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The following is a FAQ on all the information posted so far on the Internet, our wonderfull *infobahn*, about the upcoming new Star Trek movie. It was posted by Otto Heuer (see copyright at end of FAQ), and I am downloading it to C$erve simply because I am trying to be a nice guy ;-). Otherwise, I take no responsibility as to the authenticity of this FAQ. Hope everyone enjoys!
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Mitchell Schneider
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Compuserve # 72640,1472
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mitsc@phantom.com
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
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From: ottoh3@cfsmo.honeywell.com (Otto Heuer #3)
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Subject: FAQL: UPCOMING STAR TREK MOVIES
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 19:01:54 +0000
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Message-ID: <9404300602.aa16624@dispatch.demon.co.uk>
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Archive-Name: faql.rec.arts.startrek.movies
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INFORMATION ON UPCOMING STAR TREK MOVIES (last updated 14 April 1994)
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This posting is intended to cut down on questions that seem to pop up daily
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asking what is known about the new Star Trek movies. It is one of a number
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of periodic postings posted to r.a.s.*. For a full list of informational
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postings, please read the "LIST OF PERIODIC POSTINGS" article in
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rec.arts.startrek.misc. For a list of acronyms used in this (and other)
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postings, please refer to the "ACRONYM LIST" which can be found in
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rec.arts.startrek.misc.
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===========================================================================
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This entire article contains
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***** S P O I L E R S *****
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for upcoming movies. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't read this!
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CURRENT INFO:
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TITLE: Star Trek: Generations
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WRITERS: Ron Moore and Brannon Braga (from a Moore/Braga/Berman story)
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DIRECTOR: David Carson (he did the DS9 pilot, "Yesterday's Enterprise",
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and episodes of Doogie Howser and LA Law)
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PRODUCER: Rick Berman
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LINE PRODUCER: Bernie Williams
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EXEC PRODUCER: Bernie Williams
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CO-PRODUCER: Peter Lauritson
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COMPOSER: Dennis McCarthy
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SETS: Herman Zimmerman
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COSTUMES: Bob Blackman
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CAST: William Shatner (Kirk), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Malcolm
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McDowell (Soren), and the TNG cast are signed (assuming not
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Wheaton, Muldaur, or Crosby); Doohan and Koenig are in a
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10-minute intro/cameo.
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FILMING: through end of June 1994
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RELEASE: late-November/December 1994
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BUDGET: $25,000,000
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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17 July 1992 convention: Shatner said he had submitted a script idea (not
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an actual script) for ST7 to Brandon Tartikoff (sp). After two months of
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silence from Tartikoff he received a reply saying that another script idea
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was being considered before Shatner's. Then they would take a look at
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Shatner's idea. Shatner had said that Tartikoff had been very
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non-committal each time he had asked about it. But he did give the
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impression that both he and Nimoy are interested.
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Eric Stillwell has also mentioned a lot of talk around Paramount regarding
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a seventh TOS movie. Shatner has submitted a script idea (with Kirk having
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a young love interest) and they are re-considering Harve Bennet's "Academy
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Days" script with random actors portraying the crew at SFA.
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The 7 February 1993 copy of the Los Angeles Times (Sunday Calendar
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section, p. 24), reported that Paramount has given Rick Berman the green
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light for not one, but TWO TNG movies. A preliminary release date for the
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first movie is late 1994.
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Reports on GEnie say that Ron Moore and Brannon Braga will be co-writing
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the first two TNG movies. Hints dropped at a con in LA from Piller, Berman
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and others are that the first may very well contain TOS crewmembers along
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with some time travel elements. Guinan's past may play an element in the
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story.
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4 April 1993 Pasadena convention: Rick Berman reported that he would be
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producing the next two Star Trek movies, and that they would feature the
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TNG cast. Berman says he has also talked to Shatner, Nimoy and Kelley and
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if everything goes right the TOS cast will be in the next movie as well.
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There are 2 movie scripts under development. The first will be written by
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TNG staff writers Ronald Moore and Brannon Braga. The second script will
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be written by former TNG writer Maurice Hurley. Berman said one script
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includes the TOS cast, but the other one could easily be modified to
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include them as well. The first movie will go into production in April
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1994 for a Christmas 1994 release.
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30 April 1993: The British national newspaper, the "Daily Mail", reported
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that Shatner and Stewart were asked to star in the same Star Trek big
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screen picture. British-born Stewart had no problem appearing in Star Trek
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Seven: The Next Generation and assumed he would receive star billing
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because Shatner's role was not a substantial one. That was light years
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away from what Shatner had in mind. Shatner, 62, told Paramount Films he
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would not be a 'simple guest star' and his name would not appear below
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Stewart's in the film's credits. Also he wanted to be paid at least six
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million dollars upfront, some five and a half million more than Stewart
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would get. 'Shatner was not going to play second fiddle to Stewart whom he
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felt was not a big name in the movie world', an executive told Bas
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Bamingboye of the Daily Mail. 'He has made many millions from his share of
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the profits and from the six Star Trek movies and Hollywood is all about
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perception. Shatner didn't like the idea that he was being perceived as
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some second string bit-actor.' Stewart didn't have much room to manoeuvre
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because he had to sign a contract to do a seventh series of Star Trek TV if
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he wanted to be in the film, and of course, he wanted to. While the studio
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was livid with Shatner's egotistical behaviour, they have had to bow to
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pressure because Star Trek fans are going to flock to any picture featuring
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both Enterprise captains. Although there will be equal billing, it will
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work in Shatner's favour because alphabetically, he comes before Stewart.
