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Mar 4, 2021 3:53pm PT
New ‘Star Trek’ Movie in the Works From ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Writer Kalinda Vazquez

By Adam B. Vary






Courtesy of Kaplan/Perrone
Boldly going where only men have gone before, “Fear the Walking Dead” co-executive producer Kalinda Vazquez is writing an original “Star Trek” movie for Paramount Pictures, with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot producing. Should the film get a greenlight, Vazquez would be the first woman ever to pen a “Star Trek” feature.
There are no details yet on the nature of Vazquez’s approach, including whether it would include any previously established “Star Trek” characters. But Vazquez has recently written episodes of the burgeoning galaxy of “Trek” TV series now streaming on Paramount Plus. In 2019, she wrote “Ask Not,” an episode of “Star Trek: Short Treks” in which Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) tests a Starfleet cadet. And in 2020, Vazquez wrote the teleplay for “Terra Firma, Part 2,” an episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” set almost entirely in the Mirror Universe, in which the benevolent Federation is instead the bloodthirsty Terran Empire.
Along with her work on “Trek” and “Fear the Walking Dead,” Vazquez has written on episodes of “Runaways,” “Once Upon a Time” and “Nikita.” She’s also currently writing a Marvel comics run about America Chavez, the first Latinx LBGTQ Marvel superhero to get their own title series. And she’s reportedly developing an adaptation of the sci-fi novel “Roadmarks” for HBO with George R.R. Martin.
Vazquez’s “Star Trek” project is the latest in a string of “Trek” features still under development at Paramount. In 2017, Quentin Tarantino partnered with Abrams and Bad Robot on a prospective feature ultimately written by Mark L. Smith (“The Revenant”), though Tarantino’s commitment to direct the project appears tenuous at best. In August, Paramount also elected to pause work on a “Star Trek” feature from writer-director Noah Hawley (FX’s “Fargo”), after Emma Watts stepped in as studio president. Hawley told Variety that his project would “start from scratch” with a new set of characters who have an explicit link to established “Trek” canon.
Deadline first reported the news.

(04-19-2016, 12:49 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: I've been talking about Worf's World for years. As soon as I get my first royalty check, I'll treat you all to a fine single malt.

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Quote:Marina Sirtis wants a Star Trek series based on Worf and the Klingon Empire
Star Trek icon Marina Sirtis, who played Counsellor Deanna Troi in The Next Generation talks about spin-offs, cast reunions and the reason she’s moved back to England


Marina Sirtis is best known for playing Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Image: supplied
June 25, 2021
By Steven MacKenzie
@stevenmackenzie
This is a good time to be a Star Trek fan. Several series are being made at warp speed.
There’s Strange New Worlds focusing on Pike and Spock, the animated Lower Decks and Prodigy, which sees the return of Kate Mulgrew playing Captain (or perhaps Admiral) Janeway, and a couple of still under wraps live action shows joining the continuing voyages of Discovery and Picard.
It was the Patrick Stewart-helmed show that set most fans’ hearts to stunned, as it reunited The Next Generation’s captain with some of his crew.
One of the guest stars was Marina Sirtis, Picard’s faithful counsellor Deanna Troi. Speaking to The Big Issue about the show, the 66-year-old British-born actress said about the episode she appeared in:
“It actually turned out to be the most popular episode of the season. That was a lovely feather in mine and Jonathan [Frakes]’s cap.
“Our fans have long memories, and they’ll still tune in to watch us, God bless them.”
When asked what Star Trek spin-off show she would like to see, she gave an answer that many fans would get behind.
“I think personally, it should be a Worf show,” she said. “First of all, he’s a really popular character. And it’s never been done before – to have it about the Klingon Empire instead of the Federation with the Klingons as like, recurring.
“Have it be about the Klingon Empire and how they deal with stuff,” she continued. “I think it would be great. And although I would hardly be in it – I think I might be in it because Michael Dorn’s my best friend – I wouldn’t mind because I think it would be a really good idea.”
Michael Dorn who played Worf has appeared in more episodes of Star Trek than any other actor, as well as five films.
“Obviously, it doesn’t matter how old he is underneath all that make-up,” Sirtis added. “For the rest of us, our age is going to show because we have faces, right? But with Michael, he’s got that turtle head on. He could be 100 years old under that, we’d never know.”
Marina Sirtis was talking to The Big Issue about moving back to England earlier this year, and much more besides. Take a read…

