J.J. Abrams is in talks to produce Micronauts, a movie about the Japanese interchangeable toys first sold in the 1970s.
Micronauts were first released as Microman in Japan in 1974. The 3.75-inch toys made it to the U.S. in 1976 but the line was discontinued in 1980. In 2002, Palisades Toys bought the rights to make [...]

Star Trek XI was a winner at Monday night’s Hollywood Film Festival’s Hollywood Awards.
Started thirteen years ago, the Hollywood Awards are chosen based on “private, press, preview and festival screenings, as well as recommendations from a cross section of Hollywood professionals, including actors, agents, executives, directors, film critics, entertainment journalists, managers, producers, publicists, screenwriters and [...]

Fans of Doc Savage will be pleased to know that a movie is in the works, to be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and written by Shane Black.
According to Ain’t It Cool News’s Harry Knowles, a meet-up with Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) produced the news that Black would be writing [...]

A new interactive show, based on Star Trek, is set to debut in 2010.
A press release from CBS Consumer Products announced the launch of an interactive stage show, Star Trek Live, which will run in theme parks and performing arts centers across the U.S. and Canada.
Star Trek Live takes audiences on an “exhilarating journey” with [...]

Harlan Ellison is satisfied with the settlement of his lawsuit against Paramount.
Ellison filed suit against Paramount and the Writers Guild of America in March, looking for an accounting and payment from merchandising, publishing and other exploitations of his famous teleplay, The City on the Edge of Forever.

If all goes well, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will be producing Xombie, the story of a zombie policeman.
DreamWorks studio is in negotiations to buy Xombie, a story about a zombie who is also a policeman, written by LAPD homicide detective Will Beall, a former beat cop.

Spike TV announced the nominees for Scream 2009 and Star Trek XI led the pack with seventeen nominations.
The Fourth Annual Scream awards, honoring the best in science-fiction, fantasy, horror and comics, will be taped in Los Angeles on October 17 and will air on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 at 10 P.M.

The Emmy-winning Reading Rainbow is coming to an end, due to a shift in the philosophy of educational television.
Friday marks the end of the twenty-six-year run of Reading Rainbow, hosted by Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton.
John Grant, who is in charge of content at WNED Buffalo, Reading Rainbow’s home station, explained the reasoning [...]

Those Star Trek fans living in the Bay area will be pleased to hear that Star Trek: The Exhibition will arrive there this fall.
On October 23, Star Trek: The Exhibition will open at the Tech Museum in San Jose, California, and run through at least Christmas. The run “could go beyond that if things go [...]

Just months after the last round of Simon & Schuster layoffs, in which Senior Editor Marco Palmieri lost his job, word is that another Star Trek editor has been downsized.
Times are tough in these troubled economic times and people are keeping their wallets closed other than for necessities. Simon & Schuster sales for the first [...]