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Nemesis News |
| The latest news about the tenth Star Trek movie, entitled Nemesis, is on this page. It will premiere December 13th 2002 in cinemas in the United States (premiere dates for other countries are now known yet). The movie was directed by Stuart Baird while the screenplay was written by John Logan after a story by John Logan & Rick Berman & Brent Spiner. |
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Berman talks Nemesis with 'Communicator' (30 Aug 2002)
Executive producer Rick Berman recently gave an update on Star Trek: Nemesis. "We have screened it for the studio and they love it," Berman told the Star Trek Communicator. "We cut it down to the length we needed it to be and everyone at the studio actually asked us to put some things back in that we had taken out. [...] We're not taking anything out now, though.
"We're getting ready for some test screenings and preparing for the final sound mix. We're involved now in the credit sequences and finishing up over 500 visual effects shots." He also gave his thoughts on how long the film will be. "It's in the two-hour ballpark. It might be a minute longer or a minute shorter, but that's yet to be determined," he said.
The producer went on to talk about the movie's best elements. "I think this film has an edge to it and is quite frightening in many ways. I think it is a very unique film. We have a villain that stands up to any we've seen before, including Khan and the Borg Queen. "I think Tom Hardy is not only going to become a big movie star, but I also think that he will go down in the annals of Star Trek as one of the great villains."
Courtesy of Star Trek Communicator
Sirtis talks Nemesis at convention (9 Aug 2002)
Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) talked quite a bit about Troi's role in the upcoming Star Trek: Nemesis -- particularly the character's wedding to longtime love interest William Riker (Jonathan Frakes). "It's a fabulous wedding, and we have some old friends come to visit," she said. "And I wear a pink dress. Well, come on, white? At Troi's age? With her track record? I don't think so."
Sirtis went on to say that the nuptials don't exactly hold up to Betazoid traditions -- much to the disappointment of some of the fans in the crowd. "Actually, we are on our way to Betazed for the traditional wedding when the adventure starts, so we never actually get there," she explained. "But because we're on our way, there's plenty of opportunity to make jokes about nudity. Worf doesn't want to get naked ... and Picard keeps going to the gym!"
And the wedding is only the beginning of the excitement for Troi. "I get to drive again," said Sirtis. "It's not exactly a crash, but it does need work." She later added that, "In this movie, it's a Troi you have not really seen before. It's a really, really nice part." Sirtis also mentioned that X-Men director Bryan Singer has a cameo in the film.
Courtesy of StarTrek.com
Berman on the search for Shinzon (24 Jul 2002)
The quest to find an actor to put the nemesis into Star Trek: Nemesis wasn't an easy one, according to franchise head honcho Rick Berman.
"It was an extremely difficult search," Berman told Star Trek Monthly. No stone was left unturned in the hunt for Shinzon, Trek X's principal villain. "We read and watched taped auditions by 200 young actors."
Eventually the Scarlett O'Hara-like search unearthed the young British actor Tom Hardy, who was shooting the war film 'Black Hawk Down' in Morocco. "Tom's audition came from London and it was a very strange tape because it was something that he had done himself," Berman recalled. "His agent sent it to us, but Tom was off doing 'Black Hawk Down'. Se he did the audition tape himself somewhere in Africa. It was a black and white tape and it was dreadful quality, but we saw something remarkable and we got him to do another one. Then we flew him over to the States and he got the role. He's an exceptional actor."
Courtesy of Star Trek Monthly
Stewart calls Nemesis 'sexy and surprising' (23 Jul 2002)
Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) promises Star Trek: Nemesis has a healthy dose of sex, wall-to-wall action and plenty of twists and turns to keep the audience guessing. "It has romance in it - in fact, it's probably the sexiest movie we've done in some respects, although unfortunately none of this involves me," Stewart told DreamWatch.
But that's just for starters. "It has a psychological aspect to it too, which is interesting and potent," the Shakespearian actor added. "And there are surprises -- the kind of surprises that, while we were shooting it, we were licking our chops with glee at the thought of these things that were going to surprise people."
Although 'Nemesis' promises to be a slam-bang action movie ("a couple of minutes into the film, we've got lots of stuff happening," Stewart noted), Academy Award and Emmy-nominated writer John Logan has made sure the big-screen outing has plenty of heart. "It's also a very emotional film," Stewart said. "I think even those who are not die-hard fans and don't know all of the history of the Next Generation will find it quite intense. I think it's more emotional than anything we've done on the big screen before."