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In the movie's script Captain Kirk's cryogenically frozen body is stolen.
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He is revived and forced to fight against Captain Picard.
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Mid-May 1993: Reports from the TNG production crew on GEnie are saying
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that ST7 will have the two crews, but they will NOT meet. The TOS crew
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will be working on some problem, which will remain a problem in the Star
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Trek universe until the TNG crew solve it (the TOS-fix was only a temporary
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fix, it turns out). There are two scripts being worked on: this one with
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Ron Moore and Braga, and another one with Moore and Piller (which may
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involve Romulans and the Borg). The writers felt that this was the best
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way to mix the crew without messing up continuity (if the two crews met in
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a time travel deal, why didn't Scotty and Spock remember it when the guest
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starred on TNG?) or streching credibility too far.
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Late-May 1993: Someone who did not reveal his source said he heard that
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the movie would be following up on the season seven finale. Filming would
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begin in April 1994 and it would be ready for a December 1994 release. The
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same source reported that the TOS cast might be in the *second* TNG movie
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(whichever members are still alive by then). Since no source is sited,
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take this with a grain of salt.
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4 June 1993: Marina Sirtis reported at the Chicago Consumer Electronics
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Show that the cast will start filming the TNG movie in the spring of 1994
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for a Christmas release. So far, only Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart are
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signed to appear in the TNG movie. The movie WILL NOT be called "Star Trek
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VII". It will be called "ST:TNG the Motion Picture" or something of that
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nature.
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11 July 1993 San Jose convention: LeVar Burton said that ST7 would have
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the TOS cast for the first 18 minutes, then the remainder would be all the
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TNG cast.
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24 July 1993 TV Guide reports that both of the movies will include the TOS
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cast.
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Early August 1993 Cinefantastique Annual Star Trek Issue reports that two
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scripts were assigned for the firt TNG movie, one to be written by Ron
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Moore and Brannon Braga, and the other by Maurice Hurley. (Note: Michael
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Piller was offered the assignment, but disliked the fact that his script
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would be in competition with another, so he turned it down.) The Moore and
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Braga script "brings back the entire original Enterprise crew when the
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Enterprise 1701-D crew is thrust back in time." Hurley's script "involves
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the appearance of Captain Kirk in the future as the sole representative of
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the original cast" and is rumored to be a story about Guinan and the Borg
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(possibly how they wiped out her people). Berman notes that this will
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*not* be a "Star Trek/Star Trek:TNG" movie, it's going to be ST:TNG movie.
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The original crew will only bolster the TNG cast. Berman also stated that
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the movie will be an "epic," going far beyond the scope of what they can do
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on the small screen. Nimoy *may* direct. Paramount is said to have booked
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2400 screens for Christmas week. (There's lots more background info on the
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creation of the movie in the article.)
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14 August 1993 Phoenix convention: Armin Shimerman reports that there were
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4, not 2, movies planned, and that Frakes wants to direct one. He'll
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probably get the 2nd one, is the current thinking.
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Mid-August 1993 reports from GEnie say that William Shatner and Leonard
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Nimoy are not going to be considered for the first TNG movie because they
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wanted too much money.
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September 1993: McFadden reported at StarCon that Stewart was the only one
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currently under contract for the upcoming TNG film.
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Mid-September 1993 reports from CompuServe say that William Shatner and
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Leonard Nimoy are not going to be considered for the first TNG movie
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because they wanted too much money. It appears that they are going with
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the script done by Ron Moore and Brannon Braga. (It seems that Maurice
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Hurley didn't get his in on time.) If I recall correctly from
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Cinefantastique, this is the script where the Enterprise-D crew goes back
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in time and encounters the Enterprise-A crew.
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4 October 1993: "Variety" (page 7): "There's also been talk of getting
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Leonard Nimoy to direct, though sources close to him say his schedule will
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preclude his doing anything more involved than a small acting role with the
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Vulcan ears. The studio's been trying hard not to snub the "Next
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Generation" crew or creatives, and might even do the movie through the TV
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division, in hopes of keeping the budget under $30 million."
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Early October 1993 TV Guide: The TNG movie with Kirk travelling through
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time has been dropped. The main script being considered has the Big E
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traveling backwards in time and meeting some of the original cast.
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16 October 1993 San Francisco Creation Con: James Doohan said that they
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were considering two scripts, one with Shatner and Nimoy and one without.
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The deal seemed to be that Shatner and Nimoy wanted a lot of money. He did
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say that "all the rest of us will be there" (or something like that). I
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assume he meant all of the rest of the TOS cast. He did not mention
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anything about TNG cast.
