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A cataclysm in the 24th century throws two ships back in time to the 23rd century, altering the course of history. With a different life where he never knew his father, James T. Kirk becomes a brilliant yet cynical misfit who is finally convinced to join Starfleet by Captain Christopher Pike in 2255. Three years later, Kirk, Vulcan First Officer Spock, and the young crew of the new USS Enterprise , with guidance from Spock's future self, must figure out a way to work together to prevent the one responsible for the death of Kirk's father, the future Romulan known as Nero, from destroying the Federation in a mad quest for vengeance.

• 1.1 Prologue
• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Development
• 4.2 Story and script
• 4.3.2 Props
• 4.3.3 Costumes
• 4.3.4 Makeup
• 4.4.1 Rumors and gossip
• 4.4.2 Shatner controversy
• 4.5.1 Crew notes
• 4.5.2 Secrecy and security
• 4.5.3 Sets and locations
• 4.6.1 Music
• 4.7 Continuity
• 4.8 Deleted and expanded scenes
• 4.9 Apocrypha
• 5.1 Release delay
• 5.2 Premieres
• 5.3 General
• 5.4 Reception
• 5.5 Box office
• 6 Awards and honors
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• 8.4 Promotional images
• 8.5 Teaser trailer
• 8.6 Theatrical trailers
• 8.7 Super Bowl spot
• 8.8.1 Merchandise gallery
• 9.1.3 Star Trek Avionics
• 9.1.4 Second Unit
• 9.2 Unconfirmed cast and crew
• 9.3 Companies
• 9.4 Uncredited companies
• 9.5 Unconfirmed companies
• 9.7.1 Other references
• 9.7.2 Meta references
• 9.7.3 Unreferenced material
• 9.8 See also
• 9.9 External links

Summary [ ]

Prologue [ ].

The Narada emerges after passing through a black hole

In the year 2233 , the Federation starship USS Kelvin investigates a " lightning storm" near Klingon space , which they soon realize to be a black hole . Suddenly, the massive warship Narada emerges and immediately opens fire on the Kelvin , inflicting heavy damage on the vessel. The Narada ceases fire, and its first officer , Ayel , hails the outmatched Kelvin .

Speaking for its captain , Nero , Ayel demands that the Kelvin 's commanding officer, Richard Robau , come aboard the Narada via shuttlecraft . He states the captain's refusal to do so would be "unwise." Captain Robau agrees and hands command of the ship to his first officer, George Kirk . He orders Kirk to wait fifteen minutes for his signal or else evacuate the ship, telling him he is now captain.

Lieutenant George Kirk aboard the ill-fated USS Kelvin

Upon arriving aboard the Narada , Robau is taken to Nero, while the crew of the Kelvin monitors his life signs . While Nero remains silent, Ayel interrogates him first about a particular ship , which Robau does not recognize, and then about the whereabouts of Ambassador Spock , with whom Robau is also unfamiliar.

Robau reveals the stardate; the Romulans have ended up 150 Earth years in the past. Realizing that they will not get the answers they want out of Robau, he is killed by Nero himself and the Narada recommences its attack on the Kelvin . Kirk orders the Kelvin to return fire but as the situation worsens and he realizes that the damage to the Kelvin is compromising the lives and safety of everyone on board, he orders the crew to proceed to the escape pods and shuttles, including his wife Winona , who is just about to give birth.

Winona Kirk with Jim, moments after his birth

Kirk tries to plot a collision course with the Narada , but the ship's autopilot navigation is offline. The commander comes to the sad realization that he will need to control the Kelvin himself. He orders his wife to leave on the shuttle without him. She protests, but Kirk knows that he has no choice but to stay behind and continue the attack in order to protect his wife and child and the others. On the shuttlecraft, Winona Kirk gives birth to a baby boy.

As the Kelvin destroys the missiles aimed at the shuttles, Kirk can hear his newborn's cries, realizing that he will never meet his son. Just before the Kelvin is about to collide with the Romulan vessel, Kirk asks Winona what they should name their son. She suggests naming him after George's father , but he laughs the suggestion off, saying that "Tiberius" isn't much of a first name. They decide to name him "Jim", after Winona's father . Communication is cut off as the Kelvin smashes into the Narada , temporarily crippling it and giving the shuttles time to escape.

Act One [ ]

" My name is James Tiberius Kirk! "

Approximately ten years later, around the early to mid- 2240s , a young boy is seen racing down the road in an antique Corvette across the open Iowa landscape, blasting 20th century music . Soon, a policeman on a flying motorbike chases him, ordering the boy to stop the car. Evading the officer, the boy heads for a quarry and jumps out of the car, moments before it speeds over the edge and crashes on the canyon floor below. The policeman apprehends the boy, who defiantly identifies himself as " James Tiberius Kirk ".

Spock as a child on Vulcan

Around the same time on Vulcan , a young Spock is being tormented by his peers about his mixed heritage. The boys call his father a traitor for marrying a Human "whore". The three have previously failed 34 times to invoke an emotional response in Spock, but this time they take it too far and Spock knocks one of the older boys into a skill dome and beats him in an emotional rage.

He is later gently admonished by his father, Sarek , who is disappointed at his son's lack of emotional control. Spock suggests that his father wants him to be fully Vulcan, and yet Sarek married a Human woman. Sarek coldly replies that it was the logical choice, as his duties as ambassador to Earth required him to understand and observe Human behavior. Sarek then tells his son, " Spock, you are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose? This is something only you can decide. "

Many years later, Spock is conflicted about whether to participate in the kolinahr , the Vulcan ritual aimed at purging all vestigial emotions. He talks to his mother, Amanda Grayson , who tells him that she will always be proud of him, no matter what he decides.

Spock defies the Vulcan elders

Later, Spock stands before a committee on Vulcan. The committee informs him of his acceptance into the Vulcan Science Academy and commends his accomplishments despite his "disadvantage" of being half-Human. In response to yet another underhanded insult to his heritage, Spock declines the offer of admission, stating that he has decided to enter Starfleet Academy instead. The committee expresses shock, as the offer of admission to the Vulcan Science Academy is one that no Vulcan has ever turned down – to which Spock replies that, as he isn't a real Vulcan, that statement is still accurate. Spock thanks the council and with a tinge of anger in his voice, tells the committee to " live long and prosper. "

In 2255 , in a bar in Iowa, a young Academy cadet named Uhura meets up with some friends, and while ordering drinks, a brash and intoxicated James Kirk introduces himself to her and offers to buy her a drink. His attempts at flirting with her are unsuccessful, however, and the situation escalates when three Starfleet recruits led by Hendorff intervene and end up in a fight during which Kirk is badly beaten. Fortunately, Captain Christopher Pike steps in and ends the fight, ordering all cadets inside the bar to step outside.

Pike tries to recruit Kirk in an Iowa bar

Pike, who is very familiar with Kirk's tragic past and the accomplishment of his father, having written his Academy dissertation about the Kelvin , sits down with him, trying to talk some sense into the rebellious young man by trying to persuade him to join Starfleet. Pike firmly believes that with his aptitude, Kirk can do more with himself than get into bar fights and be "the only genius-level repeat offender in the Midwest." Kirk doesn't want to hear it and laughs at the idea of joining Starfleet. Pike ends the conversation with a reminder that Kirk's father saved eight hundred lives in the course of just twelve minutes of command and challenges Kirk to do better.

Kirk looks on as the Enterprise takes shape

Early the next day, Kirk heads to Riverside Shipyard on his motorcycle , where the USS Enterprise is under construction. Pike is surprised to see Kirk turn up to join the new recruits. Before boarding the shuttle Bardeen , Kirk gives away his motorcycle and smugly tells Pike that he'll graduate in three years instead of four. On the recruit shuttle, he meets Leonard McCoy – a recently divorced , disgruntled recruit who dismisses Starfleet technology with smug pessimism. The two share a drink as the shuttlecraft leaves for the Academy in San Francisco .

Three years later, the Narada is waiting at an unknown part of space. Nero is called to the bridge by Ayel. Suddenly, a black hole temporal disturbance appears and a small starship flies out of the anomaly. Nero recognizes and welcomes the appearance of Ambassador Spock, and orders the ship to be captured.

Kirk has an encounter with Gaila

Meanwhile, at Starfleet Academy, Kirk is telling McCoy that he is taking the Kobayashi Maru test again the next day, and is certain he will pass it. McCoy is shocked at Kirk's confidence, as no one has ever passed the test, much less repeated it. However, Kirk is convinced that he will nail it and leaves to "study", which for him means an assignation with an Orion cadet named Gaila in her dorm room. Suddenly, Gaila's roommate enters and Kirk is forced to hide under the bed. He is mortified to find that the roommate is Uhura. Undressing down to her underwear, she describes to Gaila decoding Klingon transmissions about 47 battle cruisers destroyed near a prison planet . She hears him breathing however, and eventually discovers him and angrily kicks him out.

"Captain" Kirk in command during the Kobayashi Maru test

The next day, Kirk, McCoy, Uhura, and a few other Starfleet recruits are in the Kobayashi Maru simulation test on Kirk's third attempt. Kirk takes a comically casual approach to the test, including eating an apple . Everything goes as planned when, unexpectedly, the power systems momentarily fail, and then the attacking Klingon ships' shields go down and the ships are promptly destroyed. From above the simulator room, a technician asks how Kirk was able to beat this test. Spock, who is in the observation room, is equally puzzled.

Spock at Kirk's hearing at Starfleet Academy

During an official inquiry, the Starfleet Academy brass, namely Admiral Richard Barnett , informs Kirk that they have received evidence that Kirk entered a subroutine into the computer making it possible for him to win in the simulation, and accuse him of cheating. While Kirk faces his accuser, Spock, and tries to defend himself, the hearing is suddenly interrupted when the committee is informed that the Federation has received a distress call from Vulcan. With the primary fleet occupied in the Laurentian system , Starfleet is forced to commission the Academy cadets and dispatch ships immediately to begin a rescue mission.

Act Two [ ]

Starfleet cadets assemble at Hangar 1 for assignment

Cadets are assigned to ships based on their aptitude, with the most capable cadets assigned to the USS Enterprise , a ship completed so recently that it hasn't even been christened yet. Uhura is originally assigned to the USS Farragut , but complains directly to Spock, citing her numerous commendations and recommendations, insisting she had earned an assignment to the Enterprise .

Spock quickly corrects that oversight. Kirk has been grounded pending a ruling on his inquiry and is not allowed to board the shuttles to join the mission. However, McCoy takes him to the medical bay , where he injects him with a vaccine against Melvaran mud fleas temporarily making him ill so that, as a doctor refusing to abandon his patient, he has an official reason to take him along on the mission.

The Enterprise is ready for her maiden voyage

The Enterprise leaves Starbase 1 for Vulcan, after a slight delay caused by the backup helmsman, Hikaru Sulu , forgetting to disengage the " parking brake " before jumping the Enterprise to warp . Pike orders the Enterprise 's very young navigator , Ensign Pavel Chekov , to make a ship-wide mission broadcast. Chekov announces that the crew's orders are to investigate seismic disturbances and aid in evacuation of the planet if necessary.

After hearing Chekov's announcement, Kirk suddenly realizes that the "lightning storm" is exactly the same occurrence the Kelvin encountered two decades earlier. Realizing that they are running straight into a trap, Kirk rushes through the ship to Uhura despite suffering a bad reaction to the vaccine McCoy gave him. Despite his initial difficulty to communicate coherently, he finally manages to ask her about the Klingon distress call she had deciphered earlier and she confirms that the attackers were Romulan.

The massive Narada looms over the Enterprise above Vulcan

At Vulcan, the Narada has lowered a drilling platform, which is boring into the planet. Ayel notifies Nero that seven Starfleet vessels are approaching. Kirk rushes to the bridge to inform Captain Pike. Pike and Spock, though initially quite skeptical, are convinced after Uhura confirms Kirk's suspicion. As they disengage warp drive, the Enterprise finds itself in a debris field of the other seven Starfleet ships which arrived shortly before they did.

At the direction of Pike, Sulu is able to navigate his way through the debris with minimal damage. As they clear the debris, they come upon the Narada , drilling above Vulcan's atmosphere . The Narada attacks the Enterprise , which takes heavy damage. But just as they are about to fire again, Nero realizes which ship he is firing at and orders a cease-fire.

" Hi, Christopher. I'm Nero. "

He hails the Enterprise and casually identifies himself. Pike, seeing a Romulan, accuses him of an act of war and offers to reach a settlement, but Nero states he stands apart from the Romulan Star Empire . He openly greets a confused Spock, and orders Pike to come aboard via shuttlecraft. Pike asks if there are any advanced hand-to-hand combat -trained officers on the bridge, and gathers Sulu, Spock, and Kirk for the away mission.

Pike promotes Spock to captain and puts him in charge of the Enterprise . He also commissions Kirk as first officer , much to Spock's chagrin. Pike outlines his plan to do two things at once: on the shuttle en route to the Narada he will drop Kirk, Sulu, and Chief Engineer Olson into an orbital skydive . They will land on Narada 's drill platform and disable it in order to contact Starfleet, since the drill has disabled communications and transporter capabilities.

Sulu sword-fights on the Romulan drill platform

Pike arrives on the Narada as the three begin their descent and, despite the immediate death of Olson, Kirk and Sulu eventually manage to fire on the drill and disable it.

A Narada crewman reports the drill's incapacitation, but tells Nero that the drill reached Vulcan's core before going offline. Nero orders the launch of the " red matter ", which is dropped from the ship down the hole and explodes at the planet's core. Chekov discovers what the "red matter" is doing: creating a black hole in the middle of the planet. Vulcan will be destroyed in a matter of minutes. Spock leaps up from his chair, ordering the Enterprise to signal an evacuation of the entire planet, while he himself hurries to the transporter room to beam down and evacuate the Vulcan Council , which includes his parents.

Spock attempts to save the Vulcan elders and his parents

Kirk signals the Enterprise to beam him and Sulu back at the same the moment when Nero orders the Narada to retract the drill and leave orbit. The jolt causes Sulu to fall off the drill platform without a chute. Kirk leaps from the platform into a controlled dive and grabs Sulu before releasing his own chute. Unfortunately, the drag is too powerful and Kirk's harness tears loose. Kirk frantically signals the Enterprise to beam them up, but the transport chief cannot lock on to them while they are moving too fast. Chekov, however, can, and rushes to the transporter room, creating a pinpoint beam that snatches Kirk and Sulu aboard mere moments before they hit the surface.

Uhura comforts Spock after the loss of Vulcan and his mother

Right after Kirk and Sulu are beamed back aboard, Spock tells Kirk that he is beaming down to save the Vulcan Council , which includes Spock's parents. Kirk tries to stop him, but he ignores Kirk and orders the transporter chief to beam him down immediately. The council members were taking refuge in the katric ark , a chamber within Mount Seleya , which they could not simply beam through.

Two of the elders in the council are killed by falling rocks and statues, but Spock is able to get five of them outside, including his parents. As the transporter is about to pick them up, the rock his mother is standing on collapses, causing the transporter to miss her. As they re-materialize on board the Enterprise , Spock stands on the transporter pad in shock, having lost his mother, with his hand still reached out to her. The Enterprise crew retreats and watches in horror as Vulcan implodes into oblivion.

The beginning of the end for Vulcan

Kirk, Sulu, and the few Vulcans who were able to be brought aboard the Enterprise are brought to sickbay for treatment. Soon after, Spock leaves the bridge, and he is followed into the turbolift by Uhura who tries to comfort him.

Captain Pike held captive aboard the Narada

Nero asks Pike for the security codes to defense systems around Earth , but Pike refuses to give them to him, disgusted by Nero's act of genocide on Vulcan. Nero speaks about how the Narada , in his time, was a mining ship, and he was laboring to support his wife, who was expecting his child, before they were killed when Romulus was destroyed.

He placed blame on the Federation for doing nothing, and accused Spock of betraying them, promising himself retribution. Pike pleads that Romulus still exists, but Nero only knows that his world – the Romulus of the future – was destroyed, and he intends to destroy every world of the Federation, starting with Earth, so that others will know his pain. Forcing a Centaurian slug down Pike's throat, which will help coerce Pike to give out the security codes, Nero orders the Narada to continue to Earth.

" Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. "

On the bridge of the Enterprise , Spock reasons that the Narada must have traveled back in time from the future. He states that they must regroup with the fleet, but Kirk says that in order to stop Nero they must go after him first. This culminates in an argument which ends in Spock ordering Kirk's removal from the bridge. When Kirk physically protests, Spock incapacitates Kirk with a Vulcan nerve pinch , orders him placed in an escape pod and jettisons him off the ship. Kirk awakens to find himself on the snow-covered world of Delta Vega , another planet in Vulcan's system. Picking up his gear, Kirk heads for the Starfleet station fourteen kilometers away.

Kirk is marooned on Delta Vega

He is chased down by a " drakoulias " which is in turn attacked by an even larger insectoid animal . It chases Kirk into a cave, and when it finally attaches a tendril to catch him, trying to consume him, it is spooked off by an elderly Vulcan man wielding a lit torch. Before he can thank his savior, the old man, who had recognized Kirk on sight, reveals himself to be Spock, Kirk's old friend, but the latter is skeptical – until the former identifies Nero as Pike's captor. Spock melds with Kirk so that he can understand why he is here.

Spock and Kirk share a mind meld

Spock explains that 129 years in the future, in the year 2387 , an impending supernova threatened to destroy the home worlds of the Romulan Star Empire and, potentially, the rest of the galaxy as well. Spock developed a stockpile of "red matter", a substance that can be ignited to form a singularity .

However, the star exploded while he was en route, and Romulus was destroyed. Spock launched the red matter from his ship, the Jellyfish , to prevent further damage. Immediately, Spock was confronted by a surviving Romulan mining vessel, the Narada , captained by Nero. Spock tried to escape, but the resultant black hole captured both the Jellyfish and the Narada , creating a disturbance in the space-time continuum sending both ships into the past.

A vision of the destruction of Romulus in the 24th century

The Narada exited over one hundred and fifty years in the past, where it confronted the Kelvin . Spock's ship entered moments later, but what appeared seconds to him was twenty-five years to Nero and the Narada . He explains that Nero captured his ship, but kept him alive, marooning him on Delta Vega, so that he could witness the destruction of his own home planet, Vulcan, just as he had to witness the destruction of Romulus.

Kirk explains he was left on the planet by the Spock he knows, who is currently in command of the Enterprise . The elder Spock is surprised, knowing that Kirk should be in command of the ship. It is then that Spock realizes that when Nero exited the black hole and confronted the Kelvin , he altered history and created an alternate reality , which changed everything, especially Kirk's life. Kirk asks Spock whether his father lived in the original timeline. Spock confirms that George Kirk proudly saw his son take command of the Enterprise , and often spoke of him as his inspiration to join Starfleet. Spock leads Kirk to the Starfleet base.

" Do you realize how completely unacceptable this is? "

Kirk and the elder Spock are met by a short alien officer, Keenser , who leads them inside, where they meet this timeline's Montgomery Scott . A transporter genius, Scott was "exiled" to Delta Vega after beaming Admiral Archer 's prized beagle to an unknown location during a failed experiment in " transwarp beaming ". Spock informs Kirk that he must relieve the Vulcan's younger self of command by provoking him and showing everyone that Spock is too personally and emotionally compromised to lead the mission and captain the ship.

Kirk saves Scotty from drowning

Giving Scott the formula for "transwarp beaming" – an operation originally devised by the Scott he knew – Spock, who had responded to Kirk's suggestion that he was now "cheating" by recalling the " old friend " who had taught him how to cheat, sends Kirk and Scott back to the Enterprise . Not too long after they are transported to the Enterprise (Scott had materialized in a water tank and nearly drowned), the two are spotted and eventually captured by security personnel – led by Hendorff, the very cadet who had started the bar brawl which led to Kirk joining Starfleet.

Spock attacks Kirk

They are taken to the bridge where an astounded Spock attempts to find out how the two were able to transport on board the ship while it was in warp. Kirk refuses to answer and recommends Scott do the same, and then proceeds to ask why Spock doesn't feel any anger or have any emotion over the destruction of his planet and the murder of his mother. He keeps pushing and provoking Spock, claiming he never loved his mother. Upon hearing this accusation, Spock finally snaps and lunges after Kirk, ruthlessly beating and strangling him to the point of nearly killing him, before Sarek begs Spock to stop. Realizing how far he has gone, Spock relieves himself of duty and leaves the bridge. Kirk assumes command and orders an immediate pursuit of the Narada .

Act Three [ ]

The Enterprise crew regards Spock when he returns to the bridge

Following his outburst, Spock returns to the transporter room, where Sarek tries to get Spock to open up to him. Spock admits to feeling conflicted and feels a rage he cannot control towards Nero over the death of his mother. Sarek offers that his mother would have said not to bother controlling it, and, recalling what he had said years before after another outburst of his son's Human side, sadly admits to his son that he married Amanda because he loved her.

Meanwhile, on the bridge, Chekov figures out a plan to get the Enterprise close to the Narada without them noticing: they can follow the Narada and stop at Titan 's orbit, remaining undetected by hiding in its magnetic field. Soon after, a cooled-off Spock returns to the bridge, confirms the logic of Chekov's plan, and offers to beam over to the Narada to get the "black hole device" and save Earth, the only home he has left. Kirk says he will go as well, to rescue Pike. Spock mentions regulations against the captain and first officer going on such a mission, but chooses not to cite something he knows Kirk will ignore. Kirk quips that they are finally getting to know each other and gives Spock a friendly slap on the shoulder.

The Enterprise rises from Titan's atmosphere

The Narada has already arrived at Earth and deployed its drilling rig directly over San Francisco. Warping into Titan's atmosphere, the Enterprise remains undetected by the Narada . Before stepping onto the transporter pad, Kirk calls the bridge, telling Sulu that, if he believes the Enterprise can destroy the Narada , even if Kirk, Spock, and Pike are still aboard, he should not hesitate to take the opportunity. Sulu reluctantly acknowledges Kirk's order.

Before they beam over, Uhura kisses Spock and tells him that he better come back. In his reply, he calls her "Nyota." Kirk, who overheard, then asks Spock if that's the first name he had tried and failed to learn since the first time he met her; Spock coyly cuts him off, stating his refusal to comment on the matter. Right after they are beamed aboard, the Narada begins to drill its hole near the Golden Gate Bridge , cutting the ship off from the Enterprise and disabling transporter functions.

The Narada drills into San Francisco Bay

Scott thought he could beam Kirk and Spock to the Narada 's cargo bay without being seen, but it turns out to be a heavily occupied portion of the ship. After a brief firefight, Spock uncovers the location of the black hole device and Captain Pike by melding with an unconscious Romulan. When they board the Jellyfish , it recognizes Spock as its captain (at which Kirk sarcastically expresses surprise), and the Vulcan finally figures out what is going on, as the ship's computer confirms its origin stardate as 2387, constructed by the Vulcan Science Academy.

Spock confronts Kirk about withholding information from him, but Kirk dodges the question by asking Spock if he can fly the spacecraft, a question he is fairly confident Kirk already knows the answer to. For the first time, Spock calls Kirk, "Jim" and informs him that their chances of success are grim by citing his calculation of their odds, but Kirk assures him that their plan will work.

Kirk leaps away from Ayel on the Narada

Spock commandeers the Jellyfish and blasts out of the Narada . Spock uses the ships guns to destroy the drill's tether, plunging the platform into San Francisco Bay. Kirk runs into more trouble as he finds the Romulans' "bridge", where Nero and Ayel are waiting. Kirk is confronted by Nero, who has recognized him from Earth's history, and after a brief scuffle, Nero pins Kirk and tells him that, while he was a decorated officer and went on to captain the starship Enterprise , that was another life, and that he plans to deprive him of the same life his father once had.

Before he can finish Kirk off, however, Nero is informed that the Jellyfish has been stolen and the drill has been destroyed. Furious above all else, Nero storms off, leaving Kirk to Ayel while he plans to kill Spock. Ayel promptly grabs Kirk by the throat and lifts him in the air, surprised at how "weak" Humans appear to be. Seeing his prey attempting to talk, Ayel offers Kirk the chance to say something – and the Human replies that he is in possession of the Romulan's disruptor pistol . Kirk fires and kills Ayel as he plunges into the depths of the Romulan vessel. He then heads off to rescue Pike.

Kirk and Spock discuss Nero's fate

On the bridge, Nero hails Spock, declaring that he should have killed him when he had the chance. In reply, Spock taunts Nero by "ordering" him to surrender. Nero orders the Jellyfish destroyed, even though the ship still has "red matter" on it; with his plan for revenge ruined, now he only wants to kill Spock. The Jellyfish evades the missiles, then goes into warp, with Nero and the Narada in hot pursuit, leaving Earth behind.

When the ships drop out of warp, the Jellyfish turns to intercept and collide with the Narada , seeking to ignite the red matter and create a hole that will envelop both ships. Nero panics and orders all weapons fired, but the Enterprise arrives on the scene and destroys the missiles with a fierce volley of its phasers , allowing Spock to carry through with his plan to ram the Narada .

Inside the Narada , Kirk finds Pike, alive but injured due to his earlier torture. Pike is quite surprised, but Kirk reminds him of his previous order to "come and get me", and when two Romulan soldiers walk in and find Kirk, effectively defenseless while freeing Pike from the chamber, the captain returns the favor, grabbing the gun on Kirk's belt and killing the intruders before his rescuer even realizes what happened. Scott successfully beams back Kirk, Pike, and Spock, right before the Jellyfish collides with the Narada .

The Narada is pulled into a black hole and obliterated

The explosion of the Jellyfish ignites the entire stockpile of "red matter" on board, creating a black hole, which begins to swallow up the Narada . To Spock's surprise, Kirk offers to rescue the surviving crew, arguing that this might improve long-term relations between the Romulans and the Federation, and is thus only "logical."

Spock, mindful that Nero is the man who destroyed his planet and murdered his mother, coolly suggests that they dispense with logic in this case. Their debate is ended when Nero, belligerent to the last, says he prefers to die in agony than accept help from them. Kirk obliges and orders Sulu to fire all weapons, blowing the ship apart with phasers and photon torpedoes .

