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One of Disney's lesser-known animated features will finally receive the recognition it deserves in this latest Funko Pop collection. Atlantis: The Lost Empire was a 2001 science fiction fantasy film that received a mediocre score from fans and critics alike. However, the figure collection company has revealed that two of its lead characters will be turned into Pop! figures. This latest drop would definitely make the day for those into niche Disney IPs.

Both Milo and Kida will be turned into Funko Pop figures, and it was reported that pre-orders for them will begin on Wednesday. For those who need a recap, Milo was voiced by Michael J. Fox, and in the film,...

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The 1980s were a sea change for children's television, as the era's deregulatory practices even trickled down to cartoons. During this decade, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a more lax attitude to limiting advertisements in children's TV. Since then, there have been plenty of cartoons that are toy commercials first and foremost, with one of the premier and longest lasting examples being that of "The Transformers."

In-universe, these shapeshifting robots came from the planet Cybertron. The conflict between the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons had drained their world of all its resources, so they came to Earth to find new fuel for their war.

Nicholas Meyer's film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" -- released on December 6, 1991 -- serves as a pretty clear metaphor for the politics of the time. At the beginning of the film, an entire Klingon moon, Praxis, is obliterated by a horrendous mining disaster. The Klingon Empire was in such desperate straits already, that this disaster risks toppling the entire government. The only way to save the Klingon Empire is to end its decades long Cold War with the Federation, and reach out as a potential ally. This, of course, was all a rather direct symbol for the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It was also, in a stroke of lucky timing,...

One of the biggest movie surprises of 2009 was that Brad Silberling's uncalled-for film adaptation of the 1970s Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning adventure show, "Land of the Lost," was not a waste of its talents' time. Though the film wasn't a creative high point for any of its cast members, they were all sublimely game for what Silberling and the screenwriting duo of Chris Henchy and Dennis McNicholas were attempting. And while everyone is in fine form, it's hard to deny that Taccone steals the film as a mischievous, dirty-minded Chaka who keeps trying to get Ferrell's Dr. Rick Marshall killed.

Unfortunately, few moviegoers were in the mood...

Live long and prosper. It's a heartfelt and hopeful sentiment, but it's also one of the most famous lines of dialog in entertainment history, originating from none other than the beloved Mr. Spock - a giant in the Star Trek franchise.

If you asked people to name the most iconic characters in TV history, you can bet that Spock would find himself on that list. Decades after the original series launched, he is still among the most beloved personalities to come from it, with fans often listing him alongside William Shatner's Captain James T. Kirk as the best characters in the whole franchise. It's hard to argue with that.

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is excellent, and the third season has been a thing of pure joy. The "Star Trek: The Original Series" prequel show has somehow managed to both explore big new ideas in "Star Trek" and look back at the show's past, introducing younger versions of beloved characters with some regularity. Since many fans had already seen younger versions of Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and the rest of the Enterprise crew in the Kelvin-verse "Star Trek" movies, it became an even bigger challenge, but they've managed to knock it out of the park. Ethan Peck as Spock is absolutely perfect, with echoes of previous actors Leonard Nimoy and...

KPop Demon Hunters may be Netflix's most popular film of all time, but this sci-fi box office bomb that stars Michelle Yeoh currently dominates the U.S. Netflix charts. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts currently holds the top spot on Netflix's Top 10 Movies in the U.S. as of August 26, 2025, and has maintained its position to this day. This feature is the lowest-grossing film in the live-action Transformers franchise, having generated only $439 million globally. But that didn't stop this feature from finding a newfound audience on streaming.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts introduces new human leads played by Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe. It also introduced the Maximals,...

Paul Wesley and Ethan Peck voice their hopes for a Captain Kirk spinoff to replace Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Many fans regarded Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, episode 6, "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail," as an ersatz backdoor pilot for a spinoff about Captain Kirk in command of the USS Enterprise.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' executive producers and co-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers have made no bones about their desire for a Captain Kirk spinoff. Dubbed Star Trek: Year One, the proposed series would depict new voyages from Captain James T. Kirk's (Paul Wesley) first year commanding the Starship Enterprise.

Speaking to TV Insider,...

Beam us up, Eagly! This article contains spoilers for "Peacemaker" season 2, episode 1, "The Ties That Grind."