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18 October 1993 CNN Headline News: There was a report that Star Trek 7
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will begin shooting in April 1994 with the original cast. It is expected
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to be out around Thanksgiving (USA) 1994.
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19 October 1993 Chicago Sun-Times: Michael Sneed's "gossip column" says
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that ST7 will "reportedly star the old originals-- William Shatner and Co.
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-- not the significantly younger upstarts of the new 'Star Trek' TV shows.
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So there!"
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22-23 October 1993 Valley Forge PA Creation Con: Brannon Braga and Ron
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Moore said their script was the more likely at this moment. They said it
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was going to be a TNG movie. Gates McFadden said that Stewart is the only
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one who has signed on to do the movie so far. DeForest Kelley said that
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only Nimoy and Shatner were approached about the movie.
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Late-October 1993: The movie industry trade paper "The Hollywood Reporter"
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has now listed the next Trek movie in the "upcoming film production"
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section: "Star Trek: The Next Generation (Start April); Paramount
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Pictures. 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles CA 90038 - 213-956-5000; Prd.,
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Rick Berman; Scr., Brannon Braga, Ron Moore; Dstrb, Paramount Pictures"
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29-31 October 1993 Honolulu Creation Con: There is definitely going to be
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a seventh movie, but it is not going to be ST7, it is going to be ST:TNG I.
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It will feature the TNG cast and as many of the original cast as they can
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sign and will be a 'passing of the torch' kind of thing. After that,
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future movies will feature just the TNG cast.
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Early November Variety "Future Films" section: "UNTITLED STAR TREK NEXT
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GENERATION FEATURE is how the new movie, to be released Christmas of 94, is
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being referred to in its listing on the Future Films page of the new
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Variety. Executive producer, Rick Berman. Screenplay, Ron Moore and
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Brannon Braga. This was the first appearance of the listing. No director,
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line producer, cameraman, ad, or cast members were listed, althoug they
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will be added when contracts are signed. Leonard Nimoy, favored by the
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rumor mill to direct, said he wasn't approached by Paramount and stopped
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waiting for them to call: he took another directing project although he
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said he certainly plans to appear in the TNG movie as Spock, "if there are
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interesting things for him to do." Since it seems very unwise to go with a
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freshman director at this point, the chances are Nick Meyer will be asked
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or one of the veteran TNG directors--perhaps even Rob Bowman or David
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Carson--would be tapped. In other news, Berman noted that the final two
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hour episode of TNGwould set up the premise of STAR TREK: VOYAGER, set to
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debut with a two hour telefilm of its own in January of 95... meaning, by
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implication, that the series will wrap before January of 95... suggesting
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that this season will indeed be the last for TNG." (thanks Scott!)
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20 November 1993 Omaha, Nebraska convention: Richard Arnold reports that
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Ronald Moore and Brandon Braga are the script writers and David Carson is
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the director. There are actually two primary scripts still under
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consideration. Both are action-adventure themed. The major difference
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that he would state was the one script had a heavy Whoopie Goldberg
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presence in it. TNG sets will be redressed for Voyager and redressed for
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the Movies.
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26 November 1993 New York City Creation Convention: Gates McFadden said
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that Patrick Stewart is the only TNG cast member signed for the TNG movie.
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It is directed by David Carson. Carson received the script last week.
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There will be another rewrite (supposedly final) of the script before it is
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handed to the cast. The movie will involve the TOS cast. Filming will
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start 21 March and run three months. Release date is late November. The
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TNG movie sets are being built as of right now. There will be an
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upgrade on the Enterprise bridge and some minor costumes changes due to
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fact that the movie will be on a movie screen where details will be bigger
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and more visible.
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Late November 1993 news (no source): The movie's script is still in
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decision. It'll be one of two different stories, each has spots written in
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for the TOS characters. One script has a "heavy Data theme" and the other
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a "heavy Riker theme". The only question is, which one is going to be the
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first movie, and which is going to be the second. This may be from Rick
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Berman from the TNG fan magazine.
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5 December 1993 Madison, WI Creation con: Marina Sirtis said that stewart
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is the only one signed so far. It seems that everyone is in it right now,
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and the story will be modified to accommodate whoever actually shows up.
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7-8 December 1993 Chicago Sun-Times: Bill Zwecker's "Celebs" column
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reports that the only thing holding up Paramount's TNG movie is William
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Shatner. He's reportedly demanding $1,000,000 to play Captain Kirk. It's
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only a cameo so Paramount is balking at his price tag.
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15 December 1993 Detroit Free Press page 16D: "Levar Burton caught a look
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at the new 'Star Trek' movie script over the weekend and reports that
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'there will be a formal passing of the baton.' Translated, that means
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William Shatner and James Doohan will have to squeeze into their
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overburdened Starfleet uniforms again, but only for the opening sequence.
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Then the action beams forward in time to focus on the new crew. 'Star
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Trek: The Next Generation: The Movie' should start filming in April and
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hit theaters next Christmas, unless all that punctuation slows things
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down."
