Each of the pre-loaded movies must be unlocked by special keys, available for purchase, but Star Trek XI will be provided for free after purchase with the redemption of a promotional code provided by Seagate.

The films, listed below, will be licensed for multiple devices “to allow for portability and enjoyment of them on a desktop computer, laptop computer or widescreen television, using the FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player.

Films pre-loaded on the 500GB FreeAgent Go HD:

• Star Trek XI
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• GI Joe
• Shooter
• The Hunt for Red October
• The Italian Job (2003)
• Ghost
• Patriot Games
• Beowulf
• Enemy at the Gates
• The Spiderwick Chronicles
• The Love Guru
• Coach Carter
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Nacho Libre
• Jackass 2.5
• A Plumm Summer
• Carriers
• Dance Flick
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

“Collaborating with Seagate on this massive movie pre-load reinforces our commitment to embrace technologies that give consumers choice and flexibility in how they access and purchase their digital entertainment, ” said Malik Ducard, senior vice president, Digital Distribution, The Americas, Paramount Digital Entertainment.  “Paramount Digital Entertainment has created a powerful solution that allows companies like Seagate to offer a seamless experience for consumers to access and securely activate pre-loaded movies, ensuring that exciting films are available everywhere they wish to enjoy them.

“And with over 38 hours of movie viewing enjoyment pre-loaded onto the portable device, we are offering consumers a great opportunity to jump start their digital libraries.”

“Seagate and Paramount Pictures are delivering major motion pictures to consumers in a unique and innovative solution,” said Dave Mosley, executive vice president, Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management, Seagate. “For years Seagate hard drives have been powering the devices that allow consumers to enjoy their digital libraries. Today, we are simplifying content delivery by giving consumers the ultimate flexibility in how they enjoy their movies all in a convenient package.”

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 their respective categories. The full list of nominations for Trek, as well as the films it will be competing against, can be found below the jump:

Best Science Fiction Film

The Book of Eli
Knowing
Moon
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Best Director

J.J. Abrams (Star Trek)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
James Cameron (Avatar)
Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes)
Zack Snyder (Watchmen)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Writing

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9)
James Cameron (Avatar)
Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are)
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (Star Trek)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Alex Tse, David Hayter (Watchmen)

Best Make-Up

Barney Burman, Minday Hall, Joel Harlow (Star Trek)
Joe Dunckley, Sarah Rubano, Frances Richardson (District 9)
Sarah Monzani (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger (The Book of Eli)
Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger (Drag Me to Hell)
Mike Smithson, John Rosengrant (Terminator: Salvation)

Best Production Design

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg (Avatar)
Scott Chambliss (Star Trek)
Stuart Craig (Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince)
Sarah Greenwood (Sherlock Holmes)
Philip Ivey (District 9)
Alex McDowell (Watchmen)

Best Special Effects
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicholas Aithadi, Tim Alexander – (Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince)
John DesJardin, Peter G. Travers, Joel Whist, Jessica Norman – (Watchmen)
Volker Engel, Marc Weingert, Mike Vezina – (2012)
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton – (Star Trek)
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken – (District 9)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones – (Avatar)

For the full list of nominations, head over to the SF Site.

While fans enjoy lots of action in a movie, it’s the characters that hold and catch their attention. “In the best sort of spectacle action movies, character comes first and that’s why you buy the action,” said Yelchin. “I got lucky with [Terminator: Salvation and Star Trek XI] because there was a lot of character work to be done. Terminator was challenging and interesting and definitely there was a lot of work to do, which is great because we don’t often expect to go into these movies and have challenging work to do. But I was lucky with Star Trek as well because it was the same thing. There was this whole other character to work with, different, totally different, different physicality, more joyous and light, but the same idea. They were both challenging.”

Working on both films will help Yelchin with future projects. “I think that being in two films like this helps you to do other work,” he explained. “There are actors that I really admire, actors that can do both. I think that you can do it. As long as you stick to finding interesting characters and believing in them, you can do that.”

Yelchin likes to work and is not a fan of down time between movies. “It is a weird transition period unless you have a job right away when you can start working again,” he said. “When you don’t, you start feeling like you have to get back into your life and adjust to not being with the people you just spent months with and the people that you have come to care about and that have become your friends. You have to adjust to not working really hard and not having a definite purpose to your life. I feel like every time I am on set, there is a goal, there is an objective and there is a life to be lived.”

