The world continues to be a very dark place, as the ongoing discussion of what level of alleged sexual assault is tolerable for a Supreme Court nominee can attest. And let’s not forget that we’re on the verge of another government shutdown if Congress can’t pass a crucial spending bill by September 30, because the GOP…
It’s been a minute since we’d heard anything major about the upcoming fourth movie in the rebooted Star Trek franchise. (To be clear, we’re talking here about the one that’s reportedly being directed by S.J. Clarkson, not that bizarre Quentin Tarantino version that’s also in the works.) The assumption, though, was…
There have been plenty of arguments over the years about the relative merits of the various Star Trek captains—Does Kathryn Janeway get a bad rap? Does Kirk’s blend of machismo and heart stand up? Why didn’t they let Sisko shave sooner?—but you’d be hard pressed to find a modern Trek fan without at least some…
Welcome to Development Hell, the fiery pit into which we fling recent developments in casting, distribution, and everything else that’s new and mildly interesting in the Boschian phantasmagoria of the entertainment industry.
In the latest installment of GQ’s “Celebrities Break Down Their Iconic Roles” series, Simon Pegg takes a trip down his own IMDB page to discuss the biggest performances of his career. While the British-born actor is best known these days for his supporting roles in blockbuster sci-fi and action franchises, he found…
Anthology TV is now stretching its bite-sized tendrils into the heart of one of television’s most venerable franchises, with Variety reporting that CBS All Access will soon play host to Star Trek: Short Treks, a miniseries of 10-15 minute shorts set in the Star Trek universe. Recently anointed Star Trek: Discovery …
Ever since we received confirmation that Paramount is busy working on two separate Star Trek films, the fairly obvious assumption is that one of them is the much-ballyhooed, R-rated, Quentin Tarantino-directed installment of the franchise. And now we know that it won’t just be a one-off with some nobodies on the…
Last week, we reported that Alex Kurtzman would be stepping in to replace Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg (who just announced that they’re leaving the show in the midst of production on its second season). According to Deadline, though, that’s just a small part of Kurtzman’s new …
Poor ol’ Star Trek: Discovery: Despite moderately positive critical response to its first season, the CBS All Access series just can’t seem to get its production parents to stick around, with Variety reporting that showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg are now departing the series in the midst of filming for…
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Welcome back to Pop Lexicon, The A.V. Club’s series with Kory Stamper, Merriam-Webster lexicographer and editor, where she reveals the origins of America’s favorite colloquialisms. Today, Kory explains not only how science can inform science fiction, but how science fiction can influence scientific discovery, starting…
Well, that was fast: Just a few hours after we reported that Paramount was developing two new Star Trek movies, specifically Quentin Tarantino’s weird thing and a sequel to Star Trek Beyond that we knew nothing about, the studio has shared some major new details about one of them. As reported by Variety, S.J. Clarkson…
During the same CinemaCon presentation today that featured J.J. Abrams shooting down our Cloverfield theories, Paramount noted that it has two Star Trek movies currently in development. That’s all the studio said, but Fandango editor Erik Davis said that Paramount initially phrased it “several new Star Trek movies”…
Tech writers have been playing the tech prediction game—usually pretty poorly—for as long as people have been attaching sticks to rocks, and then getting jealous because someone else’s stick-and-rock was sleeker and had a nicer case. Among all this talk of microprocessors—or the laughable notion of a computer that…
This week’s question comes in honor of the wormhole-traveling abilities possessed by the characters from the big CGI-heavy blockbuster this weekend, A Wrinkle In Time:
Over the decades, fans of the Star Trek franchise have come to represent the prototypical obsessive sci-fi nerd. This is due, in large part, to Trekkers’ penchant for going beyond just an intimate knowledge of the show’s lore and characters, and delving into fastidious cataloging of alien species, uniform designs,…
“USS Callister” isn’t really about Star Trek. Oh sure, it has the trappings. There’s a ship crewed with people in colorful outfits, a paternalistic white guy captain, a fair amount of sci-fi jargon. The episode’s ultimate villain (aforementioned white male captain) gives a speech at one point outlining the ideals of …
The idea of Quentin Tarantino not only pitching but possibly even directing a new Star Trek movie is still one of the most baffling things to come out of 2017, and it would be further evidence that the whole year has been some bizarre dream if we didn’t keep getting news stories like this one that claim the project is…
The news that Quentin Tarantino is developing a Star Trek film was met with a fair amount of skepticism and early script suggestions (“Revenge is a Royale with cheese best served cold,” etc.). But there’s at least one person who’s ready to beam aboard: Patrick Stewart.
On Monday, we reported that Quentin Tarantino had decided he wanted to make a Star Trek movie, developing a pitch with J.J. Abrams that he had then sold to Paramount. The studio thought his pitch was a “great idea” and quickly began looking for writers who could flesh out his concept into an actual movie idea, all…
