Star Trek 2 Production Designer Scott Chambliss updated TrekWeb on Star Trek 2‘s pre-production.

Chambliss gave a progress report and explained what fans could expect when it comes to production design.

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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.

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Another Star Trek XI-related person received a nomination for his work on the film.

Scott Chambliss was nominated for a 2009 Art Directors Guild awards for his work on Star Trek XI.

The Art Directors Guild Awards are given out for three categories of films; contemporary, period and fantasy films. Star Trek XI is classified in the fantasy film category.

The other contenders for the award in the fantasy film category are:

• Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg (Avatar)
• Philip Ivey (District 9)
• Stuart Craig (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
• K.K. Barrett (Where the Wild things Are)

Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel on February 13.

Working on a Star Trek film means having to deal with the baggage that comes with a long-term franchise.

Production Designer Scott Chambliss had to balance telling a good story with not angering the long-term fans. “Every project I get to take on is a grad school thesis course,” he said. “I can jump into something and learn everything I can about what it is and what is going on. And it changes, obviously, because it is a job to tell a visual story dramatically and articulately. So, in that respect, that was super-exciting.”

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Four Star Trek designers to be honored by the Art Directors Guild Film Society and American Cinematheque.

On September 27th, John Jefferies, Joseph R. Jennings, Herman Zimmerman and Scott Chambliss will be honored at “Star Trek: 45 Years of Designing the Future,” at the Egyptian Theatre.

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Production Designer Scott Chambliss wasn’t sure that working on a franchise with such a long history would be the best thing for him.

As reported by TrekMovie.com, from an article in Sci Fi Now, while Chambliss wanted to work with J.J. Abrams, he was leery of Star Trek‘s baggage. “My reaction was really all over the place,” he explained. “Of course I wanted to do J.J.’s next movie and I was excited that it was something we’d never done before. But at the same time, I also felt a lot of trepidation because of all of the history and baggage that the franchise has. That was a little troubling, but then we figured out how we had to approach it and moved forward. From a creative standpoint, there’s a real difference between approaching a piece of new material that doesn’t have any history and expectation based on what’s come before, and this only has history and expectation. It’s got a fervent group of believers in the material and there’s just so much that you had to be aware of beforehand in terms of what’s come before, which had to be considered before we even approached how we might want to do this newer version.”
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Burger King promotional tie-in commercials were filmed on the set of the Enterprise.

As reported by Mediabistro.com, Star Trek fans may have reason to pay attention to the forthcoming Burger King Star Trek XI commercials, as the word is that filming took place on the set of the Enterprise. (more…)