As reported by Total Sci-Fi Online, movies on the list include a movie made back in 1902 as well as modern-day offerings such as Star Trek XI.
The top five science-fiction movies are: Blade Runner, 2001:A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Alien and Metropolis (released in 1927.)

Three Star Trek movies made the list of top one hundred movies. At number nineteen was Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. “The best Trek movie by miles, this is an edgy, exciting and often very funny movie that feels much more than an extended TV episode. The makers even had the guts to kill Spock! OK, so they did bring him back in the next one…”

At number sixty-seven was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. “The second-best Trek movie is also directed by Nicholas Meyer. This one’s a thrilling, funny conspiracy thriller that sees the aging Starfleet heroes attempt to avert intergalactic war. Hugely enjoyable.”

Finally, barely making the list at number ninety-three was Star Trek XI. “J.J. Abrams pulled off the not inconsiderable challenge of making Star Trek popular again – even cool – in a film that manages to appeal to Trekkers and newbies alike. Thrilling action sequences, charming performances, sex appeal and unobtrusive in-jokes.”

To see the entire list, head to the article located here.

As reported by The Yorkshire Post, Stewart took a few family members along to see the latest Star Trek movie. “”Yesterday, I took my grandchildren to see the new Star Trek movie,” he said. “There were three movie trailers, one for the new Terminator movie, one for the new Harry Potter and one for a Pixar animated movie. All the trailers sounded and looked the same, full of standardized levels of noise, violence and special effects and I thought, ‘My God, nothing would attract me to any of these.’” “I love animated movies,” Stewart continued. ” and I especially love Pixar but I weary of standardization. I don’t know what’s happened…but I better not go on, you never know, they might want to cast me in one of them.”

Star Trek XI was given the thumbs up by Stewart. “I loved it,” he raved. “I absolutely loved it. It was a very, very odd experience to be in the cinema watching a new Star Trek movie that I wasn’t in. Not only that, but with the exception of Leonard Nimoy I didn’t know any of the cast…but, it’s Star Trek. They’ve taken some quite innovative decisions but it’s absolutely essential, right down the middle Star Trek. I got a great kick out of it.”

Stewart had praise for Chris Pine, who also plays a Starfleet captain. “He’s brilliant,” said Stewart. “He is charming, truthful, funny and utterly delightful.”

To read more, head to the article located here.

As reported by Universe Today, Paramount sent a copy of Star Trek XI to NASA’s Mission Control, who then uplinked the movie to the International Space Station, orbiting two-hundred-and-twenty miles above the Earth. NASA astronaut Michael Barratt is currently on the station, as well as Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.

“I remember watching the original Star Trek series and, like many of my NASA co-workers, was inspired by the idea of people from all nations coming together to explore space,” said Barratt. “Star Trek blended adventure, discovery, intelligence and story telling that assumes a positive future for humanity. The International Space Station is a real step in that direction, with many nations sharing in an adventure the world can be proud of.”

The crew will watch the film on a laptop computer in the Unity module.

Star Trek has been viewed in space before. Former station astronaut Greg Chamitoff and his crewmates made watching Star Trek a weekly event during their time on the ISS.

To read more, head to the article located here.

As reported by MTV, with a new playing field, anything can happen. “The fun of this [new alternate Trek reality] is that the destiny of these characters is in their hands,” explained Abrams. “It’s not constrained by the pre-existing films or TV series. Believe me, whether it’s William Shatner or Khan … it would be ridiculous to not be open to those ideas.” “One of the reasons we wanted to break with the original Star Trek timeline was it felt restrictive,” Abrams added. “The idea, now that we are in an independent timeline, allows us to use any of the ingredients from the past, or come up with brand-new ones, to make potential stories.”

Khan Noonien Singh has also come up as a potential storyline for the future. “It’ll be fun to hear what Alex [Kurtzman] and Bob [Orci] are thinking about Khan,” said Abrams. “The fun of this timeline is arguing that different stories, with the same characters, could be equally if not more compelling than what’s been told before. [Khan and Kirk] exist, and while their history may not be exactly as people are familiar with, I would argue that a person’s character is what it is. Certain people are destined to cross paths and come together, and Khan is out there … even if he doesn’t have the same issues.”