Escaping the black hole

The Narada is finally destroyed, but the gravitational pull of the black hole begins tugging on the Enterprise , keeping it from escaping, even with its engines running at warp speed. The pressure is heavily damaging the ship as Kirk orders Scott to get them out of there at all cost. Scott ejects the Enterprise 's multiple warp cores and detonates them near the black hole, propelling the Enterprise to safety on the resultant shockwave.

Back on Earth, the elder Spock meets with his younger counterpart, who presumed the former to be his/their father. Young Spock is confused as to why his older self didn't simply come with Kirk and explain the situation. The older Spock states that he implied there may be universe-destroying paradoxes if Kirk told him the truth so that they would have to rely on each other, thus ensuring "a friendship that will define you both, in ways you can not yet realize."

Spock salutes his older self from the Prime timeline

Young Spock asks if he was making a gambit; older Spock states that he made "an act of faith" to his old friend, which he hopes that he will show again in the future. However, younger Spock expresses his decision to resign from Starfleet to help rebuild the Vulcan race; older Spock points out that he can be in two places at once. He also advises his younger self, in this case, to put aside logic and do what feels right. The older Spock then raises his hand in the familiar Vulcan salute , and, feeling it would be inappropriate to say "live long and prosper" to himself, simply wishes his younger self "good luck."

Spock Prime watches Kirk's promotion ceremony

Kirk is commended by Starfleet Command , promoted to captain, and given permanent command of the Enterprise . He relieves Pike, who has been promoted to admiral and is now recovering in a wheelchair . A proud Pike shakes his successor's hand and notes that his father, too, would be very proud of Kirk.

As the older Spock leaves to help the remaining Vulcans establish a colony , Kirk, now dressed in the gold uniform of a captain, walks on to the Enterprise bridge. After he tells McCoy to "buckle up", and receives assurances from Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, and Scott (who has barely finished talking to Kirk when he finds Keenser – now a member of his engineering staff – having climbed atop a console and orders him down) that their sections are ready to depart, the younger Spock returns to the Enterprise and asks Captain Kirk if he can be his first officer, offering to provide "character references". Kirk says it would be his honor.

Captain James T. Kirk officially takes command of the Enterprise

The Enterprise departs for deep space

As the Enterprise begins its journey, the voice of the elder Spock intones the famous motto that other starships named Enterprise have voyaged forward from:

Log entries [ ]

• " Acting Captain's Log , Stardate 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I therefore classified him as a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate that no more than ten thousand [Vulcans] have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species. "
• " Stardate 2258.42… four uh, four, whatever. Acting Captain Spock has marooned me on Delta Vega, in what I believe is a violation of Security Protocol 49.09 governing the treatment of prisoners on board a starship. "

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Citizen, what is your name? " " My name is James Tiberius Kirk. "

" I must decline. " " No Vulcan has ever declined admission to this academy ! " " Then, as I am half Human, your record remains untarnished. "

" I'm impressed. For a moment there, I thought you were just a dumb hick who only had sex with farm animals. " " Well… not only. "

" Oh relax, cupcake – it was a joke. " " Hey, farmboy! Maybe you can't count, but there are four of us and one of you! " " So get some more guys, and then it'll be an even fight. "

" You know, your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mother's – and yours. I dare you to do better. "

" Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence. " " Well, I hate to break it to you, but Starfleet operates in space." " Yeah, well, I got nowhere else to go. The ex-wife got the whole damn planet in the divorce – all I got left is my bones. "

" I don't believe in no-win scenarios. "

" Who was that pointy-eared bastard? " " I don't know – but I like him. "

" You call this a favor?! " " Yeah, you owe me one. "

" No, I'm assigned to the Enterprise . " " … Yes, I believe you are. "

" Is the parking brake on? "

" The complexity of Human pranks escapes me. " " It's not a prank, Spock. And I'm not the captain – you are. "

" Move, move, move! I can do that! I can do that! "

" I am now a member of an endangered species. "

" Dammit, man! I'm a doctor, not a physicist! Are you actually suggesting they're from the future?! "

" If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains – however improbable – must be the truth. "

" I have been, and always shall be, your friend. "

" I don't know you. " " I… am Spock. " "Bullshit."

" Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice sending Kirk away? Probably. But the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable. " " A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential. "

" Dr. Puri, report. " " It's McCoy. Dr. Puri was on deck six. He's dead. " " Then you have just inherited his duties as chief medical officer. " " Yeah, tell me something I don`t know! "

" Green-blooded hobgoblin! "

" Are you from the future? " " Yeah, he is – I'm not. " " Well that's brilliant! Do they still have sandwiches there? "

" So, the Enterprise has had its maiden voyage, has it? She is one well-endowed lady! I'd like to get my hands on her ample nacelles, if you'll pardon the engineering parlance. "

" You know, coming back in time, changing history… that's cheating. " " A trick I learned from an old friend . "

" Come with me… Cupcake!"

" Are you afraid or aren't you? " " I will not allow you to lecture me on the merits of emotion. " " Then why don't you stop me? "

" I like this ship! You know, it's exciting! "

" Well, congratulations, Jim – now we've got no captain and no goddamn first officer to replace him! " " Yeah, we do. " " What?! " " Pike made him first officer. " " You gotta to be kidding me! "

" I sure hope you know what you're doing… captain." " So do I. "

" My mother was Human – which makes Earth the only home I have left. "

" I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it. " " See? We are getting to know each other! "

" So her first name's Nyota? " " I have no comment on the matter. "

" You'll be able to fly this thing, right? " " Something tells me I already have. "

" James T. Kirk was considered to be a great man. He went on to captain the USS Enterprise , but that was another life. A life I will deprive you of, just like I did your father! "

" You can't even speak… What? " " I got your gun! "

" What're you doing here? " " Just following orders. "

" It's logic, Spock – I thought you'd like that. " " No, not really. Not this time. "

" I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you. " " You got it. Arm phasers – fire everything we've got. "

" Thrusters on full. "

" Bones! Buckle up! "

" Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise . Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before. "

Background information [ ]

Development [ ].

The first poster , designed by J.J. Abrams

Development on Star Trek began in 2005 when Paramount contacted Roberto Orci (who was working with J.J. Abrams and Alex Kurtzman on the studio's Mission: Impossible III at the time), asking for ideas on how to revive the franchise. [1] Former Star Trek franchise head Rick Berman , though, shortly before he was let go from Paramount, has credited Abrams with presenting the idea of revisiting Star Trek to the studio when the latter was signed for a five-movie deal in early 2006 . ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 129 )

Daily Variety reported, on 20 April 2006 , that an eleventh Star Trek film was being developed by J.J. Abrams, having the story revolve around the iconic characters of James T. Kirk and Spock during their days at Starfleet Academy . [2] Several days later, Abrams confirmed some parts of the report while denouncing others, stating that the announcement was an unofficial leak and was "not entirely accurate." He also stated that, while he was given the option to direct the film, he had not decided to do so at that time. [3] [4] (X) Abrams declined to accept the director's position until the script was complete and he was sure he was the man for the job. He worked with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci on the story throughout 2006 and early 2007 and finally signed on to direct on 23 February 2007 , when he also publicly announced his decision to direct the film. Abrams was convinced to do so by his wife, Katie McGrath, who felt the film had strong female characters, and by acclaimed director Steven Spielberg , who was a friend of Abrams and was impressed by the script. [5] According to The Wrap , before Abrams signed up to direct the film, Paramount offered the position to Sam Raimi , the director of the Evil Dead and Spider-Man films. [6]

Fans got an official look at the movie's direction when Paramount released a poster for the new film on 22 July 2006 : the teaser bore the Enterprise crew uniform insignia from the original series, against a background half command gold and half science blue . It hinted at a film to be set in the 23rd century which might feature the Enterprise itself. The poster was designed by the film's director/producer, J.J. Abrams. [7]

The film was greenlit in late February, at which time pre-production officially began. [8] Paramount issued a press release on 27 February 2007 , which confirmed that production was under way, with Abrams directing, for a target premiere date of 25 December 2008 . [9] (X)

By 3 May 2007 , some of the art department – still being filled by Production Designer Scott Chambliss – were already working, mostly from home; offices on the Paramount lot weren't finished before mid-May. [10] [11]

Sound stage set construction began in September. Most design work was complete by 12 October 2007 . The budget was estimated between US$120 to $150 million, higher than any prior Star Trek film. [12]

Story and script [ ]

The original treatment for the film (the initial story outline) was completed in August. By the 24th of that month, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman had begun working on a first draft of the screenplay, which was completed by 12 December 2006. [13] A second final draft was complete by 8 October 2007. [14] [15] In total, the script took approximately four months to write. The final script was about 128 pages long. [16]

In an interview posted 8 March 2007 , the writers stated that the "intended title" for the film was always simply Star Trek , without any colons or subtitles. [17] This was to encourage newcomers that they didn't have to watch any other film before it. [18]

This is the first Star Trek movie since Star Trek Generations to feature characters from the original series and to feature scenes set in the 23rd century . It is also the first in the film series to be set before the other films.

Co-writer Alex Kurtzman said the script draws inspiration from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . He and Roberto Orci hoped to recapture the spirit of The Wrath of Khan for this particular film. [19] Other inspirations for the film include the novels Prime Directive and Spock's World , as well as the TOS episode " Balance of Terror ", the TNG episode " Yesterday's Enterprise ", [20] , and the TAS episode " Yesteryear ". ( citation needed • edit )

The writers said that their goal was for the film to appeal not just to Trek fans, but to new audiences as well. [21] [22] They hoped to bring the feel of the original Star Wars trilogy into the movie, since Abrams has often said he's more a fan of Star Wars than Star Trek . [23]

Scenes featuring Kirk's former CO , Garrovick , and Kirk's service under Garrovick aboard the USS Farragut are not in the film as first reported. These elements, which were included in early drafts of the script, were removed in rewrites. [24] The character of Carol Marcus was also included in early drafts of the script, but she did not make it into the shooting script, either. [25]

Rumors that the film's story involved the Guardian of Forever from the classic episode " The City on the Edge of Forever " prompted the episode's writer, Harlan Ellison , to demand compensation if elements from his story were used in the film. [26] [27] The rumors ultimately turned out to be false. The script does, however, reference several elements from the original series episode " Journey to Babel " among these Spock's mother recalling when he was taunted by Vulcan boys during his youth, Sarek's recollection of how Spock turned down appointment to the Vulcan Science Academy, and Spock's conversation with Sarek at the end of the episode discussing why Sarek married Amanda (Sarek replying " At the time it seemed the logical thing to do ").

According to Roberto Orci, the most difficult characters to write for were the film's villain (Nero) and James T. Kirk. [28] One resource which Orci and Kurtzman utilized during the entire writing process was this website, Memory Alpha . The writers also occasionally referenced Memory Alpha during the film's production. [29]

Even though this film takes place in an alternate timeline , Orci has stated that any canon changes made in this timeline will not affect the former timeline, arguing that the scientific theory of quantum mechanics permits the existence of parallel timelines and universes, invoking the thousands of Enterprise s from various universes seen in TNG : " Parallels " to back up this theory. He also believes that this theory allows for the continuance of a timeline even after a change is effected and an alternate timeline is created. In addition, he argues that, although the timeline has changed, the true nature of the characters does not change and that Kirk and company are the same people they are in the original timeline. [30]

The film's production was designed by Scott Chambliss. Ryan Church was the primary designer of the USS Enterprise and other starships, while Trek veteran John Eaves designed the various shuttlecraft . Excepting the Industrial Light & Magic staffers, who had previously worked on the Star Trek franchise and were still in the employment of the company at the time, Eaves was the only regular production staffer who had worked on Star Trek productions, set in the prime universe, to be officially hired and credited for the re-imagined movie as conceptual illustrator (though there were a few uncredited others such as Graphic Designer Geoffrey Mandel ). While Abrams steered clear from hiring any former Star Trek staffers in order to be as unencumbered as possible for his take on the franchise, he was aware that some consistency needed to be observed, or as Chambliss has put it, " I brought John in because he knew the story and lore, what should and shouldn't be done. The ships in the Starfleet Armada to go to Vulcan were influenced by John's knowledge. " ( Star Trek - The Art of the Film , p. 58)

J.J. Abrams stated the difficulty of depicting the future was that much of modern technology was inspired by the original series, making it seem outdated. As such, the production design had to be consistent with the television series while also feeling more advanced than the real world technology developed after it. [31] Specifically, he felt that the original series had a "kitschy quality" to it which had to be abandoned for the sake of realism. [32]

According to production designer Scott Chambliss, redesigning the Enterprise and especially the main bridge began with laying out a framework of ground rules: the sets had to reflect the optimism of the original series, while also having a real functionality to them. " There was a strong, sleek, modernist vision at play in the 1960s when the television series began, " says Chambliss. " That was something we wanted to infuse in our look. " As such, the Enterprise draws inspiration from the work of Pierre Cardin and the sets from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey . ( Production notes )

Chambliss maintained the layout of the bridge from the original series, but added more consoles and glass data displays to increase its functionality and make it more "busy." He also altered it aesthetically, with brighter lights and colors. The main viewscreen was turned into a window that could have images projected on it to make the space environment palpable. The bridge set was built on gimbals so the ship's rocking motions when it was attacked or when it accelerated to warp were more realistic. More railings were added to the bridge set to make it appear safer. [33] [34]

The Romulan ship, the Narada , was designed as purely practical with visible mechanics, as the Romulans were on a very specific mission, unlike the Enterprise crew, who give a respectable presentation on behalf of the Federation. [35] In designing the Narada , Chambliss was heavily influenced by the architecture of Antoni Gaudí , who created buildings that appeared to be inside out: by making the ship's exposed wires appear like bones or ligaments, it would create a foreboding atmosphere. The ship's interior was made of six pieces that could be rearranged to create a different room, thus allowing the production to utilize a single stage for the set. ( Production notes )

Different art directors were responsible for the sets of each ship: Dennis Bradford was responsible for the Federation starship sets (the Enterprise and the Kelvin ); Gary Kosko handled all the Vulcan-related sets; and Curt Beech oversaw the shuttlecraft sets. They were all supervised by Keith P. Cunningham , who ensured everything was organized and running properly. ( Production notes )

The props seen on the original Star Trek series were redesigned, as well, including the communicator , the tricorder , and the phaser . All props were the responsibility of property master Russell Bobbitt .

Bobbitt collaborated with engineers at Nokia to redesign the original communicator, creating a US$50,000 prototype. For the tricorder, Bobbitt brought the original prop to the set, but the actors found it too large to carry when filming action scenes. Bobbitt then approached technical advisor Doug Brody , who redesigned a smaller version of the prop. [36] The phaser props maintained the basic shape of the original props, but were designed with spring-triggered barrels that revolve and glow blue and red as the setting switches from "stun" to "kill".

A tribble can be seen in the film, sitting in a cage on Scott's desk in the Delta Vega outpost . [37] The production made use of the Aptera Typ-1 , a prototype electric vehicle. The Aptera was used on location at the CSUN campus, which was standing in as part of Starfleet Academy. [38] [39] [40]

Costumes [ ]

Abrams selected Michael Kaplan to design the costumes because Kaplan had not seen any of the films, meaning he would approach the costumes with a new angle. For Abrams, " The costumes were a microcosm of the entire project, which was how to take something that's kind of silly and make it feel real. But how do you make legitimate those near-primary color costumes? " [41]

Kaplan used the Star Trek Encyclopedia to get a sense of the evolution of the Starfleet uniforms and to look for repeated motifs. ( Production notes ) For the Enterprise uniforms, Kaplan followed color coding used on the original series. The uniforms were comprised of dark gray (almost black) undershirts and pants and colored overshirts showing each crew member's position. Kaplan wanted the shirts to be more sophisticated than the originals and decided to have the Starfleet emblem patterned on them. [42]

When designing the uniforms for the crew of the USS Kelvin , Kaplan drew inspiration from the retro-futuristic designs of 1940s and 1950s science fiction films. For the Romulans on the Narada , Kaplan wanted worn and rugged clothes because of their mining backgrounds. He found some aged, greasy-looking fabrics at a flea market, and commissioned the makers of the clothes (who were based in Bali) to create his designs using their fabrics. For the Vulcans, Kaplan designed costumes which shared the eloquent and austere qualities of the Vulcans themselves, while creating a new, corseted shape for the Vulcan women. ( Production notes )

The Vulcan and Romulan makeup was created by Joel Harlow , while Barney Burman designed and created the prosthetic makeup for other alien characters. Mindy Hall was the head of the makeup department. Both digital and physical makeup was used for aliens.

Burman and his team had to rush to create many of the aliens. Originally, the majority of the aliens were to feature in one scene towards the end of filming. However, Abrams deemed the scene too similar to the cantina sequence in Star Wars and decided to pepper aliens throughout the entire film, requiring Burman and his crew to design the aliens earlier than anticipated. [43]

The Romulan characters in the film were all bald to better distinguish them from the Vulcans, and their heads and faces are covered with tattoos. They lack the forehead ridges that were seen on Star Trek: Enterprise and in the TNG -era series and films. The Romulan actors spent two and a half to four hours getting their makeup done; the actors had three prosthetics applied to their ears and foreheads, while Eric Bana had a fourth prosthetic for the bite mark on his ear that extends to the back of his character's head. [44] [45]

Casting [ ]

This is the first of any Star Trek production to re-cast the regular characters of a Trek series and both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were given consultation rights for the recasting of their roles. [46] Casting for the film began as early as October 2006 . [47]

The only actors to participate in both this film and the first Star Trek film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture , were Majel Barrett and Leonard Nimoy . In The Motion Picture , Barrett played Dr. Christine Chapel and she voiced the Enterprise computer in Star Trek , while in both films, Nimoy played Spock.

Star Trek has Leonard Nimoy portraying his iconic role of Spock for the first time since 1991 . He came out of retirement to assume the role, having given up acting in favor of photography in 2000. He later gave three explicit reasons for doing this project: the fact that it is Star Trek , his admiration for Abrams, and an "essential" and "interesting Spock role". [48] Abrams has stated that the casting of Nimoy is "critical if we're going to look at reintroducing these characters", noting that, to make this a "great film", it must "both please the fans and those who have never seen Star Trek … having Leonard in the film shows that this film exists in a continuum of Trek history, as opposed to an absolute, page 1 reinvention." [49]

The first actor cast in the new film was Heroes star Zachary Quinto , who plays the younger Spock. His casting, and that of Nimoy, was officially announced at San Diego's Comic-Con International on 26 July 2007 . Quinto also signed up to play Spock in any potential sequels to this film. [50] The last recast member of the original series crew to sign on was Karl Urban as Leonard McCoy. [51] Rehearsals were held week of 19 October 2007. [52]

On 10 December 2008, Variety announced that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry reprised her role as the voice of the Enterprise computer. [53] [54] This announcement came just eight days before Barrett's death at the age of 76.

April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg oversaw the casting of the principal actors. Hollywood Operating System (Hollywood OS) and Headquarters Casting (HQC) were the agencies working in conjunction to hire extras for the film. They held an open casting call for extras on 10 November 2007, an event which hundreds attended, numbers that haven't been seen since Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. [55]

In November 2009, Wil Wheaton , who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation , confirmed that he provided the voice for the minor Romulan characters who spoke in the movie. His dialogue was altered to make him sound different each time, with one exception: the Romulan towards the end of the film who tries to warn Nero about igniting the red matter aboard Spock's ship had Wheaton's normal voice. [56] [57]

Rumors and gossip [ ]

As the buzz around the film was building and word spread that the characters of the original Star Trek series were to be recast, rumors as to who would play the younger versions of these iconic characters also arose while a number of actors reportedly expressed interest in participating in the film.

• J.J. Abrams' childhood friend Greg Grunberg expressed interest in playing a Klingon, Scott, or a Vulcan. [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] Although he was to have appeared in the film, Grunberg bowed out to star in, produce, and co-write another film. [63] However, he did visit the set of this movie while it was in production. ( Empire , issue 287, p. 79) Grunberg also managed to acquire a role in the film during post-production, as the voice of James Kirk's step-father.
• Actor Matt Damon was rumored as Captain Kirk, even soliciting William Shatner's aid in signing him up. [64] Damon himself denied having been approached for the role, [65] although he later told Sci-fi Wire that he would be interested in playing a young Captain Kirk if the script met with his satisfaction. [66] In March 2007, Kurtzman, although not confirming that Damon will play Kirk, stated that he was " the hugest Matt Damon fan. If he became [Kirk], great. " [67] In a subsequent interview with IGN, Damon stated that the filmmakers were looking for someone younger than Damon (who in 2007, was merely two years older than William Shatner was in 1966). [68] In an interview with Entertainment Tonight , J.J. Abrams said he had approached Damon to play Kirk's father, but ultimately it didn't work out. [69]
• Mike Vogel was a contender for the role of Kirk before the role went to Chris Pine. [70] [71]
• Actors Ryan Gosling and Sam Rockwell also showed interest in portraying Jim Kirk. [72] [73]
• Adrien Brody was rumored to be in talks to play Spock. Brody later confirmed that he had indeed had a discussion with J.J. Abrams about the role. [74] [75]
• Oscar-nominated actor Gary Sinise ( Forrest Gump , CSI: NY ) was rumored to be in talks to play the role of Dr. McCoy. [76] Sinise subsequently denied the rumor. [77]
• During a short phone interview with J.J. Abrams on his show, The Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert jokingly expressed that he felt he was perfect for the role of Dr. McCoy.
• Alias star Kevin Weisman expressed interest in portraying Scott. [78]
• Scottish actor James McAvoy was rumored as being sought to play Scott, which McAvoy's publicist subsequently denied. [79] [80]
• Scottish actors Greg Hemphill and Martin Compston were also reportedly up for the role of Scott. [81] [82]
• Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise guest actor and Lost star Daniel Dae Kim was named as a contender for the role of Sulu . [83]
• Heroes actor James Kyson Lee expressed interest in playing Sulu. [84]
• Sources reported that Academy Award-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman may have a role in the film, possibly as a doctor (but not "Bones" McCoy). [85]
• There was a rumor that the new James Bond, Daniel Craig , was interested in a role. [86]
• Actress Jennifer Garner , who starred in Abrams' Alias television series, said she would "absolutely" sign up to appear in Star Trek if she were asked. [87] Garner later expressed interest in showing up as a Klingon, even if it was just a quick walk-on role. [88]
• Abrams thought it would "be awesome" if he were able to cast his Felicity and Mission: Impossible III actress Keri Russell as a Klingon. [89] Russell later told IESB that she had indeed been in talks for a role in Star Trek but that she and Abrams had decided not to go through with it. [90]
• Actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier auditioned for a role in the film, [91] possibly Uhura. [92]
• Ben Affleck was rumored to have been approached for a role in the film. [93]
• Abrams' Mission: Impossible III star and producer, Tom Cruise , was frequently rumored to have a cameo in the film. He was even rumored to be appearing in the film as Captain Christopher Pike. Both Cruise and his publicist have denied any involvement in the film. [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101]
• It was reported that Paramount was attempting to sign up Oscar-winner Russell Crowe to play the film's villain. [102] Crowe said he was "apparently" up for the role, but that he had yet to read anything and could not make a decision until he did. [103] Eric Bana ultimately won the role.
• Actor Josh Lucas was being considered for the role of Pike, although he was never the leading candidate. [104] [105] The role ultimately went to Bruce Greenwood .
• Starburst Magazine reported, in its 356th issue, that George Takei would be appearing in the film, reprising his role as Sulu in "a flash forward sequence" opposite Leonard Nimoy. This was later found to be incorrect. [106] (X) [107]
• Star Trek: Enterprise star Dominic Keating auditioned for the role of Jim Kirk's stepfather, but he did not get the part. [108]
• TOS actress Nichelle Nichols stated that she and J.J. Abrams discussed the possibility of Nichols making an appearance in the new film, perhaps as the grandmother of Uhura (the character she originated on TOS). Due to the writers' strike, however, her inclusion into the script was not possible. [109]

Shatner controversy [ ]

Yet another actor who expressed interest in a role was William Shatner himself. [110] In an interview with Time magazine, Shatner claimed to have been approached by Abrams for a role in Star Trek . [111] Shatner even reported several times his belief that Abrams was planning for both him and Leonard Nimoy to appear in the film, although they would have to be meaningful roles. [112] [113]

Shatner learned he did not have a role in the film while discussing the script with Leonard Nimoy over the phone. [114] According to Nimoy, although Shatner did not have a role the film, Shatner was not "furious" about it as some reported. [115] The film's writers stated their wish for Shatner to be a part of the film's shoot, and the filmmakers were looking for a way to include Shatner in the film. [116] [117] [118] [119] It was implied by Nimoy that the reason Shatner did not have a role in the script was due to the events of Star Trek Generations , which featured the death of Captain Kirk. [120] This suggested that Nimoy's scenes as Spock might have taken place in the 24th century . As it turned out, the backstory for the movie did indeed start in the late 24th century in the year 2387 . Kirk's appearance and subsequent death in the 24th century occurred in the year 2371 , sixteen years prior. While Shatner could theoretically have appeared as a James T. Kirk circa 2387 (as depicted in the "Shatnerverse" novels), it would have been confusing to the audience that might only know of his last screen adventure and not the subsequent ones in the novels since the novels are not canon.

In an interview with then-executive producer Stratton Leopold , the Savannah Morning News stated that "studio executives still hope to convince William Shatner to suit up as Captain Kirk one more time. " [121] This contradicted previous reports stating that Shatner was the one attempting to convince Abrams and crew to find a way to put him in the movie. It is possible that the Savannah report was merely mistaken or that the line was taken out of context.

The fact that Nimoy had a role in the film and Shatner did not, disappointed Shatner. The fact also caused an uproar from some fans on forums and discussion boards. Shatner explained in later interviews that the writers had been looking for ways to include Kirk in the story, but couldn't find a way to do it without compromising the script or making his appearance feel "forced".