With the benefit of hindsight, "Peacemaker" season 2 was probably always going to feature some version of the multiverse. Instead of Zack Snyder's DC Extended Universe, the show's sophomore season takes place in James Gunn and Peter Safran's soft-rebooted DC Universe but still features the same core cast of characters. A parallel universe arc is by far the cleanest storytelling method to achieve this feat, especially since the Marvel Cinematic Universe has spent so much time hardwiring such plot lines into the superhero franchise DNA.

That being said, it's refreshing to see how...

Spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" ahead.

"Strange New Worlds" is showing the beginning of the most important relationship in "Star Trek," with the series revealing how the bond between Spock (Ethan Peck) and James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) came to be. However, there have been other important friendships in the Vulcan's life, including a mysterious one that was once teased in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" before being clarified in "Strange New Worlds."

In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 5 episode "Unification I," Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew embark on a mission to find Spock (Leonard Nimoy) after he disappears.

Apart from inventions, experiments, and foundational theories, the sci-fi world lies beyond all of it. The major part of a storyline depends upon the star cast, which proves and maintains the very essence of such a presentation. But if a particular TV show or movie has a sibling duo, it becomes a delight to binge-watch it, as amongst the pillars of humanity, the bond sets itself apart.

Therefore, here are the 10 most iconic sibling duos in science fiction history, whose relationships have become as legendary as the universes they inhabit. From the shocking revelation of Luke and Leia’s bond in the Star Wars franchise, the unbreakable loyalty of the Winchester brothers in Supernatural,...

When the newest Star Trektelevision series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, premieres early in 2026, it will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the original Star Trek. Created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley, ran for just three seasons during its initial run that began in 1966.

Now, Robert Picardo, who will be reprising his Star Trek: Voyager role as the holographic doctor in the upcoming Starfleet Academy, says the new show is a perfect way to celebrate Roddenberry’s “vision” for the future of humanity. Picardo played the doctor in all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. He took to Instagram to reveal his thoughts...

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The Idic symbol was first discussed in the "Star Trek" episode "Is There In Truth No Beauty?". The Idic symbol consisted of a triangle, sporting a small gem at one of its points, overlaid across a circular disc, partially covering a non-concentric hole. Although not seen on "Star Trek" a lot during its classic years (it was seen in only one episode of "Star Trek" and one of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"), the Idic symbol was still well-known to Trekkies, and pins or necklaces could easily be acquired at conventions. It was the symbol of the Vulcan people and was said to represent their central philosophy: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. The Vulcans' believed in strength via heterogeneity, growth through pluralism. Although the Vulcans themselves all tended to adhere to a singular and strict ethos of logic and emotionlessness,...

There is nothing wrong with your computer or mobile device. Do not attempt to adjust the screen. Collider is controlling the transmission, and you are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to...The Outer Limits. At least, you will be if you tune into YouTube, where all seven seasons of the classic 1990s science-fiction anthology series are now streaming for free with ads.

The Outer Limits was a revival of the classic science fiction anthology series that originally ran for two seasons on ABC from 1963 to 1965. With anthology TV series like Tales From the Crypt having success on cable, and science fiction series...

Few characters in the sci-fi universe have a larger legacy than the half-Vulcan, half-human science officer Mr. Spock. Since the premiere of the original Star Trek series in 1966, Spock won the hearts of fans everywhere with his portrayal of the logical, highly intelligent Starfleet officer who was always at Captain Kirk's side.

While Spock usually had a tight handle on his emotions, there were times when his acts of loyalty, reflection, and empathy had Star Trek fans reaching for the tissue box. Let's revisit three times this venerable Vulcan put us deep in our feels!

1. "I was happy."

In "This Side of Paradise" (S1E24), Kirk and the crew travel to Omicron Ceti III, which was exposed to deadly Berthold radiation. They expect to find no survivors of the colony there, yet each member is alive and well and seemingly thriving. Among the colonists is Leila Kolami, a botanist...

Quentin Tarantino's R-rated "Star Trek" movie isn't happening anymore, but that doesn't mean people are ready to stop talking about it. The thought of Tarantino boldly going where no man -- including him -- has gone before is an intriguing prospect. After all, until the trashy B-movie hoot that is "Star Trek: Section 31" came along and showcased the sleazier side of the "Star Trek" galaxy, the sci-fi franchise was PG. A carnage-filled Tarantino take on the lore, with Mark L. Smith writing the script, could have been fun, and it would have been interesting to see if the filmmaker could work within the parameters of Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek" rulebook. (Spoiler: He probably wouldn't have.)

