Star Trek revealed fascinating new information about the Star Trek: Section 31 covert operations team led by Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny, Star Trek: Section 31 premieres Friday, January 24th, on Paramount+. Section 31 is the first Star Trek film made for streaming on Paramount+. Excitingly, Section 31 is the first new Star Trek film since Star Trek Beyond’premieres in theaters in 2016. Star TrekThe official Instagram page has released a series of character cards highlighting the franchise’s ‘Rogues and Scoundrels’, with special emphasis on the new and…
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Mad Men left it ambiguous whether Roger Sterling actually hired Don Draper. Mad Men chronicled the saga of Don Draper, the handsome and cunning adman who was creative director of Sterling Cooper and, later, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. One of the fundamental aspects of Don is that he was a man of many secrets. After all, “Don Draper” was fiction; Don’s true identity is Dick Whitman, and he switched identities with the late Lieutenant Don Draper during the Korean War. Just as Don Draper lied to his many lovers, his ex-wife, Betty, and almost everyone in his life, it is…
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3 – “The Finest Exotic Hotel on Nanite” The wickedest joke ever told Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is revisited by Star Trek: Lower Decks. In its final season on Paramount+ Star Trek: Lower Decks continues the crazy travels of the USS Cerritos. Star Trek: Lower DecksThe adorable cast has already met their alternate universe twins, averted an Orion war, and solved a mystery involving nanites on an interstellar cruise ship in Season 5. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryCaptain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Dr. Leonard…
THE Jurassic World and Jurassic Park The timelines span 65 million years, but most of the action takes place across the six films from 1993 to 2022. Jurassic Park was initially created by author Michael Crichton, and his best-selling technothriller was adapted into a blockbuster film by Steven Spielberg in 1993. Spielberg’s film changed many aspects of Crichton’s novel, and every hit Jurassic Park film and TV project based on the canon established by Spielberg’s films. Jurassic ParkThe incredible success spawned two more sequels, in 1997 and 2001, before being softly rebooted as Jurassic World by Colin Trevorrow in 2015.…
Kelli Berglund, who plays heroic pro wrestling champion Crystal Tyler in the Netflix series Jumpturns into a villainous fighter in Queen of the Ring. Written and directed by Ash Avildsen, Queen of the Ring is an upcoming film chronicling the life and career of Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards), the first million-dollar professional wrestler who was a star in the 1940s and 1950s. I was delighted to display Queen of the Ring at the Newport Beach Film Festivaland it’s a fascinating and exhilarating pro wrestling biopic with a stellar cast from top to bottom. In JumpCrystal Tyler is the underdog…
A big question that remains Star Trek: Discovery has been answered before Star Trek: Section 31debut. The first Star Trek film made for streaming on Paramount+, Section 31 premieres on Friday, January 24, 2025. Star Trek: Section 31 is headlined by Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, who returns in her iconic role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou of Star Trek: Discovery. Emperor Georgiou was last seen in Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, where she was sent to an unknown place and time by the Guardian of Forever (Paul Guilfoyle). Georgiou, who comes from the Mirror Universe, was dying due to the combination…
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3 – “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”Star Trek: Lower Decks finally revealed Galamites, a species that Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) dated to Star Trek: Deep Space Nineand it’s a shock. Jadzia was a science officer on the Deep Space Nine space station and a close friend of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Before Dax’s tragic death and Terry Farrell’s departure DS9 When Season 6 ended, Jadzia was a beloved Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast member with a generous and fun spirit. In Star Trek: Lower Decks Season…
Star TrekThe famous Starfleet Academy has been seen many times, but JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) had the most viewed version. Starfleet Academy is about to become the setting and base of Star Trek’s next TV series on Paramount+. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is in production in Toronto, starring Oscar winner Holly Hunter and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti, with Star Trek executive producer Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau as showrunners and a cast including Star Trek legacy characters. Starfleet Academy is the breeding ground for the future Star Trek Starship captains and crews. Young adults from all member worlds of…
Amazon MGM Studios announced a Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan film, which means that John Krasinski will accomplish feats that no other Jack Ryan actor has achieved. The next Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan feature film will be directed by Andrew Bernstein, who was executive producer and director of Prime Video’s Jack Ryan season 2. Co-executive producer and Jack Ryan Season 4 writer Aaron Rabin is penning the script. Krasinski is producing the new Jack Ryan feature film with Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly returning as James Greer and Mike November. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan It ran for 4 seasons on Prime…
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek the film trilogy featured a slew of major league supervillains worthy of taking on Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and the starship Enterprise. Abrams produced all three Star Trek films from 2009-2016, and he directed Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek in the Dark. Abrams switched to directing in 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakensand Justin Lin directed 2016 Star Trek Beyond. Each of the Abrams Star Trek films are full of action, special effects extravaganzas with planetary stakes and villains bent on chaos and destruction. Ricardo Montalban’s performance as Khan Noonien Singh in Star…