Trek.fm Hyperchannel for August 10, 2012

Star Trek Phase II “GoingBoldly” Introduces Brian Gross as Kirk, Star Trek Magazine Fall 2012 Preview, Gameforge Confirms Star Trek Infinite Space Cancellation, TREKLAND: On Speaker “Future Voices, Passed,” Star Trek Continues Vignette

 

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Star Trek Phase II “GoingBoldly” Introduces Brian Gross as Kirk
Star Trek Magazine Fall 2012 Preview
Gameforge Confirms Star Trek Infinite Space Cancellation
TREKLAND: On Speaker “Future Voices, Passed”
Star Trek Continues Vignette

Star Trek Phase II “GoingBoldly”

The popular fan series Star Trek Phase II recently announced the recasting of Kirk as Executive Producer James Cawley focuses all of his energies on production. Veteran actor Brian Gross has now taken on the iconic role, and a new nine-minute vignette gives us our first look at Gross in the Captain’s Chair. Plus, fans of The Animated Series will be delighted to find Arex at navigation.

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Star Trek Magazine Fall 2012 Preview

The Fall 2012 issue of Star Trek Magazine is out, and this issue is a celebration of TNG’s 25th anniversary with “A New Beginning,” “A Voyage of Rediscovery,” and interviews with John de Lancie, Jonathan Frakes, and composer Jay Chattaway. “Time’s Arrow” takes you on a journey through Star Trek’s past and “Who Goes There” digs deeper into the unusual comic merging of TNG and Doctor Who.

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Gameforge Confirms Star Trek Infinite Space Cancellation

Last November Gameforge, developer of the free-to-play browser-based game Star Trek Infinite Space, announced the elimination of 100 jobs, placing the future of the game in jeopardy. During the interim it was hoped that the game, which included Mike and Denise Okuda as key consultants, would survive. But this week the worst was confirmed and the game has been officially cancelled.

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TREKLAND: On Speaker “Future Voices, Passed”

he digital age has brought us a wealth of supplemental material about Star Trek. But no one has spent more face time with the franchise’s actors and creators than “Dr. Trek” himself, Larry Nemecek. Now, in the first disc of “TREKLAND: On Speaker,” Larry digs into his archives for interviews with Trek luminaries who have since left us. “Future Voices, Passed” offers never-before-heard material with Michael Piller, Mark Lenard, Jerry Fleck, and Bob Justman.

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Star Trek Continues Vignette

Produced by Farragut Films and DracoGen Strategic Investments, this new fan series makes a unique connection to TOS by casting Chris Doohan in the iconic role of his father. The series begins principal photography in October and a new vignette just released gives us our first live-action look at the cast.

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