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J.J. Abrams says that Anton Yelchin will not be replaced for Star Trek 4

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Last month, young actor Anton Yelchin tragically lost his life in a freak automobile accident, and now producer J.J. Abrams has confirmed that Yelchin won’t be replaced in the role of Chekov for the fourth Star Trek film, which was just announced yesterday. ““I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly […]

Star Trek 4: Will the two Chris’ equal double the box office?

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Tony Black on the addition of Chris Hemsworth’s George Kirk in Star Trek 4… It’s been quite the week for Star Trek news, and it’s only Monday! With the looming arrival of Star Trek Beyond getting (much to my delight) very positive initial critical buzz, we’ve not only found out the new Bryan Fuller series […]

Paramount makes Star Trek 4 official, confirms Chris Hemsworth return

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Over the weekend we brought you some comments from Star Trek producer J.J. Abrams, who revealed that Chris Hemsworth would be reprising his role as George Kirk from the 2009 movie in the fourth instalment of the relaunched series, and now Paramount Pictures has made it official. The press release for Star Trek 4 states […]

Is Star Trek Beyond Intellectualism?

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Henry Bevan on whether the Star Trek movie franchise is beyond intellectualism… What is the Star Trek franchise? As this month sees the release of Star Trek Beyond, the third entry in the alternate Kelvin timeline, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry’s phenomenon, that question will be asked a lot. Is Star Trek […]

J.J. Abrams reveals that Chris Hemsworth will return as George Kirk in Star Trek 4

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Back in May it was announced that Paramount has already started development on a fourth entry in its relaunched Star Trek franchise, despite the fact we’re still a few days away from the release of the latest chapter, Star Trek Beyond. Naturally, there are very few details available on Star Trek 4 at present; Chris […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek #59

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #59… Don’t miss Part 1 of the 2-part SERIES FINALE! It’s the penultimate chapter in the latest Five Year Mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise, as Captain Kirk and the crew encounter… themselves? Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of STAR TREK with this all-new story that brings two timelines together! Old Trek and NuTrek combined, if […]

Star Trek: Why I’m with Takei, not Pegg, over Sulu

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Before we get started, let’s agree on one thing here: an openly gay main character on modern Star Trek is a great thing. It should have been included as part of Gene Roddenberry’s forward thinking, utopian vision for the 23rd century, but that was the 60’s and, well, the general message then was ‘straight people […]

Star Trek: Beyond Political Correctness

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Anghus Houvouras on Sulu’s sexuality in Star Trek Beyond… “God save us from people who mean well.” – Virkram Seth Diversity has become such a buzz word and used so frequently that it has almost lost all value. All we hear about is the need for more diversity in entertainment, constantly berated with columns about Hollywood’s lack […]

UPDATE: Star Trek Beyond’s Sulu is gay as nod to George Takei, George Takei says decision is “unfortunate”

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Ahead of its release later this month, actor John Cho has revealed that Star Trek Beyond will casually reveal that Hikaru Sulu is in a same-sex relationship, in a nod to original Star Trek star George Takei. “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it,” Cho tells Herald Sun, […]