Based on what we do know about Smith and Tarantino's unmade movie, however, it seems that it really would have marched to the beat of its own drum. Speaking at a 2025 Fan Expo panel moderated by Collider,...

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It's important to note that "essential" episodes of "Star Trek" are not necessarily the best ones. To this author, "essential" denotes episodes that are wholly emblematic of the series at large, episodes that boast stories and concepts that are unique to the show or at least represent its tone and philosophies best.

Most Trekkies, for instance, tell you that "Amok Time" is one of the best episodes of the series since it explores the inner life of Spock (Leonard Nimoy), his elaborate mating customs, and the Vulcan homeworld. The quality of that episode, however, is going to be contingent on how much you know (and presumably like) Spock going in. If "Amok Time" is the first "Star Trek" episode you ever see, you may not necessarily appreciate the relationship Spock has with Captain Kirk (William Shatner).

Ditto "The City on...

At the end of the first season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," actress Gates McFadden, who played Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beverly Crusher on the U.S.S. Enterprise, was infamously fired from the show. The story goes that one of the show's producers, a guy named Maurice Hurley, didn't like McFadden, and the two butted heads on set often. When Hurley became the showrunner, he fired McFadden, hoping to replace her with a new character that long-term Trekkies might be more familiar with. 

In came Dr. Pulaski, played by "Star Trek" veteran Diana Muldaur. Dr. Pulaski was a more brusque, less matronly character than Dr. Crusher, and spoke to Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) in a pointedly unprofessional manner. She was, as Trekkies spotted right away, meant to resemble Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) from the original "Star Trek" series. Trekkies are sharp, and we sensed right away that we were being pandered to.

When I first discovered Star Trek, the year was 1989. The Original Series was in syndication, and Star Trek: The Next Generation was only in its second season. If I wanted to watch either show on demand, I had to either record shows on our Vcr or go to Kmart and buy my favorite episodes on VHS and if a Next Gen episode ended on a season cliffhanger, I had to wait the entire summer to find out what happened! “Time’s Arrow” was particularly anxiety-inducing, especially for Data fans like me.

These days, if fans of the franchise want to watch a favorite episode or binge a beloved series, they’re no further away than the click of a Roku or Fire TV Stick remote. The entire franchise, from The Original Series to current ones like Strange New Worlds, is available on demand at any time, and the technology has...

Spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" follow.

Future Captain James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) is a recurring face on "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." The show has not been shy about hinting at his destiny, but it has been a bit coy in setting up his friendship with his future first officer and best friend, Spock (Ethan Peck)... until now. 

Kirk and Spock first briefly met a season ago at the end of the episode "Lost in Translation." Now in the latest episode, "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail," they directly work together for the first time. The USS Farragut, where Kirk is currently first officer, is caught in a planetary disaster. The ship's Vulcan captain is injured so Kirk steps up into the big seat, while the Enterprise arrives to bring aid, beaming over a few of its crew -- including Spock. But then, the Enterprise itself is...

A new encouraging update has been provided about the Galaxy Quest TV show. Galaxy Quest was a 1999 movie that satirized Star Trek, its fans, and its cast. The movie was led by Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith, an obvious stand-in for William Shatner. It also featured Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, and Justin Long. A series has been in various stages of development for the past decade.

Galaxy Quest is a cult-classic movie that focuses on the cast of a fictional sci-fi show. They are captured by real aliens to save their race, as they believed the episodes to be historical documents. It's a loving tribute to Star Trek and its fandom. The movie is so reverent in its references that Galaxy Quest is considered one of the best Star Trek movies.

Per Deadline, following the Paramount and Skydance merger, there will be two separate TV studios.

Few remember Buck Henry's sitcom "Quark," but those that do know they have access to a very special cult TV password. The series was set on a garbage scow in the year 2226, and the crew was tasked with sailing around the galaxy bagging up stray refuse. Captain Adam Quark (Richard Benjamin) kind of hated his job and aspired to greater things, but constant turns of bad luck kept him stuck. "Quark" was a slapstick spoof that lampooned sci-fi TV the same way that Henry's "Get Smart" spoofed spy movies. 

