Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

Shatner Launches Own Social Network

9th March 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

William Shatner is the spokesperson for a new Sci-Fi social network called MyOuterSpace.
MyOuterSpace seeks creative people with a passion for the arts, who are Sci-Fi, Horror or Fantasy fans, or who are looking for a career in those fields.

Star Trek Wins First Oscar

7th March 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

For the first time ever, Star Trek has won an Academy Award.
In one of four categories for which it was nominated, Star Trek XI won an Academy Award.

Star Trek Oscar Nominations Past and Present

6th March 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Tomorrow, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be held and Star Trek fans wait to see if one of the four nominations for the J.J. Abrams film will strike Oscar gold.
While most Oscar fans will be waiting to see whether Avatar or The Hurt Locker will walk away with Best Picture honors, Trek fans are [...]

Star Trek XI Nominated for Empire Awards

25th February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Once again Star Trek XI has been nominated for several awards, this time for three Empire awards, including one for Best Film.
Star Trek XI has been nominated for awards in the following categories: Best Sci-Fi or Fantasy movie, Best Director (J.J. Abrams) and Best Film.

Star Trek XI Comes Up Empty At WGA and BAFTA

22nd February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

This weekend, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremonies were held and Star Trek XI lost in all three categories for which it was nominated.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category by the WGA, and they were up against [...]

‘Star Trek XI’ Nominated For Six Saturn Awards

19th February 2010 by Michelle Comments Off

While no match for the Avatar juggernaut, J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek still received six nominations for the Saturn Awards today.
According to the full list of nominations posted on the SF Site, Star Trek was nominated as Best Science Fiction Film, while both director J.J. Abrams and writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were nominated in [...]

No Love For Star Trek XI From ACE And ADG

15th February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Two award ceremonies were held this weekend and Star Trek XI walked away empty-handed.
The two award ceremonies were the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards, held Saturday, and the American Cinema Editor’s (ACE) Eddie Awards, held yesterday.

Star Trek Vs Spider-Man

11th February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Summer 2012 may see a battle between two popular franchises, with the news that the newest Spider-Man movie will be released shortly after Star Trek XII.
Star Trek XII, scheduled for a June 29, 2012 release, may face some stiff competition with the announcement that Spider-Man will be released on July 2, 2012.

Viacom Profits With Help From Star Trek XI

11th February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The fourth quarter and full year revenue results for Viacom Inc. (parent company of Paramount) were released and the company did better than had been expected by Wall Street.
Viacom, which owns media properties such as MTV and Nickelodeon cable networks, as well as Paramount, attributes the increase in profitability to its Filmed Entertainment segment as [...]

Some Star Trek The Experience Assets To Be Sold

9th February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

According to TrekMovie.com, fans wanting a piece of Star Trek: The Experience will be able at a future date to purchase some of the items formerly featured at the Trek-themed attraction formerly at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Star Trek: The Experience has been closed for more than a year now and while plans are still in [...]

Kurtzman And Orci To Adapt Comic Book Series

5th February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Star Trek XI Co-writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have added even more to their already full plates with word that they are taking on a product based on a comic series published by IDW Publishing.
The pair will work on an adaptation of Locke & Key, a comic series written by Joe Hill and illustrated [...]

Star Trek XI Best Picture Oscar Snub

2nd February 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The list of ten movies nominated for Best Picture for this year’s Oscars does not include Star Trek XI.
To the surprise of many, who if not expecting a Star Trek XI Best Picture win expected the movie to be on the list of potential Best Pictures, Star Trek XI has to be content with its [...]

Star Trek XI Awards: One Win And One Loss

25th January 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Last night, the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) were announced, and Star Trek XI, up for the Best Produced Motion Picture, lost to The Hurt Locker.
The loss may be a sign that the Oscar race might be a bit closer than expected and that Star Trek XI might have had a role in Avatar’s PGA loss [...]

Shatner To Host 37th Annie Awards

25th January 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

William Shatner will be the host of the 37th Annie Awards, given each year by the ASIFA-Hollywood branch of the International Animated Film Association for the best work in animation. Plus: Shatner and “So Act”.
ASIFA-Hollywood is honored to have William Shatner host this year’s Annie Awards,” said ASIFA-Hollywood President Antran Manoogian. “We are looking forward [...]

Gene Roddenberry Pilot To Be Revived

21st January 2010 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Gene Roddenberry’s son Rod announced that Roddenberry Productions has entered into a deal to develop one of his father’s projects from the 1970s.
At the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame ceremony where his father was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame, Rod Roddenberry announced that Roddenberry Productions has entered into a [...]