In an interview with IGN , J.J. Abrams finally put an end to the rumors by stating that William Shatner was not in the movie at all and Leonard Nimoy is the only actor from the original series who was. [122]

In another interview with AMC , Abrams admitted there was a scene written for Shatner, but he and the writers decided not to use it because "it didn't feel right" and they still had to respect canon. In addition, Shatner was vocal in his unwillingness to be involved unless he had a substantial role in the film. [123] Abrams called the omitted scene a "flashback", although co-writer Roberto Orci later stated that wasn't a technically accurate term. [124]

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman eventually said that Shatner's scene was in the movie and then was written out in a later draft. It would have been at the very end of the movie when Spock Prime meets the younger Spock and speaks to him about the long and enduring friendship that Spock and Kirk needed to form. Spock Prime would have said " Don't take my word for it " and produced a small holographic device that would have projected a message from the elder Kirk. [125]

Production [ ]

A moment from the filming of this movie

Principal photography began 7 November 2007 [126] and wrapped 141 shoot days later on 27 March 2008 . Second unit and VFX plate shots continued until 17 April 2008 , under the direction of Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett . Since it was the principal photography that had been reportedly scheduled to wrap in April, writer and executive producer Roberto Orci stated:

Shooting was once set to start summer 2007 [128] before the filmmakers made clear it could actually begin in April. [129] Shooting would have started on 5 November but was postponed two days. [130]

This was the first film in the Star Trek franchise which Paramount Pictures made in collaboration with a production partner, let alone two ( Bad Robot Productions and Spyglass Entertainment ). This was also the first Star Trek project which writer/director Rick Berman has not been involved with in over twenty years, and the first Trek film since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country made without his involvement. In addition, this was the first film since Star Trek Generations that the soundtrack was not composed by Jerry Goldsmith , who passed away in 2004 .

Crew notes [ ]

Many of the crew members whom Abrams selected to work on this film are those he had worked with in the past, most notably writers/executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, producer Damon Lindelof , executive producer Bryan Burk , composer Michael Giacchino , cinematographer Dan Mindel , production designer Scott Chambliss , editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey , and casting directors April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg .

Stratton Leopold , a collaborator of Abrams' on Mission: Impossible III , was initially unit production manager and an executive producer for the film. [131] Before filming began, however, Leopold left the production and was replaced as executive producer by Jeffrey Chernov [132] and as unit production manager by David Witz . [133]

Originally, Vic Armstrong was to coordinate the stunts for Star Trek . He was looking forward to working with Abrams again, having served as stunt coordinator on Mission: Impossible III (2006), but Joey Box was ultimately given the job. (source: Vic Armstrong)

The first three months of shooting on Star Trek took place during the 2007 writers' strike . None of the filmmakers could make any changes to the film's script during the strike period, meaning the common practice of revising the script during production was not possible. Although Abrams complained about not being able to add new dialogue, the strike for the most part did not affect the film's production. Since it was one of the studio's "high priority" films, Paramount strove to help it despite the writing stoppage. [134] [135] Writers Kurtzman and Orci were able to stay on set without strikebreaking as they were also executive producers on the film. While they could not change any lines themselves, they could "make funny eyes and faces at the actors whenever they had a problem with the line and sort of nod when they had something better." [136]

Secrecy and security [ ]

Security on the set was very tight in order to keep aspects of the production a secret from the general public. Cast and crew members on location were not allowed to leave the set for cigarette breaks, [137] and actors could not walk in public in their costume – they were driven to and from set in golf carts, hidden behind black canvas. [138] Some actors, including Jennifer Morrison and Sonita Henry , were only given the part of the script containing their scenes, which they had to return at the end of the day. [139] [140] The script was also protected with members of the main cast, including Simon Pegg , who had to read the script with a security guard nearby. [141]

During its production process, the film was codenamed "Corporate Headquarters". [142] This was the official fake title chosen by Bad Robot, although various other fake titles were also used throughout the production. Each of the Key Assistant Location Managers was allowed to choose an additional fake title for paperwork, permits, and signage in an effort to thwart paparazzi and to protect the secrecy of the movie: Kathy McCurdy named the movie "Untitled Walter Lace Project" after her grandfather; Rob Swenson used "Christa & Christan's Big Adventure" after his twin step-daughters; Scott Trimble used "The Ernest Castelhun Chronicles" after his great-granduncle who drowned in beer at the Anheuser-Busch factory in 1937; and Steve Woroniecki named it "Untitled Blake Allen Project" after his son.

TOS stars Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig , TNG star Jonathan Frakes , and veteran Trek writer and producer Ronald D. Moore were among the few who were permitted to visit the Star Trek set. Other celebrities who visited the set include Tom Cruise , Ben Stiller , Harrison Ford , Michelle Monaghan , and Steven Spielberg . Ford dropped by the set during the last week of shooting; Spielberg was on set during filming on the Enterprise and assisted Abrams with the action of one of the scenes. [143] [144] (Abrams states that Koenig came when filming the space dive – since Pine and Cho had actually been standing on a mirror on top of a building, Koenig thought the film would be a flop.)

The wrap party was held on 18 April 2008 at Hangar 8 at the Santa Monica Airport between 7:00 pm and midnight. The invitation featured the note, " Please note that due to heightened security, you must R.S.V.P. in order to have your name placed on the guest list. Your photo I.D. will be required at the entrance. " (Source: Jon Donahue via Facebook)

Sets and locations [ ]

The production used a total of eleven sound stages. [145] Most filming took place on the studio lot, specifically on stages 8 , 9 , 11 , 14 , 15 , and 18 . These are stages where Star Trek has filmed in the past. Plans also reportedly included use of a Universal Studios stage for "planetary" shots needing more room, [146] but that location was never used.

A source told TrekMovie.com that more ship interiors were created for this film than any other Trek film. There was also a minimal amount of redressing used. [147]

Abrams has stated that his goal with this film is to make Star Trek "real." As such, he used live sets and location shooting rather than green- and blue-screen sets wherever possible. [148] The first days of shooting occurred on location in a Long Beach building. [149] California's Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park was used for a birthing scene involving a number of Vulcans. Vasquez Rocks has appeared in past Trek shoots, including the original series episode " Arena ". [150] )

Approximately four weeks out of the twenty weeks of shooting took place on the bridge of the USS Enterprise . [151] The last day of shooting on the set of the Enterprise bridge was 25 January 2008 . Scenes filmed included the intended final scene of the movie. During filming on that day, TrekMovie.com hosted a live chat in which J.J. Abrams, other crewmembers, and some of the cast answered fan-submitted questions from the bridge set. A transcript of this chat included a brief glimpse of the set – the first such on-set image – showing Abrams using his laptop at one of the stations. [152]

In addition to the bridge, other areas aboard the Enterprise seen in the movie are sickbay , crew quarters , corridors , engineering , and the transporter room . All of these sets were built at Paramount Studios, with the exception of engineering, which was done on a redressed industrial location. [153] That location was later revealed to be the Budweiser beer plant in Van Nuys, California. (Production notes at StarTrekMovie.com )

The bridge of the USS Kelvin reflects an earlier design than the Enterprise and is described as "a lot busier." This bridge set was redressed for use as the mock-up starship bridge in a scene depicting the Kobayashi Maru scenario . [154] Other areas we see on the Kelvin include sickbay, engineering, and some corridors. The Romulan ship, the Narada , utilizes an interior design that is different from previously seen Romulan ships and is described as "surreal." Scenes were also filmed on sets built to represent a medical shuttle and a transport shuttle. [155]

Some scenes were shot in a large Orange County hangar. Production later returned to Long Beach for scenes at its city hall. Filming there wrapped on 14 December 2007 , with several city staffers invited to the shoot, all of whom signed nondisclosure pacts. [156] [157]

During the week of 18 March 2008 , parts of the film were shot at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), with the university's Oviatt Library standing in as the lower levels of Starfleet Academy. Although blue screens were placed on the sides of the lawn, light fixtures were modified, and banners sporting the Starfleet emblem were hung on streetlights, little else was modified for the film. [158] Although it never appeared in the film, the lobby of the library was dressed with NASA and other space-related images and the main doors were emblazoned with the Starfleet emblem. There was also a "futuristic kiosk" placed in the lawn. Photos of the filming at CSUN feature dozens of extras dressed in red cadet uniforms (as well as some in more militaristic gray uniforms) as well as a futuristic-looking, functional vehicle called the Aptera . [159]

Also in March of 2008, filming took place at the Pastoria Energy Facility to the east of Interstate 5 at the bottom of "the grapevine," a stretch of Interstate 5 that drops out of the mountains north of Lebec, California, and south of Bakersfield. This location served as the Riverside Shipyards where the starship Enterprise was being constructed. This is where James T. Kirk rode his motorcycle into the shipyards, gave his bike to a shipyard worker, and boarded the shuttle headed to Starfleet Academy.

Four of the filmmakers, including production designer Scott Chambliss , first assistant director Tommy Gormley , then executive producer Stratton Leopold , and eventual second unit director Roger Guyett , scouted locations in Iceland during early Summer 2007. Despite some reports, J.J. Abrams never actually visited Iceland himself. Companies such as Pegasus-Panarctica Pictures (run by Snorri Þórisson), Sagafilm (Kjartan Thor Thordarson), Labrador (Pétur Hafsteinn Bjarnason), and Truenorth Productions (Leifur B. Dagfinnsson) vied for the opportunity to provide local production services. This would have been the first time a Star Trek movie was filmed outside of the United States. The plan was that two weeks of filming would take place there during Spring 2008, but, as it turned out, no filming whatsoever was ever done in Iceland. A location scout was also sent to British Columbia, Canada, but, in the end, the movie was filmed entirely in the United States. [160] [161] [162]

Many of the scenes featuring interior locations on Vulcan were filmed at the SkyRose Chapel in Whittier, California. These included the conversation between young Spock and Sarek, as well as Spock's confrontation with the Vulcan committee. [163] [164]

In early April, some second unit work took place on location in Bakersfield, California, which stood in for Iowa (the birthplace of James T. Kirk). While shooting in Bakersfield – near Highway 119 – on 8 April 2008 , an automobile accident occurred in front of the set in which a car being driven by the location's site manager (a local official in charge of the site) crashed head-on into a truck. A passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were injured but survived, and the crash did not disrupt filming. [165] [166]

Post-production [ ]

Industrial Light & Magic provided the special visual effects for the film. This was the company's seventh film project for the Star Trek franchise, the last being 1996's Star Trek: First Contact . Santa Barbara Studios did the VFX for Star Trek: Insurrection and Digital Domain provided the effects for Star Trek Nemesis . Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett anticipated that Star Trek would use about 1,000 visual effects shots, [167] though the number had increased to over 1,300 by August. [168]

The first cut of the film was completed in July 2008. This cut was screened for studio executives at Paramount Pictures sometime in the last week of July and received a very positive response. [169]

Post-production on Star Trek was completed on 23 December 2008 . The film spent just under nine months in the post-production process, the second longest in the franchise behind Star Trek: The Motion Picture . The final step in the process was sound editing, provided by Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt (best known for his work on the Star Wars films) and supervising sound editor Mark Stoeckinger . [170]

The film's score was written by Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino . He created a new version of the original theme by Alexander Courage in the score, along with new themes he created for the film. The original theme made a comeback for the ending credits. Giacchino admitted personal pressure in scoring the film, stating " I grew up listening to all of that great [ Trek ] music, and that's part of what inspired me to do what I'm doing… You just go in scared. You just hope you do your best. It's one of those things where the film will tell me what to do. " [171] [172] [173]

Finding a new musical direction for Star Trek proved challenging. " I wrote maybe 20 or so versions of the main theme and all of them sounded like Star Trek music – like big space opera music. And every time JJ and I would sit and listen to it JJ would say 'it just doesn't sound like our movie.' " Lindelof suggested Giacchino concentrate more on Kirk and Spock's friendship, and the main theme, specifically the Kirk/ Enterprise theme came out of that. Spock's theme developed out of a variation of the main theme that the producers liked. [174]

The score was recorded at the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage in Culver City, California. The scoring session was comprised of a 107-piece orchestra and forty-person choir. Giacchino composed new themes for the film, some of which were stylistically created as subtle homages to past Star Trek composers, Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner . An erhu was used to create Spock's theme; the same instrument was used for the Romulans, except in their case, the sound was processed and distorted. Several members of the music department wore clothing resembling Starfleet uniforms during the scoring session. [175] The score was released by Varèse Sarabande Records on 5 May 2009 .

Continuity [ ]

• This is the second movie, the first being Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , to begin on James T. Kirk's birthday, in this case the actual day of his birth.
• Aspects of Spock's life, like Sarek explaining his marriage to Amanda as "the logical thing to do", young Spock being bullied by Vulcan kids for having a Human mother, and later turning down the Vulcan Science Academy to Sarek's disappointment, were first mentioned in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " Journey to Babel " and the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode " Yesteryear ".
• Hikaru Sulu reveals that his advanced combat training is in fencing . Sulu was first seen fencing in the original series episode " The Naked Time ". Abrams later states he thought it a good idea to turn out that Sulu was in fact "a ninja". ( Star Trek DVD commentary)
• Delta Vega in the film is a reference to an unrelated planet from the TOS episode " Where No Man Has Gone Before ". In an interview with TrekMovie.com, writer Roberto Orci said, " We moved the planet to suit our purposes. The familiarity of the name seemed more important as an Easter egg, than a new name with no importance. " [176]
• When Kirk and McCoy first see the Enterprise in space the scene resembles the scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture when the Enterprise refit is shown for the first time or the similar scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home with the new USS Enterprise -A . This was the general idea in Abrams' view. ( Star Trek DVD commentary)
• When the cadets are assigned to the various ships prior to the destruction of Vulcan , one cadet, Fugeman , is assigned to Regula I , a station seen prominently in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• There is an established relationship between Spock and Uhura in this film. There have previously been hints of flirtation between the two characters. In " Charlie X ", Uhura sings a teasing song about Spock while he plays accompanying music on the Vulcan lyre , eliciting a rare smile from him. In " The Man Trap ", Uhura makes an attempt to get Spock to flirt with her, asking him to tell her she's an "… attractive young lady." The famous interracial kiss was originally to be between Uhura and Spock. [177] However, according to scriptwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, they only noticed these moments after coming up with the relationship for the film. [178]
• At the end of the film, Admiral Christopher Pike is in a wheelchair . This is an allusion to Fleet Captain Christopher Pike from the original timeline who was crippled by delta radiation when a baffle plate had ruptured and then confined to an advanced wheelchair. [179] However, unlike in the Original Series , Pike isn't scarred or mute and in the next film is seen walking without the wheelchair, albeit with a cane .
• Nero's statement that the Federation had done nothing as Romulus was destroyed by the supernova makes it look as though the Federation simply held still while their (former) enemies faced destruction. However, Jean-Luc Picard 's statements in PIC : " Remembrance " elaborate on that and make Nero's anger much more understandable: In fact, the Federation had initially agreed to mount a large-scale evacuation to help the Romulans who were threatened by the supernova, but deliberately chose to abandon it.
• The sequence where Nero forces the Centaurian slug down Captain Pike's throat is a tribute to the Ceti eel sequence from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , even including similar dialogue. [180]
• While taking the Kobayashi Maru test, Kirk's comic nonchalance extends to him casually munching on an apple as the Klingons attack. In the Genesis cave in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Kirk eats an apple while explaining to Saavik how he beat the Kobayashi Maru test. (In the DVD commentary on the film, it is noted that this was a coincidence.)
• Dr. McCoy refers to Spock as a "green-blooded hobgoblin." In " Bread and Circuses ", McCoy referred to Spock as a "pointed-ear hobgoblin." McCoy also frequently referred to Spock as "green-blooded" throughout the classic series and the films.
• Spock Prime tells Kirk " I have been, and always shall be, your friend ", which were his dying words to an older Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , and, recalling that conversation, his first words after his fal-tor-pan in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .
• In order to bring Kirk aboard the Enterprise as a patient, McCoy injects a vaccine to protect against viral infection from Melvaran mud fleas . The fleas were previously mentioned in " Canamar ".
• On Delta Vega, Montgomery Scott mentions that he had used "Admiral Archer's prized beagle" to test his long-distance transporter theories, though the beagle had yet to turn up as of his meeting with Kirk and Spock Prime (which he speculated led to his "exile"). Writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have confirmed that this Admiral Archer was indeed Jonathan Archer . [181] [182] Jonathan Archer would be 145 years old at the time of Scotty's exile, but Humans are long-lived in Star Trek ; Orci noted the appearance of Leonard McCoy in " Encounter at Farpoint ". However, it is unlikely that Porthos would still be alive at that time. J.J. Abrams intends the dog to reappear upon his leaving the Star Trek films. ( Star Trek DVD commentary)
• When Nero discovers Spock commandeering the Jellyfish , he yells, "SPOOOOOCK!" This is likely a nod to the scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan where Kirk yells Khan's name in a similar fashion.
• When the younger Spock approaches the pilot's seat in the Jellyfish , the location's design is that of the IDIC , a symbol of the Vulcan people. Also, in reaction to the ship's controls, Spock says " Fascinating… "
• Chief Engineer Olson , who dies almost instantly on an away mission, is conspicuously dressed in a red space jump suit, a nod to the original series phenomenon of a hitherto unknown ensign dressed in red always being the first to die in any away mission. ( Star Trek Special Edition DVD ) Greg Ellis , who played Olson, had previously appeared on Star Trek , in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine finale " What You Leave Behind ", as Ekoor , one of the few Cardassians to survive the Dominion massacre.
• Uhura orders a Klabnian fire tea , three Budweiser Classics , two Cardassian sunrises , a Slusho , and a Jack Daniel's at the Shipyard Bar . J.J. Abrams has previously used Slusho in the film Cloverfield and the television series Alias . Uhura's drink order is the first reference to the Cardassians in a Star Trek production set in the 23rd century. The Cardassians debuted in the 24th century Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " The Wounded ", and were mentioned in the 22nd century Star Trek: Enterprise by the Organians in " Observer Effect " and one was seen at a repair station Enterprise NX-01 visited in " Dead Stop ". The mention of Budweiser is a nod to the shooting location for engineering – a Budweiser plant.
• As Kirk climbs out of the shuttle on Delta Vega, his backpack reads "NCC-1701-D." The USS Enterprise -D , commanded by Captain Picard , had this registry number.
• At one point, Doctor McCoy tells Kirk that " A little suffering is good for the soul. " In " The Corbomite Maneuver " Kirk asks McCoy " Aren't you the one who always says a little suffering is good for the soul? " and McCoy dryly replies " I never say that ".
• McCoy has a beard in civilian life, just as he did in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
• While trying to decipher the origins of Nero and his ship and crew, Spock says " Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. " In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Spock says the same thing while investigating the mysteries surrounding Chancellor Gorkon 's assassination . The line ultimately derives from the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , and was also quoted by Data in " Data's Day ".
• When Kirk first meets Scott on Delta Vega, a tribble can be seen and heard on his desk.
• Kirk emotionally compromises Spock in order to gain command of the Enterprise as he did in " This Side of Paradise ".
• At the end of the film, right after Spock Prime says " To boldly go where no man has gone before… ", the Enterprise goes into warp, similar to the Star Trek: The Next Generation series opening sequence.
• This is the last Star Trek film to use the 2002-2012 Paramount Pictures logo.

Deleted and expanded scenes [ ]

Several scenes appear in the shooting script that are absent from the theatrical release. [183] Some have appeared on the Star Trek DVD releases.

• A scene prior to the film's opening sequence shows Spock's birth and a conversation between Amanda Grayson and Sarek.
• When the Narada is disabled by the Kelvin 's attack, several Klingon warbirds decloak and surround Nero's ship.
• Preceding his joyride in a Corvette, scenes establish the child James T. Kirk residing with his older brother George and their uncle Frank while Winona Kirk is away. James is forced to wash the Corvette (which had in fact belonged to their late father) in a subsequent scene when, upon opening the visor above the drivers' seat, the keys fall into his lap, and he decides to steal it.

The unfinished Narada surrounded by Klingon ships in a deleted scene

• Several scenes establish that Nero and his crew were taken to Rura Penthe and had been held there for several years. It is suggested that Nero formulated his plan for destroying the Federation while imprisoned. Klingons – as all are masked, it is unclear whether or not they bear the effects of the augment virus – interrogate Nero (at one point, having realized he was from the future, theorized that he likely knows about Federation defenses, and that they might be able to work together) and torture him with a Centaurian slug (in the hopes of getting red matter technology for themselves), a tactic Nero uses later in the film. Nero attempts to endure the torture by focusing on memories of his wife. A later scene shows Nero escaping the prison planet to resume his plan (the scene used in the trailer where Nero says " The wait is over " comes as he frees Ayel). Interviews with J.J. Abrams and the Star Trek DVD commentary indicates that they didn't want to address whether the Klingons in this film would look like they did in the original series, affected by the augment virus, or appear with forehead ridges as they did in the films and subsequent series although the helmets have the ridges on them, which is a nod toward the later look of the Klingons. Two images from this plot line were in fact included in the final film – the last shot of the Centaurian slug sequence, looking straight down at Nero, was used to show Nero aboard the Narada when Ayel comes in and informs him that the Jellyfish is about to emerge from the black hole, while the image of a shirtless Nero at work on Rura Penthe appears during Spock Prime's mind-meld with Kirk.
• The Gaila/Uhura dorm room scene and Kobayashi Maru scenario is slightly expanded to show how Kirk reprogrammed the test. After Kirk responded to " I love you " with " That's so weird ", he explains that it's because he has written her a note, its contents too hard to say in person, that he needs her to open at precisely 3 pm the next day. At the appointed time, Gaila – a technician on the test – opens the letter, which reads " Gaila – I'm sorry. Jim ", before downloading a virus which reprograms the scenario. (In the DVD commentary it was stated that this is why Gaila has her arms crossed during the entirety of Kirk's subsequent hearing.) Another scene includes Kirk running into and attempting to apologize to an Orion woman within the Enterprise corridors that he thought was Gaila.
• In one scene, Ayel expresses the Narada crew's desire to return to Romulus following the destruction of Vulcan and suggests to Nero that the plan for destroying the Federation be abandoned. Nero declines the suggestion and kills Ayel for displaying signs of mutiny. This is noted as being a significant difference from the theatrical release, since Ayel is involved in the film's final scenes.
• As Spock Prime leaves the hangar following the conversation with his younger self, he passes Sarek, whose bewildered look (similar to the one his son had upon apparently seeing Kirk aboard the Enterprise ) is captured by the cameras.

Apocrypha [ ]

The novelization of Star Trek , written by Alan Dean Foster , shows several expanded sequences including some deleted scenes. In the novel, Winona is given an inhibitor that would help delay the birth of James until the Kelvin 's return to Earth. However, the impacts to the ship by the Narada 's attack cause her to go into early labor. For the scenes where she's off-planet, Kirk's Uncle Frank from a deleted scene and his step-father from the final cut are merged, as "Frank" is, in fact, his step-father. In several instances after Kirk is commissioned by Captain Pike, Kirk is referred to as "Lieutenant Kirk." The novel also further details Nero's motivations for attacking the Federation.

After the elder Spock is informed by young Kirk that Chekov, Sulu, and Uhura all serving aboard the Enterprise – at this point not even bothering to ask if McCoy is as well – he suggests that their meeting on Delta Vega and various other coincidences regarding the Enterprise crew are the result of the timeline attempting to mend itself – as for the one person not yet aboard the ship, Spock had been well aware of Scotty's presence at the outpost, but had deliberately kept his distance, until the arrival of Kirk made it absolutely clear that their being on the same world was no accident. After the young Spock resigns command and leaves the bridge, Uhura and Sulu demand to know how Kirk got aboard the Enterprise ; Kirk reveals to the bridge crew about the future Spock and what he told Kirk about Nero and how the past had been changed in an attempt to gain their trust. Kirk also tells them about how they cannot tell their Spock about the elder Spock's presence and the bridge crew agrees not to do so. At the end of the book, when the elder Spock speaks to his younger counterpart (who, upon hearing how his older self convinced Kirk to keep his secret, suggests that the would-be paradoxes were not outright impossible, but the displacement would have to have taken place far earlier for there to be any concern), the young Spock asks Spock Prime if he might call on him occasionally for advice and Spock Prime agrees, saying " Who better to consult with you than yourself? " The first mission under Kirk also includes a new passenger: Archer's dog rematerializes in the Enterprise 's transporter room just as the ship warps away from the Solar System.

The novel also makes a number of small quotes and passing mentions regarding certain figures and connecting the main characters to their prime selves:

• During the skill dome sequence, young Spock identifies the authors of a piece of 20th century Earth music as John Lennon and Paul McCartney , on whom Orci and Kurtzman based the Kirk-Spock relationship.
• Running for his life on Delta Vega, Kirk mutters under his breath that the drakoulias resembles the "bastard offspring" of a polar bear and a gorilla, the two Earth animals which the monster was modeled after.
• Noting Kirk's unfamiliarity with Regulation 619, Spock admits that he had forgotten how unimportant such things had been to "his" Kirk.
• During the bridge discussion after Kirk takes command, Sulu mentions having a doctorate in astrophysics , the field of study his counterpart was in during his first Trek appearance, " Where No Man Has Gone Before ".
• In the midst of their battle with the Narada crew – largely a fistfight rather than a firefight – Kirk, noting that Spock displayed great logic even in combat (defeating the strongest Romulans first before moving on to the weaker ones until there were none left), concludes that he must play a "mean game" of three-dimensional chess , which Spock was in fact so skilled at that he would use the game to save Kirk's career .
• The transport of Kirk, Spock, and Pike from the Narada back to the Enterprise , shown almost entirely from inside the transporter room and implied to be more difficult than the film suggests, is viewed by McCoy and Uhura, allowing a mention of the doctor's well-known feelings toward the device .

Foster initially refused to do the novelization. The producers flew him to Hollywood to meet with them, the cast, and the director. After having many conversations, Foster accepted the project, rushed to meet deadlines, and had the novel ready for a December 2008 release. Star Trek writers Howard Weinstein and Robert Greenberger mentioned this at the 2009 FarPoint Convention. The novelization also appears to have been written with either a first draft or very early version of the script. Many sequences and dialogues are out of order, missing, or otherwise inconsistent with the film.