In particular, "Quark" was a send-up of "Star Trek," and regularly satirized specific stories and plot points taken from single "Star Trek" episodes. It also poked fun at other pop sci-fi of the era, including "2001: A Space Odyssey," and old-timey space adventures, such as "Flash Gordon." Recall that "Star Trek" was canceled in 1969 but had become immensely popular in reruns,...

Is Leonard dead in The Big Bang Theory (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The Big Bang Theory’s spinoff series, The Young Sheldon concluded with a theory that the original show’s Leonard Hofstadter might be dead, which could hugely impact the franchise’s future. CBS’ special one-hour send-off for the Coopers as Sheldon featured the appearance of adult Sheldon and Amy Farrah from the future. However, no other The Big Bang Theory character appeared in the finale, implying that Sheldon’s best friend Leonard may already be gone.

Why Leonard’s Absence in Conversations Fuels the Theory of His Possible Fate?

This theory can be proved as Sheldon and Amy continued to refer to their son as Leonard, the name which was inspired by Sheldon’s love for Leonard Hofstadter and Leonard Nimoy. Moreover, in the finale episode, Sheldon only mentions Leonard’s wife when he and Amy leave his office...

It makes sense that sci-fi TV shows could be ahead of their time. The entire point of the genre is looking at the future, whether in a fantastic way or predicting what is just around the corner. True, some shows were poor and let down by bad writing and effects. However, others shine thanks to their ideas and often dare to take on a concept the public may not be ready for.

Indeed, some shows were so out there that they didn’t last long in their initial runs, yet attained a loyal following to become iconic. They also helped inspire scores of other projects that would become hits in their own right. These are 20 sci-fi shows ahead of their time, to show how some series made a mark without necessarily realizing it when they were airing.

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After Star Trek: The Original Series was cancelled, but before the crew of the USS Enterprise returned to the big screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, there was Star Trek: Phase II. Intended as a new TV series, the project was ultimately cancelled before it began production, but its legacy would find its way into many future Star Trek projects. You can learn all about it now in a new documentary from the Roddenberry Archives, Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek. The half-hour documentary is now streaming for free on YouTube.

After it was cancelled in 1969, Star Trek found a second life in syndication, prompting Paramount to explore reviving the show with Gene Roddenberry at the helm. At the same time, the studio was also looking to start its own TV network, and saw a new Trek as its flagship program. As detailed in the documentary,...

According to The Independent, Blue whales are currently facing a silent crisis similar to how Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had warned us nearly four decades back. While these marine animals have already been endangered for a while, scientists are now noticing something even more worrying—they’re going quiet. A recent study found that blue whale songs have dropped by 40% over just six years.

Why? Because their main food source, tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill, is gradually disappearing. A massive underwater heatwave known as “The Blob” has warmed parts of the Pacific Ocean by over 4.5 Fahrenheit. This temperature rise has resulted in toxic algae blooms and killed off krill populations and other marine life. This in return has impacted Blue whales, leading to their decrease in vocalization.

Star Trek’s Ominous Warning About Whale Extinction Way Before Climate Crisis Hit

Back in 1986, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home...

As a media phenomenon, "Star Trek" began on September 8, 1966 with the airing of "The Man Trap". Originally, the show's writers, including creator Gene Roddenberry, used the concept of "stardates" to ensure the show's actual timeline was left vague; for several episodes, all audiences knew was that "Trek" was set in the future and that the future was a pretty keen place. It wouldn't be until the episode "The Naked Time" that the Gregorian year would be mentioned out loud, and an actual timeline could begin to be constructed.

Since then, "Star Trek" has extrapolated an extensive, centuries long timeline of events, often skipping merrily back and forth through the centuries, adding more and more to the franchises complex chronology. The chronology of "Star Trek" is so complicated that entire books have been published tracking the various shows' and films' events. Because of the constant production of new shows and movies these books became dated immediately,...

Actor Erick Avari had three roles across the Star Trek franchise, but he was a much better performer in other sci-fi shows like The X-Files and Heroes. Avari is best known for his mysterious roles and for his deep and drony voice in movies like Independence Day and The Mummy, before he had his breakthrough with Stargate.

