There have already been quite a few previews for Star Trek Into Darkness--enough that you may suspect you've already seen all the action, dramatic line-readings, and pensive stares J.J. Abrams has to offer. You would be quite wrong, though, because here is so much more of that in what is assumedly the final trailer before the film comes out next month.
Now with less of Cumberbatch's ominous voice-over, more running than every other Star Trek film combined, and, hey, a giant CGI fish! Maybe this Abrams guy is right to direct a belated Star Wars entry after all...
Concerned faces, explosions, lens flares, and, after Dredd, scarcely little Karl Urban in this first, so-called "announcement" trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. It seems Benedict Cumberbatch is back on Earth to seek some sort of revenge, and for some reason the grounded crew of a spaceship is the only thing standing in his way. Similar to how battleship crews are occasionally the only weapon against aliens, that's just the way it goes sometimes.
The Japanese version of the trailer is longer, but may have sort of a spoiler for those nerds familiar with Wrath of Khan, so choose below accordingly. Already with the spoiler alerts. I know, right?
Thus far, the footage to emerge from Star Trek Into Darkness has been scant, with the above still constituting a full third of what we've seen. That's expected to change on Thursday, when, according to Simon Pegg, the film's first official trailer will then debut online to show Superman what's what with lens flares. Less officially, Zachary Quinto (aka Spock) debuted a brief clip on Conan last night, and you can check that out below to fill the gap until the week's big reveal of what Star Trek finds in that darkness. Probably at least a few daddy longlegs.
Hey, remember that financial crisis? Phew, sure glad that's completely over. And now that we're so far removed from that time wherein America's financial history looked so highly questionable, let's take a look back at it and see what got us there. How? By watching Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, and The Mentalist as they stare at screens, talk on phones, and utter vague things about "figures" in this trailer for Margin Call:
What an exquisitely-painted cheap hotel painting this What's Your Number? is! So thick with potential, yet so content in its mundanity it's doomed to be viewed mostly by tourist families and as seen in the background as people fuck.
Anna Faris stars--in her standard charming though perpetually half-drunk state--as a woman who's decided the best way to approach the classic ladygoal of getting married is to heed the warning of a Cosmopolitan-esque magazine that claims sleeping with more than twenty dudes means you'll probably never find a husband. Because, wouldn't you know it, there are roughly a score of men going around bragging that they nailed the girl from Scary Movie! Ut oh, Anna!
Only one thing to do now: recruit your douchebag neighbor Chris Evans to help you with the painful, post-STD-diagnosis-like task of revisiting all your exes--most of whom happen to be respectable acting/comedy presences in their own rights. I think I see where this is going! Still, I almost have to this credit for being so servile to the genre. Knowing from the outset that Anna Faris is inevitably going to end up with Evans really frees the mind to appreciate all the times someone made sure to include a sweet guitar in shots with Captain America.
Seriously, he will never do it. Just throw that phony jawline beard away, Liam Neeson.
Instead, it sounds like Steven Spielberg (director of Twilight Zone: The Movie segment 2 and the documentary short The Unfinished Journey) may be moving on to a biopic on George Gershwin, which would seem to indicate the director thinks writing a bunch of music is more important than ending slavery (that's the only conclusion I can draw from the decision).
Deadline Hollywood says Zachary Quinto will play the composer, and has word that accent and dialogue coaches are already working with New Spock for a possible April shoot.
Personally, I don't know much about the life of Gershwin, so I'm just going to assume Gershwin had some sort of sci-fi adventure or archeological expedition that will make for another Spielberg blockbuster.
It's so hard for Spock to hug. Trying so hard to remain emotionless but realizing the inevitable sentiment that spawns from a good hug. I think that's probably the main conflict in this movie:
All this fast-paced action and extreme-sports free-falling and kissin'! J.J. Abrams is going to make Star Trek so cool, and we'll all be free to finally body modify our ears into points without fear of persecution. Unless you do it to look like an elf, not a Vulcan--that would be so nerdy.
After seeing this banner from MTV, the characters all lined up, with so many sharp eyebrows and/or angular features, does anyone else get the impression the Enterprise is being run by half-elves? Bones (second from the left) looks like he might be human, and Chekhov (far right) is probably a halfling, but the rest are half-elves. It really makes you think what the stats, class, and alignment of each character would be according to 2nd edition rules, and how those attributes would weigh in on an away mission battle against a Beholder, doesn't it?
An official version is expected later today, but until then, here's a bootleg of the new Star Trek trailer for you to do some watchin' on.
A Star Trek movie with sports cars, on-bridge brawlin', and Uhura bra shots? One thing's for certain: this ain't your (nerdy) father's Star Trek! It might, however, be your douchey step-dad's Star Trek, and he'll probably be mad we were messing with it.
UPDATE: Official, nice-looking version available here, and streaming under the cut. (Thanks, Fox.)
Continuing the campaign of marketing Star Trek with primarily dramatic headshots, Paramount has released two new posters. This one is the stone face of Spock. You can guess what the other one is.
Empire Magazine has released an early look at their upcoming Star Trek cover, wherein they recreate an "iconic" shot of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner using the new actors playing Spock and Kirk. I have no idea why they wouldn't recreate the classic shot of Spock standing awkwardly in a winter jacket while Kirk, dressed as Bob Villa dressed as Indiana Jones, accosts him in front of a fake tree. Such a classic, iconic shot.
Empire Star Trek Cover [Empire]
All across internet, new production stills from Star Trek have turned up, such as the above shot from UGO. It's Chekov, Kirk, Scott, Bones, Sulu, and Uhura! Not pictured: Spock, Worf.
Below the cut: five more.
This Friday's Entertainment Weekly cover has a special surprise, nerds: it's New Spock and New Kirk! Despite being airbrushed into an oblivion of smooth flesh and some hair, I have to say, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine look the parts. Sure, Quinto also looks the part of DJ from Roseanne, and Pine looks so pretty I'm about to propose to this dude, but still, not bad, Star Trek. Not bad.
(Thanks, Matt.)
Star Trek Covers Entertainment Weekly [Just Jared]
As part of a Comic-Con preview, Entertainment Weekly has a look at the set of four Star Trek posters being handed out at the San Diego convention. Con attendees will each only get one of the posters apiece, meaning fans will be forced to literally murder each other if they hope to complete the logo. I guess that's one way to control the Trekker population.
As apt as Zachary Quinto looks for the part of Spock, I can't help but think this is going to turn into something like the Bob Dylan picture I'm Not There, where half of the movie is spent determining who can do the best impression. Look how much he looks like Spock! Wow, he's doing that strange, droning voice of Sulu! He sounds just like a Scottish caricature!
It's also possible this is just Jason Schwartzman playing an elfin nerd.
Quinto As Young Spock! [JFX Online]
Zachary Quinto, star of NBC hit Heroes, is reportedly in final negotiations to play the legendary Mr. Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek XI prequel. Obviously the look is amazing, but what's bizarre to me is that I first saw this as some internet fan's good idea with accompanying photoshop job a week or two ago. Does this mean that the internet's idiotic photo manipulations finally being willed into reality? It can only be a matter of time before we're faced with millions of middle-aged guy heads on young, muscular bodies, celebrities with pixelated semen dripping from their mouths, and, perhaps most terrifying, cats literally laughing out loud.
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