Release [ ]

Release delay [ ].

At the time production began, Star Trek was set for a worldwide theatrical release on 25 December 2008 . Later, Paramount was reportedly considering bumping up the film's release date one or two days or moving it to 19 December 2008. [184] On 13 February 2008 , however, Variety magazine reported that the film's release would be put back, from 2008 to 8 May 2009 , in order to take advantage of the summer movie season. [185]

Around the time the delay was announced, a Paramount spokesperson stressed that the change in release date had nothing to do with the film's production or its script. The spokesman stated that the decision was all about box-office potential and the spokesman said that Star Trek is in the same league as such past summer blockbusters as Spider-Man , Shrek , Transformers , and the Star Wars prequels. [186] (X) Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore revealed to Entertainment Weekly that another reason the movie was pushed back was so they could "educate people that this is a whole new franchise." [187]

Premieres [ ]

The gala world premiere of Star Trek took place on 7 April 2009 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. The film's cast and crew were in attendance. [188] This was followed by a number of additional premiere events around the world – Austria; Belgium; France; Germany; Japan; Korea; the Netherlands; New Zealand; Russia; Spain; London, UK: 20 April 2009 [189] ; Los Angeles, USA.

A few hours prior to the official premiere in Sydney, fans in Austin, Texas were given a surprise screening of the film. The event had been announced as a ten-minute preview following a showing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , hosted by writers Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman , and Damon Lindelof . However, after two minutes the film of The Wrath of Khan appeared to melt. Orci, Kurtzman, and Lindelof proceeded to vamp for a few minutes but were interrupted by a surprise appearance of Leonard Nimoy , who asked the audience if they would like to watch the new film instead. [190]

The official American premiere was held at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on 30 April 2009 . Attending the event were J.J. Abrams, most of the film crew, and nearly the entire cast. [191]

General [ ]

Although the United States release date was set for 8 May 2009 , advance screenings of the film began at 7 pm on 7 May 2009 . [192] However, the first worldwide release was in France, Belgium, and the French-speaking parts of Switzerland on 6 May 2009 . [193]

For the first time, a Star Trek film was released in IMAX as well as conventional theaters. Although the film was not shot with IMAX cameras, the film was able to be converted to the 70 mm IMAX format. This was the first Trek project since the abandoned Star Trek: IMAX to be considered for the medium. [194] [195]

Star Trek , released in May 2009, was the first Star Trek film released in the summer months since 1989's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier .

Reception [ ]

Star Trek has received nearly universal acclaim from film critics. Star Trek currently has a 95% "certified fresh" rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 278 reviews, with an average critic's rating of 8.1 on a scale of 10. [196] Based on the findings of Rotten Tomatoes, Star Trek is currently the second-best reviewed mainstream film of 2009, after Up . [197] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, Star Trek has a metascore of 83 out of 100, based on 37 critics' reviews. [198]

Based on listings tracked by Metacritic, twenty-three critics from twelve different publications ranked Star Trek as one of the ten best films of 2009. Among the publications whose critics praised Star Trek as such were Boston Globe , Empire Magazine , The Hollywood Reporter , Miami Herald , New York Daily News , The New Yorker , and the Washington Post . [199]

Bryan Burk recalled, " In general with Star Trek , a lot of people came out saying they really liked it and it wasn't what they thought it was going to be. For me, that was the biggest win. " ( SFX , issue 270, p. 71)

Despite the praise, some reviews criticized the lack of a classical Star Trek allegory. In Empire 's 4/5 review, Colin Kennedy noted the themes " primarily relate to the nature of friendship and teamwork, which is all very well, […] but in a time when the United States is engaged in two wars, the failure to even acknowledge the issues arising from space imperialism and the Prime Directive is to flinch from battle. Harsher critics may even deem it a dereliction of duty. " [200]

In a 2013 article about J.J. Abrams, Empire characterized the introduction of Kirk in this film as a prime example of how Abrams juxtaposes the everyday with the extraordinary to create "relatable spectacle," tonally similar to Steven Spielberg's film-making. ( Empire , issue 287, p. 77) In 2014, Empire readers ranked Star Trek at #188 in a poll to determine the 301 greatest movies of all time. [201]

In a 2016 interview, Brannon Braga commented, " I thought Star Trek was fantastic. It was beautifully directed and took Trek to a whole other level in terms of action. They had quadruple the budget when we did ours. But the casting was perfect and it was almost an impossible task. " Braga also prefers this film to Star Trek Into Darkness . ( SFX , issue 270, p. 68)

Jonathan Frakes is disappointed that, despite visiting the set of this film, he wasn't permitted to participate in the making of it. Nonetheless, he approved of this movie. ( SFX , issue 270, p. 63)

Box office [ ]

Star Trek topped the North American box office in its opening weekend, grossing US$75.2 million from Friday through Sunday. It also earned an estimated US$4 million from its Thursday night advance screenings, for a total of US$79.2 million over its first three and a quarter days. [202] It marked the highest opening weekend box office gross of any film in the franchise, surpassing Star Trek: First Contact 's opening weekend of US$30.7 million (approximately US$50 million when adjusted for inflation). [203] Star Trek had the sixth highest opening weekend of 2009, following The Twilight Saga: New Moon , Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , X-Men Origins: Wolverine , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , and Avatar . [204]

Included in Star Trek 's opening weekend gross was US$8.5 million from 138 IMAX venues, setting a new weekend record for IMAX. It surpassed the previous benchmark set by The Dark Knight , which earned US$6.3 million from IMAX screenings in its first weekend. ( Star Trek 's IMAX record was subsequently beaten by Avatar .) In addition, Star Trek yielded the most-attended start ever for a movie debuting in the second weekend of May, topping 1996's Twister . [205] Star Trek also managed to top many overseas box office charts in its first weekend, grossing US$35.5 million from 54 international markets. [206]

Star Trek ended its domestic theatrical run on 1 October 2009 with a total gross of US$257,730,019, making it the seventh highest grossing film of 2009 in North America. [207] It was the year's highest-grossing film in the United States from Wednesday, 27 May, though Saturday, 27 June, a total of 31 days, after which it was overtaken by Disney/Pixar's Up (which, coincidentally, was also composed by Michael Giacchino ). Star Trek has also done good business internationally, earning more from foreign markets than any previous Star Trek films (with the possible exception of Star Trek: The Motion Picture ). Star Trek 's international gross is US$127,950,428, bringing its total worldwide gross to US$385,680,447. [208]

Awards and honors [ ]

Star Trek is the first film of the franchise to have won an Academy Award , the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup. It also received three more Academy Award nominations. The National Board of Review named Star Trek one of the Ten Best Films of 2009.

Star Trek received the following awards and honors:

On 30 March 2009, it was announced that Paramount was moving forward with a sequel to Star Trek . Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have again been hired to write the screenplay, along with the first film's producer, Damon Lindelof. J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk will again be producing via Bad Robot, along with Orci and Kurtzman. [209]

At his panel during the Supernova Convention, Perth 2009 in Australia, Karl Urban unofficially announced that he had seen a work in progress version of the script for a sequel, expected in 2011, or later.

Advertising and marketing [ ]

Posters [ ].

As of July 2008 , Paramount has distributed several teaser posters at various conventions to promote awareness and hype about the film. The first, as stated above, was released on 22 July 2007 (see early discussion and speculation above). A second teaser poster for the new film was introduced at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, on 27 July 2007 . This poster features a white background with the words Star Trek written in the TOS-style font and comprised of a star field backdrop seen throughout the original television series.

In August 2007 , a third teaser poster, this one containing the title inside the arrowhead-shaped Starfleet insignia , was created especially for distribution to the attendees at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention. As with the second teaser poster, the Vegas poster features the film's release date hyped as "Stardate 12.25.08".

A fourth teaser poster was given away to attendees at the San Francisco Wondercon on the weekend of 24 February 2008 , sporting the new official logo, the tagline "Under Construction", and a date of "Summer 2009".

Four teaser posters, each featuring an image of a cast member from the film ( Eric Bana , Zoe Saldana , Chris Pine , and Zachary Quinto ), were distributed at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con from 24 through 27 July 2008. When combined, the four posters form the delta shield emblem of the USS Enterprise (and later of all Starfleet). There is also a single one-sheet version of the poster available via mail order from Comic-Con in conjunction with the Intel Corporation . [210] Four similar posters featuring John Cho , Simon Pegg , Anton Yelchin , and Karl Urban were distributed at the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas the following month. [211]

On 10 November 2008, Paramount released the first teaser posters for the films designed for display in theaters, one featuring Pine as Kirk and the other featuring Quinto as Spock. Both posters were black and white, bearing nothing else save for the release date, the official site address, the production company logos for Paramount and Bad Robot, and the Starfleet delta shield emblem. [212]

A cardboard standup promoting the film was also made for display in theaters. The standup consists of the title in large cut-out letters, with each letter featuring the face of a different character from the film (Kirk on the "S", Nero on the "K", etc.) The title is placed upon a dais which contains the tagline ("The Future Begins"), the release date, and an orbital view of Earth. [213]

On 26 March 2009, European posters for Star Trek were posted online. [214] A day later, the US poster for the film was also revealed on MySpace Movies. The poster features the USS Enterprise within a warp effect against a white background, with the tagline "The future begins." [215]

USB card wallpapers [ ]

A set of nine exclusive wallpapers were released on Star Trek -themed USB cards, with three images per card.

Websites and viral marketing [ ]

The mysterious corridor that appears briefly on NCC-1701.com

A promotional website dedicated to the new film went live at 8:05pm EST on 16 January 2008 and can be found at paramount.com/startrek . The site introduced the new official logo for the film, which was also seen in the teaser trailer. [216] Paramount also set up a page for the movie on the social-networking website Facebook where fans may congregate. [217] [218]

Following the launch of the film's teaser trailer, the official website contained a hidden link to NCC-1701.com , a viral promotional site supposedly containing "surveillance footage" of the Enterprise under construction. The site features four screens, each for a different "surveillance camera", but only three are active at a time. The inactive camera, however, will sometimes come online and, for a brief instant, reveal an image of a dark corridor. [219] The corridor actually belonged to the USS Kelvin , seen very briefly during George Kirk's brief command of the ship.

Originally located on a subdomain of Paramount.com, the official site moved on 19 February 2008 , its address becoming StarTrekMovie.com . On 18 July 2008 , the site was updated with wallpapers and icons depicting the images from the Comic-Con Star Trek posters in addition to an overall redesign of the site. [220]

Promotional images [ ]

The first official promotional images from the film were released on 15 October 2008 , at six separate movie websites. The images showed Pine, Quinto, Urban, Pegg, Saldana, and Yelchin in costume on the Enterprise bridge; Quinto and Pine; Bana in makeup as Nero; Pine on an icy planet; the USS Kelvin engaged in combat; and a view of the Enterprise bridge. [221]

On 16 October 2008 , TrekMovie.com released two new images, another of the Kelvin in action, and one of Cho in his role as Sulu. [222]

Yet another load of images were released on 17 October 2008 , when Entertainment Weekly put up more promotional pictures of Pine, Quinto, Cho, Bana, and Pine and Urban. [223]

Teaser trailer [ ]

A first look at the new USS Enterprise

The film's teaser trailer was completed by 30 November 2007. [224] It debuted in theaters on 18 January 2008 , attached to Paramount's Cloverfield which, like Star Trek , is produced by J.J. Abrams. [225]

On 21 January 2008 , the teaser was made available for viewing at the official site and at Yahoo! Movies . Empire Online uploaded the United Kingdom's version of the teaser that same day. Paramount made the teaser available on a wider basis on 22 January. [226]

The teaser trailer features a glimpse of the remodeled USS Enterprise as it is being constructed, with the construction taking place in a drydock on Earth. Several sound bites recorded during the space race of the 1960s can be heard in the background leading up to a new recording of Leonard Nimoy reciting the famous line, " Space… the final frontier. " The opening notes of the original Star Trek series theme music begin playing during Nimoy's voiceover and the unveiling of the Enterprise 's saucer section , followed by the sound effect of the original series transporter as the lines "Under Construction" and "Christmas 2008" appear on-screen.

The teaser was shot in October, prior to the start of principal photography on the film. It was filmed on Paramount Stage 25 and also used a part of the Paramount back lot. Half of the stage was enveloped by greenscreen and greenfloor for the insertion of CGI effects, and a giant greenscreen was utilized in the back lot. The shoot involved real welding and the handling of actual welding equipment, so experienced welders were required.

The first welder seen in the teaser was played by Anthony Vitale . Vitale's scene was shot by the film's director, J.J. Abrams. This is unusual since scenes for trailers are generally directed by assistant directors. The rest of the teaser was directed by First Assistant Director Tommy Gormley , however. [227]

According to co-writer Roberto Orci, the message of the teaser is that the future as presented in Star Trek is not as far off as it once was. He also explained the logic of having the Enterprise being built on Earth rather than in space, noting that components of the ship can be built on Earth and assembled anywhere and that the Enterprise is not " some flimsy yacht that has to be delicately treated and assembled. " He also feels that it makes more sense to construct the ship within a natural gravity well rather than an area that will require an artificial gravity field. In addition, Orci states that the term "Under Construction" used in the teaser is to convey both a "literal interpretation" that the movie is currently being put together and to convey the idea that the future of Star Trek may be coming soon. [228]

Theatrical trailers [ ]

The production team was to begin working on the first theatrical trailer in January 2008 with the hopes to have it complete and in theaters by early or mid-summer, [229] however these plans changed once the film's release was pushed back to May 2009.

Editing on the first theatrical trailer was reportedly completed by 4 August 2008, although the visual effects to be seen in the trailer had not yet been finalized. [230] The trailer was enclosed with Quantum of Solace , the latest James Bond film, which opened in the US on 14 November 2008 . [231] [232] It became available for viewing in high definition on the official movie site on 17 November 2008 at 10 am PST. [233]

An alternate version of the first theatrical trailer was made available for view at Ain't It Cool News on 25 November 2008. This version is the same as the original for the most part, except that the final shot of Eric Bana's Nero proclaiming " The wait is over " is placed earlier in the trailer and in its place is a shot of Leonard Nimoy as the elder Spock, giving the Vulcan salute and proclaiming the famous line " Live long and prosper. " [234]

The incidental music used in the first theatrical trailer was a re-orchestration of Brian Tyler 's score from Children of Dune , created by Two Steps From Hell , and titled "Down With the Enterprise". [235] The use of Tyler's score in the trailer came about from its use as a temporary scoring track in early post-production on the movie. [236]

A second theatrical trailer for Star Trek was released on 6 March 2009 in front of select screenings of the film Watchmen . It was originally intended to premiere online the Monday after its release on Apple's Star Trek page , but, after an international version was released ahead of schedule, the online release was made on the same day. As with the first theatrical trailer, incidental music was provided by Two Steps from Hell, being a modified version of the track "Freedom Fighters" from their album Legend . [237] [238]

In a press release, Paramount announced that the second theatrical trailer broke all existing download records at Apple.com . The HD version of the trailer had more than 1.8 million downloads during its first 24 hours on Apple.com and had over five million downloads in its first five days. This makes the Star Trek trailer the most popular HD download in the history of the site. [239]

Super Bowl spot [ ]

A thirty-second trailer for the film aired during Super Bowl XLIII on 1 February 2009. It showed footage from the film not previously seen in the earlier trailers. Star Trek is the first film in the franchise to be given a Super Bowl spot, emphasizing the studio's attempts to draw in a larger audience.

Merchandising and promotional partners [ ]

The film's merchandising campaign was expected to be the biggest since Star Trek: The Motion Picture back in 1979 . [240]

A toy license was awarded to Playmates Toys , which produced action figures for the film, as well as prop toys, playsets and ship models. [241] [242] Corgi 's current Star Trek license covers the film, primarily for its Master Replicas brand of collectibles. [243] The company will be producing replicas of the USS Enterprise and a hand phaser . [244]

Quantum Mechanix announced in May 2009 they had secured some merchandising rights as well. The company has developed studio-scale models and 10" replicas of the ships seen in the movie, starting with the USS Enterprise . [245] They had previously been responsible for the construction of models used in the marketing campaign known as "The Enterprise Project". [246]

A novelization of the film written by Alan Dean Foster was published by Pocket Books . Comic book publisher IDW Publishing released a prequel series entitled Star Trek: Countdown from January through April 2009; an adaptation of the movie was released in January 2010 , and two follow-up series, Star Trek: Spock: Reflections and Star Trek: Nero have been produced. Rittenhouse Archives produced collectible cards for the movie. T-shirts marketing the film were created and distributed by Junk Food . A video game, Star Trek D-A-C was released by Naked Sky Entertainment . The motion picture soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande Records on 5 May 2009 . At least one reference book , Star Trek - The Art of the Film , has been licensed.

Burger King promoted a kids meal tie-in for this film, marking the first time Burger King has promoted a Star Trek film. [247] It was also the first time either one of the big two major fast food chains (Burger King or McDonald's ) had marketed Trek since the first film's release in 1979. [248] It was revealed in 2009 that the Burger King Star Trek commercials were shot on the set of the Enterprise . Dan Mindel, the cinematographer for Star Trek , also directed photography for the commercials. [249] Alex Beh is an actor who appeared in the Burger King television commercial. [250]

Besides the Burger King deal, Paramount also signed up Kellogg's as a promotional partner to bring Star Trek movie-branded products to grocery stores. A number of Kellogg's brand products offered Star Trek merchandise and memorabilia either by mail or included within the package. Specially-marked boxes of Kellogg's cereals contained a "Beam-Up Badge", of which there are five different designs. Boxes of Frosted Krispies offered a red or blue Starfleet tee by mail, while boxes of Frosted Flakes and packages of Keebler cookies feature offered for a Star Trek 1GB flash drive wristband. Kellogg's various Eggo waffle products offered a 3D Warp Speed Plate by mail, and boxes of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts offered a free pass to see the film. A varying amount of tokens were needed for each mail-order product. [251]

In addition, Paramount promoted the film in collaboration with auto insurance company Esurance , communications companies Nokia and Verizon Wireless , and computer technology companies Lenovo and the Intel Corporation . All of these companies held Star Trek -related contests and sweepstakes and all included pages on their sites containing Star Trek -related content. [252] [253] [254] Esurance Star Trek commercials also played on television and on public radio.

Merchandise gallery [ ]

Links and references [ ]

Credits [ ].

John Cho Ben Cross Bruce Greenwood Simon Pegg Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Winona Ryder Zoë Saldana Karl Urban Anton Yelchin With Eric Bana And Leonard Nimoy Chris Hemsworth Jennifer Morrison Clifton Collins, Jr. Faran Tahir Rachel Nichols Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present

A Bad Robot Production

• Jeffrey Chernov
• Stratton P. Leopold
• Tommy Gormley
• Thomas Harper
• David E. Waters
• Heather Grierson
• Kirk - Chris Pine
• Spock - Zachary Quinto
• Spock Prime - Leonard Nimoy
• Nero - Eric Bana
• Pike - Bruce Greenwood
• Bones - Karl Urban
• Uhura - Zoë Saldana
• Scotty - Simon Pegg
• Sulu - John Cho
• Chekov - Anton Yelchin
• Sarek - Ben Cross
• Amanda Grayson - Winona Ryder
• George Kirk - Chris Hemsworth
• Winona Kirk - Jennifer Morrison
• Captain Robau - Faran Tahir
• Gaila - Rachel Nichols
• Ayel - Clifton Collins, Jr.
• Officer Pitts - Antonio Elias
• Tactical Officer - Sean Gerace
• Kelvin Crew Member - Randy Pausch
• Kelvin Engineer - Tim Griffin
• Kelvin Helmsman - Freda Foh Shen
• Kelvin Alien - Katarzyna Kowalczyk
• Romulan Helmsman - Jason Brooks
• Kelvin Doctor - Sonita Henry
• Kelvin Yu ( Medical Technician 1 )
• Marta Martin ( Medical Technician 2 )
• Tavarus Conley ( Kelvin Crew Member 1 )
• Jeff Castle ( Kelvin Crew Member 2 )
• Med Evac Pilot - Billy Brown
• Young James T. Kirk - Jimmy Bennett
• Stepdad - Greg Grunberg
• Johnny - Spencer Daniels
• Iowa Cop - Jeremy Fitzgerald
• Zoe Chernov ( Vulcan Student 1 )
• Max Chernov ( Vulcan Student 2 )
• Young Spock - Jacob Kogan
• James Henrie ( Vulcan Bully 1 )
• Colby Paul ( Vulcan Bully 2 )
• Cody Klop ( Vulcan Bully 3 )
• Akiva Goldsman ( Vulcan Council Member 1 )
• Anna Katarina ( Vulcan Council Member 2 )
• Long Face Bar Alien - Douglas Tait
• Lew the Bartender - Tony Guma
• Gerald W. Abrams ( Barfly 1 )
• James McGrath, Jr. ( Barfly 2 )
• Jason Matthew Smith ( Burley Cadet 1 )
• Marcus Young ( Burly Cadet 2 )
• Shipyard Worker - Robert Clendenin
• Flight Officer - Darlena Tejeiro
• Reggie Lee ( Test Administrator 1 )
• Jeffrey Byron ( Test Administrator 2 )
• Simulator Tactical Officer - Jonathan Dixon
• Admiral Richard Barnett - Tyler Perry
• Admiral James Komack - Ben Binswagner
• College Council Stenographer - Margot Farley
• Barracks Leader - Paul McGillion
• Barracks Officer - Lisa Vidal
• Shuttle Officer - Alex Nevil
• Kimberly Arland ( Cadet Alien 1 )
• Sufe M. Bradshaw ( Cadet Alien 2 )
• Jeff Chase ( Cadet Alien 3 )
• Charlie Haugk ( Enterprise Crew Member 1 )
• Nana Hill ( Enterprise Crew Member 2 )
• Michael Saglimbeni ( Enterprise Crew Member 3 )
• John Blackman (Enterprise Crew Member 4 )
• Jack Millard ( Enterprise Crew Member 5 )
• Shaela Luter ( Enterprise Crew Member 6 )
• Sabrina Morris ( Enterprise Crew Member 7 )
• Michelle Parylak ( Enterprise Crew Member 8 )
• Enterprise Communications Officer - Oz Perkins
• Hannity - Amanda Foreman
• Romulan Tactical Officer - Michael Berry, Jr.
• Romulan Communications Officer - Lucia Rijker
• Romulan Commander - Pasha Lychnikoff
• Matthew Beisner ( Romulan Crew Member 1 )
• Neville Page ( Romulan Crew Member 2 )
• Jesper Inglis ( Romulan Crew Member 3 )
• Chief Engineer Olson - Greg Ellis
• Transporter Chief - Marlene Forte
• Leonard O. Turner ( Vulcan Elder 1 )
• Mark Bramhall ( Vulcan Elder 2 )
• Ronald F. Hoiseck ( Vulcan Elder 3 )
• Irene Roseen ( Vulcan Elder 4 )
• Jeff O'Haco ( Vulcan Elder 5 )
• Nero's Wife - Scottie Thompson
• Keenser - Deep Roy
• Starfleet Computer - Majel Barrett Roddenberry
• Robert Alonzo
• Ilram Choi ( Enterprise security officer / Stunt double for John Cho )
• Paul Lacovara ( Stunt double for Eric Bana and Chris Pine )
• Daniel Arrias
• Dennis Scott
• Craig Jensen
• Kofi Yiadom
• Victor Paguia ( USS Kelvin bridge crewmember )
• Kimberly Murphy
• Jim Palmer ( USS Kelvin bridge crewmember )
• Edward Perez
• Chris Palermo ( Enterprise security officer )
• Jon Braver ( Stunt double for Faran Tahir )
• Dennis Keiffer
• Dorenda Moore ( Stunt double for Winona Ryder )
• Christina Weathersby ( USS Kelvin bridge crewmember )
• Zach Duhame ( Burly Cadet #3 / Stunt double for Simon Pegg )
• Rob Mars ( Burly Cadet #2 )
• Brian Oerly ( Stunt double for Jason Matthew Smith )
• Marcus Young ( Burly Cadet #1 )
• Steve Blalock
• Heidi Moneymaker ( USS Kelvin crewmember )
• Mike Gunther ( Stunt double for Chris Pine )
• Mike Massa ( Stunt double for Chris Pine )
• Susan Purkhiser ( Stunt double for Jimmy Bennett )
• Peter Epstein
• Mike Snyder
• Courtney Munch
• Mark Chadwick
• Michael Mukatis
• Austin Priester
• Joe Quinto ( Romulan crewman / Stunt double for Zachary Quinto )
• Sala Baker ( Romulan guard )
• Damion Poitier ( Romulan guard )
• Chris Torres ( Romulan crewman )
• Russell Earl
• Paul Kavanagh
• Jill Brooks
• Debbi Bossi
• Kathleen A. Petty
• Keith P. Cunningham
• Dennis Bradford
• Luke Freeborn
• Beat Frutiger
• Ryan Church
• James Clyne
• Paul Ozzimo
• Clint Schultz
• C. Scott Baker
• Kevin Cross
• Andrea Dopaso
• Scott Herbertson
• Joseph Hiura
• Billy Hunter
• Dawn Brown Manser
• Anne Porter
• Andrew Reeder
• Christine Youngstrom
• Amy Lamendola
• Richard Bennett
• Neville Page
• Karen Manthey
• Amanda Moss Serino
• Scott Bobbitt
• Sara Gardner-Gail
• Hector M. Gonzalez
• Courtney J. Andersen
• Richard Andrade
• Antonio Andraus
• Marcus Aurelius Epps
• Chris Larsen
• Merdyce McClaran
• Eric Ramirez
• Robert Sica
• Ronald Sica
• Ryan Steffen
• Darlene Salinas
• Dawn Gilliam
• Colin Anderson
• John T. Connor
• Phil Carr-Forester
• Wally Sweeterman
• Brad Peterman
• Matt F. Kennedy
• Greg J. Schmidt
• Brian McPherson
• Craig M. Bauer
• Peter J. Devlin
• Michael Piotrowski
• David Fiske Raymond
• Daniel P. Moore
• Peter Taylor
• Julian Smirke
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Star Trek Avionics [ ]

