Star Trek is out on DVD on 16th November
The latest Star Trek (Xl) movie is coming out on video and DVD and you can beam up a copy right now to materialise on 16th November 2009 at a RRP of £19.99 or £24.99 for two discs.
Starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, the film tells the story of the young crew when Captain Kirk was but a lad on board the USS Enterprise with the creation of a new timeline. Once again an evil being threatens the whole of mankind and it remains up to the crew to rescue the world from destruction once more (or maybe this was the first time they ever did it – who knows?).
The story depicts Romulan time traveller, Nero’s quest for revenge against the Federation and Spock in particular. Full of comedy, action and intrigue the film is as full of optimism and escapism as ever and has been lovingly reinvented by director JJ Abrams. What’s more, fans may even be treated to an interactive tour of the USS Enterprise by means of an interactive hologram that works when the disk packaging is held in front of any standard computer webcam after logging in to the film’s official website.
With deep roots in the original series, the characters exist as new versions of their former selves. With Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as the enigmatic Spock, Zoe Saldana plays Uhura while Simon Pegg provides the comic relief as Scottie and Karl Urban is Bones. The action is intense and spectacular with an incredible opening and eye-popping effects. Widely recognised as a worthy successor to the iconic series, the Star Trek beacon has ventured boldly where no man has gone before – into the hearts of the next generation.
Star Trek OST Release Date
American soundtrack composer, Michael Giacchino has written for Film, TV and Gaming since 1997. He was discovered by JJ Abrahms, director of the new Star Trek movie, in 2001 when Abrahms was producing the tv series, Alias. He later went on to use Giacchino for the music on Lost and his first big picture soundtrack was for The Incredibles.
His first Academy Award Nomination was for the film Ratatouille.
Giacchino’s music has an electronic and upbeat feel mixed with the traditional orchestral sounds of sweeping soundtrack music. Star Trek 2009, is launching in the UK on 9th May and stars Chris Pine as James T Kirk and Zacharay Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Bones and Zoe Zaldana as Ulhuru.
Star Trek OST will be released on 4th May.
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Star Trek Remasters Release Date
Trekkies, rejoice. The original 1960′s Star Trek series will at last be released on digitally remastered DVD in high definition and Blu-Ray. As well as high definition, the programmes have been enhanced with new CGI visual effects, engineered by Mike Okuda who worked on many of the later programmes.
In the US, Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 has already been released in November 2007 and Season 2 in August 2008 with Season 3 following in November 2008.
In February 2009, Paramount announced that Season 1 would be released on Blue Ray in May to coincide with their new Star Trek feature film, amid rumours that the original versions will also be included. Seasons 2 and 3 are soon to follow.
So, in region 2, all three of the remastered original series will be avilable for DVD in the slimline edition on 27 April 2009 as well as the first series in Blu-Ray.
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