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Mid-December 1993: Several people reported seeing on Entertainment Tonight
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(and possibly other sources) that there would be two more seasons of TNG on
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TV with the TNG movies being filmed concurrently. [This seems unlikely,
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since doing *only* TNG on TV leaves the cast very little time--it seems
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unlikely that they would have time to squeeze a film in there (though the
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filming *IS* only supposed to take three months, so they could start the
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next season of TNG a little late, possibly in January 1995 --ed]
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2 January 1994: The Globe (one of those "high-quality" rags like the
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National Enquirer) reports that Kirk dies in the TNG film. It starts in
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the time of Kirk, Spock, etc. They get involved in a battle of some sorts
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near a space-time phenomena, and in the ensuing battle, Kirk vanishes and
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is presumed dead. Jump ahead to TNG time. Something about a massive power
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struggle invloving aliens, and the new Enterprise happens upon this
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phenomena, where they find Kirk alive, but trapped inside. They free him,
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only to find he was injured in the battle that put him there in the first
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place. After some teary good-byes and cheesy dialogue, Kirk passes on, and
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Picard says something like "This won't be the last great starship to bear
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the name Enterprise." The gossip rags should usually be taken with a grain
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of salt, but they have been fairly accurate on the last three Star Trek
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movies.
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9 January 1994 Sacramento con: Wendy Neuss reports that there is to be a
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significant part for Guinan in the TNG movie. The role is Whoopi
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Goldberg's if she wants it. Neuss strongly hinted that Guinan is the
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common thread between Picard and Kirk.
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13-14 January 1994 New York Daily News: Marina Sirtis says the TOS cast
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will be filming for a couple weeks in March and the TNG cast will join them
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in April. She asys the crossover only happens with two characters, but the
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script will go through many re-writes, so things could change a lot.
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15 January 1994 Daily Mail (British National Newspaper): In an article
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with the byline "By Peter Sheridan in Los Angeles", they report that Nimoy
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may not be in the movie: "He has been part of the Star Trek Legend for a
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space age. But Mr Spock will not be on board when the Starship Enterprise
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heads off on its latest movie mission. Leonard Nimoy, who has played the
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pointy-eared Vulcan for more than 25 years, has refused to appear in Star
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Trek VII, the next film installment in the space saga. Yesterday the man
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who wrote, co-produced, directed or starred in each of the six previous
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films blamed 'creative differences' for his decision to bow out. But
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insiders claim that Nimoy was unhappy because Spock had been reduced to a
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mere bit-player in the new movie."
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Mid-January 1994: Hero Magazine reports that Picard and company will
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rescue a frozen Kirk (a la Luke and Han in the Star Wars films).
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17 January 1994 Chicago Sun-Times: They verified the story about a
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Spock-less movie because of "creative differences".
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Late-January 1994: Info supposedly from a recent convention says that the
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next movie will include both the original cast and the new cast *however*
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they will not actually meet. The basic plot is that the Enterprise-B (on
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its maiden voyage) is called to respond to some distress hail. They find a
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crazy Vulcan scientist on a planet who has made some device that creates
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what he calls a vortex that is essentially a place where time stands still.
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He's planning on using it for a doomsday weapon of some sort. Kirk and
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company battle him and in the course Kirk vanishes never to be seen again.
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The movie the jumps ahead 75 years, the Enterprise-D is called to some
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planet by a distress hail and find the same Vulcan. There's a big fight.
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Picard has to go down to the planet, and in the process gets caught in the
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vortex with the scientist. They fight it out and just as Picard is about
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to kick the bucket, Kirk (who has been in the vortex all this time) jumps
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out and they duke it out. The Vulcan kills Kirk, but not before Kirk and
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Picard kill him. Kirk dies in Picard's arms and his final words are, "It's
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been fun."
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23 January 1994: Nimoy said at a convention that the Spock character would
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not be in the movie. He said he didn't feel like the character was being
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used well.
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Late-January 1994: A science fiction store in Cambridge (Man from Atlantis)
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has what they say is a lithograph from the upcoming Star Trek movie. It was
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sort of a promotional still photograph. It showed a rear shot of the
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Enterprise-D going into warp drive, with numerous streaks of red and blue
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light all around it. Apparently the title of the movie will be "Star Trek:
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The Next Generation: The Movie" (without the colons). The Star Trek TNG
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font was changed slightly, but not too much.
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Late-January 1994: The National Enquirer reports that Kirk and Picard will
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fight each other, with Kirk being forced into the fight. They claim that
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it comes from Nimoy.
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30 January 1994 Los Angeles Creation con: They now are saying that Kirk
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and Picard will meeteach other at the *end* of the movie.
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5-6 February 1994 Vancouver Creation con: The delayed the start of filming
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for the new movie from March 21 to March 25. Michael Dorn mentioned that
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Stewart is the only one signed for it so far.
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12 February 1994 Little Rock Creation convention: Marina Sirtis said the
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only two people who have signed on for the movie are Stewart and Shatner.