• Gustavo Ferreyra
• John Ramsay
• Bruce Giddens
• Lynn Garrido
• Lee Ford Parker
• Jane Kilkenny
• Jamie Levin
• Gilbert Draper
• Jesse Gabriel Horowitz
• Walter S. Polan
• Michael Meade
• Vince Borgese
• David Gallion
• Anthony McNamara
• Salvador Ruiz
• Alex Rekrut
• Lucinda A. Foy
• Tommy Tancharoen
• Tom Whelpley
• Richard Maynes
• Lindsay Dougherty

Second Unit [ ]

• Roger Guyett
• Robert Bruce McCleery
• Terry Jackson
• Vickie M. Hsieh
• Julie Fay Ashborn
• David M. Atkinson
• Elizabeth Probst
• Hal Olofsson
• Danny Green
• David Berke
• Stephen P. Del Prete
• Andrew Rowlands
• Serge Rxtedi Nofield
• Brandon M. Cox
• Dale Myrand
• John R. Woodward
• Chris Garcia
• Anders Yarbrough
• Steven Constancio
• David Perrone
• Gilbert Zamorano
• Alexander Cruz
• Arnold Pena
• Sean Devine
• Josh Kuykendall
• Anthony Mollicone
• Anthony T. Marra II
• Joseph Bergman
• Nicole Rubio
• Adam Harrison
• Morty Peterson
• Troy D. Webb
• Jerry Gregoricka
• Anthony Gudino
• Jose O. Harb, Jr.
• Kyle Kovacs
• Jonathan Wiener
• Phillip W. Palmer , CAS
• Patrick Martens
• Jim Harling
• Gala Catering
• Peter Chase
• Aaron C. Fitzgerald
• Cosmos Kiindarius
• Gerard A. Facchini
• William Batsel
• Andrew Will
• Cliff Fleming
• Cory Fleming
• David B. Nowell , ASC
• Pete Romano
• Marc Okrand
• Carolyn Porco
• Brandon Fayette
• Tom Elder-Groebe
• Clayton M. Lyons
• Industrial Light & Magic , a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, San Francisco, California
• Eddie Pasquarello
• Michael Dicomo
• Joakim Arnesson
• Thomas Fejes
• Hilmar Koch
• Nigel Sumner
• Alex Jaeger
• Chris Stoski
• Bruce Holcomb
• Giovanni Nakpil
• Ron Woodall
• James Tooley
• Karin Cooper
• Terry Chostner
• Beth D'Amato
• Richard Bluff
• Matt Brumit
• Grady Cofer
• Brian Connor
• Leandro Estebecorena
• Conny Fauser
• Gerald Gutschmidt
• Katrin Klaiber
• Francois Lambert
• Tory Mercer
• Mark Nettleton
• Daniel Pearson
• Jason Rosson
• Greg Salter
• Damian Steel
• Chad Taylor
• Todd Vaziri
• John Walker
• David Weitzberg
• Steve Aplin
• Colin Benoit
• Derrick Carlin
• Jessica Teach
• Yanick Dusseault
• Jon Alexander
• Okan Ataman
• Katharine Baird
• Christopher Balog
• Daniel Bayona
• Jill Berger
• Jason Billington
• Matthew Blackwell
• Jeremy Bloch
• Daniel Bornstein
• Amanda Braggs
• Steve Braggs
• James Brown
• Kela Cabrales
• Michaela Calanchini-Carter
• Owen Calouro
• Marshall Candland
• Tami Carter
• Lanny Cermak
• Kien Geay Chan
• Cheah Chin Chi
• Peter Chesloff
• Paul Churchill
• Michael Conte
• Michael Cordova
• Christopher Crowell
• Peter Demarest
• Eran Dinour
• Kalene Dunsmoor
• Selwyn Eddy III
• Katharine Evans
• Dan Feinstein
• Simon Fillat
• Shine Fitzner
• Jason Fleming
• Tim Fortenberry
• Christian Foucher
• David Fuhrer
• Robb Gardner
• Grantland Gears
• Angela Giannoni
• Timothy Gibbons
• Bill Gilman
• David Gottlieb
• Bryant Griffin
• David Gutman
• Christian Haley
• Craig Hammack
• Giles Hancock
• David Hanks
• Jeff Hatchel
• Wendy Hendrickson
• Neil Herzinger
• Shawn Hillier
• David Hirschfield
• David Hisanaga
• Sherry Hitch
• Ryan Hopkins
• Christopher Horvath
• Jiri Jacknowitz
• Danny Janevski
• Patrick Jarvis
• Jeff A. Johnson
• Stephen Kennedy
• Michael Kennen
• Drew Klausner
• Susan Klausner
• Justin Kosnikowski
• Matt Krentz
• Marshall Krasser
• Kimberly Lashbrook
• Asier Hernaez Lavina
• John Legrande
• Melissa Lin
• Noll Linsangan
• Michael Logan
• Jennifer Mackenzie
• Dev Mannemela
• Patrik Marek
• David Marsh
• Tia Marshall
• Marcel Martinez
• Didier Mathieu
• Regan McGee
• Vicky McCann
• Scott Mease
• Joseph Metten
• Christopher James Miller
• Jack Mongovan
• Carlos Monzon
• Katie Morris
• Michelle Motta
• Betsy Mueller
• Timothy Mueller
• Melissa Mullin
• Brett Northcutt
• Ben O'Brien
• Saro Orfali
• Akira Orikasa
• Scott Palleiko
• Frank Losasso Petterson
• Zoltan Pogonyi
• Jason Porter
• Scott Prior
• Ricardo Ramos
• Satish Ratakonda
• Michael Rich
• Anthony Rispoli
• Shane Roberts
• Matthew Robinson
• Elsa Rodriguez
• Barry Safley
• Jeff Saltzman
• Frederick Schmidt
• Eric Schweickert
• Misty Segura
• Paul Sharpe
• Amy Shepard
• John Sigurdson
• Ken Sjogren
• Sam Stewart
• Russ Sueyoshi
• David Sullivan
• Andre Surya
• Jeff Sutherland
• Masahiko Tani
• Stephanie Taubert
• Alan Travis
• Alex Tropiec
• Yusei Uesugi
• Bruce Vecchitto
• David Washburn
• Talmage Watson
• Ronnie Williams, Jr.
• Dan Wheaton
• John Whisnant
• Jeff Wozniak
• Mark Youngren
• Rita Zimmerman
• Michael Bomgat
• C. Michael Easton
• Jean-Denis Haas
• Geoff Hemphill
• Makoto Koyama
• Chris Mitchell
• Erik Morgansen
• Marla Newall
• Rick O'Connor
• Steve Rawlins
• Greg Towner
• Delio Tramontozzi
• Chi Chung Tse
• Leigh Barbier
• Tim Brakensiek
• Bradford De Caussin
• Brian Clark
• Rene Garcia
• Maurizio Giglioli
• Bridget Goodman
• John Goodson
• Greg Jonkajtys
• Greg Killmaster
• Robert Kosai
• Jean-Claude Langer
• James Orara
• Steve Sauers
• Renita Taylor
• Katherine Farrar
• Dale Taylor
• Chrysta Burton
• Stacy Bissell
• Joseph Bell
• Hui Ling Chang
• Melanie Cussac
• Cheng Peishan
• Terran Benveniste
• Cathleen Carden
• Marilyn Chan
• Benjamin Chua
• Jennifer Coronado
• Rachel Galbraith
• George Gambetta
• Christine Loo
• Alejandro Melendez
• Erik Pampel
• Nikita Patel
• Andrew Russell
• Michael Sanders
• Marci Velando
• Sean Bittinger
• Peter Bogatsky
• Leah Brooks
• Chantell Brown
• Brian Cantwell
• Jayesh Dalal
• Jason Griger
• Maura Hogan
• Mark Kayfez
• Charlie Ledogar
• Brian McGraw
• Elona Musha
• Selma Sabera
• Tommy Burnette
• Andre Mazzone
• Jennifer Suter
• Vivek Verma
• Gretchen Libby
• Chrissie England
• Lynwen Brennan
• Miles Perkins
• Janet Lewin
• Vicki Dobbs Beck
• Curt Miyashiro
• Digital Domain , Venice, CA
• Julian Levi
• Darren M. Poe
• Paul George Palop
• Michelle Jacobs
• Erik Gamache
• Steve Avoujageli
• Erik Zimmermann
• Charles Abou Aad
• Richard Grandy
• George Saavedra
• Melanie Okamura
• BJ Christian
• Raul Dominguez
• David S. Sanchez
• Bernard Obieta Ceguerra , PE
• Shaun Comly
• Kevin Sears
• David Niednagel
• Shelley Larocca Courte
• Alfredo Ramirez
• Dan Cobbett
• Steven Fagerquist
• Joe Farrell
• Scott Gastellu
• Aruna Inversin
• Paul Kulikowski
• Mike Ocoboc
• Olivier P. Sarda
• Craig A. Simms
• Florian Strobl
• Vanessa Cheung
• Cathy Morin
• Viviana Kim
• Ian A. Harris
• Janice Barlow Collier
• Kevin LaNeave
• Francisco Ramirez
• Christopher Savides
• Meagan Condito
• Brian Holligan
• Navjit Singh Gill
• Antonio Freire
• Shelby M. Ellis
• Terry Clotiaux
• Svengali FX
• Stefano Trivelli
• Jamie Venable
• Eric Withee
• Rocco Gioffre
• Michele Moen
• Nabil Schiantarelli
• Jan Cilliers
• Lawrence Littleton
• Marcus Levere
• Steve Norton
• Junko Schurgardt
• Laura Murillo
• Edson Williams
• Thomas Nittmann
• Ryan Zuttermeister
• Brian Nugent
• Sean Wallitsch
• Casey Allen
• Trent Claus
• Chris Ingersoll
• Clark Parkhurst
• Persistence of Vision Digital Entertainment
• David Dozoretz
• Brian J. Pohl
• Chad Hofteig
• Kevin Aguirre
• Robert Rossoff
• Simon Halpern
• Patrick Rodriguez
• Brian Magner
• Amy Vatanakul
• The Third Floor
• Nicholas Markel
• Austin Bonang
• Dorian Bustamante
• Eric Carney
• Albert Cheng
• Mark Nelson
• Kerner Optical
• Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Nick Monton
• Rob Doolittle
• J. Cody Baker
• Missy Papageorge
• Mike Chiado
• Mark Van Horne
• Don Capoferri
• Katherine Kane
• Mary Nelson-Fraser
• Andrew Kramer
• Pacific Title and Art Studio
• Digital Vortechs
• Richard Massey
• MavroCine Pictures

Mind Meld Soundscape by Mark Mangini and Mark Binder

Soundtrack Album on Varèse Sarabande Records

"Theme from Star Trek TV Series" Written by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry

" Sabotage " Written by Michael Diamond , Adam Horovitz & Adam Nathaniel Yauch Performed by Beastie Boys Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

" Awasoruk Jam " Written & Performed by Cyrano Jones Courtesy of Bad Robot Music and Video LLC

" Josh Greenstein " Written & Performed by Cyrano Jones Courtesy of Bad Robot Music and Video LLC

" Future Blues " Written & Performed by Doyle Bramhall II Courtesy of Doyle Bramhall II by arrangement with Bug

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• Kern County Film Commission
• Cal Pine Pastoria Facility
• Long Beach Generating Plant, LLC
• City of Long Beach
• Vasquez Rocks Los Angeles County Park
• Utah Bureau of Land Management
• Alaska Department of Natural Resource
• Tejon Ranch Company
• LA County Department of Sanitation
• Rock of Ages, Vermont
• Cal State University of Northridge
• American Legion Hollywood Post 43
• City of San Francisco
• Siemens Medical

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SDDS ™ Sony Dynamic Digital Sound In Selected Theatres

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In memory of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry

• J.J. Abrams as Iowa Cop (voice)
• Alex as Starfleet cadet [255]
• Tansy Alexander as Alice Rawlings
• James Anderson as injured soldier
• Rico E. Anderson as councilmember
• Ladesha Ard as Starfleet cadet
• Richard Arnold as Romulan crewmembers
• Ewen Audrey as Starfleet cadet [256]
• Leslie Augustine as doctor
• Jonathan Baca as Starfleet cadet
• Corey Becker as Starfleet cadet
• Leonard Baligaya as Starfleet cadet
• Stefon Benson as Starfleet cadet
• Jeff Boehm as Starfleet cadet
• Anthony Bonaventura as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Bill T. Brown as Romulan crewmember
• Natishia Brown as medic
• Susse Budde as med tech
• Neil S. Bulk as Starfleet cadet
• Sawyer Burke as Vulcan student
• Anton Burman as Vulcan student
• James Cawley as Enterprise crewmember
• Jeff Chase as Romulan crewmember
• Olivia London Choate as alien cadet
• Mark E. Clason as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Tiffany Collie as Starfleet Academy cadet
• Jasmine Coussinat as Starfleet cadet
• Zachary Culbertson as Starfleet cadet
• Calvin Dean as security officer
• Joy Dever as Baby James T. Kirk
• Robert Dierx as Starfleet cadet
• Christopher Doohan as Enterprise transporter technician
• Robin Atkin Downes as ADR voices (Vulcan and Romulan chants and dialogue)
• Richard D. Durden as barracks officer
• Evan Dye as Vulcan student
• April Marie Eden as Shipyard Bar patron
• Owen Tanner Edinger as Starfleet cadet
• Ken Edling as doctor
• Yuri Elvin as Starfleet security officer
• Kristine Fong as Starfleet cadet
• Massi Furlan as Enterprise crewman
• Mary Grace as Shipyard Bar patron
• Wyatt Gray as Starfleet cadet
• Joshua Greene as James T. Kirk ( body double , cave scene)
• Jeff L. Green as security officer
• Nancy Guerriero as crew member
• Tania Gunadi as alien Enterprise crewmember
• Aaron Haedt as Starfleet doctor
• Justin Rodgers Hall as security officer
• Song Han as anesthetist
• Colleen Harris as Starfleet cadet
• Melanie Harrison as medical technician
• Arlo Hemphill as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Rachel Jean Howard as Starfleet cadet
• Ryan T. Husk as Enterprise crewmember
• Elizabeth Ingalls as Enterprise nurse
• Nikka Ischelle as Shipyard Bar patron
• Rick Ituarte as Starfleet Academy instructor
• James Jolly as Enterprise bridge crewmember
• Johnny as Starfleet cadet
• Jason Michael Johnson as alien cadet
• Jillian Johnston as Starfleet cadet
• Christopher Jude as Vulcan teacher
• Jolene Kay as Enterprise crewmember
• Barbara Keegan as Starfleet Academy instructor
• Sarah Klaren as Starfleet Academy cadets
• Makiko Konishi as Enterprise crewmember
• Richard Krzemien as Starfleet councilmember
• Joyce Lasley as Starfleet instructor
• Bryan Lee as Starfleet cadet
• Daniel D. Lee as Starfleet commander
• Dominie Lee ( two different background parts )
• Anne Marie Leighton as Starfleet officer
• Michelle Lenhardt as USS Kelvin crewmember
• Steve Luna as Starfleet Lieutenant
• Justin Malachi as Starfleet cadet
• Nav Mann as Romulan crewmember
• Taylor McCluskey as Kelvin alien (unconfirmed)
• Matthew McGregor as Starfleet cadet
• Andrew Mew as Starfleet officer
• Patrizia Milano as Erika Biordi
• Andres Perez-Molina as Romulan crew member
• Abe Molinares as Enterprise sciences division crewmember
• Kevin Moser as USS Enterprise crewmember
• Wednesday Mourning as Shipyard Bar patron
• David Narloch as Starfleet cadet
• Jonathan Newkerk as Starfleet cadet
• Jacob Newton as Starfleet cadet
• Westley Nguyen as Enterprise crewman
• Jim Nieb as Shipyard Bar alien
• Luke Novella as Starfleet cadet
• Craig Nystrom as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Jeffery Quinn as Vulcan scientist
• Mark Phelan as Romulan crewmember
• Paradox Pollack as Alien
• Woody Porter as councilmember
• Marc Primiani as Riverside construction worker
• Rahvaunia as Academy teacher
• Jessica Lauren Richmond as flirty cadette
• Renie Rivas as Starfleet cadet
• Bertrand Roberson, Jr. as Starfleet cadet
• David Rodriguez as Starfleet cadet
• Paul D. Rosa as USS Enterprise security chief
• Paul Sass as Starfleet administrator
• Roger Schueller as engineering officer
• Darth Schuhe as Enterprise crewmember
• Kyle Scudiere as Starfleet cadet
• Ramona Seymour as Starfleet cadet
• Eamon Sheehan as Romulan crew member
• Justin Shenkarow – background voice artist
• W. Morgan Sheppard as Vulcan Science Council minister
• Nicholas Guy Smith as Professor Freemon Richter
• Katie Soo as Starfleet Academy security guard
• Arne Starr as Enterprise engineer
• Joseph Steven as Romulan engineer
• Sufi as Starfleet cadet [257]
• Paul Sutherlin as Shipyard bar patron
• David Jean Thomas as Vulcan elder
• Sean Michael Tilghman as Vulcan student
• Paul Townsend as security officer
• Errik Tustenuggee as Starfleet councilmember
• Ravi Valleti as Starfleet cadet
• Jason Vaughn as Starfleet cadet
• Brian Vowell as Starfleet cadet
• Brian Waller as Vulcan council member
• Steve Wharton as Starfleet cadet
• Wil Wheaton as Romulan helmsman (voice)
• Jerry Wible as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Devin Williamson as Joe Fueller
• John Williamson as fleet mechanic
• Brianna Womick as Starfleet cadet
• Stuart Wong as security officer
• Lynnanne Zager as Jellyfish Computer Voice
• Nensi Chandra
• Christine Chapel (voice)
• alternate reality
• Mark Lenard
• Gretchen Lui
• Enterprise engineer
• Enterprise operations division crewmember
• Enterprise torpedo bay crewmember
• Enterprise security officer
• Female Shipyard Bar patron
• Kelvin sciences crewwoman
• Kelvin medical technician
• Narada crewman
• Vulcan council member
• Vulcan Science Council member
• Vulcan scientist
• Vulcan student
• Adam Absinthe as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Tad Atkinson as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Diora Baird as Orion Enterprise science officer
• John Alan Bartlebaugh as Klingon guard
• Fran Bennett as Vulcan midwife
• Troy Brenna as Klingon guard
• Paul A. Brown as Alien
• Jeff Chase as Klingon guard
• Terryl Daluz as Klingon guard
• Mark Casimir Dyniewicz as Klingon camp prisoner
• Victor Garber as Klingon interrogator
• Tommy Germanovich as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Brad William Henke as Uncle Frank
• Jill Lover as Vulcan midwife
• Michael Lovern as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Brandon Stacy as Klingon guard
• T.J. Storm as Klingon guard
• Logan Strand as Nero ( body double )
• Scott Trimble as Klingon guard
• Jenna Vaughn as Baby Spock
• James D. Weston II as Klingon guard
• Trace Cheramie – Stunts
• Shauna Duggins – Stunts
• Doc Duhame – Stunt actor: Romulan Prison Guard
• Derek Graf – Stunts
• Terry Jackson – Stunt double
• Jace Jeanes – Stunt double for Clifton Collins, Jr.
• Lauren Kim – Utility stunts: Kelvin crewmember
• Henry Kingi, Jr. – Utility stunts: Romulan crewmember
• James Lew – Utility stunts: Romulan crewmember
• Anthony Molinari – Stunt double for Greg Ellis
• Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom – Stunts
• Lin Oeding – Stunt double for John Cho
• Xuyen Valdivia – Stunts
• Webster Whinery, Jr. – Stunt double for Jimmy Bennett
• Peipei Yuan – Stunt double for Freda Foh Shen
• Stunt double for Jacob Kogan
• Stunt double for Colby Paul
• Alex Acuna – Drummer
• Patrick Albani – Camera Production Assistant: Teaser Unit
• Dave Archer – Artwork Provider: Paintings
• Tammy Ashmore – Makeup Artist
• Jennifer Aspinall – Makeup Artist: Romulans
• Chris Ayers – Character Designer
• Scott Bailey – Leadman
• Ramiro Belgardt – Music Editor
• Wayne Bergeron – Trumpeter
• Nick Bergthold – Additional Set Production Assistant
• Stephen Bettles – Prosthetic Make-Up Artist
• Jason Bonnell – Location Scout (New Mexico)
• J.D. Bowers – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Peter Boyer – Orchestrator
• Doug Brode – Props and Weapon Designer
• Arlene Brown – Grip
• Ryan Bruce – Makeup Lab Technician
• Belinda Bryant – Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Jessica Carpenter – Costumer
• Ian Chriss – Visual Effects Best Boy Electric: Kerner Optical
• Tom Cloutier – Visual Effects Key Grip: Kerner Optical
• Kit Conners – Production Assistant
• Larry Corbett – Cellist
• Dan Crawley – Key Technician: Film Illusions
• Jill Crosby – Key Hair Stylist
• Joan Cunningham – First Assistant Director: 2nd Unit
• Roxy D'Alonzo – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Ginger Damon – Hair Stylist
• Patricia Dehaney-Le May – Hair Stylist
• Natasha Delahunt – Extras Casting Assistant
• Bernie Demolski – Visual Effects Best Boy Grip: Kerner Optical
• Robert Kato DeStefan – Specialty Costumer: Quantum Creation FX
• Jon Donahue – stand-in for Chris Pine
• Jed Dornoff – Makeup Artist
• Dennis Drozdowski – Special Effects Technician
• Kathleen S. Dunn – Accent and Dialogue Coach for Chris Hemsworth
• Earl Ellis – Make-Up Artist
• Amber Erwin – Chorus singer
• Megan Flagg – Specialty Costume Crew: Film Illusions
• Tim Flattery – Concept Designer
• Nicole Frank – Hair Stylist
• Demitre Garza – Digital Artist
• Scott Martin Gershin – Sound Editor
• Casey Green – Computer/Video Engineer
• Fabian H. Gutierrez – Makeup/ Hair Artist
• Kevin Haggerty – First Assistant Camera Operator
• Samara Hagopian – Prop maker
• Greg Haines – stand-in : Ben Cross
• Kevin Haney – Background Make-Up Artist
• Clayton Haslop – Lead Violinist
• Cynthia Hernandez – Make-Up Artist
• Teressa Hill – Hair Stylist
• Bryan Hitch – Production design
• Kelly Hitman – photo double : Winona Ryder
• Robert Hoffmeister – Visual Effects Artist: Industrial Light & Magic
• John L. Jack – Executive Producer: Evil Eye Pictures
• Clark James – Special Effects Technician
• Rod M. Janusch – Visual Effects Gaffer: Kerner Optical
• Derek Johnson – stand-in for Karl Urban
• Petra Jorgensen – Second & Splinter Unit day-playing Script Supervisor
• Tex Kadonaga – Digital Set Designer
• Tina Kalliongis Hoffman – Make-Up Artist
• René Dashiell Kerby – Makeup Artist
• Erwin H. Kupitz – Wig Maker
• Colleen LaBaff – Hair Stylist
• Fabian Lacey – Concept Designer
• Toby Lamm – Special Make-Up Effects Artist
• Michelle Latham – Location Manager (Teaser Unit)
• Daniel D. Lee – photo double for John Cho
• Oleg Livits – Assistant to Producer
• Norman Ludwin – Musician: Bass
• Andreas Maaninka – Concept Modeler/Designer
• James MacKinnon – Prosthetic Make-Up Artist
• Geoffrey Mandel – Graphic Designer
• Stephan Martiniere – Conceptual Designer
• Rob McCabe – stand-in for Eric Bana
• Frank McEldowney – Greens Foreman
• Tracey McLean – Digital Artist: IMAX Version [258]
• Beth Melnick – Location Scout
• Ron Mendell – Concept Artist
• Bart Mixon – Special Make-Up Effects Artist
• Glenn T. Morgan – Sound Editor
• Spencer Mulcahy – Visual Effects Dolly Grip: Kerner Optical
• Christopher Allen Nelson – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Josh Neugass – Construction Welding Foreman
• William Allen Olsen – Propmaker
• Timothy Olyphant – Guest Conductor
• Rhonda O'Neal – Hair Stylist
• Leonardo Oregel – Production Assistant: Assistant Directors
• Lygia Orta – Make-Up Artist
• Garrik Palumbo – additional stand-in for Simon Pegg
• Dan Patterson – Character Animator: Digital Domain
• Cristina Patterson Ceret – Contact Lens Coordinator/Painter
• Tom Piedmont – Digital Plate Restoration
• Tom Pillifant – 2nd Assistant Camera Operator Alaska Unit
• Paradox Pollack – Alien Choreographer and Movement Coach
• Barbara Pollastrini – Food Stylist
• Bryant Powell – stand-in for Simon Pegg
• Alan D. Purwin – Helicopter Pilot
• Anthony Ragonese – Location Assistant
• Emil Richards – Percussionist
• Eugene P. Rizzardi – Prop Shop/Special Effects
• Benjamin D. Robertson – Set Dresser
• Walter Rodriguez – Drummer
• Ben Rosenblatt – Post-Production Executive
• Mike Ross – Make-Up Effects Lab Technician
• Geoffrey G. Rubay – Sound Editor
• Peter Sattler – Graphic Designer
• John Savedra – Lighting Electrician
• Evan Schiff – Assistant Editor (short-term, during second digital intermediate and mix) [259]
• Nathan Schroeder – Illustrator
• Bill Spradlin – Lighting Technical Director: Digital Domain
• Matthew D. Smith – Additional Second Assistant Director
• Mike Smithson – Makeup Artist: Romulan make-up
• Robert Snyder – Digital Compositor
• Charles Sowles – Costume Props
• Brandon Stacy – stand-in for Zachary Quinto
• Justin Stafford – Special Contact Lens Painter
• Martin P. Stankard – CG Artist
• Amanda Starr DeMille – Production Assistant
• Susan Stepanian – Makeup Artist (Hair and Hairpiece)
• Lon Strickland – Second Unit Production Assistant
• Victor Tang – Visual Effects Researcher
• Mike Tsucalas – Set Production Assistant
• Benton Ward – RF Technician: 2nd Unit (day play)
• Clinton Wayne – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Mario West – Production Assistant
• Richard B. Wester – Set Dresser
• James D. Weston II – stand-in
• Gerald White – Singer
• Catherine J. Young – Make-Up Artist
• Crist Ballas – Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Christopher Bergschneider – Mold Maker
• Barney Burman – Prosthetic Makeup Designer
• Rob Burman – Moldshop Supervisor
• Aida Caefer – Hair Stylist Supervisor
• Brie Ford – Fabricator
• Jamie Grove – Prosthetic Painter
• Vincent J. Guastini – Additional Masks
• Rufus Hearn – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Russ Herpich – Makeup Lab Foreman
• Jennifer Jackson – Makeup Lab Assistant
• Don Lanning – Key Sculptor
• Sue La Prelle – Plasterer
• Jessica Nelson – Make-Up Effects Lab Technician
• Christopher Payne – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Jenn Rose – Key Mask Fabricator
• Thomas Sanders – Makeup Lab Assistant
• Ray Shaffer – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Miho Suzuki – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Vincent Van Dyke – Sculptor Lab Work
• Hugo Villasenor – Shop Foreman
• Hill Vinot – Mold Maker
• Daphne Yap – Concept Artist
• Clint Zoccoli – Sculptor

