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'Star Trek 2' Production Begins: Our Hopes, Dream And Fears

Posted 1/17/12 12:00 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Commentary

After script delays and even more casting rumors, we are finally on the road to a second trip to the final frontier: the long-awaited follow-up to J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot has officially started production.

With still so much longer to go until May 17, 2013, there is an endless list of details we don't know about the second Abrams "Trek," but there is a list just as long of things we hope to see and others we're praying not to.

Here are our hopes, dreams and fears for the "Star Trek" sequel.

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'Star Trek 2' Starts On Thursday, Teases Benedict Cumberbatch's Role

Posted 1/9/12 11:35 am EST by Jeremy Gordon in News

"Star Trek 2" is coming! "Star Trek 2" is coming! Forgive our enthusiasm, but come on: it's been a long wait for a sequel to the 2009 relaunch, but according to director J.J. Abrams, things are finally getting off the ground.

In an interview with Collider, Abrams revealed a bunch of new details about the film, with the important note that shooting officially starts on Thursday. He also dishes about a few other things, like the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch ("We just were looking for someone with the most awesome name in history") and the recent announcement that the film would be released in 3D.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Hints At 'Hobbit' Changes

Posted 1/6/12 4:01 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in News

Benedict Cumberbatch's name can be seen almost everywhere these days ever since J.J. Abrams cast him as the main villain in "Star Trek 2," but that isn't the only big franchise where you'll see the British actor in the next few years.

A few months ago, Peter Jackson chose Cumberbatch for the iconic role of Smaug in "The Hobbit," for which he'll provide the motion performance for the famous dragon. The announcement for Cumberbatch's casting, however, offered an unexpected piece of additional news. Some spoilers ahead...

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Bad Robot iOS App Brings Hollywood Effects To Home Movies

Posted 1/3/12 12:20 pm EST by Matt Clark in News

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So, Christmas (and 2011 at large) is behind us, and your place is filled with half-opened boxes of hideous underwear your mom gave you because, "you needed it." What, this doesn't happen to you? OK, so maybe there's five pounds of "delicious" fruitcake from your aunt – whatever. Instead of selling your underwear on Craigslist, or using the fruitcake as a doorstop, why not let your misinformed loved ones know how much you appreciate that gift by launching a missile into it?

A new iOS app from director J.J. Abrams' ("Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol") production company, Bad Robot, lets you do just that. Well, virtually, anyways.

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Alice Eve Joins 'Star Trek 2,' Details Emerge On Del Toro Character

Posted 11/30/11 5:35 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in News

A new report from Variety claims that J.J. Abrams has added Alice Eve to the lineup for "Star Trek 2." According to the article, Eve will play a character new to the "Star Trek" cannon, instead one fans are familiar with from either the original series or the films.

Eve reportedly beat out Teresa Palmer and Hayley Atwell to join the sci-fi sequel, which is scheduled to begin shooting early next year.

While Eve's deal has yet to be officially inked, the jury is still out on whether Benicio del Toro will join the cast as the villain. Word came out earlier this month that Abrams wanted del Toro to take on the role, but details on the character have remained entirely mysterious. Now, the Variety report offers the first potential word on the character del Toro could eventually play.

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J.J. Abrams Confirms Benicio Del Toro's 'Star Trek 2' Interest

Posted 11/23/11 9:04 am EST by Josh Wigler in Casting Call, Hot Stuff, Interviews, News

The villain of "Star Trek 2" remains unknown, though director J.J. Abrams certainly has his eye on someone for the role: Oscar-winning actor Benicio del Toro. It's still up in the air as to who BDT might play in the "Trek" sequel, assuming he comes on board at all, but Abrams confirmed to MTV News that he's very much interested in bringing the "Traffic" actor on board for his next interstellar voyage.

"Well, we're just in negotiations, we're in discussions," Abrams told us on the red carpet for the "Super 8" Blu-ray and DVD release in Los Angeles. "It's not even negotiations — just in discussion. But I would love to work with him. I've wanted to work with him for years, and this felt like a good opportunity."

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'Star Trek 2' Begins Production In January

Posted 11/16/11 12:44 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in News

Get out your Starfleet uniforms and your Vulcan ears, because "Star Trek 2" has an official filming start date.

TrekMovie has learned that shooting is set to start on January 15 for a 2013 release date. This pretty much lines up with what we already know, but it's nice to have confirmation on a planned start date considering how much "Trek 2" has been pushed back.

Apparently writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are also busy taking a third pass at the script, but TrekMovie believes that they're only tinkering with minor things and the movie as a whole is set to go.

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'Super 8' Blu-Ray Exclusive: Working With J.J. Abrams

Posted 11/7/11 2:31 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Behind The Scenes, DVD, Video

Working on a J.J. Abrams production isn't all secrets and mystery; there's also a lot of joking going on too. "Super 8" cast members Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee and Riley Griffiths shared their memories from working with the notoriously secretive director in this exclusive behind the scenes clip from the upcoming Blu-ray, hitting stores on November 22.

The clip also shares with us a peek of Abrams giving his young stars Courtney and Elle Fanning direction during a scene from this past summer's homage to the early films of producer Steven Spielberg. "J.J. is super nice," Courtney told cameras for the clip. "He's very interactive in his directing, and he knows what he wants."

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Benicio Del Toro: J.J. Abrams' New 'Star Trek' Villain?

Posted 11/7/11 12:27 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Commentary, News

Here's a good sign that development is moving forward quickly on "Star Trek 2": J.J. Abrams reportedly wants Benicio Del Toro as his villain in the upcoming sci-fi sequel.

Variety reports that an offer is in Del Toro's hands, though there's no word on who the Oscar winner might be playing. Indeed, even Del Toro supposedly doesn't know what the role is in an effort to keep it secret. Needless to say, the baddie will probably be someone even more evil than Eric Bana's Nero, and maybe even a familiar face.

Check out some possibilities for Del Toro's character beyond the jump!

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'Star Trek 2' Is Unimaginable Without J.J. Abrams, Says Zachary Quinto

Posted 10/25/11 10:48 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Interviews, News

The stars of "Star Trek 2" are very excited that J.J. Abrams is returning to the director's chair for the sequel. MTV News caught up with Zachary Quinto and Anton Yelchin recently while they were promoting their upcoming films "Margin Call" and "Like Crazy," and the two expressed nothing but enthusiasm about the news that Abrams will be helming the follow up to 2009's hit "Star Trek."

"I think it would be unimaginable to make that film without J.J., so to know that he's going to be at the helm again and sort of manning the ship so to speak is pretty amazing," Yelchin said. "We all have such tremendous respect for him and he's such a brilliant human being that it gives you great confidence in going in to make this again."

Quinto echoed the same sentiments, saying that he "would never have imagined" that Abrams wouldn't have come back for the sequel. Since Abrams has many film, television and book properties up in the air, it took about two years for him to confirm his involvement for "Star Trek 2," and Quinto said he's glad that "there's no doubt about that."

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