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The February? 1994 Official Star Trek Fan Club Magazine reports that the
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last episode of TNG will NOT be a lead in to the movie.
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February 1994 con guests (Herman Zimmermann, William Shatner, Linda Gomez)
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are confirming the plot outlined in The Globe: The film opens with the TOS
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cast attending the commissioning of a new starship (reportedly the
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Enterprise-B.) Kirk meets Guinan and Picard in the film. The Duras
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sisters are in the movie. Herman Zimmermann (TNG/DS9 set designer) reports
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(not in The Globe) that the current film budget is $35 million.
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February 20 1994 con: Marina Sirtis says she only has two scenes in the
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movie. In one she crashes the ship. The ship gets to separate. She said
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the reason no one but the captains have signed it because Paramount offered
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the rest of the cast half of what they were offered for a movie two years
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ago. She says they've done better episodes (than the movie), and they
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haven't done many WORSE episodes.
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27 February 1994 San Francisco Con: Richard Arnold said that only Stewart
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had signed. The TNG sets are getting more detailed with each episode in
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1994 as they are polishing them bit by bit as the time gets closer to
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filming of the movie. He said that we will NOT see Wesley in the movie.
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26-27 February 1994 Dever con: Patrick Stewart said that all the cast
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thought the season finale of TNG was a much better script that what they
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are going to be doing for the movie.
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4 March 1994: Doohan said at a con that Paramount finally worked out a
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price with him to be in the movie. He also said that the entire TNG cast is
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signed.
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5 March 1994: A first draft dialogue script dated 10/1/93 seems to agree
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with what The Globe printed. It involves the Duras sisters, heavy on the
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Data theme (he gets his emotion chip and makes it with one of the Duras
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Sisters (losing an arm in the process)). The saucer section crashes on a
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planet while the drive section blows up (they separated (evacuating
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personnel to the saucer) when they were ambushed). Troi was driving at the
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time. Paramount plans to redress the TNG sets to use for the movies, then
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redress the sets again for Voyager. They will build all-new sets for the
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second TNG film with the 1701-E ("The big E^2?"). Kirk meets Picard in the
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Nexus. After fighting the bad guy, Soran, Kirk dies in Picard's arms.
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Guinan and Soran were beamed aboard the Enterprise-B from the Nexus. The
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TOS sequence involves ships that are rescuing survivors from a Borg attack.
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This seems strange since the Borg never met the Federation until Picard was
|
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flung by Q. (Thanks Martin!)
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5-6 March 1994 Montreal Creation convention: Marina Sirtis said that
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Stewart is still the only one signed, and the only thing keeping her from
|
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signing now has something to do with her hair. She said the plot has Guinan
|
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and the Duras sisters. The film might be called "Star Trek 7: The Next
|
||
Generation".
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12-13 March 1994 South Bend Creation con: Mike Dorn said he has signed on
|
||
for three TNG films.
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12-13 March 1994: The E cable network showed a press conference for movies
|
||
to be released in 1994, including a clip of Shatner and Stewart announcing
|
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ST7. The title for the movie superimposed on the screen was "ST7:
|
||
Generations". They only showed a few seconds of Shatner speaking, but he
|
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said something to the effect "The two captains meet and then there's
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trouble."
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Mid-March Vallry Gorge, PA Creation con: Stewart, Shatner, Doohan, Koenig
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are signed for the movie. Nimoy and Kelley will NOT be in it. Someone
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asked if Worf would ever be promoted and Frakes said "Watch the movie."
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19 March 1994 Pasadena convention: Herman Zimmerman (Production Designer
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for DS9) said the movie would feature a new Enterprise B sick bay, a
|
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deflector room, an 1880 (I think) sailing ship, bird of prey and there
|
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would be a pair of captains on the bird of prey and it will be much bigger.
|
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On the Enterprise D there is a new stellar cartography set. Picard and
|
||
Data looking at star maps and will be surrounded by the galaxy. ILM has a
|
||
budget of $8,000,000 dollars for the film. He said the studio has been
|
||
generous with the budget and the script is all action. There will be a new
|
||
comm badge and ensigna for the film and also for the Klingons. Other info
|
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from the con: Whoopi hasn't signed but they hope to have her in the film.
|
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Wes Crusher and Q will not be in the movie. No children in the movie.
|
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Marina Sirtis will have a new wig for the movie. The feature film has its
|
||
own production and art department. Rick Sternbach may do so minor things
|
||
for the film. The budget went from $40,000,000 to $25,000,000.