With the added advantage of being an even-numbered Trek, the actor said Nemesis has the potential to warp to the head of any fan's top ten list. "I think it's possible that there might be more to anticipate and to be excited about with 'Nemesis' than with any of our previous movies, including everybody's favorite, First Contact. I think we've got the mix right, in terms of a strong story."
Courtesy of Dreamwatch
Frakes talks Nemesis (16 Jul 2002)
In contrast to the smaller scale of Insurrection, Jonathan Frakes (William Riker) says the upcoming Star Trek: Nemesis features a conflict of epic proportions. "I think it'll be different from the last one," Frakes told the Scripps Howard News Service. "This one is about loyalty and friendship and fighting for the survival of the galaxy. "The stakes are high. There's a huge battle, and they play mind games. The Star Trek philosophy of cloning is discussed."
Action-adventure aside, Nemesis also features a major event in the lives of the crew -- the wedding of Commander Riker and Counsellor Deanna Troi. "Finally!" said Frakes. "It's been so many years since Riker and Troi looked longingly at each other."
The end of the film sees many of the principal characters leave the Enterprise-E, including Riker, who finally takes command of his own starship. "Picard feels his own mortality in a huge way," the actor said. "All of us are leaving the ship."
But is Nemesis the "final journey" of the Next Generation crew, as the Paramount publicity campaign suggests? "I think if this one does well, I can't imagine why they would stop making them," Frakes said.
Courtesy of Scripps Howard News Service
Official Nemesis synopsis now online (27 Jun 2002)
The official Nemesis site has a brief synopsis for the upcoming movie:
The Federation is about to encounter its greatest challenge –- The Romulans want peace. Conceived in the regal senate halls of Romulus and forged in the dilithium mines of Remus, comes a nemesis bent on destroying Picard... and the entire Federation.
Ordered by Starfleet to be the first line of diplomacy in ushering in a new era for the Federation, the crew of the USS Enterprise-E is dispatched to Romulus for an unexpected peace mission. Once in the shadow of the Romulan Empire, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew are thrust into the center of a plot that could lead to the destruction of Earth at the hands of a new and chilling nemesis.
Courtesy of Nemesis.StarTrek.com
Teaser trailer for Nemesis now online (27 Jun 2002)
The teaser trailer for Star Trek: Nemesis received its television premiere on Entertainment Tonight last night, followed by the Internet launch of the promo on the new official Nemesis web site at http://nemesis.startrek.com/ (while the Entertainment Tonight segment only showed clips from the trailer, the full one and a half minute version is available online in QuickTime format).
Courtesy of TrekToday
Sirtis talks about Nemesis director (17 Jun 2002)
Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) today talked about what it was like working with director Stuart Baird on Star Trek: Nemesis. "Stuart doesn't have the knowledge of Star Trek that anyone who's been involved with the show -— whether it's Jonathan [Frakes] or even [Generations director] David Carson or the actors -— would just naturally have," Sirtis told the Sci Fi Wire.
"We have butted heads a little bit," she continued. "Because we'll say, 'This is the history,' and Stuart will say, 'Well, I don't really care about the history. I'm approaching this like it's the first Star Trek movie.' "I don't think anybody's really done that before. I think it's going to be interesting to see how it turns out. I think it's possibly a good way to approach it, to have a new voice in there who's not locked into the past. It might bring some freshness to the franchise that it might not necessarily have had otherwise. The risk is that you could go too far away from what people want and expect. But hopefully it's somewhere in between."
Sirtis gave an example of the way Baird butted heads with the actors on the movie. "You had the actors saying, 'My character wouldn't do that or say that,' and I'm sure Rick [Berman] talked to Stuart about not straying too far from what's worked for so long. And John Logan [screenwriter] certainly knows the show inside and out. "So if it's fresh and familiar at the same time, we could really be on to something."
Courtesy of Sci Fi Wire
Berman says Nemesis is looking good (13 Jun 2002)
Executive producer Rick Berman today gave a little update on the status of the tenth Star Trek feature film. [Paramount] is very, very pleased," Berman told Sci Fi Wire. "Actually, the only notes we've gotten from the studio were to put some stuff back in that we'd taken out of the film."
"We're busily editing [Nemesis], and they couldn't be more pleased. They are extremely pleased with our guest star/villain, Tom Hardy," he continued. "We're working away at all the things that one works away at this stage of the game, which are the title sequence and trying to get the special effects done. We're also preparing for the final sound mixes and things. That's always a very daunting task at this stage."
Courtesy of Sci Fi Wire
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