Unconfirmed cast and crew [ ]

• Leslie Alnes as Nurse
• Fallon Brooks as Starfleet cadet
• Brad Champagne as Starfleet cadet
• Sarah Abrams Char as Prisoner [260]
• Talon DeSoto' as Engineer
• Claire Doré as Enterprise crewman
• Aliza Finley as Hurried cadet with clipboard
• Ian Fisher as Shipyard worker #1
• Cole Fritch as Klingon prison guard
• Robert Grant as Starfleet officer
• Jarrell Hall
• Monte Hunter as Starfleet cadet
• Paul Kumar as Kelvin cadet
• Matthew Jennings
• Michelle Lang (day player)
• Anne Lockhart as voice of Kelvin computer
• Aaron Lynch as Flight Operational Air Safety Conductor
• Vadim Mantelzak as "Soldier Joe"
• Owen Martin as Alien cadet / Enterprise crewmember
• Jessica Mika as Enterprise bridgeport cadet
• Kristen Rakes
• Duane Ram as Starfleet cadet
• Shanequa Reed as Starfleet cadet
• Larramie Doc Shaw as War builder
• Joseph Stephens, Jr. as Starfleet cadet
• Renee Taglia
• Barron Toler
• Justin Riemer – Stunt Performer
• A.J. Verel – Stunt Performer: Enterprise crewmember
• Erik Aguirre – Assistant Construction Buyer
• Nigel Albermaniche – Sound
• Damon Allison – Propshop Foreman
• Michael Avallon – Driver
• P. Scott Bailey – Leadman
• William D. Barber – "C" Camera Operator
• Ted Basso – Production Van Driver Operator
• Daniel Beals – Production Assistant
• Matthew E. Bell – Look Development/Color & Lighting
• Michael Boggs – Scanning Manager
• Tony Bohorquez – Model Maker
• James Bolt – Additional Sound Mixer
• Dana Bonilla – Key Set Production Assistant: Kerner Optical
• Mateo Bourdieu – First Assistant Camera
• Lindsey Jayne Boyd – Production Assistant
• Tony Bridgers – Construction Foreman
• Margaret Bright-Ryan – Digital Artist
• Kieran Brown – Paint Gang Boss
• Alex E. Burns – Transportation
• Tony Capasso – Construction Gang Boss
• Mark Carlile – Lighting Technician
• Derek Casari – Sound Stage Engineer
• Lyle Christensen – Shotmaker Driver
• Carol Collini – Makeup Artist
• Greg Crawford – ADR Mixer (Atlanta)
• Mark Cueto – Electrician
• Val I. Deikov – Sculptor
• Doug Devine – Set Dresser
• Robin Atkin Downes – ADR Voice
• William Doyle – Location Consultant
• Jessica Drake – Dialect/Language Coach
• Scott Dropkin – Remote Camera Technician (Sparrow Head)
• Randy Eriksen – Second Unit Property Master
• Christian G. Ervin – Driver
• Anaïs Ganouna – Second Unit Camera Production Assistant
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• Undeveloped Star Trek projects , which includes a description of a discarded concept for the eleventh Trek film
• Star Trek: The First Adventure , an earlier concept for a prequel Star Trek film which was abandoned in favor of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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• Star Trek at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek at Wikipedia
• Star Trek at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Trek script at IMSDb.com

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Star trek 2009 ending explained.

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 2009 saw the young Kirk and Spock join forces to save Earth. A deep dive into how Star Trek 2009 ended and what it all means.

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 2009 movie didn't just end with the crew of the USS Enterprise saving the Earth, but it also breathed new life and energy into the dormant Star Trek franchise, setting up not just more films but also the new TV series to come. Set in the alternate Kelvin Timeline created by a Romulan time traveler named Nero (Eric Bana), Star Trek is an origin story of how James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) became Captain of the USS Enterprise and forged his eternal friendship with Spock (Zachary Quinto).

The young crew of the Starship Enterprise was in a race against time to stop Nero in Star Trek 2009's final act. Nero used an alien brain slug to steal Earth's defense codes from the captured Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood). The Romulan's starship, the Narada, reached Earth and lowered a drill to dig into the planetary core in San Francisco Bay near Starfleet Headquarters. From there, Nero would drop red matter, which would create a singularity that would swallow the planet into a black hole, just as the Romulans' previously destroyed Spock's homeworld of Vulcan. The USS Enterprise's counterattack was to use the gravitational field of Saturn's moon, Titan, to hide the starship from the Narada's sensors. This allowed Kirk and Spock to beam aboard Nero's ship to rescue Pike and stop the Romulans' drill from destroying Earth.

Related: The Real Problem Facing Star Trek 4 Is The Kelvin Timeline

Nero's Plan To Destroy The Federation Explained

Nero's plan was, simply, intergalactic genocide. In 2387, which was 129 years before the present day of Star Trek 2009's main story, Nero was helpless to watch a supernova destroy his homeworld of Romulus. Nero was furious at Ambassador Spock (Leonard Nimoy), who promised the Romulans he would stop the supernova, but the legendary Vulcan was too late to exact his plan to use red matter to create a black hole that would swallow the supernova before it eradicated Romulus. Both Nero and Spock were pulled into the singularity, but they emerged at different points in the past. The Narada arrived in 2233 and its destruction of the USS Kelvin ended up creating an alternate reality from that point. Spock arrived in the Kelvin timeline 25 years later, in 2258. Nero immediately captured Spock and stranded him on Delta Vega, forcing him to watch as Nero destroyed Vulcan.

Nero ultimately blamed the United Federation of Planets for doing "nothing" to save Romulus. ( Star Trek: Picard season 1's backstory goes into more detail about the Federation's failure to stop the Romulan supernova.) Nero decided that he would use red matter to wipe out every Federation world, starting with Vulcan and Earth, in the 23rd century to ensure there would be no Federation in his 24th-century era. Nero even attacked a Klingon prison planet (possibly Rura Penthe) and wiped out a Klingon fleet with his advanced technology, because the Romulan also knew the Klingons and the Federation become allies in the 24th century,

How Kirk And Spock Stopped Nero

Spock, who was hellbent on revenge for the destruction of Vulcan , volunteered to beam onto the Narada to stop Nero's drill and Kirk decided to join him. Scotty (Simon Pegg) mistakenly transported them into a populated era, so a shootout quickly ensured, but through a mind-meld with one of the Romulans, Spock learned the location of Ambassador Spock's ship containing the red matter while Kirk learned where Captain Pike was being held. The Starfleet heroes then split up. Spock piloted his elder self's ship into Earth's atmosphere and destroyed Nero's drill, saving the planet. Since the red matter was with Spock, Nero couldn't use it on the Terran homeworld. Meanwhile, Kirk got into a fistfight with Nero, but after he killed Nero's First Officer, Ayel (Clifton Collins, Jr.), he was also able to rescue the injured Captain Pike .

Incensed at Spock for destroying his drill, Nero's ship followed Spock as the Vulcan warped away, leading the Romulans from Earth. Spock's gamble was to exit warp near Saturn, which would allow the Enterprise to come to the rescue. That's exactly what happened as the Enterprise arrived like the cavalry and saved Spock from Nero's torpedoes. Kirk, Pike, and Spock beamed back aboard the Enterprise before Spock's ship crashed into the Narada, which released the red matter and created a black hole that would swallow the ship. Kirk offered to beam Nero and his crew to safety (against Spock's wishes) but the Romulan preferred to "die in agony" rather than accept the Federation's help. Kirk's response? "You got it." And they let the singularity swallow the Romulans.

Related: Star Trek Hints TNG Era Knows About Abrams' Kelvin Timeline

However, another problem arose, and the Enterprise was trapped in the black hole's gravity well, preventing it from warping away. Kirk ordered Scotty to eject the warp core, hoping that the force of the detonation would push the Enterprise to safety. The gamble worked, and the Federation flagship was able to gain enough distance from the singularity and make it home to Earth.

Star Trek 's Musical Captain's Chair And How Kirk Became Captain Of The Enterprise

Star Trek 2009's endgame was for Kirk to become Captain of the Enterprise - and earn the chair - but how it got there is bewildering. Pike is Captain of the Enterprise when the starship warped to Vulcan to answer its emergency distress call when Nero attacked the planet. After Nero "invited" Pike aboard the Narada, Pike promoted Spock to Acting Captain and Kirk (who wasn't supposed to be on the Enterprise, to begin with) to First Officer. Spock then had Kirk thrown off the ship for mutiny and marooned him on Delta Vega. Kirk returned to the Enterprise with Scotty thanks to Ambassador Spock showing the Engineer the equation for transwarp beaming. Kirk was then able to show that Spock was "emotionally compromised" because of his trauma from Vulcan's destruction, and Jim assumed command as Acting Captain.

Because Kirk led the Enterprise to successfully save Earth from Nero, Starfleet Command rewarded him with a promotion to Captain. Yes, Kirk jumped rank from Cadet to Captain in the course of the film. Kirk then relieved the injured and wheelchair-bound Captain Pike of command of the Enterprise. It may seem like an insane turn of events, but there is Star Trek movie precedent for Kirk's reward. When Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) saved Earth from the Whale Probe in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , Starfleet dropped all charges against him and demoted him to Captain, giving him command of the USS Enterprise-A. In Star Trek, saving Earth is the key to getting what you want, especially if your name is James T. Kirk.

How Star Trek Positioned The Enterprise Crew In Their Classic Roles

Star Trek 2009 was ingenious in how every main Enterprise crew member got positioned into their classic roles despite being Starfleet Cadets. Hikaru Sulu (John Cho) became helmsman by replacing the previous pilot who was ill. 17-year-old Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin) was also on the bridge at Operations. Dr. Leonard McCoy (Karl Urban) was assigned as one of the Enterprise's senior medical officers, but he became Chief Medical Officer after the previous doctor died during Nero's attack. McCoy also used his clout to sneak Kirk aboard the Enterprise despite his academic suspension. Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana) used her romantic relationship with Spock to get reassigned to the Enterprise from the USS Farragut, and then Captain Pike made Uhura Communications Officer because of her superior ability to understand Romulan and Klingon. Finally, Scotty worked as the transporter chief during the Enterprise's final assault on Nero, and Kirk promoted him to Chief Engineer after he became Captain.

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Ambassador Spock's Role In Star Trek 2009 Explained

Leonard Nimoy's presence in Star Trek 2009 gave J.J. Abrams' reboot legitimacy in the eyes of Trekkers, but Ambassador Spock (billed as Spock Prime in the film) was also crucial to the story. Spock is the key link between Star Trek's Prime Timeline and Abrams' Kelvin alternate reality, but because the legendary Vulcan jumped to the Kelvin Universe and was ultimately stranded there, it was an assurance that Star Trek 2009 "really happened." Ambassador Spock's role was ostensibly to give Kirk (and the audience) the backstory of where Nero came from and how he time traveled to the 23rd century, but the Vulcan's far more vital role was to help the young Kirk along on his journey to becoming Captain of the Enterprise.

Thanks to Ambassador Spock, Kirk realized that he needed to work with the younger Spock in order to stop Nero. Kirk believed the old Vulcan that he and Spock are destined to be friends and that they can achieve great things together. Meeting Ambassador Spock was the impetus Kirk needed to become the Captain he is destined to be. As for the two Spocks, the Prime Vulcan initially didn't want to meet his younger self, but he decided they "couldn't ignore each other" when less than 10,000 Vulcans remained in the universe. Ambassador Spock also urged Commander Spock to remain in Starfleet since they can now be "in two places at once." The two Spocks meeting gets a payoff in Star Trek Into Darkness when the younger Vulcan turns to his senior counterpart for information on how to defeat Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch).

How Star Trek 2009 Set Up J.J. Abrams' Trilogy (And The Star Trek TV Shows To Come)

Star Trek 2009 ended with Captain Kirk and his crew in place aboard the Starship Enterprise, ready to explore the final frontier in sequels. Beyond setting up 2012's Star Trek Into Darkness , and a third movie directed by Justin Lin, 2016's Star Trek Beyond, J.J. Abrams' 2009 film was ultimately the rebirth of the Star Trek franchise. Four years had passed since Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled and there would not be a new Star Trek series on television until Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. During those 12 years, Abrams' Star Trek trilogy kept the franchise alive, created new fans, and became the basis for the next wave of Star Trek TV shows.

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek films were a necessary and long-needed upgrade of Star Trek's visual effects, production values, and a shift in tone and storytelling styles. Star Trek 2009 was the template that Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds followed, with all three live-action series on Paramount+ boasting blockbuster movie-quality production values and visuals. Star Trek 2009's breakneck style and giddy sense of fun and adventure are also evident in the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy . Whether or not a fourth Star Trek movie ever reunites the Kevlin cast, Star Trek 2009 is the benchmark that the current golden age of Star Trek on Paramount+ is built upon, and it remains a thrilling, spectacular space adventure that holds up to repeat viewings.

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“Star Trek” as a concept has voyaged far beyond science fiction and into the safe waters of space opera, but that doesn’t amaze me. The Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action. Like so many franchises, it’s more concerned with repeating a successful formula than going boldly where no “Star Trek” has gone before.

The 2009 “Star Trek” film goes back eagerly to where “Star Trek” began, using time travel to explain a cast of mostly the same characters, only at a younger point in their lives, sailing the Starship Enterprise. As a story idea, this is sort of brilliant and saves on invention, because young Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty and the rest channel their later selves. The child is father to the man, or the Vulcan, and all that.

Don’t get me wrong. This is fun. And when Leonard Nimoy himself returns as the aged Spock, encountering another Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) as a young man, I was kind of delighted, although as is customary in many sci-fi films, nobody is as astonished as they should be. Holy moly! Time travel exists, and this may be me! It’s more like a little ambiguous dialogue is exchanged, and they’re off to battle the evil Romulan Capt. Nero ( Eric Bana ).

Time travel as we all know, is impossible in the sense it happens here, but many things are possible in this film. Anyone with the slightest notion of what a black hole is, or how it behaves, will find the black holes in “Star Trek” hilarious. The logic is also a little puzzling when Scotty can beam people into another ship in outer space, but they have to physically parachute to land on a platform in the air from which the Romulans are drilling a hole to the Earth’s core. After they land there, they fight with two Romulan guards, using ... fists and swords? The platform is suspended from Arthur C. Clark’s “space elevator,” but instead of fullerenes, the cable is made of metallic chunks the size of refrigerators.

But stop me before I get started. I mention these details only to demonstrate that the movie raises its yo-yo finger to the science, while embracing the fiction. Apart from details from the youths of the characters and the Spock reunion, it consists mostly of encounters between the Enterprise and the incomparably larger and much better armed Romulan spaceship from the future. It’s encouraging to learn that not even explosions and fires can quickly damage a starship. Also that lifeboats can save the crew, despite the vast distance from home base.

That would be because of warp speed, which for present purposes consists of looking through an unnecessary window at bright lights zapping past. This method of transportation prevents any sense of wonder at the immensity of outer space and is a convenience not only for the starship but also for the screenwriters, who can push a button and zap to the next scene. The concept of using warp speed to escape the clutches of a black hole seems like a recycling of the ancient dilemma of the rock and the hard place.

But there are affecting character moments. Young Spock is deliberately taunted in hopes he will, as a Vulcan, betray emotion. Because Zachary Quinto plays him as a bit of a self-righteous prig, it’s satisfying to see him lose it. Does poor young Spock realize he faces a lifetime of people trying to get a rise out of him? Nimoy, as the elderly Spock, must have benefitted, because he is the most human character in the film.

Chris Pine , as James Tiberius Kirk, appears first as a hot-rodding rebel who has found a Corvette in the 23rd century and drives it into the Grand Canyon. A few years after he’s put on suspension by the Academy and smuggled on board the Enterprise by Bones McCoy ( Karl Urban ), he becomes the ship’s captain. There are times when the command deck looks like Bring Your Child to School Day, with the kid sitting in daddy’s chair.

Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ) seems to have traveled through time to the pre-feminist 1960s, where she found her miniskirt and go-go boots. She seems wise and gentle and unsuited to her costume. Scotty ( Simon Pegg ) seems to have begun life as a character in a Scots sitcom. Eric Bana’s Nero destroys whole planets on the basis of faulty intelligence, but the character is played straight and is effective.

The special effects are slam-bam. Spatial relationships between spaceships are unclear because the Romulan ship and the Enterprise have such widely unmatched scales. Battles consist primarily of jump-suited crew members running down corridors in advance of smoke, sparks and flames. Lots of verbal commands seem implausibly slow. Consider, at light warp speeds, how imprecise it would be to say “At my command ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...” Between “2” and “1,” you could jump a million galaxies.

I thought about these things during “Star Trek” because I could not help myself. I understand the Star Trek science has never been intended as plausible. I understand this is not science fiction but an Ark movie using a starship. I understand that the character types are as familiar as your favorite slippers. But the franchise has become much of a muchness. The new movie essentially intends to reboot the franchise with younger characters and carry on as before. The movie deals with narrative housekeeping. Perhaps the next one will engage these characters in a more challenging and devious story, one more about testing their personalities than re-establishing them. In the meantime, you want space opera, you got it.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

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Star Trek (2009)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content

127 minutes

Anton Yelchin as Chekov

Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk

Eric Bana as Capt. Nero

John Cho as Sulu

Ben Cross as Sarek

Chris Pine as James Tiberius Kirk

Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime

Jennifer Morrison as Winona Kirk

Bruce Greenwood as Capt. Christopher Pike

Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson

Zachary Quinto as Spock

Zoe Saldana as Uhura

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• J. J. Abrams

Screenplay by

• Roberto Orci
• Alex Kurtzman

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• Trivia Simon Pegg did not audition for the role - he simply received an email from J.J. Abrams asking if he would like to play Scotty. Pegg said he would have done this for free, or even paid Abrams to be in this film, if he had not been offered a role.
• Goofs After Spock boards the Vulcan ship on board the mining vessel, Kirk is seen walking through some pipes. His Starfleet phaser has switched to a Romulan gun (longer barrel and no lights), before switching back to the Starfleet one again in the next scene. He actually acquires the Romulan gun a few scenes later.

Spock Prime : James T. Kirk!

James T. Kirk : Excuse me?

Spock Prime : How did you find me?

James T. Kirk : Whoa... how do you know my name?

Spock Prime : I have been and always shall be your friend.

James T. Kirk : Wha...

[shakes head]

James T. Kirk : Uh... look... I-I don't know you.

Spock Prime : I am Spock.

James T. Kirk : Bullshit.

• Crazy credits The first part of the closing credits is styled after the opening credits of Star Trek (1966) , where the starship Enterprise blasts off into space as a monologue describes its mission, and then the cast names appear as the famous "Star Trek" theme music plays.
• Connections Edited into De wereld draait door: Episode #4.157 (2009)
• Soundtracks Theme from 'Star Trek' TV Series Written by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry

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• If this premise is that an alternate timeline created when Nero traveled back in time, then what happened to James Kirk's older brother, Sam, aka George Samuel Kirk Jr.?
• How can Spock's mother still be alive years later (original series) when she dies earlier on in this movie ?
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• Dolby Digital
• Dolby Atmos
• 2.35 : 1 (original ratio)
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Star Trek (film)

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Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman . It is the 11th film in the Star Trek franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat Nero ( Eric Bana ), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets . The story takes place in an alternate reality that features both an alternate birth location for James T. Kirk and further alterations in history stemming from the time travel of both Nero and the original series Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ). [3] [4] The alternate reality was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.

The idea for a prequel film which would follow the Star Trek characters during their time in Starfleet Academy was discussed by series creator Gene Roddenberry in 1968. The concept resurfaced in the late 1980s, when it was postulated by Harve Bennett as a possible plotline for what would become Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , but it was rejected in favor of other projects by Roddenberry. Following the critical and commercial failure of Star Trek: Nemesis and the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise , the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen wrote an unproduced film titled Star Trek: The Beginning , which would take place after Enterprise . After the separation of Viacom and CBS Corporation in 2005, former Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman convinced CBS to allow Paramount to produce a new film in the franchise. Orci and Kurtzman were soon approached to write the film, and Abrams was approached to direct it. Kurtzman and Orci used inspiration from novels and graduate school dissertations, as well as the series itself. Principal photography commenced on November 7, 2007, and ended on March 27, 2008. The film was shot in locations around California and Utah. Abrams wanted to avoid using bluescreen and greenscreen, opting to use sets and locations instead. Heavy secrecy surrounded the film's production and was under the fake working title Corporate Headquarters . Industrial Light & Magic used digital ships for the film, as opposed to miniatures used in most of the previous films in the franchise. Production for the film concluded by the end of 2008.

Star Trek was heavily promoted in the months preceding its release; pre-release screenings for the film premiered in select cities around the world, including Austin, Texas , Sydney, Australia , and Calgary, Alberta . It was released in the United States and Canada on May 8, 2009, to critical acclaim. The film was a box office success, grossing over $385.7 million worldwide against its $150 million production budget. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards , ultimately winning Best Makeup , making it the first (and to date only) Star Trek film to win an Academy Award. It was followed by the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