[b]The Big Issue: We last spoke a couple of years ago after Star Trek: Picard was announced. Did you lie to me when you said you didn’t know if you were going to be in it?[/b]
Marina Sirtis: I did. I lied to you. And I lied to Graham Norton live on the radio. I lied my ass off, I absolutely did!
[b]The best thing about Picard was seeing some friends reunited.[/b]
We started filming in 1987 and it’s 2021. Now I’ve moved to England, they all call me all the time. Before the pandemic we hung out.
Roddenberry cast us. He was really good at casting. As an actor, I truly believe if you get the casting right, 90 per cent of your work is done.
The chemistry was there from day one. They hate it when actors get along because they talk, which means that the studio can’t lie to them. Things like: “They told me I’m getting the same money as you, am I? No. Ok, call the agent.”
Most casts don’t talk about money. But we did. Even if we weren’t sure the exact number, we had a ballpark and we could work accordingly.
[b]How many years did it take for your pay to catch up?[/b]
Oh, did I ever catch up with the boys? No. Never caught up with the boys. I’m so impressed with so many of younger actresses coming along now, they’re just not taking it.
[b]You have always been outspoken about your politics…[/b]
I’m never going to stop being political. I’ve only been back three months so I’m not sure where to go. I still get the occasional email from the Labour Party. I think we’re Lib Dems where I am. Once Patrick [Stewart]’s back in England, he’s very involved, I’ll latch on to him and get involved too.
I get a lot of hate. I just found out there’s some religious group trying to get me fired from Star Trek. And I’m like, I’m not in it anymore! If you actually think I care about what total strangers think of me, then you’re demented. The people that I love, love me back. And that’s all that matters.
[b]Last time we spoke in 2019 you said that Star Trek fans and Republicans cannot be the same people, which caused some controversy online.[/b]
Yeah, well they do co-exist but it doesn’t make sense. They obviously aren’t watching the same show that everyone else is watching. And they are the reason I’ve come home actually, I can’t be in that country anymore.
January 6 did it for me. When we had an insurrection in Washington, a bunch of lunatics trying to overturn the election. I was worried that there was going to be a civil war. And his supporters have guns.
If you have a heart and a soul and if you care about humanity, you can’t live in America. It’s become this place of hatred and vileness where you could tell someone to put their mask on and they’ll spit in your face. Where they’re beating up Chinese people because Trump called it the China virus. He ripped the plaster off and all the evil has come pouring out.
[b]Trump is gone though, so what is left behind?[/b]
He’s not gone, because he’s living in their hearts. I just had enough after 35 years. Why am I here and miserable and scared? You know, my husband, God rest him, used to sleep with a loaded gun by the side of the bed. That’s no way to live.
[b]And you lived in California…[/b]
America changed so much in the 35 years that I was there. When I went, I literally thought I’d died and gone to heaven. It was brilliant. And then this right-wing, fascistic mentality started taking over.
Career opportunities are better for a middle-aged woman in England, and that is another reason why I came back. But the main reason I came back was because I just can’t live in a country full of racists anymore, I just can’t.

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I lived in a state of anger and fury all the time

[*][b]It would be wrong to say that these problems don’t exist here in the UK too. How can we stop divisions becoming wider and more extreme?[/b]
I wish I knew the answer to that. At my husband’s funeral [Sirtis’ husband Michael Lamper died late in 2019], one of his friends is a born again Christian. A very nice guy, very good man. But I said to him, “Look, I know this isn’t the time or the place, but you’re the only born again Christian I know. And I have to ask you: how do you people who call themselves Christians give Trump a pass on all the shit that he does?” He started to waffle. And then I realised the Christians – I hate that they call themselves that because it kind of hijacked the word Christian – they’re one issue voters. Abortion. That’s all they care about. They would vote for the devil himself if he was going to overturn Roe v. Wade.
You know what? I’m 66 years old. I fought these battles in the country of my birth. And we won a lot of them. I don’t want to have to do it again. I’m worn out. Abortion and women’s rights and gay rights – we did it. Why are we having to have these fights again?
I tell you what, my blood pressure’s gone down by about 20 points [after returning to the UK]. Literally, I lived in a state of anger and fury all the time.
[b]Did you manage to bring your dogs with you?[/b]
I have two and they had the trip from hell. The company I hired, which is one of the best companies in the world for transporting animals, missed the flight. I got them three days late. One of my dogs is now blind in one eye. The vet said that was due to blunt force trauma of some kind. He also lost a tooth trying to eat his way out of the crate.
My other dog was so stressed he licked through to the bone on two of his paws. And they’d broken his tail. They must have shut it in the crate door. A couple of weeks later the tip of his tail, about two inches of it, fell off.
It was a nightmare. I mean, I lost my husband and this was worse. So if anyone’s thinking of transporting their animals in a plane across the Atlantic, don’t do it. Get on the get on a ship where you can have them with you.
[b]That sounds awful. But besides the rain, what are you looking forward to about life back in Britain?[/b]
I have noticed that TV is a real women’s medium in the UK. Most of the producers are women. A lot of the directors are women. A lot of the writers are women. And they write for women and not just 25-year-old blondes.
I love the soaps, I watch EastEnders and Corrie, always have. Although I don’t have anything right now, I know something will come up that I will be very excited to do.
[b]Finally, given a lot of what you’ve said about the state of the world, do you think the human race will actually make it to the 24th century when TNG was set?[/b]
I am encouraged in as much as I think young people are much more aware. They know what’s going on and they they’re not taking it. Look at Greta Thunberg. I know she’s only one person but what she did was so powerful that grown men are hurling abuse at her in Congress. Because she scares them so much. Because of what she represents.
She’s not alone. So that gives me hope that we will be around in the 24th century.