|
||
|
||
20 March 1994 Entertainment Weekly: It was reported from the ShoWest
|
||
convention in Vegas, which featured Stewart and Shatner together. Basic
|
||
plot: Picard must rescue Kirk from a "terribly destructive phenomenon that
|
||
travels through space where past, present, and futures converge." Shatner
|
||
will *probably* be joined by at least Nichelle Nichols and DeForest Kelley,
|
||
and maybe others. As previously reported, definitely no Nimoy for this
|
||
one. Nimoy is quoted as saying "I just didn't respond to [the script]. I
|
||
wish them bon voyage." He added, "I am sad about it." Of the TNG cast,
|
||
Frakes, Sirtis, and Whoopi Goldberg have signed on. Sayeth Rick Berman,
|
||
"Has every negotiation been signed, sealed, and delivered? No. Am I
|
||
confident they'll all be in the movie? Yes." There will be sharper
|
||
uniforms, and one "four-letter word" in the script. Kirk is slated to die
|
||
at the end! However, one production source (unnamed) is quoted as saying,
|
||
"Kirk may be stuck in the 21st [I believe he meant 24th] century forever,
|
||
if Shatner has an opinion."
|
||
|
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20 March 1994 From a copy of the first draft dialogue script dated 10/1/93
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(extra major spoilers here): The film opens with a bottle breaking on bow
|
||
of Enterprise-B, Excelsior class, at its commissioning ceremony. TOS crew
|
||
assembles on bridge of Enterprise-B (this script assumes everybody signs).
|
||
Enterprise-B is under command of Capt. John Harriman. Enterprise-B takes
|
||
maiden voyage around sol system. While out and about, Enterprise-B
|
||
receives distress call from the transport ship Lakul, which, along with two
|
||
others, is bringing El-Aurian refugees to Earth (more on this later).
|
||
Enterprise-B responds and finds the three ships under attack by tendrils of
|
||
energy emanating from a large cloud of energy. Enterprise-B is using a
|
||
skeleton crew and has no tractor beam. One of the transports is destroyed.
|
||
Then the second. Enterprise-B closes to transporter range (which happens
|
||
to also put it in range of the tendrils). McCoy goes down to medical to
|
||
help out with the soon to be arriving survivors, and takes Chekov with him.
|
||
Uhura takes over at transporter controls (on the bridge?) Meanwhile, Spock
|
||
goes to science station and determines the survivors' life signs are
|
||
fluctuating in and out of our continuum. Third ship is destroyed, but not
|
||
before 47 people are rescued. Then the Enterprise-B comes under attack by
|
||
the tendrils of energy. Down in sickbay, one rescuee gets violent, asking
|
||
"why?" Bones gives him a sedative. As the ship is rocked violently, a
|
||
woman begins to fall. Bones grabs her. Surprise! It's Guinan.
|
||
Meanwhile, Spock decides that using the deflector to simulate an
|
||
anti-matter burst could push them free of the energy cloud. Kirk takes off
|
||
for the turbolift, to go down and effectuate Spock's plan in the deflector
|
||
room. Kirk re-wires the deflector and they Enterprise-B fires its burst
|
||
and begins to break free. One final tendril hits the ship, blasting a
|
||
portion of the saucer section. The section Kirk was in has been vaporized,
|
||
leaving a gaping hole into space. Everybody gets sad. Harriman orders the
|
||
ship to return to Earth. Fade to TNG (78 years later): The crew is aboard
|
||
the USS Enterprise (the original sailing frigate) and dressed in uniforms
|
||
of the period. Picard orders the prisoner brought out. Troi and Geordi
|
||
bring out Worf, shackled in irons. Picard then announces the charges
|
||
against Worf (basically, being a good officer and everyone's friend). The
|
||
crew finds him guilty. Worf is punished with... promotion to Lt Cmdr.
|
||
During the ceremony, Data wishes he could join in the festivities, so
|
||
Geordi activates Data's newly installed emotion chip. Data begins laughing
|
||
too loud. Crew is called to bridge. Holodeck program ends. On bridge,
|
||
they learn that a Federation science station in the Amargosa System is
|
||
under attack by a Romulan Warbird. Onboard station, Romulans materialize
|
||
and exchange fire with Federation occupants. Dr Soran (the rescuee who
|
||
shouted "why?" in the Enterprise-B sickbay) has not aged a day and is on
|
||
the station. Romulan grabs a Federation ensign and demands to know where
|
||
the trillithium is. Just then, the Enterprise comes into view and opens
|
||
fire on the Warbird. Worf, Riker and others beam onto station. Romulans
|
||
beam out and cloak. Stardate at this point is 48646.3. Soran wants power
|
||
restored to the station to continue his experiments. Riker tells him to
|
||
wait. Data's emotion chip overloads and Geordi cannot remove it. We learn
|
||
that trillithium is a substance the Klingons experimented with a decade
|
||
ago, and could be thousands of times more powerful than an anti-matter
|
||
weapon. Research was discontinued because trillithium could not be safely
|
||
stabilized. On the station, Geordi discovers a solar probe that is
|
||
emanating a trillithium signature. Soran knocks Geordi unconscious.
|
||
Picard comes to Troi and tells her his brother, Robert, died of a heart
|
||
attack and he'll miss the funeral. Picard says he is getting a sense of
|
||
his own mortality based on time running out, rather than the consequences
|
||
of his actions (battles, etc.) Suddenly, the star of the system the
|
||
station is located in begins to flare and change colors, getting darker.
