15+ hour, 15+ min ago   (724+ words) William Shatner became Captain James T. Kirk because Star Trek had already failed once. Speaking with Paul Wesley, the actor currently playing a younger Kirk on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Shatner revisited the unusual sequence that brought him aboard the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (329+ words) Patton Oswalt is clearing the air with a dollop of humor after rumors circulated online that he died. "Yeah, this has been very sudden and I'm trying to adjust. Asking for privacy as I ascend," the actor, 57, wrote via X…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (375+ words) Deep Space Nine needed conflict — but Gene Roddenberry had rules. The show's creators found an ingenious solution. "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry had one major rule for his science-fiction universe: no conflict between the human characters — so the creators of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (790+ words) NBC ultimately rejected the pilot, though the network allowed creator Gene Roddenberry to rethink the concept. The result was a second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," which introduced William Shatner as Kirk and set the stage for the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (286+ words) Writer and producer Ronald D. Moore told TrekCore in 2013, "Gene goes through this whole thing about how much he hates this script. 'It says terrible things about Picard's parents; these brothers don't exist in the twenty-fourth century; they have such profound…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (269+ words) "Star Trek's" unique offering led to the series developing a passionate, vocal fan base that continues to thrive for more than six decades. The original series kickstarted a franchise that has gone on to produce 12 TV series and 13 films — and…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (413+ words) Actor Zachary Quinto dressed as his iconic Star Trek character, Mr. Spock, on the October 27 episode of his NBC medical drama, Brilliant Minds. Entertainment Weekly reported Quinto's Brilliant Minds character, Dr. Oliver Wolf, decided to be Spock on Halloween in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) Star Trek veteran William Shatner walked back on his iconic line from the franchise in a new interview. His character, Captain Kirk, always described space as the Final Frontier, but the 95-year-old actor seems to disagree with this take, 60 years…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (534+ words) Under tight budgets and intense pressure, “Where No Man Has Gone Before” became the proof of concept that Star Trek needed to get the green light to go to series and spawn 60 years of adventures. What follows is a collection…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (322+ words) They say it's always dangerous meeting your heroes, most especially when said hero is none other than accomplished Hollywood legend, Spencer Tracy. Of course, William Shatner wound up learning this valuable lesson the hard way, with the 94-year-oldStar Trek actor…...