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Nimoy: Quinto And Shatner Movie Worries

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Leonard Nimoy was once worried about Zachary Quinto taking on the role of Spock. William Shatner‘s concerns from an earlier movie were about Nimoy himself.

Nothing was wrong with Quinto, according to Nimoy, but he had concerns when he heard that the actor had landed the role.

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Quinto Cast In Angels In America

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Zachary Quinto will appear in the September revival of Tony Kushner‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America.

Angels in America is the story of two troubled couples, one gay and one straight, in New York City who try to deal with illness, homosexuality and relationship issues.

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No More Heroes Or FlashForward

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Zachary Quinto (Sylar) will have more free time on his hands now that Heroes has been canceled after four seasons.

Heroes may have featured ordinary people with superhuman abilities, but even Sylar couldn’t overcome anemic ratings. NBC canceled the once-popular show after ratings, which once averaged a 6.6 rating/10 share, fell almost thirty percent to a 4.7/7 after the third season.

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Quinto In New Viral Video

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Zachary Quinto is in a new Funny or Die video, in which he plays three separate roles.

In Before After, Quinto is seen as a matador, a priest performing an exorcism and a clown working at a boy’s birthday party.

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Pine And Quinto Reunite

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto were seen at an after-party for the premiere of Rashida Jones‘s new film Monogamy at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Jones (Parks and Recreation), daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton (Mod Squad) is starring opposite Chris Messina (Law and Order, Six Feet Under) in the drama about two thirty-somethings who seem to have a comfortable life and bright future until a job makes Theo (Messina) confront some uncomfortable truths about himself and his impending marriage.

Quinto: Nimoy Is Done

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Zachary Quinto responded yesterday to Leonard Nimoy‘s announcement that Nimoy was retiring.

Sharing his thoughts during WET Production’s Stars Give Love benefit performance of short plays last night, Quinto expressed his thoughts on Nimoy’s announcement.

“There’s not even a script and Leonard just announced his retirement,” said Quinto. “He’s not going to do another movie.

“Frankly, Leonard has got a mind of his own and he’s going to do what he wants regardless of what other people tell him. I’m just glad that he’s my friend.”

Spock Will Miss Spock

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Zachary Quinto is a bit bummed that Leonard Nimoy won’t be on board for Star Trek XII.

The last time Nimoy appeared in a Star Trek movie, it took a personal appeal from J.J. Abrams to coax him out of retirement, but Quinto thinks it would take more than that to get Nimoy for the sequel.

“I think I might have to ask him this time,” joked Quinto.

Although Nimoy won’t be on board, Quinto is eager to begin work on Star Trek XII. “Every time J.J. calls, I pick up in a heartbeat,” he said. “I assure you that. And when it’s to tell me to come to work, I’ll be there.”

Quinto In Talks For Romantic Comedy

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

If negotiations work out, Zachary Quinto may appear in the romantic comedy What’s Your Number?, starring Anna Faris (Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie series).

What’s Your Number?, based on the book 20 Times a Lady by Karyn Bosnak, is the story of a young woman, Delilah (Faris), searching for Mr. Right.

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Quinto Gershwin Rumor Mill

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Recently, Zachary Quinto mentioned working on other non-science fiction projects and rumor has it that one of those will be a Stephen Spielberg project.

Quinto020110The rumor mill has it that Quinto will play George Gershwin, the composer/pianist who with his brother Ira was responsible for a dozen Broadway musicals as well as popular songs. Gershwin died at the age of 38 of a malignant brain tumor.

According to the rumor, Dreamworks has provided a voice coach for Quinto to help with the Brooklyn accent. Gershwin was born in Brooklyn to Russian parents.

More information will be forthcoming as details emerge.

Quinto Clarifies Recent Interview Statement

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Zachary Quinto sets the record straight about stepping away from Star Trek and science fiction-related projects for a few years.

After Quinto’s interview with Wired yesterday, as reported here, fans were left wondering if he was stepping away from the Star Trek sequel as well, or if the sequel was going to be delayed, so Quinto decided to explain what he meant by stepping away from Trek.

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Quinto: Stepping Away From Trek For A While

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Star Trek XI‘s Zachary Quinto will be away from the world of Star Trek and sci-fi for a few years.

Fans hoping to see Quinto at conventions or other Trek functions will be disappointed by his latest comments to Wired.com in a telephone interview recently. “I’m stepping away from Star Trek for at least two years, no movies, no conventions, no anything for a while.”

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Quinto Talks Trek And Haiti Disaster

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Star Trek XI‘s Zachary Quinto tweeted briefly about Star Trek XI, but his mind was more on the recent earthquake in Haiti and its victims.

A short tweet from Quinto confirmed the release date of Star Trek XI, saying, “The flag has been planted. June 29th, 2012. Sequel. Trek it out.”

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Star Trek XI On BAFTA Long List

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced its long list of nominees for their 2010 awards and Star Trek XI has received ten nominations.

The first round of voting for BAFTA, the equivalent of the UK’s Oscars, has reduced a field of two-hundred-and-twenty films down to fifteen nominees in each category.

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Star Trek XI And People’s Choice Awards

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Thirty-Sixth Annual People’s Choice Awards airs tonight, January 6, at 9:00 PM on CBS and Star Trek XI will be vying for several of the awards.

Fans of Star Trek XI will find out tonight if any of the five People’s Choice nominations for the movie will be chosen as winners.

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Quinto Star Trek: Online Video

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

121709QuintoAtari and Cryptic have released a new trailer featuring Zachary Quinto, who has done voice work for Star Trek: Online, as well as details on Klingon gameplay and screenshots.

Quinto is shown doing some of his voice work. “My personality matrix combines qualities of more than twenty physicians, scientists and counselors, including Admiral Crusher at Starfleet Medical, Ambassador Spock,” he said. “I am, quite frankly, the most advanced piece of technology on this vessel.”

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