|
||
Soran has launched his solar probe. Worf et al beam back to the Enterprise
|
||
(without Geordi) as a Klingon Battlecruiser decloaks and beams Soran &
|
||
Geordi onboard, then cloaks and leaves town. Meanwhile, the star has
|
||
exploded and the Enterprise must outrun the shock wave. Afterwards, Picard
|
||
learns that the Klingon ship belongs to Lursa and B'Etor, the Duras
|
||
sisters. Picard and Riker make connection between Soran and the
|
||
Enterprise-B incident. They review McCoy's logs from sickbay, learning
|
||
that Tolian Soran suffers the same emotional trauma as other survivors from
|
||
the Lakul. They then scan all other survivors and find Guinan on the list.
|
||
Guinan says she doesn't remember much. She tells them the energy cloud is
|
||
called the Nexus, and that being inside it is like heaven. A person can
|
||
live wherever, whenever and forever. While she was on the Lakul, she was
|
||
partially absorbed into the Nexus, but then was pulled out by the
|
||
transporters from the Enterprise-B. Apparently, it was this experience
|
||
that gave Guinan her additional "sixth sense" as it were. She believes
|
||
Soran is trying to find a way back into the Nexus. Meanwhile, Soran
|
||
tortures Geordi before putting a transceiver in his visor. Also, we learn
|
||
that the Duras sisters are helping because they want a trillithium weapon,
|
||
which Soran has promised to deliver. Data discovers the Nexus passes
|
||
through our galaxy every 39.1 years (then why has no one ever seen it
|
||
before?) (Note: while Data discusses the effects of the star's explosion,
|
||
he mentions that the starship Bozeman was forced to make a course
|
||
correction. The Bozeman, if you don't recall, is the ship that collided
|
||
with the Enterprise in "Cause and Effect." Do they mean to say that it's
|
||
still in service?) Data then says every ship that has approached the Nexus
|
||
has been dest royed or damaged. (There's been more? Again, why has no one
|
||
learned anything about it then?) Picard puts two and two together and
|
||
realizes that Soran cannot enter the Nexus via ship, but is hoping to steer
|
||
the Nexus toward him by blowing up stars along its route, thus altering its
|
||
course toward him. He then determines that Soran will blow up the star in
|
||
the Veridian system (which is populated). The Enterprise heads for the
|
||
Veridian system. There, it encounters the Battlecruiser and tells it to
|
||
surrender. The Duras sisters know they can't fight. Soran completes his
|
||
implant in Geordi's visor and then transports Geordi to the Enterprise,
|
||
while himself beaming down to the surface of Veridian III, where he meets
|
||
with Picard. The Duras sisters watch, impatiently, at the image from
|
||
Geordi's visor, waiting for him to go to engineering. Meanwhile, Picard
|
||
talks to Soran. (Note: Picard says Soran's family was killed when the
|
||
Borg attacked El-Auria, the survivors of which attack were being
|
||
transported on the three ships in the beginning. 1) The Borg weren't in
|
||
Federation space yet. 2) Borg don't typically leave survivors.) Data
|
||
starts picking up a transmission from the Enterprise to the Klingon ship
|
||
(dejavu? See "The Mind's Eye.") Meanwhile, Geordi finally gets to
|
||
engineering. The Duras sisters see the control panels, figure out the
|
||
codes to lower the Enterprise's shields, do so, and open fire. The
|
||
Enterprise suffers massive damage. Worf recalls the old style
|
||
battlecruisers were mothballed after discovering they suffered from
|
||
defective plasma coils. Riker decides a low level ionic pulse will reset
|
||
the coil and trigger their cloak. As the battlecruiser targets the
|
||
Enterprise bridge, it begins to cloak, causing its shields to fail.
|
||
Enterprise fires torpedoes. Klingon ship explodes, and Data shouts "Yes!"
|
||
Meanwhile on the Enterprise, the magnetic interlocks have ruptured and we
|
||
have a coolant leak. Five minutes until warp core breach. Crew evacuates
|
||
to saucer section, which separates. Drive section explodes, forcing saucer
|
||
section into atmosphere of Veridian III. Data says, "Oh, shit." Saucer
|
||
section crashes onto planet and suffers massive damage. Picard runs from
|
||
Soran, who shoots at him but misses. Soran makes off for his outpost on
|
||
the planet's surface. Back to saucer section. Nothing works (doors,
|
||
lights, other systems). They begin clearing debris and rescuing survivors.
|
||
Data discovers Spot has survived. He (Data) begins to cry. Riker, Worf
|
||
and Geordi go to the shuttlebay, where they find the doors ripped open and
|
||
only one shuttle remaining, and it's badly damaged. As they evacuate the
|
||
saucer section, phaser fire comes from the surrounding jungle. The Duras
|
||
sisters and their guards beamed to the surface before the explosion and try
|
||
to commandeer the remaining shuttle. Troi determines that the Duras
|
||
sisters are experiencing a high degree of sexual arousal at this time, and
|
||
everyone decides to send Data to "service" them and get in their good
|
||
graces. Data seduces B'Etor, calling her his "little garlic muffin."
