15 years on from the release of the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind 2009’s Star Trek… Star Trek is an IP that requires little introduction. The iconic 1960s television series created by Gene Roddenberry became a pop-culture phenomenon of unparalleled proportions transforming the likes of Williams Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest […]
Simon Pegg blames a bad marketing campaign for Star Trek Beyond box office performance
A few days ago, Star Trek actor Simon Pegg revealed that Paramount Pictures already had a completed script for Star Trek 4 prior to Quentin Tarantino pitching his own idea for an R-rated instalment in the long-running sci-fi series. Paramount had already announced a fourth entry in the rebooted series prior to the release of […]
Simon Pegg says Star Trek 4 script was finished before Quentin Tarantino pitched his idea
Prior to the release of Star Trek Beyond, Paramount Pictures officially announced that development was underway on Star Trek 4, which would have seen Chris Hemsworth making his return to the series as George Kirk, father of Chris Pine’s James T. Kirk. The studio got as far as releasing an official synopsis for the sequel, […]
Zachary Quinto “hopeful” about Star Trek 4, but it’s not a guarantee
Last year, before Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond even hit theaters, producer J.J. Abrams began sharing plans for a fourth installment in the rebooted film series. While he did confirm that much of the Beyond cast would return for another outing, fans’ interests were piqued by Abrams’ reveal that Chris Hemsworth would return to his role […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2016
Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2016… As 2016 draws to a close and we ring in the New Year, Flickering Myth’s writers have been putting our collective heads together to vote on the best cinematic offerings from the past twelve months. As always, we’ve voted on our individual top ten […]
The Highest Grossing Movies of 2016
Luke Owen charts the highest grossing movies of 2016… The box office battle of 2016 is now in the books, and Disney are the ones wearing the king’s crown. Their domestic totals are very impressive, and their worldwide takings are even better. As with the opening weekends, The House of Mouse holds six of the […]
The Year in Disappointment: 2016
Anghus Houvouras on the biggest disappointments of 2016… By all accounts, 2016 was a pretty disappointing year. It will go down in history as one of the most despised spans of time in human history. There was so much negativity. So much raw hatred and ignorance. Feuding sides that seemed to revel in the other’s […]
Kirk is feeling a little lonely in deleted scene from Star Trek Beyond
Yesterday we brought you details of the upcoming Blu-ray release for Star Trek Beyond [see here], and now USA Today has unveiled a rather humourous deleted scene from the Justin Lin-directed sci-fi sequel, which takes place on Starbase Yorktown and sees a lonely Kirk trying to find some company, before being sneezed on by Soccty’s […]
Simon Pegg explains Carol Marcus’ absence in Star Trek Beyond
The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise reunited last month for the third entry in Paramount’s rebooted Star Trek series, Star Trek Beyond, although their was one noticeable absentee: Kirk’s old flame Carol Marcus, played by Alice Eve in 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness. Speaking to io9, screenwriter and star Simon Pegg has explained why they […]
Star Trek Beyond crosses $160 million
The third outing for the rebooted Star Trek franchise couldn’t quite match up to Jason Bourne’s debut, and its drop off could spell trouble. Although the film took second place in the weekend box office war, Star Trek Beyond dropped 59.9% to earn $24 million domestically – the biggest drop-off of the rebooted franchise so far. […]
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