Avari, who admitted that he was a Star Trek fan from his childhood days, had three roles across different shows in the franchise. He played the Klingon B’iJik in The Next Generation, the Bajoran monk Vedek Yarka in Deep Space Nine, and the Novan leader Jamin in Enterprise. However, none of them were as great as his roles in other sci-fi TV shows.

None of Erick Avari’s Three Star Trek Roles Gave Him a Chance to Shine Erick Avari in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Credits: Paramount TV

Erick Avari was...

It looks like one of William Shatner’s other iconic characters is about to get a new movie reboot from Netflix for a new generation!

Mention Shatner to fans, and the first thing that pops into mind is obviously Captain Kirk. After that, it can be Shatner’s Emmy-winning turn as Denny Crane in Boston Legal or his various TV commercials, or just sending up his own persona.

Shatner did spend years after Star Trek trying to break free from the Kirk persona. Like many actors with a famous role, Shatner could often be typecast and it was tricky to find a non-Kirk role to succeed.

Shatner finally latched onto it in 1982 when T.J. Hooker premiered on ABC. Shatner played the title role of a detective who, following the murder of his partner, goes back to being a patrolman to tackle crime on the street. The show co-starred Adrian Zmed,...

Trekkies need no reminding, but there is a controversial line of dialogue in Nicholas Meyer's 1991 film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" that sometimes gets mentioned in nitpicky conversations about the franchise. While investigating a crime, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) notes that "An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains — however improbable -– must be the truth." The quote, as many know, is traditionally attributed to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, and Spock's use of it left some Trekkies tantalized at the thought of a literary crossover. Is Spock declaring that he is related to Sherlock Holmes? Is Sherlock Holmes a real person in the "Star Trek" universe?

As /Film has explained before, however, that couldn't be true. On "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Sherlock Holmes is repeatedly spoken of as a fictional construct, and the crew of the Enterprise-d regularly...

This article contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 4, "A Space Adventure Hour." 

As of "A Space Adventure Hour," Spock (Ethan Peck) and LA'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) are the newest power couple on the Enterprise. As the two hottest members of the Enterprise bridge crew, it is only logical that they hook up. 

Joking aside, this pairing actually does make sense, and there's been build-up if you look back to past episodes. Both Spock and LA'an are repressed people who hold their emotions close to their chest. LA'an's song back in the musical episode "Subspace Rhapsody" was called "How Would That Feel?", and was all about her imagining what it would be like to open up to people. She's now doing it with someone who's shared a similar struggle.

Back in season 1's "Memento Mori," they shared a mind meld. LA'an has to confront an evil from...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' James T. Kirk admits to being "jealous" when he didn't get a chance to appear in the series' upcoming puppet episode.

Speaking to TVInsider, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Paul Wesley, who portrays a young future Captain James T. Kirk in the series, responded to questions about the show's upcoming puppet episode in a less-than-enthusiastic manner. "I'm not in that episode, unfortunately, so I can't speak to it. But I have seen some stuff, and it is just pure brilliance. I am jealous that I'm not in it, actually."

Wesley went on to espouse his appreciation for the series, saying, "What I love about Strange New Worlds is that every single episode is its own movie. It's an episodic series with serialized elements, but at the end of the day, you can actually tune in, and each episode is a completely different theme." Wesley added,...

In the "Star Trek" episode "Plato's Stepchildren", Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) beam down to a nearby planet to investigate a distress call. They find no distress, but a species of ultra-powerful hedonists dressed in classical Greek garb. They drink wine, lounge about on couches, and call themselves Platonians. They also have eerie telepathic powers that allow them to manipulate others to their will. Over the years, the power has gone to their heads, and they now operate without morals, doing whatever they please, believing that they are like the philosopher kings Plato wrote about in "The Republic."

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy will immediately become enslaved by the Plantonians, notably their leader, an arrogant a-hole named Parmen (Liam Sullivan). The Platonians will, for their own amusement, psychically force the Enterprise crew to act against their will. They force Kirk to behave like a horse.

Fans love hearing Star Trek actors in new roles, yet it may be ignored how several Trek stars brought some classic sci-fi tales to life in audio dramas!

Star Trek actors are known for their variety of roles outside the franchise, which includes voice work in animation. Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reunited for the beloved Gargoyles animated series, and other actors excel, taking on a wide array of voiceover roles.