|
||
After sex, Data returns, badly damaged. His arm falls off. Riker sends
|
||
Worf, Data, 11 children and the Duras sisters in a shuttle to find Soran.
|
||
If they don't find him within 1 hour, the shuttle will leave for the
|
||
nearest starbase. Geordi disassembles Data and integrates him into the
|
||
shuttle's computer system. Meanwhile, Picard has found Soran at his
|
||
outpost and the two fight. Picard cannot stop Soran's probe from being
|
||
launched. The probe hits the Veridian sun and it explodes. The Nexus is
|
||
sent toward the planet and Picard and Soran are absorbed into it as the
|
||
Veridian system is destroyed. In the Nexus, Picard meets his brother,
|
||
Robert, who is a 12 year old boy. Picard follows Robert into Robert's
|
||
secret hiding place on their parent's winery. Picard recalls that his
|
||
brother only let him visit his secret place once, and never again. Robert
|
||
leaves to get some bread to go with the vintage wine he's stolen from their
|
||
father. As Picard waits, Guinan appears, wearing the same outfit she had
|
||
on onboard the Enterprise-B. She explains that when she was beamed aboard
|
||
the Enterprise-B, part of her was left behind in the Nexus - same with
|
||
Soran. Guinan tells Picard he can visit any point in time and space. He
|
||
wants to go back to Veridian III and stop Soran from launching the probe.
|
||
Guinan says she knows who can help. Picard finds himself in a barn, where
|
||
Kirk is grooming a horse. Picard explains the desperate situation to Kirk.
|
||
Kirk says he is tired of saving the universe, he's done his time, now leave
|
||
him alone. Kirk gets on his horse and rides off. Picard grabs another
|
||
horse and follows. A chase ensues. Kirk and Picard leap a ravine, then
|
||
stop. Picard points out that Kirk was not scared by leaping the ravine,
|
||
because life has no meaning in the Nexus. Finally, Kirk agrees his life is
|
||
meaningless in the Nexus and he agrees to return to Veridian III with
|
||
Picard. They return. Kirk attacks Soran and the two fight hand to hand.
|
||
Meanwhile, Picard can't stop the launch, again, but he does manage to cause
|
||
the probe to lose its guidance and crash back on the planet. Soran shoots
|
||
Kirk, who drops. Soran then attacks Picard, but Picard gets a blaster and
|
||
kills Soran. Kirk dies in Picard's arms. The shuttle arrives to find
|
||
Picard, and off they go to the saucer. Stardate is now 48650.1. The crew
|
||
is rescued by the Farragut. Picard remains alone on the bridge for a
|
||
moment. Sitting in his chair, he reads aloud from Hamlet: "He was a man,
|
||
take him for all in all x I shall not look upon his like again."
|
||
(Referring to Kirk or the Enterprise?) Picard beams up. The End. (there
|
||
seems to be a typo in the Hamlet quote). (thanks again, Martin!)
|
||
|
||
25-27 UK convention: The second TNG movie is a Borg script. Shatner,
|
||
Koenig, Doohan, Goldberg, and everybody from TNG are signed for "Star Trek:
|
||
Generations". 57-day shooting schedule. ILM is doing the effects.
|
||
Overall budget went from $50 million to $40, to $35, to $30. It stands at
|
||
$25 at the moment. This is due to Viacom trying to recoup some cash it
|
||
used to take over Paramount.
|
||
|
||
27-28 March 1994: "HOLLYWOOD -- Malcolm McDowell will star as the villain
|
||
Soren in the upcoming feature 'Star Trek: Generations.' McDowell will do
|
||
battle with both Capt Jean-Luc Picard of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
|
||
fame -- played by Patrick Stewart -- and Capt James T Kirk, played by
|
||
William Shatner of the Original TV Series. The feature, due to begin
|
||
principal photography Monday, brings together two generations of 'Star
|
||
Trek' casts through a 'unique astronomical phenomonen,' Paramount confirms.
|
||
Among cast member from the Original 'Star Trek' TV series who will reprise
|
||
their roles are James Doohan as Scotty, and Walter Koenig as Chekhov.
|
||
There will be no Mr Spock in this 24th century adventure. The 'Next
|
||
Generation' TV cast members who will make the hyperspace leap to feature
|
||
film will be Jonathan Frakes (Riker), LeVar Burton (La Forge), Michael Dorn
|
||
(Worf), Gates McFadden (Crusher), Marina Sirtis, (Troi), Brent Spiner
|
||
(Data), and Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan). The film will be directed by David
|
||
Carson, whose many TV and legit credits include directing the two-hour
|
||
pilot episode of 'Deep Space Nine,' a 'Trek' spinoff. Rick Berman
|
||
produces. Brannon Braga and Ron Moore have pulled scripting duties."
|
||
--Kathleen O'Steen, Reuters/Variety
|
||
|
||
Late March 1994: Multiple sources have reported a script where Kirk is
|
||
cryogenically frozen and thawed by aliens to fight Picard. This sounds
|
||
like something Paramount would intentionally leak out to throw people away
|
||
fromthe real storyline.
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