La historia del primer viaje de una joven tripulación a bordo de la nave espacial más avanzada que se haya construido jamás: la nave USS Enterprise. En el transcurso de un viaje increíble lleno de optimismo, intriga, comedia y peligros cósmicos, los nuevos reclutas tienen que encontrar el modo de detener a un ser maléfico cuya misión de venganza amenaza a toda la humanidad. El destino de la galaxia está en manos de dos encarnizados rivales nacidos en mundos muy diferentes. Uno, James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine), es un joven granjero de Iowa delincuente y amante de las emociones fuertes, un líder nato en busca de una causa. El otro, Spock (Zachary Quinto), se ha criado en el planeta Vulcano, y es un marginado debido a su origen medio humano, lo que le hace vulnerable a la emociones volátiles sin las cuales los vulcanianos han vivido desde hace mucho, y que es sin embargo un ingenioso y decidido estudiante que llegará a convertirse en el primero de su especie admitido en la Academia de la Flota Estelar. Kirk y Spock no pueden ser más diferentes. No obstante, en su búsqueda para descubrir quién son realmente y qué le pueden dar al mundo, pronto se convierten en competitivos cadetes en periodo de formación. Con sus estilos drásticamente opuestos, el uno llevado por la ciega pasión, el otro por la lógica rigurosa, se convierten también en unos adversarios beligerantes y tenaces, los dos sintiéndose poco impresionados mutuamente, y ambos compitiendo con todas sus fuerzas para estar entre los pocos elegidos para formar parte de la tripulación de la nave espacial más avanzada que se haya creado jamás: la nave USS Enterprise. La tripulación está al mando del capitán Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood). Junto a él están el oficial médico de la nave, Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban), el hombre que llegará a convertirse en el ingeniero jefe, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Simon Pegg), la oficial responsable de las comunicaciones Uhura (Zoë Saldana), el veterano piloto Sulu (John Cho), y el chico prodigio de 17 años Chekov (Anton Yelchin). Todos ellos se enfrentarán a una primera experiencia desgarradora que pondrá a prueba la lealtad, la camaradería, el valor y el buen humor que les unirán para siempre. En medio de todo, Kirk y Spock tendrán que enfrentarse cara a cara con un destino inevitable: la necesidad de forjar una insólita pero sólida alianza, que les permita llevar valientemente a su tripulación hasta donde nadie ha llegado jamás. La tripulación inaugural de la nave USS Enterprise Chris Pine es James Tiberius Kirk Aunque James T. Kirk esté destinado a convertirse en una clase de capitán de nave espacial de los que forjan su leyenda, cuando comienza Star Trek es un meditabundo adolescente de Iowa lleno de inteligencia y encanto y con unas tendencias rebeldes que le pueden llevar por el mal camino. Kirk primero tendrá que vencer lo que un personaje describe como "su instinto de lanzarse antes de mirar" . No obstante, cuando espía las brillantes formas de la nave USS Enterprise, en construcción en un vigilado hangar, algo se agita en su corazón y Kirk se siente embargado por la ambición de enrolarse en la Flota Estelar e intentar llegar a lo más alto según sus propias condiciones. Esta visión de Kirk como un joven rudo y sin formar buscando su futuro antes de estar listo para asumir la responsabilidad de convertirse en un gran líder es algo que nunca antes se había visto en la pantalla. "Tuvimos la idea de que Kirk fuese una especie de rebelde sin causa nada más conocerle. Es un renegado, un inconformista, una clase de tipo impulsivo, pero básicamente está perdido. Solamente cuando ve la nave Enterprise se siente inspirado por una sensación de objetivo que altera su camino" , dice Abrams. Para encontrar a un actor que pudiera interpretar el papel que William Shatner hizo tan inolvidable, pero que también estableciese su propio enfoque del personaje, los realizadores se embarcaron en su propia búsqueda épica. Fue al ir acercándose al final de su búsqueda cuando Chris Pine hizo la prueba, y les sorprendió. Los papeles de Pine en varias comedias románticas y en la película de acción ‘Ases calientes’ le habían consolidado como una joven estrella a tener en cuenta, pero nadie imaginó que encajaría tan intuitivamente con la intensidad, el humor y el individualismo de Kirk. El productor ejecutivo Bryan Burk recuerda: "Chris tenía una seguridad y arrogancia asombrosas sin parecer chulo ni pretencioso. Era justo lo que queríamos, y supimos inmediatamente que habíamos encontrado a nuestro Kirk" . El productor Damon Lindelof añade: "Buscábamos a alguien que pudiera encarnar orgánicamente a Shatner sin imitar a Shatner, alguien que pudiera ser tremendamente gracioso y sin embargo entrara en el puente del Enterprise e inspirara autoridad al instante. Chris tenía todas esas cualidades" . J.J. Abrams lo resume así: "Chris tiene el ingenio, la agudeza y el tipo atlético de Kirk, pero, lo que igualmente importante, puede ser un metepatas total y muy vulnerable. Sobre todo, estaba listo para lo que fuera, siempre comprometido y presente en el papel. Hizo a Kirk muy real, que era todo lo que queríamos" . Pine, a su vez, quedó impresionado por Abrams. "La energía que le rodeaba a él y a este proyecto era realmente tangible" , dice. "Yo estaba impaciente por formar parte de esto" . Desde el principio, Pine comprendió que tendría que abrir su propio camino individual y tomar sólo una pizca de inspiración de lo que había hecho Shatner para convertir al personaje en un icono global. "El señor Shatner creó un personaje que es un héroe de acción y un mujeriego, y lo hizo con unas increíbles dosis de humor. Lo que me encanta de esta película es que se tiene la oportunidad de ver por qué y cómo se convirtió en el hombre que era" , dice Pine. "Fue increíblemente abrumador ponerse en la piel del señor Shatner y entrar en todo el canon de la historia Trek en películas y televisión. Todos estuvimos de acuerdo en que sería un error intentar recrear lo que él hizo. El reto era hacerlo a mi manera" . El guión contribuyó a que su imaginación se disparara en nuevas direcciones, dice Pine. "Ya que podemos ver a Kirk cuando era joven, somos capaces de determinar de dónde proceden su energía y su pasión y por qué tiene que esforzarse por sacar el máximo partido de su potencial" . La humanidad esencial de Kirk, a menudo tan defectuosa e imprudente como poderosa y autoritaria, era lo que más a fondo quería conocer Pine. "Kirk no es un superhéroe. Es sólo un hombre como cualquiera de nosotros, enfrentado a esos increíbles problemas que hay que resolver. Lo que le hace diferente es que siempre lucha con todas sus fuerzas y persevera hasta el final" . Pine realizó un entrenamiento físico intensivo en boxeo y artes marciales para aprender a esquivar criaturas espaciales con la destreza inimitable y la dureza callejera de Kirk. "Me entrené con nuestro increíble equipo de especialistas, y lo que lo que lo hizo aún más divertido fue que la acción es muy real. Kirk no es un tipo que gane todo el rato. Se lleva muchos golpes, pero siempre lucha como si fuera la pelea de su vida" . Para Pine, el mayor reto estribaba quizás en reflejar correctamente su relación incómoda y sublimemente cómica con Spock. "Zach [Quinto] y yo queríamos que el público viese a Kirk y Spock como dos jóvenes muy brillantes y obstinados que están destinados a chocar toda su vida, pero que llegarán a quererse por esa misma razón" , explica. Al final, observa Pine, la química entre todo el joven reparto empezó a reflejar la de la tripulación del Enterprise. "Nos lo pasábamos increíblemente bien juntos" , dice. "Era maravilloso trabajar con Zach. John Cho, que interpreta a Sulu, es muy gracioso y tiene mucho talento, se ve un aspecto suyo totalmente nuevo en este papel. Karl Urban (que interpreta al Dr. McCoy) y yo teníamos una gran dinámica juntos, y seguro que tiene uno de los mejores enarcados de cejas del mundo del espectáculo. Zoe Saldana aporta una mezcla de belleza e inteligencia como Uhura que es difícil de alcanzar. Simon Pegg y Anton Yelchin eran tan hilarantes como Scotty y Chekov. En conjunto, era un grupo magnífico. Nunca nos tomamos demasiado en serio, pero realmente llegamos a formar un equipo" . Todo encajó para Pine, dice, en el momento en que entró en el plató del Puente, sabiendo que Kirk pronto estaría al mando del Enterprise. "Entrar por primera vez al plató del Puente fue uno de esos momentos en los que de repente uno se da cuenta de lo especial que es lo que estás haciendo" , reflexiona Pine. "Luego hubo otro gran momento, que fue la primera vez que me senté en la silla del capitán. Me dieron escalofríos. Fue un momento que recordaré el resto de mi vida" . Zachary Quinto es Spock Cuando la nave USS Enterprise abandona el muelle por primera vez con dirección a las estrellas, un oficial a bordo está a mundos de distancia del resto: el hombre conocido simplemente como Spock. Spock nació en el planeta Vulcano, un mundo donde las emociones se descontrolaron tanto que se prescindió para siempre de ellas en favor de la lógica pura. Sin embargo, la madre de Spock es humana, lo que hizo que Spock se criase luchando una batalla interior entre lo racional y lo instintivo. Como dice Sarek, el padre de Spock: "Eres completamente capaz de elegir tu destino… es algo que sólo tú puedes decidir" . Star Trek le ofrece a los espectadores la oportunidad de ver a Spock en sus años de formación, enfrentándose a la elección entre su parte humana y su parte vulcaniana. "Spock tiene que decidir entre controlar sus emociones o asumir su humanidad, y se enfrenta a la dualidad de quién es a lo largo de toda la historia" , dice Abrams. "Me encantó la idea de este personaje intentando encontrar su sitio en el mundo" . Al principio, admite Abrams, "no estábamos muy seguros de llegar a encontrar al hombre adecuado para interpretar a Spock, dado lo mucho que se asocia a Leonard Nimoy con el papel" . Cuando los realizadores vieron a Zachary Quinto, que es quizás más conocido por su papel en la célebre serie de televisión ‘Héroes’, se convencieron de que le habían encontrado. "Zach tenía una inteligencia y un comedimiento que son raros en un actor joven. Fue capaz de hacer honor a lo que había hecho Nimoy sin, a mi juicio, convertirse de ningún modo en una imitación" . Quinto quería desesperadamente el papel. "Me atraía mucho el personaje de Spock" , dice, "y me encantaba la idea de revitalizar a toda la tripulación del Enterprise. Spock siempre me fascinó a causa del conflicto entre su cerebro y sus emociones y por su capacidad para mantener su ecuanimidad sin importar lo que suceda a su alrededor. En esta nueva versión, se le puede ver intentando averiguar cómo encontrar el equilibrio que le permitirá alcanzar la grandeza. El terreno común que comparte con Kirk y el resto de la tripulación es que quiere hacer del universo un lugar mejor" . Colaborar estrechamente con Chris Pine ayudó a Quinto a extraer las emociones ocultas con las que forcejea Spock. "Chris encarna perfectamente las cualidades de Kirk" , subraya Quinto. "Con toda su arrogancia y seguridad y espontaneidad, uno puede ver realmente por qué el lógico y ordenado Spock puede llegar a pensar que es un peligroso temerario. Y creo que también se puede ver por qué al principio Kirk piensa que Spock es un pesado con las normas. Pero, a medida que la historia avanza, espero que también se vea por qué son capaces de sacar lo mejor el uno del otro" . Quinto disfrutó también trabajando con dos otros personajes clásicos que juegan un papel fundamental en Star Trek: los padres bi-galácticos de Spock, su madre terrícola Amanda Grayson y su padre Sarek, el embajador vulcaniano, interpretados respectivamente por la dos veces nominada al Óscar Winona Ryder ( "La edad de la inocencia" , "Mujercitas" ) y el actor británico Ben Cross, famoso por su papel en la oscarizada "Carros de fuego" . Juntos crearon una pareja de fuertes contrastes pero a la vez ricamente sofisticada. "Winona le aportó verdadera ternura al papel, y pone verdaderamente de manifiesto la yuxtaposición entre su sincera forma de ser y la lógica de Sarek" , dice Quinto. "Ben transmitía mucha energía a su alrededor. Tiene tal seguridad en sí mismo y un vínculo tal con Sarek que fui capaz de conectar inmediatamente con él" . Quinto tuvo también la emocionante ocasión de trabajar con Nimoy, el hombre que creó originalmente a Spock. Abrams observa: "No fue una decisión fácil ni caprichosa para Leonard. En cierto modo, estaba motivada por su deseo de darle al personaje una sensación de cercanía y de pasarle el testigo a Zach. Aceptar el papel significaba mucho para él, pero al mismo tiempo, se divertía mucho con ello" . Nimoy dice que fue su conversación con Abrams y su primera reunión con Orci y Kurtzman lo que despertó su interés. "Me pareció que entendían realmente cuáles eran las mejores cosas de ‘Star Trek,’" , dice. "Me pareció que le iban a hacer justicia a la historia y a elevar la película hasta un nivel que no habíamos sido capaces de alcanzar previamente. Los escritores habían hecho un trabajo maravilloso al captar las características de los personajes originales, y me sentí muy estimulado por todo eso" . También se sintió impresionado por las cualidades de Abrams como director. "Hay directores que tienen talento para trabajar a gran escala con toneladas de acción, y hay directores que tienen talento para los momentos íntimos entre las personas. J.J. es único porque tiene ambos" , observa Nimoy. Entonces llegó el guión final. "Me pareció que estaba en la línea de las grandes películas de acción y aventura, una historia potente de conflictos y venganza con el futuro de toda la galaxia en juego, y al mismo tiempo, era una historia íntima de gente muy especial que se reúne por primera vez" , comenta. Nimoy reconoce que ni él ni ninguno de los que participaron en la serie original de televisión podrían haber previsto la longevidad de estos personajes. "Sabíamos que estábamos haciendo un trabajo interesante y oportuno" , dice. "Sabíamos que estábamos haciendo algo entretenido y bien pensado, pero nadie podría haber predicho que 40 años después los personajes y el concepto estarían aún tan vivos y serían constantemente reinventados" . Le ilusionó mucho que el proceso de casting para Star Trek intentase tan meticulosamente mantener fresca la perspectiva sobre los personajes. "Me sentí realmente impresionado por el casting" , comenta. "Es un grupo de gente muy apropiada y con mucho talento, que refleja algunas características del reparto original a la vez que son muy contemporáneos" . Nimoy sentía un interés especial por conocer al joven actor que iba a seguir sus pasos encarnando a Spock. "Leonard y yo pasamos bastante tiempo juntos" , dice Quinto. "Le hice un montón de preguntas, y fue muy comunicativo con su perspectiva y sus consejos. Hablamos acerca de la psicología de Spock y de lo que le pasó a Spock en el intervalo de tiempo entre nuestros dos personajes. Tiene una relación muy larga con su personaje, así que ya ha pensado en todo. Fue tremendamente amable, y sentí que era una verdadera ventaja poder colaborar tan estrechamente con él" . Bryan Burk resume: "Leonard asumió el papel de mentor de Zach, y fue una experiencia emotiva para ambos. Había una emoción tangible cuando estaban los dos en el plató" . Karl Urban es el Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy El doctor McCoy es un "médico de pueblo" , según su propia definición, que detesta volar pero que, a causa de ciertos problemas personales en la Tierra, se ha dedicado a ser oficial médico de la Flota Estelar. Sus métodos de curación puede que se aprovechen de lo último en tecnología médica, pero su comportamiento es muy descarado y poco sofisticado, lo que le permitirá jugar un papel esencial, aunque a menudo no se lo agradezcan, en impedir que Kirk y Spock se tomen demasiado en serio. Para asumir el papel del hombre que llegaría a ser conocido simplemente como "Bones" , interpretado en la serie original con efectos memorablemente cómicos por el difunto DeForest Kelley, los realizadores se inclinaron por Karl Urban, el actor neozelandés que destacó en la trilogía de "El Señor de los Anillos" e interpretó al asesino ruso en "El mito de Bourne" . Su prueba causó en quienes le vieron la impresión de que era la elección perfecta para el papel del irritable y cascarrabias doctor que llegaría descaradamente a afirmar: "El espacio es enfermedad y peligro envuelto en oscuridad y silencio" , pero que irónicamente obtiene una satisfacción secreta al explorarlo. "Kart se parecía tanto a Bones que era extraño, casi espeluznante. Encarnaba literalmente al personaje original sin hacer nada que se pareciera remotamente a una impresión" , dice Abrams. "Es un tío de fuertes rasgos, sardónico y cabreado, y sin embargo uno no puede evitar quererle" . Urban quería el papel en parte porque es un fan de Trek de toda la vida. "Tenía un montón de recuerdos entrañables de cuando veía la serie de pequeño, así que me era ya muy familiar y conocía a los personajes y sus relaciones. La prueba fue para mí una pura delicia" , recuerda. Una vez que le contrataron, comenzó a explorar quién es realmente el Dr. McCoy. "Creo que en el fondo es un humanista con un gran sentimiento de compasión, sólo que se expresa de esa manera irritada, cínica e irascible" , afirma Urban. "Cuidará de uno noche y día, pero al mismo tiempo, sus modales a la cabecera de la cama son atroces. Lo que me gusta es que Bones y Kirk y Spock se convierten en una especie de triunvirato. Kirk es el hombre de acción. Spock se basa siempre en la lógica y la ciencia. Y Bones es como la conciencia humanista que sopesa sus impulsos iniciales y les ayuda a elegir el camino correcto" . Respecto a cómo enfocó un papel tan icónico, Urban dice: "Ciertamente, quería rendirle un gran homenaje a DeForest, porque realizó un trabajo extraordinario al hacer de Bones este personaje entrañable. Y por supuesto yo no quería ser una fotocopia. Cuando conocemos a McCoy en la película, está en un lugar muy diferente de los que hemos visto antes, porque está como huyendo de una vida arruinada. En cierto modo, la nave Enterprise es el único sitio donde puede ir, y quería mostrar ese aspecto del personaje" . Urban ya estaba entusiasmado, pero cuando vio por primera vez el plató del Puente, su entusiasmo creció enormemente. "Me quedé flipado con el plató. Había mucha tecnología y era muy divertido, y con mucha atención a los detalles. Sentí apremio por correr por todas partes y tocar todas las palancas, las teclas y los mandos sólo para ver si funcionaban de verdad. Los realizadores llegaron a unos extremos increíbles para anclar esta aventura a la realidad, de modo que uno tiene la sensación de que podría hacer despegar la nave de verdad" . Simon Pegg es Montgomery "Scotty" Scott El exuberante y mañoso ingeniero, con un estilo desenfrenado de vida, que llegará a ser conocido como "Scotty" por su acento cadencioso, llega a bordo de una forma sorprendente que marca el tono respecto a cómo su espíritu, su humor y su destreza para encontrar una salida de cualquier lío se convierten en un apoyo para la tripulación. Repleto de brío cómico, el papel de Scotty, interpretado originalmente por James Doohan, fue para el actor, comediante y director británico Simon Pegg. Los realizadores de Star Trek le tenían en mente desde el principio gracias a sus inolvidablemente cómicos papeles en las célebres comedias británicas "Zombies party" y "Arma fatal" . "Éramos fans de Simon desde ‘Zombies party’, y es uno de los tipos más graciosos que conocemos, lo que le hacía perfecto para Scotty" , dice Bryan Burk. Cuando Abrams le preguntó a Pegg si quería el papel, el actor al principio se sintió demasiado abrumado como para aceptarlo. "Simon me escribió un correo electrónico y me dijo: ‘No sé si podré hacerlo, es demasiado grande’" , recuerda Abrams. Luego me volvió a escribir diciendo: ‘Espera, deja que me lo piense un poco’. Y por fortuna para nosotros, en seguida dijo que sí" . Para Pegg, la presión procedía de sus recuerdos de infancia cuando veía con sobrecogimiento la serie original de televisión. "Es una cosa curiosa interpretar a un personaje al que se conoce desde la infancia" , observa, "sobre todo porque James Doohan realizó una caracterización magnífica de Scotty. En cierto modo, era un personaje bastante complejo. Por una parte, tenía una faceta más ligera, pero por la otra era peleón y bebedor, y era también responsable de las partes más geniales del Enterprise: la sala de máquinas y la sala de transporte. Su función es legendaria, así que era algo que había que captar" . A Pegg le complació comprobar que el enfoque iba a ser cualquier cosa menos irónico. "Me encanta que el guión permita a cada uno de los personajes decir frases que les hicieron famosos sin que haya una sensación como de, ‘¡huy, mira, qué gracioso es esto!’. Cada personaje tiene su ocasión de ser icónico, pero nunca a expensas de la historia" . Cuando el público conoce a Scotty, está viviendo una especie de exilio en el planeta Delta Vega. "Es una oportunidad estupenda para ver a Scotty en una situación en la que nunca antes se le había visto, en la que está como perdido y borracho y no tiene ni idea de que está predestinado a convertirse en un gran inventor en la historia de la Flota Estelar" , observa Pegg. "Fue muy divertido explorar esa fase de su vida" . Zoe Saldana es Uhura La brillante y bella políglota conocida como Uhura aporta sus excepcionales cualidades para escuchar e interpretar en su vital trabajo como oficial de comunicaciones de la nave Enterprise. Uhira fue un personaje innovador en la serie original de televisión. Interpretada por Nichelle Nichols, se convirtió en uno de los primeros personajes importantes afroamericanos de la televisión, y en uno de los participantes en el primer beso interracial de la televisión norteamericana. Para recoger su testigo, la búsqueda de los realizadores les llevó hasta Zoe Saldana, la actriz de origen puertorriqueño y dominicano que se hizo famosa como la pirata Anamaría en el moderno clásico de aventuras "Piratas del Caribe: La maldición de la Perla Negra" . Fue el poder de su presencia lo que la hizo apropiada para el papel, dice J.J. Abrams. "Zoe es guapísima, con esos grandes ojos que le dejan a uno muerto, pero también es dura. Me encantó la dicotomía entre su suave feminidad y su fuerte confianza en sí misma. Era muy apropiado para Uhura" . Cuando revisó las series, a Saldana le conmovió sobre todo el papel de Uhura en la serie original. "No sólo era una afroamericana, sino también la única mujer en una cabina llena de hombres, y ocupaba un puesto muy alto" , observa. "El personaje y Nichelle fueron unas auténticas pioneras para todo tipo de mujeres en Hollywood, no sólo para las mujeres de color, y me pareció que era un gran honor poder retomar este papel" . Saldana continúa: "Tenía la oportunidad de regresar al principio, y de pensar realmente en quién era Uhura y en cómo fue capaz de mantenerse en el Enterprise. La veía más bien como una luchadora, como alguien que nunca se permitía relajarse porque sabía que siempre iba a tener que ser mejor que todos los que la rodeaban" . John Cho es Sulu Ejerciendo como piloto en el vuelo inaugural de la nave USS Enterprise está Sulu, uno de los oficiales más experimentados de a bordo, un hombre renacentista cuyas cualidades abarcan desde una gran destreza como piloto hasta la física avanzada y la esgrima, todas las cuales entran en juego en su primera misión con la rejuvenecida tripulación. Sulu fue interpretado originalmente por George Takei, que se convirtió en un héroe para los asiático-americanos por representar en televisión una cara tan positiva e impresionante para los asiático-americanos. Abrams vio cualidades semejantes en John Cho, el actor de origen coreano famoso por sus papeles en las exitosas series de "American Pie" y "Harold y Kumar" . Dice Abrams: "John me recuerda mucho a George Takei por la manera en que le aporta tanta fuerza y personalidad al papel. Le preocupaba mucho hacer que Sulu fuera real" . Cho se sintió honrado por seguir los pasos de Takei. "Como asiático-americano, Sulu era una imagen pionera para mí" , dice. "Entonces había muy pocos papeles para asiático-americanos que no fueran de artes marciales o de especialistas, y el tenía ese papel tan ejemplar en una serie destacada interpretando a una persona que tenía muchas aficiones y cualidades. Para mí, suponía un auténtico sueño formar parte de esta nueva aventura" . Mientras se preparaba para el papel, Cho tuvo ocasión de conocer a Takei. "Le dije: ‘George, estoy un poco nervioso por merme en tu pellejo y ser visto como el nuevo George Takei’, y él, con su característico estilo gentil, me dijo: ‘No te preocupes, pronto todos dirán de mí que soy el antiguo John Cho’. Fue de gran utilidad para mí" . Bruce Greenwood es el Capitán Pike Legendario primer capitán de la nave Enterprise, el capitán Pike apareció solamente en tres episodios de la serie original de TV, interpretado primero por Jeffrey Hunter y luego por Sean Kenney. Visto por primera vez en profundidad, ahora está interpretado por Bruce Greenwood, el actor canadiense cuyos papeles abarcan desde el presidente John F. Kennedy en "Trece días" hasta un antiguo héroe del surf en la poco convencional serie de HBO "John from Cincinnati" . "Bruce era la figura paterna perfecta para Kirk" , dice Abrams. "Tiene una presencia muy fuerte, adulta y convincente, que se nota en seguida cuando Pike abandona la nave. Provoca un auténtico cambio en la energía" . Fue el guión lo que atrajo a Greenwood. "Me encantó la forma en que los escritores habían explorado a los personajes" , dice. "Es un viaje a las motivaciones de Kirk y Spock y a sus conflictos internos, y me pareció que estaba llena de un tremendo dramatismo" . Una vez que estuvo en el plató, se sintió embargado por la emoción al vivir la estimulante experiencia de sentarse en el famoso sillón del capitán. "Sentarse ahí fue una sensación muy especial" , admite Greenwood. "Fue como, ‘¡vaya, ésta es realmente la película, tío!’. Pero también me hizo pensar más en la naturaleza de la autoridad y en lo que significa estar en el puente de mando, y en si la naturaleza del liderazgo sería diferente dentro de 200 años" . Parte del liderazgo de Greenwood resulta ser su profundo efecto sobre James Kirk, a quien inspira para que se convierta en un cadete de la Academia de la Flota Estelar al desafiarle a que desarrolle el potencial frustrado de su padre. "Siempre me han gustado las historias de padres e hijos, y hay algo de eso entre Pike y Kirk" , dice el actor. "Todos los hijos quieren evitar los errores de su padre, y cuando Pike acude a Kirk y le dice: ‘Te desafío a que lo hagas mejor’, eso es lo que realmente le llega dentro. En cuanto a Pike, ve algo notable en Kirk y está deseando darle una oportunidad, ¡incluso aunque Kirk le de numerosas ocasiones para lamentarlo!" Anton Yelchin es Chekov Pavel Andreievich Chekov es el oficial más joven a bordo de la nave USS Enterprise, un niño prodigio ruso y un maestro del ajedrez que es aún un adolescente cuando se embarca en una aventura más allá de sus sueños más desenfrenados. Interpretado originalmente por Walter Koenig en mitad de la guerra fría, la mera presencia de Chekov en la nave Enterprise sugería un época en la que todas las naciones podrían vivir unidas y cooperando. También representaba el descaro y la ingenuidad de un joven enfrentándose a sucesos increíbles y haciéndose adulto en el espacio. Para aportarle un realismo moderno a Chekov, los realizadores buscaban a un actor que no sólo tuviera la inteligencia y la personalidad, sino también un auténtico origen ruso para encajar con el personaje. Encontraron esa mezcla exacta en Anton Yelchin, quien nació en Leningrado pero se ha convertido en un destacado actor joven, con papeles en ‘Delitos menores’, ‘Alpha Dog’, ‘Charlie Bartlett’ y la película de inminente estreno ‘Terminator Salvation’. "Anton tiene las cualidades de un maestro ruso del ajedrez, pero también es encantador. Uno no puede evitar caer bajo su hechizo" , observa Abrams. Yelchin llegó de nuevas al papel, no habiendo visto nunca la serie de televisión. Solamente después se sentó a ver todos y cada uno de los episodios. "Me lo pasé de fábula viéndolos" , recuerda. "Lo que me encantaba de Chekov en la serie original es que es el miembro más raro de la tripulación, una mezcla de estereotipo de la Guerra Fría y de Davey Jones. Tiene un vigor juvenil y a menudo es la válvula de escape cómica, pero en nuestra película también tiene matices. Es el más joven y a veces el más tímido, y sin embargo es un genio. Me divertí encontrando toques especiales que quería añadirle" . Para meterse en el papel, Yelchin se reunió con Walter Koenig, quien forjó el personaje cuatro décadas antes. "Walter me dijo que, para hacer grande a un personaje, uno tiene que hacerlo suyo. Ese es el enfoque que también adoptó J.J. e influyó en todas las cosas de la película, desde el vestuario hasta nuestras interpretaciones. J.J. tomó todos los elementos más fuertes del pasado y los mezcló con su propia visión épica" . Primer Enemigo: Eric Bana es el romulano Nero El capitán Nero es interpretado por Eric Bana, el actor australiano premiado recientemente por su papel como un asesino israelí en la película de Steven Spielberg ‘Munich’. Desde el principio, a Abrams le pareció que Bana podría aportarle matices a Nero que trascenderían al villano vengativo habitual. "Eric nos ofreció una gama tan increíble que hizo mucho más interesante a su personaje y verdaderamente peligroso" , dice Abrams. Bana en realidad estaba en un período sabático sin actuar cuando Abrams contactó por primera vez con él, pero el irresistible papel le devolvió de nuevo a la pantalla. "Le dije a J.J. que el guión era un viaje tan emocionante de principio a fin, y que Nero era un villano tan maravillosamente loco y divertido que yo tenía que participar" . Al contrario que la mayoría de los otros miembros del reparto, el personaje de Bana no estaba ligado a ninguna clase de legado, aunque disfrutó explorando la cultura romulana, que es conocida por su énfasis en la astucia, la pasión, el honor, la tecnología y la agresión, para obtener una visión más profunda de la psicología de Nero. "Puede ser muy paciente y muy estilo zen. Ha perfeccionado la idea de que la venganza es un plato que es mejor comer frío" . La novedad de Nero era otro atractivo. "Era emocionante ser un personaje al que nadie ha visto antes y tener la oportunidad de aportarle algo fresco y diferente a una historia con tanta historia" , dice. En cuanto al aspecto inconfundible de Nero, que conllevaba unas cuatro horas diarias de maquillaje, prótesis y vestuario, Bana dice: "Me encantó desde el principio. Era raro, pero también me pareció encantador. Después de menos de una semana interpretando a Nero, ¡me empezó a parecer completamente normal, y los humanos normales me empezaron a parecer raros!" También le sedujo la nave de Nero, la lustrosa, oscura, casi esquelética nave de guerra Narada. "Es una nave genial" , dice Bana. "Cuando entré en el plató no me lo podía creer. Me encantan las cosas mecánicas, y con todos sus cables a la vista y todo expuesto uno puede ver cómo encaja toda la estructura. Pensé que era un diseño simplemente asombroso" . Sin embargo, lo que mas impresionó a Bana fueron sus compañeros de reparto. Estaba especialmente emocionado por entablar batalla contra Chris Pine en el papel del decidido Kirk. "He hecho escenas de lucha con diversos actores, pero Chris es muy fuerte y duro y rápido. Es duro de pelar, y contribuyó a que fuera un encuentro épico" , observa. "Nuestras batallas fueron muy, muy emocionantes, y espero que los espectadores lo perciban" . Se desarrolló una química innegable entre los miembros del reparto, observa Abrams. "No podría haber sido más afortunado con el reparto. Tomaron unos papeles que habían sido definidos por los actores que los crearon y los hicieron suyos, los hicieron divertidos, emocionales y reales, siendo a la vez maravillosamente familiares" .

