this 2017 series, means new and possibly exciting cast.......hopefully they pick some well known actors and not just a bunch of new unknown people. They'll need someone pretty famous to fill the role of the Captain at least!!!
Here's the link to the first teaser trailer - https://youtu.be/xXpPweAooeE

Star Trek 3 - On Set Pics!

The first set pics from the 2016 Justin Lin helmed Star Trek sequel, Star Trek - Beyond, have leaked online with a first look at Sofia Boutella's unknown alien character and a first look at the new Starfleet uniforms. Boutella looks awesome, the new uniform is smart looking although Simon Pegg is spotted wearing the classic red shirt. Could the suit that Chris Pine's Captain Kirk is wearing be for Captain and Senior Officers only? I just can't wait to see what kind of villain Brit "Luther" actor, Idris Elba will be portraying in the 2016 highly-anticipated sequel, that celebrates the franchises 50th anniversary.
We can assume that classic Captain Kirk, William Shatner will be present in some sort of a way along with his original crew, minus original Bones McCoy, DeForest Kelley, who sadly passed away in the early 90's, original Scotty, James Doohan, who passed away in 2005 and the late great Leonard Nimoy aka Mr Spock, who passed away earlier this year.

CONTRACTS RENEWED FOR A STAR TREK IV?

On other Star Trek related news, during the month of July this year, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have reportedly signed on for a fourth film in the rebooted franchise. They have both been given $6 million each for an option to star in a third sequel, should the third film in the franchise be a success.
There's no news as of yet if any of the rest of the cast and signed on or even decided to come back, then again, this quick contract renewal has not yet been confirmed either so take everything with a pinch of salt until Paramount confirm their future plans sometimes within the next year or so.

Joe Cornish To Direct Third "STAR TREK" Film?

"Attack The Block" director Joe Cornish is the latest name to pop up as the new director for the next "Star Trek" film according to a well known source over at Paramount Studios. Cornish's name popped up before and no one took interest but now, everyone is hoping that this is true.
Personally I've never seen "Attack The Block" but I've heard that it was great and that he knew what he was doing when it came to sci-fi. I would love for JJ Abrams to return to direct "Trek 3" but he's busy with the new "Star Wars: Episode 7", so he can't but he's staying on to produce the next "Star Trek" film, so still good.

Abrams May Or May Not Direct "Trek 3"........Paramount Looking For New Director Anyway!

So because JJ Abrams is now directing Disney's "Star Wars - Episode VII", Paramount are beginning to make plans to sign on a new director for their planned 2016 "Star Trek Into Darkness" sequel. It's assumed that the film will definitely be released then seeing as 2016 is the 50th anniversary of the sci-fi franchise. The directors that Paramount are looking at are as followed: Joe "Attack Of The Block" Cornish, Joseph "Tron Legacy" Kosinski, Duncan "Source Code" Jones, Rian "Looper" Johnson and finally Matthew "X-Men: First Class" Vaughn.
JJ himself has said that he may be able to return and direct the third film in his rebooted franchise, because he has no plans to direct "Star Wars - Episode VIII" or "Star Wars - Episode IX"...........YET!!! So he could return, but Paramount are just playing it safe by hunting for his replacement just in case he does take on the full three film trilogy of the new "Star Wars" films.

"Star Trek 3" To Feature New Klingons As Main Villains?

If you've seen "Star Trek Into Darkness", then you'll see the new version of the classic villains, The Klingons. Writer/Producer, Damon Lindelof, was asked about plans for future "Star Trek" films. He mentioned that the new Klingons could make a appearance in the next film and possibly be the main villains too. 
This would make sense because something happens in the latest film which could mean war with the Klingons in the next film. Here's what Lindelof said,

“I think that is a reasonable conclusion. You should always know where you’ve been, you should always know where you are, but most importantly, and I learned this from Lost, you should know where you’re going. You can never see enough Klingons, and I think in this film we’ve given the audience a little taste, but there’s also a promise that there’s a larger conflict on the horizon, and that would be fun to see.”

JJ Abrams Still Involved With "Star Trek 3" And "MI-5"

With all this news of "Star Trek" director JJ Abrams been given the chance to direct the 7th installment in the holy grail of franchises, "Star Wars", no one has actually stopped to ask if Abrams will continue his involvement in Paramount's "Star Trek" reboot franchise. The answer is YES!!! Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore has confirmed that Abrams will stay as producer on "Star Trek 3". He's also confirmed to still produce the 5th installment of their "Mission Impossible" franchise too. 

"J.J. will continue to develop projects for us including a new Mission: Impossible, and he is committed to produce another Star Trek."

This is great news for Trekkies. I really hope he can possibly direct it too if he's got the time. He needs to direct the 3rd "Star Trek" film to at least finish his trilogy and then stay on as producer for further sequels.