With Kirk’s ultimate fate in the alternative timeline unknown and different than in the original timeline, there is no reason why Kirk couldn’t live to be much older, which opens the door for a possible Shatner appearance in a future film. “”I wouldn’t rule out anything,” said Abrams. “The point of creating this independent timeline is to not have the restrictions we had coming into this one. And one of those restrictions was that Kirk was dead.”

To read more, head to the article located here.

As reported by the TrekZone Network, Koenig encourages fans not to prejudge Star Trek XI or get overly concerned with past Star Trek history. “I think if [fans] just put away any prejudice and not worry about canon they’ll have a good time,” he said. “You know, nothing is carved into stone. Star Trek isn’t based on historical facts. It’s just imaginary, creation. People’s imagination. It’s fictitious. So, if they take something and change it, go with it, accept it for what it’s like and have a good time!” While Star Trek XI was filming, Koenig visited the set one day and met Anton Yelchin, who is playing Chekov in the movie. “We talked a little about the role,” said Koenig. “I told him that he has to make it his own. And I don’t think it’s a good idea to try to imitate me. I don’t think that was his intention anyway.”

“[Yelchin's] a very pleasant young man,” said Koenig. “And his career is already going very well. He’s done several movies.”

Koenig doesn’t worry about Yelchin’s ability to do the Russian accent. “He is originally, his parents are from Russia,” explained Koenig. “He’s been born there but he’s been living in the States since he’s a few months old. His grandparents are very, very much Russian. So I think he got some help with the dialect from his own family.”

InAlienable, Koenig’s movie project released last year as a pay-per-download video on the Internet, will soon be available on DVD. Fans who purchase the movie will receive a free copy of Of Gods and Men. InAlienable will be released in a novel form if Koenig can find a publisher. “It is written,” he said. I am trying to sell it. I’m trying to get a publisher to buy it.”

As reported by The Detroit Science Center, Detroit is the place for Star Trek fans to be this May to get a double dose of Star Trek.In addition to being the host of Star Trek: The Exhibition, the Detroit Science Center will be offering showings of Star Trek XI at its Chrysler Imax Dome Theater, beginning on May 8th when the movie is released in the U.S.

“The combination of the IMAX film and Exhibition will provide an unmatched Star Trek experience for our visitors,” said Detroit Science Center Vice President of Science Programs Todd Slisher. “The viewing area on the IMAX Dome covers 5,365 square feet of the screen, making it the largest film screen in the state and the best theater environment to experience Star Trek. You’ll truly feel like you’re a part of the action.”

Fans can purchase a ticket for the movie only, or buy a combination ticket for both the film and for entrance into Star Trek: The Exhibition.

As reported by Sci Fi Wire, speaking to Quantum Leap fans at “Leap Back,” a convention held in North Hollywood, California last week, Bakula explained why a Quantum Leap movie is probably not in the cards. “I think each day it becomes slimmer and slimmer, certainly for Dean [Stockwell] and I to be a part of [a Quantum Leap movie,] said Bakula. “But I think [Series Creator Don Bellisario] simplified the situation. There are all kinds of rights issues that are looming and problematic. It’s not as simple as Don wants to get some money together and make the movie. …[But] you never know.”Bakula, who captained the Enterprise as Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise for four years, spoke about his feelings about the new Star Trek movie. “I’m dying to see it,” he said. “It looks like they’ve found a way to modernize it, and hopefully in a way that will [work.]“

Making it works means making it relevant for today’s audiences. “I was talking to my eighteen-year-old son,” said Bakula, “and we were looking at the billboard, and I asked him, ‘What do you think of that?’ He said, ‘When I first saw it, I was like, ‘Oh, another Star Trek movie. Those movies are so … ” And he didn’t have the word. I said, you know, ‘Dated?’ And he said, ‘Yeah.’ It feels dated to an 18-year-old.”

In addition to updating the look and feel to attract modern audiences, keeping the die-hard fans is important too if Star Trek XI is to be successful. According to Bakula, that is difficult if the fan base is resistant to change. “We were trying to make that bridge with our series, and we had resistance,” he explained. “There was no question that some of the Star Trek fan base was not ready to go there. They just didn’t want to do it. … They’re not willing to give it any slack. If they don’t like it, they’re vocal about it. But if they like it, then you’re made.”