However, one special audio project that brought together several notable Trek actors has fallen to the wayside of fans. It was short-lived when there was so much potential left, but what we got were some great adaptations of some classic sci-fi works, including Alien Voices.

It’s a project made as a love letter to both sci-fi and old radio shows, and it provided wonderful entertainment for the fans. It’s worth tracking down to see these Trek actors...

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is not a Star Trek movie, obviously. Nonetheless, both franchises have a lot in common. Both were born out of the space race of the 1960s, and both have an emphasis on science and discovery over straight-up action (though both have a fair bit of action). This shared DNA made it that much more exciting when First Steps paid homage to Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

In First Steps, an idyllic Earth faces its looming destruction at the hands of Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. In hopes of stopping this, the Fantastic Four travel into space to intercept Galactus. If all of this sounds familiar to Trek fans, it’s because that’s very similar to the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the impending threat of V’Ger.

These shared plot elements are probably coincidental for the most part, seeing as the original Galactus story,...

The Star Trek Universe warped its way into Hall H over the weekend at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con with panels set to stun those in attendance. During the presentations, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was not only represented, but several creatives behind the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy showed up to promote the upcoming Paramount+ series, including stars Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard. However, it’s the first teaser trailer (below) that has Trekkies buzzing over Paul Giamatti's villain, who is the show’s main antagonist, and he appears at the end of the footage whistling a very familiar tune.

Apparently, Giamatti had his choice of characters to play in Starfleet Academy after being allowed to read the show’s first five scripts. However, the two-time Academy Award nominee has always had his heart on portraying a Klingon, according...

While he's primarily known for playing Captain James T. Kirk, some of William Shatner's best performances exist outside of the "Star Trek" franchise. Prior to joining the USS Enterprise, Shatner -- along with his fellow "Star Trek" alum Leonard Nimoy -- graced "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", i.e. one of the most influential spy TV series of all time. He's also one of several "Star Trek" actors to star in "The Twilight Zone," Rod Serling's game-changing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror anthology show that's influenced everything from "Black Mirror" to the cinema of Jordan Peele.

Outside of genre fare, though, Shatner has solidified himself as a formidable force in the world of TV legal dramas, winning Emmy Awards for David E. Kelley's "The Practice" and its shorter-lived spin-off, "Boston Legal." His character, Denny Crane, is a legendary, ultra-conservative lawyer who often refers to himself...

Star Trek’s premiere predated the moon landing by a few years, but the show had an immense impact on NASA’s space programs, especially the Apollo 11 missions. Created by Gene Roddenberry, the sci-fi show saw a federal space exploration program called Starfleet traveling across the galaxy to contact strange new worlds and boldly go where no one ever went before.

The moon landing was done in 1969, by which time the series had already been canceled after a three-year run. However, the mission was plagued by many incidents in the run-up to the launch, and there were many critics who felt investment in space exploration was a waste of money while people in the country suffered (via Medium).

The space race was incredibly important for the Cold War, as the technological advancements would position each nation as a superpower. Star Trek’s hopeful vision of a future where space exploration...

Ryan Coogler’s 2025 film Sinnershas proven to be one of the biggest hits of the year so far since its release in April. As of June 24, the vampire flick has been overshadowed by a 46-year-old Star Trekmovie, with a 51% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Per FlixPatrol,Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) is now in the No. 7 spot in the iTunes Top 10 movies in the U.S., with Sinners now in the No. 8 spot. Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, Materialists, Final Destination Bloodlines, Ballerina, and Thunderbolts* make up the top six spots, respectively.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was the franchise’s first foray into the feature film world and was directed by Robert Wise and written by Harold Livingston and Alan Dean Foster. It featured the return of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the original Star Trek series, including William Shatner’s James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy’s Spock,...

Star Trek: Strange New Worldsstar Martin Quinn has successfully taken on the role of an iconic Star Trek character. Quinn first appeared in the Strange New Worlds Season 2 finale as Montgomery “Scotty” Scott -- the chief engineer made famous by James Doohan in Star Trek and later played by Simon Pegg in the Kelvin Timeline movies.

The Scottish actor was made a series regular ahead of the third season of Strange New Worlds. Now, in a new interview with ScreenRant, Quinn is opening up about what makes it easier for him to play Scotty -- especially compared to another legendary Star Trek character.

