U.K. Star Trek fans rejoice: Destination Star Trek is coming to Birmingham, England in 2018. The convention will be October 19-21 at the NEC Birmingham. Announced guests so far include William Shatner, Linda Park, Armin Shimerman, Max Grodenchik, and Aron Eisenberg, with more to be added later. Shimerman...
A tribute to two of Star Trek’s most groundbreaking female characters on International Women’s Day: Kira and Dax Star Trek has given us some iconic women, and today, for International Women’s Day, we would like to celebrate some of them. Lieutenant Uhura and Captain Janeway get a lot...
A few weeks ago, I finished watching all of the Star Trek series and movies. (Finally, after about 4 years!) Now that I’m done, I find myself wondering a lot how I would rank the series or captains from best to worst, favorite to least favorite. When it...
CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone recently discussed CBS All Access and the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery series. Lanzone is in charge of CBS’s digital platforms and content. He was hired to take CBS “over the top,” which is industry speak for moving content to delivery over the internet...
President Barack Obama recently spoke about his love for Star Trek. The president was Wired’s guest editor for the month of November, and chose to center the theme around “frontiers.” In the video clip, Wired editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito interview...
Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary today, and it’s been a long road getting from there to here through six television series and thirteen feature films. The franchise has spawned hundreds of novels, comics and fan productions and has inspired millions of fans to create their own contributions...
My journey through all of Star Trek is one series nearer to completion. I finished Star Trek: Enterprise, which completes all of the live action series. All I have left is the Animated Series. The end is in sight! Enterprise wasn’t nearly as bad as fan opinion led...
Hey there, fellow Star Trek fans. It seems like some of you are really angry about Rihanna’s “Sledgehammer” video and its tie-in to Star Trek: Beyond. I’ve seen people say some really ugly things about Rihanna in comments. I mean really, truly, ugly and hateful things, for no...
The second trailer for Star Trek Beyond premiered at the fan event in Los Angeles on Friday night, and then dropped online shortly after. Here is a look at what we see and what we could expect. The trailer begins with the Enterprise approaching a planet, with a...
Star Trek fans can be a hard group to please. We understandably have high expectations for the new series coming to CBS’s All Access platform in 2017. I’ve been purposely avoiding reading every article speculating about it. I don’t want to expect one thing and then get something...
Star Trek: Horizon is the latest in a recent series of fan films. Produced and directed by Tommy Craft (who also takes on many other production roles), and with a solid production team and cast, Star Trek: Horizon should be satisfying to most fans. Released in February, the...
I’ve been slowly working my way through all of the Star Trek series. With the announcement of the new series starting in 2017, I was inspired to pick up my pace and finish all existing shows before then. I finished Voyager not long ago and have a lot...
The first trailer for Star Trek: Beyond was released today after being leaked. Reactions from fans have been all over the board. I’m going to reserve my judgment for later. For now, let’s take a look at the trailer and see what we can figure out. From what...
If you frequent Star Trek fan sites, you’ll know there’s a disagreement between groups of fans. This has become particularly apparent now that the news of a new series starting in 2017 has broken. Some are hoping for the new show to push the limits even farther and...
Nichelle Nichols has been on the radar lately for the news that she’ll be joining a NASA mission on September 15th as she rides along on the SOFIA airborne observatory. We at TrekNews.net recently had a chance to ask Ms. Nichols some questions about the upcoming mission. We...
“Star Trek: Renegades” Review The fan-produced film “Star Trek: Renegades” makes a valiant effort to be a good movie. In some aspects it works, and in others it really doesn’t. Full disclosure: I went into the movie almost blind, having only watched the trailer and done minimal research,...
Happy birthday to Jonathan Frakes, who celebrates his 63rd birthday today. Frakes, of course, is best known for his role of Commander William T. Riker in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” He spent seven seasons playing the beloved Riker, who we see go from a brash, bold young...
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