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Jul 04
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The American Cinematheque will sceen STAR TREK II: TWOK August 8th @ 7:30p in Los Angeles with director Nicholas Meyer and actors George Takei and Walter Keonig in attendance according to StarTrek.com.
Jul 03
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Michael Piller's THE DEAD ZONE will be rebroadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel beginning Friday, July 12.
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Kirk's original captain's chair constructed for TOS at Desilu Studios sold for a staggering $265,000 recently on eBay through auction house Profiles in History. Details and photos here.
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A STITCH IN TIME author Andew J. Robinson returning to DS9 novel writing with book inspired by STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, according to a fan report at TrekToday.
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Activision will preview its new fall titles ELITE FORCE II and STARFLEET COMMAND III August 2-4 at the Virtual Convention 2002, according to Sci-Fi Wire.
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Download the STAR TREK: NEMESIS teaser trailer from the film's official web site, nemesis.startrek.com.
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Jul 17, 2002: ENTERPRISE debuts on UK's broadcast Channel 4.
Aug 6, 2002: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN Director's Edition DVD hits U.S. streets
Q3, 2002: UK ENTERPRISE premiere on Channel 4 (non-satellite customers)
Sep 3, 2002: TNG Season 4 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Sep 18, 2002: ENTERPRISE season two begins on UPN with "Shockwave, Part II"
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Dec 3, 2002: TNG Season 6 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Dec 31, 2002: TNG Season 7 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
2002: Click here for full 2002 TREK DVD/VHS UK release dates
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Michael Piller Talks More DEAD ZONE, Including First Finale and Original Concept |
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12:14:58 on June 10 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Genre/SciFi
In his latest round of interviews promoting his new show THE DEAD ZONE, former STAR TREK writer/producer Michael Piller talks with Cinescape and TrekNation about the upcoming series (check out TrekWeb's own May 20th interview with Piller here).
"In terms of why I think that it will make a good TV series, if you look at the novel it’s about a man on a classic quest – to find out how he fits into this world,” Piller told Cinescape's own Eric Moro. “It’s the quest of us all. But in his case, he has all of these remarkable powers. He’s been robbed of everything he ever wanted – the girl he loves, the job he had – and it’s not easy to get back. So, if you look at the novel itself, it’s quite episodic. I think that Stephen King has left us extraordinary room to explore the world [Johnny] lives in. That’s why we’re using the novel as the structure for the first season. We plan to lead the audience – who really loves the book, who really loves the movie – into this experience. If they love the movie, they’re really going to get the chance to take it from the beginning to the end in a detail that the movie just didn’t have time to do.”
You can check out the rest of Cinescape's talk with Piller in the new July 2002 issue of the magazine.
Over at TrekNation, Michelle Erica Green also talks to Piller about THE DEAD ZONE, and this time the exec has been able to reveal some plot points about how the story involving corrupt politician Greg Stillson (played by Martin Sheen in the 1983 film) will be worked into the final episode of the series's first thirteen episode cycle.
"In our thirteenth episode, which probably will be the last one of the first cycle put on the air, we will introduce that character, Greg Stillson, to the audience. That will throw Johnny into the next level of his self-discovery on this journey, which will ultimately force him to reckon with the potential that this guy has to destroy the world. I think it'll be a harder journey. We have already made the decision that we don't find it acceptable for Johnny to use a gun and violence as a television hero to solve problems.
"In fact, when I first was asked if I was interested in doing this, the first take on this that they had discussed before my arrival was that Johnny's television story should begin where the movie ends. He has just tried to assassinate Greg Stillson and was unsuccessful, and now he's on the run, everybody's chasing him, so he's a fugitive with psychic powers. I felt uncomfortable first because I felt that that was a derivative way to approach the material -- we've all seen The Fugitive in a variety of different fashions -- but secondly I didn't want John Hinckley to be the hero of my show. So basically I suggested that we go back to the novel, we use the novel as the basis of the whole first season, and go from there."
For more of this interview, check out this page.
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