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Remembering Star Trek (2009)

One Trek Mind #5: Remembering Star Trek (2009)

Last week we rode a wormhole down “memory conduit” to discuss our first experiences with the Star Trek films. But one was noticeably absent. While it may seem strange to be nostalgic for 2009, the time has come to crack out some red matter and recall the transition to what I'm still calling the Abramsverse.

Never, not even as small child, had I anticipated seeing a movie this much. At the end of Enterprise , it looked like we'd never see Trek again. Listen, I'll argue til I'm as blue as Shran that Enterprise was good, but I'll concede that its conclusion did not befit the greatest franchise in the history of entertainment.

For years, nothing. Then, rumors. (Remember the one about Matt Damon playing Kirk?) Finally, a deal with J.J. Abrams is announced. We're getting a new cast, a younger cast. But at Comic-Con 2007 Nimoy appears. Weeks later at the Vegas convention we're sure Shatner will announce his involvement – but there's silence. Abrams mentions in interviews that he's not a fan of Star Trek (boo!), but his writers Orci and Kurtzman prove they've got cred (yay!). Then there's a writer's strike during production, leading to fears there can be no on-set revisions.

It culminates to an evening I should be too embarrassed to talk about, but will share with you, in part, in screenplay form:

INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT.

Hoffman lies awake, tossing, turning, sighing.

Hoffman's Wife:  Is something the matter?

Hoffman: Yes, yes there is. But I don't want to talk about it.

Hoffman's Wife (with growing concern): What? We have to discuss it. We have to be honest with one another. If something is the matter, you must get it out in the open.

Hoffman (wondering if his wife is half-Betazed): I'm worried about the future. Or is it the past? Oh, honey, I simply can't sleep! I … I just don't know what I'll do if they ruin Star Trek !!

Hoffman's Wife: Go sleep on the couch.

For months, the new Trek film is the only thing on my mind, and I'm not alone. My friend, the writer/producer/ Trek Manga author F. J. DeSanto and I make a pact that should either get an opportunity to see the film early we'll bring one another as dates.

And then a phone call. My contact at Paramount in Los Angeles tells me there's a screening in New York that very night and asks if I'd like to attend. One hit of smelling salts later I'm canceling my previous plans. (Sorry, Pop-Pop, you'll have a 100th birthday again soon, right?)

I'm told, however, that I can't bring a “plus one.” Sorry F. J.

I arrive at the theater, check-in, and I'm told, why yes, of course I can bring a guest.

I call F. J. and tell him to get his butt to 34th and 8th as quickly as possible. He's all the way on the east side and, if you are unfamiliar with the way New York works, let's just say that Jimi Hendrix's remarks about crosstown traffic are 100% valid.

He jumps in a taxi and tells the driver to step on it.

I'm outside the theater and now I start pacing. I can't go into the theater and have F. J. meet me; I'm told I must escort him, and the clock is ticking. The theater is filling up, and it is likely they'll be past capacity. I consider the moral implications of ditching him, but quickly remember that I don't believe in a no-win scenario.

“Warp Factor Ten, dammit!” I shout into my cell phone.  “We've givin' her all she's got!” he shouts back.

He makes it to the theater and like maniacs we race to one of the back rows. I realize I have to urinate profusely, even though the lights are about to dim. This theater has its facilities on a separate floor, so I run upstairs.

Here's where I confess to not exactly defying cliché where Trekkies' physical attributes are concerned. Activities like running up stairs are as alien to me as the Delta Quadrant pre- Janeway . I'm out of breath, taking care of business at the urinal and so paranoid the film is about to start that I move to conclude my task prematurely.

Yes, friends, to an outsider it would appear that I've wet myself with excitement about seeing the new Star Trek movie.

Back in my seat, out of breath, praying to the Prophets that the darkness is obscuring a clear incontinence stain, I hear the conversation from the group of people behind me.

I've no idea how they got there, but they are clearly not fans. One even remarks, in the most cattily condescending tone imaginable, “this is definitely not the type of movie I'd pay money to see.” Then come snide comments about Trek fans, nerds, comic book readers, etc. I'm boiling with rage thinking of all the friends I know who'd eat live Gagh to be in their place.

But most of the audience is excited and this is evident by the cheers that erupt at seeing the Paramount logo. “Oh, God, people, it's just a logo!” the repugnant man behind me snorts. And that's when I lose my mind.

Normally, I am a calm, gentle, forgiving soul. But the thought of having to endure this screening – this most important of all screenings, where everything I love about my favorite characters is ON THE LINE – while Statler and Waldorf gripe behind me is just too much to bear.  I turn around, suck in a ridiculous amount of air, look them in the eyes and unleash the Galaxy's largest SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Spittle rains down on them and they are stunned into silence. I even terrify my friend F. J., who is afraid to offer me any nachos, lest he disturb my concentration.

This feeling fades when we both explode with nerdboy joy at seeing Nero handle a Centurion Slug (even if we call it a Ceti Eel.) By the time Spock and Spock Prime are speaking to one another we're practically embracing and holding back tears.

All the sleepless nights and stress were worth it. Star Trek (2009) isn't just a great film, it is a resuscitation of a way of life. And, sure, you can gripe about the expulsion to Delta Vega all you want; it is important to think back to the anxiety we had before the movie came out, and just how lucky we are that the movie came out the way it did.

And the clowns behind me kept their mouths shut. Of course they did… they enjoyed the movie.

Now that some time has passed (and we've already begun hyper-analyzing every bit of news about the sequel) let me know in the comments what your experience was before, during and after your first viewing of Star Trek (2009) .

Jordan Hoffman was the movies editor at UGO.com for more than four years. He has produced two independent films (look 'em up!) and is a member of the New York Film Critics Online. In 2005, he was named the Ultimate Film Fanatic of the NorthEast by IFC. Jordan fell in love with Star Trek through TOS reruns just as TNG was getting ready to launch. On his BLOG , Jordan has reviewed all 727 Trek episodes and films, most of the comics and some of the novels. He has a funny story about the one time he met Leonard Nimoy.

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T wo of the most famous events in 20th-century science are the splitting of the atom by Ernest Rutherford & co in Cambridge in 1932 and the splitting of the infinitive by Gene Roddenberry & co in Hollywood in 1966. Both were working in a mood of optimism, in Roddenberry's case embodying in the TV series Star Trek the spirit engendered by John F Kennedy that carried on for a while after his death. JFK took his social programme of the New Frontier into space by declaring after entering the White House in 1961 that America would land a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

Roddenberry had been working on the TV western series Have Gun, Will Travel, dealing with contemporary issues by locating them on the Old Frontier. Now was the time to deal with problems in a future setting and the working title for Star Trek was "Wagon Train in Space". Little could he know that 43 years later JJ Abrams, a writer-director born that very year, would reverentially provide biographies and creation myths for his characters in a $150m movie. Abrams earlier directed Mission: Impossible III, based on another TV series that began in 1966.

Star Trek was a humane, liberal show, dealing with social and ethical issues as the USS Enterprise voyaged through space confronting different cultures and the moral conundrums they presented. But it ended in 1969 after some 80 episodes, at that crucial point when science fact met science fiction as Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. The programme was admired and popular, but not excessively so. I was teaching at the University of Texas in 1972 when William Shatner, a well-regarded Shakespearean actor before getting the role of James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the Enterprise, came to appear as Angelo in a student production of Measure for Measure at St Edward's University, a small, liberal arts college in Austin. None of my students showed the slightest interest in his visit.

Shatner, I later learnt, was having a thin time. Then things changed. The cult of Star Trek began. Clubs were started, conventions held. Trekkies organised themselves, people studied the language of the Klingons. The first big screen version appeared in 1979 and five more followed. After a TV animated series, there came the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, with big-screen spins-offs from the TV spin-offs. The mother studio Paramount made millions, possibly billions, on related merchandise. There were also comedies inspired by the series. The crudest of these spoofs is Mel Brooks's Spaceballs. The subtlest and funniest is Dean Parisot's Galaxy Quest (1999) about the afterlife of a team of actors from a cult SF series modelled on Star Trek, who spend their days attending fan conventions.

Hollywood has recently given us the young Sherlock Holmes, the early Indiana Jones and the origins of Star Wars, so it is inevitable that we should be instructed in the youthful struggles of the principal Star Trek characters, most significantly Captain Kirk and his chief officer, Mr Spock. The movie begins with a bang and it's one of the loudest SF movies ever made. This wouldn't have pleased HG Wells, who instructed the production team on Things to Come, the film of his book, that the world of the future would be calm and silent.

Kirk is born and named during a battle in space, as Mom gives birth while Dad is sacrificing himself to save everyone on his spaceship. Back on the plains of Iowa, he grows up a speed-crazy tearaway who's offered the opportunity of redemption and public service. The invitation comes from Captain Pike, played by Bruce Greenwood, the Jack Kennedy lookalike who impersonated the 35th president in Thirteen Days and thus underlines the film's 1960s origins and ethos.

Meanwhile, the elfin-eared Spock is reared on the planet Vulcan by his father (Ben Cross), a former Vulcan ambassador to Earth, and his handsome earthling mother (Winona Ryder). Torn between cold Vulcan logic and warm human emotion, he elects to work on Earth. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) come into conflict at the United Federation of Planets' aviation school and then on the spaceship commanded by Pike.

Kirk doesn't acquire that mature mastery that enables him to sit through battles without putting on a seatbelt until he's evicted as a mutineer by Spock and lands on the frozen planet Delta Vega. Here, through a clever twist (something to do with a time warp) he meets the wise, elderly Spock. He's played by Leonard Nimoy, author of the autobiography I Am Not Spock, a title nobody believed. His presence gives Abrams's movie a Vatican-style imprimatur that makes it part of the authentic canon.

Along the way, Kirk meets the younger versions of the Enterprise's rainbow crew: Lieutenant Uhura, "Bones" McCoy, Mr Sulu, Chekov (apparently put on board by Roddenberry after an article in Pravda said the ship needed a Russian presence), and the pawky Caledonian engineer "Scotty" (Simon Pegg), who was never actually given the order: "Beam me up, Scotty" any more than Rick Blaine ever said: "Play it again, Sam". Anyway, they're all there under Kirk's orders when as fully confirmed captain he takes the new, gleaming Enterprise into the infinity of space and the infinitive of grammar. Just before the final credits roll, our hearts leap as we hear of their mission "to boldly go where no one has gone before". One doubts they'll contact base with the message: "Paramount, we have a problem."

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How The 2009 Star Trek's Time Travel Works

Greetings fellow time travelers, and welcome back to the CinemaBlend labs! Don’t mind the mess you might see around you, as we’re still cleaning up after several attempts to dissect the complex nature of The Butterfly Effect’s rather gruesome travels . The bad news is, I lost many lab coats to that experiment; but the good news is, I’ve fully healed from the side effects after one final trip. (Sorry folks, but those Butterfly Effect sequels actually do need to exist… for reasons.) Anyhow, the past is in the past, and it’s time for us to boldly go from here to there in the then and now with Star Trek’s 2009 reboot; where a dreamy Chris Pine awaits his destiny, and box office glory.

But before we beam aboard the IMS Blenderprise, and take off into time, let’s tidy things up a little more around the lab. And by tidy up, I mean I’d like to remind you that not only can you head over to the CinemaBlend Time Travel Archives and see out complete collection of studies in time and space, you can also put in requests for the future adventures. We’re open to suggestions, and without them, we might not have gotten to Star Trek as quickly as we did. With those pleasantries out of the way, and a quick diversion to the space elevator, as our transporter won’t be installed until Thursday, it’s time to boldly go once more into Star Trek history.

The Time Travel in Star Trek

Space… the final frontier. At least, it was until Star Trek started playing around with time. This series has seen it all: slingshot maneuvers around the sun in order to save the whales, and sailing across a temporal wake so that the Borg didn’t prevent ( Star Trek) First Contact . But in this latest example of cinematic clock turning, the very fundamentals of Gene Roddenberry’s iconic crew are challenged, thanks to some alternate history.

Who's Time Traveling?

Nero ( Eric Bana ) and the crew of the Narada, as well as Ambassador Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ,) aboard his experimental spacecraft, the Jellyfish.

From When To When

Both the Narada and the Jellyfish travel back from the far flung year of 2387, however they land at relatively different points in time. Nero and the Narada emerge in 2233, where they destroy the USS Kelvin and officially create the Kelvin Timeline. 25 years later, Ambassador Spock’s Jellyfish winds up in 2258, seeing these unintended foes square up yet again.

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The Purpose Of Their Trip

The funny thing is, in a franchise like Star Trek that’s always embraced conscious acts of time travel, this adventure is a purely accidental jaunt down the timeline. While trying to save the planet Romulus from a supernova event, Ambassador Spock triggers perhaps the greatest temporal rift in Star Trek movie history.

How Time Travel Happens In Star Trek

Have you ever wanted to time travel, but also leave a horrific mess in your wake thanks to generating a black hole in the process? Then friends, Red Matter is the perfect way for you to get into some temporal trouble in the Star Trek universe. This is, quite possibly, the most haphazard method of time travel; and we’ve already covered 12 Monkeys’ pull and prey method of throwing travelers back in time like hand grenades.

Theoretically, Red Matter is a substance that’s supposed to generate a black hole; so in that respect, it does what it says on the tin. Just one drop is supposed to be able to, say, “collapse a star, or consume an entire planet.” So don’t put this stuff on your chili dogs, folks; because you won’t be the one who's getting fed in that scenario. However, as Ambassador Spock attempted to save Romulus from its sun going into supernova, the resulting black hole quelled that particular disaster too late to achieve its desired effect. Which lead to both Spock’s craft, the Jellyfish, and Nero’s craft, the Narada, being sucked into its vortex, and emerging at two different points in time.

Star Trek’s time travel is inexact, and it wasn’t even supposed to happen. It’s also a one-way trip back into the past, as there’s no way to exactly measure where or when you’re going to end up. So Ambassador Spock’s future will always lead him to the past, and a brand new version of its events, the moment he finally emerges from the black hole.

Can History Be Changed As A Result Of Time Travel In Star Trek?

History can definitely be changed in Star Trek , and we see an entire timeline created as a result. After Nero and the Narada take out the USS Kelvin, killing Captain George Kirk in the process, the Kelvin timeline branches off from that moment in 2233 and creates a tangent universe where a major studio can rebrand a legacy franchise all it wants, in the name of keeping it fresh. Which means that while we watch a younger Spock try to choke out a younger Kirk, we’re observing a timeline being rewritten in real time.

Though we do also see the presence of Ambassador Spock in Star Trek’s shiny new Kelvin timeline. Maintaining his memories of the future past, as well as the future, the classic Spock is able to help advise on certain events that have come to pass in the original timeline. Of course, he tries not to interfere too much, as that would be cheating; a fact that a younger Kirk would call him out on in the middle of saving Earth from Nero’s destructive scheme.

As if that wasn’t the epitome of Star Trek time travel shenanigans, we also see Montgomery “Scotty” Scott ( Simon Pegg ) being given his own equation for “Transwarp Beaming” by Ambassador Spock to help beam Mr. Scott and then First Officer Kirk onto the Enterprise. Since the good and future ambassador was present for Mr. Scott’s similar actions during Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , that’s the most Trek way of proving that yes, history can change, especially when it’s convenient to the mission.

What Are The Consequences Of Time Travel In Star Trek?

For starters, transwarp beaming is a thing a lot earlier than one would have expected. But that’s merely the first consequence in the Kelvin Star Trek lore. On a more personal level, James Kirk’s father, George, never lives to see him become a captain. The original timeline for Star Trek events sees George Kirk dying at some point past 2265, the year where James becomes the captain of the USS Enterprise-A.

Throughout the events of the Kelvin Timeline trilogy, Star Trek would see new and exciting wrinkles present themselves in the timeline. Star Trek ‘09 saw the destruction of Vulcan, as well as the untimely death of Spock’s mother Amanda Greyson ( Winona Ryder ), two more major events that absolutely didn’t happen at this point in the franchise. In fact, we see Spock’s mother, as well as the planet Vulcan, alive and well throughout the series and films of Star Trek’s original timeline; which has Ms. Greyson passing in the year 2366.

The whole point of the Kelvin Timeline in Star Trek is to present a rebooted continuity where anything and everything can happen; and it continues to throughout its two sequels: Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond . One of the greatest examples of that sort of madness comes in that first sequel, where Captain Kirk sacrifices himself rather than Commander Spock, in order to save the Enterprise. Ultimately, this time travel madness might have sorted itself out in Star Trek IV ; because Chris Pine’s James T. Kirk and Chris Hemsworth ’s George Kirk were supposed to run into each other again , through some sort of temporal mayhem. But, of course, that’s an idea that’s probably dead in the water at this point, as both Chrises kind of had a bit of a dispute involving something even the Klingons cringe at: contract negotiations .

Thrusters On Full. Mr. Sulu, Take Us Out.

Well friends, we’ve just completed Star Trek’s Kelvin Timeline origin story! While there’s plenty more problems involving time travel in the Star Trek universe, for the moment they lie on the TV side of the house. So unless a rift opens between the world of TV and Movie coverage, we’ll be moving onto more cinematic adventures with temporal excitement. And our next installment is going to be exciting, as we’ve once again gotten away with traveling through time without destroying a ship!

I hope you’ve all got a bathing suit, wet suit, or other waterproof outfitting to wear, as it’s time to climb into the hot tub! Prepare yourselves, as we’re going to look into how the Hot Tub Time Machine duology uses time travel. Take all the time you need to restock your home bar, as well as hide all of your copies of Lisa Loeb’s “Stay” somewhere that these temporal shenanigans can’t erase them, and I’ll see you then!

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20 facts you might not know about 'Star Trek' (2009)

Posted: March 29, 2024 | Last updated: March 29, 2024

Since the 1960s, Star Trek has been part of the pop-culture filament. That show sparked a series of movies, and then more series were on TV after that. Eventually, with William Shatner and Co. no longer holding onto the roads, time for a Star Trek reboot came around. In 2009, Kirk, Spock, and Co. were introduced to a new generation of sci-fi fans. We’ve beamed up 20 facts you might not know about this particular iteration of Star Trek .

The idea of a prequel came early

Star Trek takes place, storyline-wise, before the events of the original TV show. The idea of a prequel originated with Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek . Oh, and he had that idea in 1968. However, his plan never came to fruition.

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A prequel resurfaced in the 1980s

With the development of  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , Ralph Winter and Harve Bennett pitched a prequel film. It laid fallow for a while, but in 1991, Roddenberry got around to nixing the idea. Instead, they made Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . 

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The prequel concept finally got its footing after 'Star Trek' hit a wall

The 10th film based on the franchise, Star Trek: Nemesis , was a flop. The TV series Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled. This led longtime Star Trek producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen to write a script for Star Trek: The Beginning , which was going to introduce entirely new characters to the Star Trek universe.

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There was a ticking clock on the project

Paramount had a reason to want to get a Star Trek  movie into production. It had to do with business stuff involving Viacom, CBS, and Paramount and who owned what rights. What you need to know is that Paramount had to make a Star Trek movie, or they would lose the rights to the franchise. Gail Berman, the President of Paramount (and no relation to Rick), reached out to screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman to tackle the script and got J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof on board as well.

Abrams wasn’t always going to direct

At first, Abrams was just going to produce the film. Eventually, he was talked into directing. Abrams admitted to being more of a Star Wars guy than a Star Trek guy, but he did like the dynamic of Kirk and Spock. He also wanted to make an “optimistic” movie in the wake of the success of The Dark Knight .

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Chris Pine almost blew his opportunity

Pine has admitted to totally flubbing his first audition to play the role of James T. Kirk. Apparently, it was so bad that Abrams wasn’t even shown his audition. Then, Pine’s agent met Abrams’ wife, and one thing led to another. Pine got to audition opposite Zachary Quinto, who ended up playing Spock. Quinto threw his backing behind Pine, and he got the role.

Pine had inspiration beyond William Shatner

Pine watched a little Star Trek but eventually stopped, not wanting his performance to end up being an imitation of Shatner. Instead, he turned to Maverick from Top Gun , Han Solo, and Indiana Jones for inspiration.

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Another actor could have played Spock

Quinto was riding high when he was cast as Spock, thanks to Heroes . However, a bigger name was also in the mix — an Oscar winner. Abrams had talked to Adrien Brody about playing Spock before casting Quinto.

Something new about Uhura was unveiled

Uhura, played legendarily by Nichelle Nichols, has been around as a character for years. And yet, there was still something new and fundamental to learn about her. In this movie, we learn Uhura’s first name for the first time. It’s Nyota.

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Simon Pegg got a bit of a comeuppance

Pegg, who had been in Abrams’ Mission: Impossible III , took on the role of Scotty. Before his rise to movie stardom, Pegg had co-created and co-starred in the cult British sitcom Spaced . In said show, his character said that all odd-numbered Star Trek movies are “sh-t.” This was the 11th Star Trek movie. On this matter, Pegg quipped, “Fate put me in the movie to show me I was talking out of my a--" (h/t Wired ).

Eric Bana created a lot of his character

Bana said he was a huge fan of the original Star Trek TV series, though he said he never saw any of the films. His character Nero has a distinct look, which was the work of the makeup artists, but he also had a different way of talking. That was all Bana, who improvised the way that Nero speaks.

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Two more original cast members could have been in it

One of the triumphs of Star Trek is the return of Leonard Nimoy as Spock, or Spock Prime as he is called. William Shatner was offered a cameo as Kirk, but he wanted a bigger role, one on par with Nimoy. Abrams declined. Nichols also wanted to play Uhura’s grandmother, but this came during the Writer’s Guild strike, so Abrams could not write that scene without crossing the picket line, so it didn’t come to fruition.

Orci and Kurtzman got academic

People are, shall we say, passionate about Star Trek . When writing the screenplay, Orci and Kurtzman read several graduate school dissertations on the original Star Trek series for inspiration. They were also inspired, funnily enough, by Star Wars .

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They shot the ice planet in…a parking lot

California served as different locations for the movie. Kirk’s hometown in Iowa? Bakersfield, California. The Starfleet Academy? CSU Northridge. The Enterprise’s engine room? A Budweiser plant in Van Nuys, of all things. Perhaps strangest, the ice planet of Delta Vega scenes was shot in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium. Thank god for digital effects.

The WGA strike made things awkward

We mentioned the WGA strike earlier, which caused problems throughout the film's shooting. Abrams, Lindelof, Orci, and Kurtzman could all be on set because they were producers, but they couldn’t write anything. They also couldn’t alter lines or throw out alternate pitches on set, which counts as writing. Orci and Kurtzman’s efforts on set primarily consisted of being able to “make funny eyes and faces at the actors whenever they had a problem with the line and sort of nod when they had something better.”

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They delayed the movie for half a year

Originally, Star Trek  was going to be released on Christmas 2008. However, Paramount decided to delay it. For a positive reason, though! They wanted to make it a summer release, thinking more people would see it then. The release date was moved from Christmas to May 8, 2009.

The move probably paid off

Star Trek had the biggest opening weekend of any film in the franchise, even adjusted for inflation. Made for a budget of $150 million, Star Trek  made $385.7 million worldwide. Domestically, it was the seventh-highest-grossing movie of the year.

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It won an Oscar

Star Trek  was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects. It won for Best Makeup, making this the first Star Trek movie to win an Oscar.

There have been two sequels

In 2013, Star Trek Into Darkness  was released. While there was a weird attempt to keep people from knowing Benedict Cumberbatch was playing Khan, the movie still made $467.4 million worldwide. Then, in 2016, Star Trek Beyond was dropped. Justin Lin replaced Abrams as director, but the movie dropped to a box office of $343.5 million from a budget of $185 million.

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We might get a fourth movie

Around the release of Star Trek Beyond , Abrams said there would be a fourth film in the series. He even said Chris Hemsworth, much more famous than when he shot his part in Star Trek , would return as Kirk’s father. Additionally, Abrams said that the role of Chekov would not be recast after the untimely death of Anton Yelchin. However, there has been no movement on this front in years, so perhaps it has been nixed.

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