Quote:Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols To Christen Real World Federation Headquarters

By JAMIE LOVETT - July 3, 2021 09:49 am EDT

[i]Star Trek[/i] star Nichelle Nichols, the focus of the recent documentary [i]Woman in Motion[/i], is set to christen the real-world Federation headquarters. Nichols will make her final public appearance before retirement in Huron, Ohio, this September. At the event, Nichols will sign autographs, take photos with fans, participate in other activities, and officially christen the International Federation of Trekkers headquarters on Cleveland Road in Huron. The Federation is the only [i]Star Trek[/i] fan club that received approval from [i]Star Trek[/i] creator Gene Roddenberry at its founding. The club has existed for 36 years and moved into the new headquarters in 2020. The location is open to fans, donors, volunteers, and tourists are to visit.

"The new facility is the culmination of a dream. It is a testament to the selfless work and gifts of our volunteers and donors over these many years," said Russ Haslage, Federation co-founder, in a press release. "And there is nothing more fitting than to have my long-time friend and 'adopted' showbiz mom here to officially christen the location."

(Photo: Nichelle Nichols, The Federation)

Nichols has had a 70-year career in show business as a singer, dancer, and actress on the stage, television, and film. She's best known as the U.S.S. [i]Enterprise[/i]'s communications officer Lt. Uhura, her groundbreaking role in [i]Star Trek: The Original Series[/i]. She reprised the role in six Star Trek films.

During the christening event, Nichols will sign autographs and pose for photos with fans in a replica of Captain James T. Kirk's captain's chair on the Enterprise bridge from Star Trek. There's also the opportunity to have dinner with Nichols. All proceeds from the meet-and-greet will benefit Nichols' retirement fund.

Russ Haslage and [i]Star Trek[/i] creator Gene Roddenberry founded the Federation in 1984. The group seeks to maintain a shared interest in the Star Trek universe and, in keeping with the mission of the show's United Federation of Planets, to help others.

(Photo: The Federation)
The Federation is a non-profit organization with more than 30 chapters and more than 2,100 members. It participates in charitable works such as funding local museums, offering food, clothes, and school supplies to local children, feeding the homeless, and a mission in Zimbabwe.

The organization's new world headquarters facility includes a visitor's center and gift shop. It is open to fans and visitors, located at 501 Cleveland Road West, in Huron, Ohio. Fans can find out more information at the group's website, trekfederation.com, or by calling its phone number, 877-365-TREK (8735).

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This once-in-a-lifetime special weekend with Nichelle is one you will not want to miss. It is her last show before retirement, so come join us for a variety of engaging panels and a special celebrity signing area, photo-ops as well as a private gathering with Nichelle and other special events. We’ll also have exclusive merchandise available and we will beaming in dozens of Star Trek stars from across all the series to join us in saying farewell to Nichelle!


Nichelle Nichols is beaming into LA Comic Con for the Farewell Celebration December 3rd – 5th

We are proud to announce our partnership with LA Comic Con, our new host for Nichelle’s Farewell Celebration.
It will be held on December 3-5 at the LA Convention Center and you can warp into their website at https://www.comicconla.com/
LA Comic Con is the Premiere Fan convention in LA and we are thrilled to provide the exclusive Star Trek programming. It’s two shows in one! We have a spacious area to host Star Trek panels, our own autograph and photo op area and special programming.   Fans will be able to enjoy all the wonderful exhibitors, actors, programming and Cos Play and so much more that will be hosted by LA Comic Con. 
Current ticket holders, will have their tickets transferred over to Los Angeles Comic Con.   If your ticket included a reserved seat, you would continue to have reserved seating for all the Star Trek programming.   You will be receiving an email shortly with additional details, so keep those comm channels open and let’s get ready to celebrate the life and accomplishments of the legendary Nichelle Nichols. It will be glorious!!

(03-21-2016, 11:23 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Crossed paths with Uhura as she was being wheelchaired to the restroom. She looked great.