“It’s not as bad as for Ethan [Peck], because I feel like Spock can't even put any hesitation in," Quinn said, "whereas I can kind of like scratch myself and ums and ahs, you know, lots of hesitation, but not as tricky."

"It's not as bad as for Ethan,...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been the series that fans of the original William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy classic have been waiting to see for years. While Gene Roddenberry’s franchise has been popular in multiple additions, including The Next Generation and Discovery, Strange New Worlds is the first since the classic Trek that approaches the franchise with the same energy and blend of humor with drama that we saw back in the 1960s. The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (read our review Here) debuted last week and is already bringing fans back to the fun of being aboard the starship Enterprise.

In the first episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, we get the cliffhanger continuation from the second season finale. Showing the Enterprise crew facing off with the Gorn, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and his loyal crew help save the galaxy again. In the second episode,...

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In the "Star Trek" episode "Miri", the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise beams down to a planet that, quite mysteriously, has the same continental layout as Earth. When Kirk (William Shatner), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Yeoman Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) beam down to investigate, they find a burned-out, post-apocalyptic wasteland. The only survivors are children, and Kirk will eventually learn that all the planet's adults were wiped out by a fatal virus centuries before. The virus also turned the adults mad, and they turned to badgering, hunting, and harming the planet's uninfected children. The children remember this time, and have come to see all adults as sinister and untrustworthy, calling them "grups," short for "grown-ups."

The same virus, as a side effect, also slowed the aging of the children, so they have been kids for over 300 years,...

Before he awakened the Force, J.J. Abrams brought "Star Trek" back to life in theaters with, well, "Star Trek." His 2009 relaunch of the property re-imagined the heady science-fiction classic as a rollicking space adventure, yet it also avoided the "gritty movie reboot" trend that so many other franchises were embracing at that time.

Admittedly, Abrams was a bit of a surprising pick for the job, considering he had previously considered "Star Trek" to be a "silly, campy thing." Be that as it may, his big swing led to blockbuster results, beaming up over $386 million at the global box office. It was a surprisingly substantial haul for a throwback sci-fi movie that took inspiration from the various sci-fi offerings of the 1950s and '60s.

Abrams' "rock 'n' roll" approach also resulted in one of the best-received "Star Trek" films in the franchise's long history. However, when the filmmaker looked back...

Star Trek: Strange New Worldsactor Martin Quinn reveals the key reason he thinks playing Scotty is easier than Spock. The series streaming on Paramount+ follows the crew of the USS Enterprise years before Captain Kirk takes over command of the iconic Starfleet vessel. Quinn made his way onto the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, following in the footsteps of James Doohan and Simon Pegg playing the famous engineer.

In an interview with ScreenRant's John Orquiola, Quinn reveals he believes it's easier to play Scotty than Spock as an actor. He elaborates that Spock actor Ethan Peck has to deliver all of his lines quickly and precisely, whereas Quinn can hesitate on delivering some of his lines. Check out his quote below:

It’s not as bad as for Ethan, because I feel like, Spock can't even put any hesitation in, whereas I...

Unless you're cast in one of the animated shows, being an actor in the "Star Trek" universe means you're probably going to wear some truly uncomfortable costumes over the course of your career. The super tight spandex onesies that appeared in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" were apparently painful as well as awkward, and Jeri Ryan has never been shy about how much she hated wearing her Seven of Nine costume on "Star Trek: Voyager." For many years on the "Star Trek" original series, the women wore miniskirts while the men wore tunics and pants. Sure, there were episodes where the men were put into much more revealing costumes, but for the most part only the ladies showed leg unless there were some seriously silly away team shenanigans going on.

While some might have found the miniskirts to be too revealing or uncomfortable, there was one actor who was actually...

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February 27, 2015, marked the 10th anniversary of Leonard Nimoy's death.

Spock may still live on thanks to Ethan Peck in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," but without Nimoy, there wouldn't be a Spock. I think Nimoy himself had accepted by the end what a big part "Star Trek" was going to play in his legacy. You don't go from writing "I Am Not Spock" to writing "I Am Spock" without realizing that.

Nimoy played a lot more parts than just the Enterprise's Vulcan science officer, though. He'd been acting for over 10 years before he booked "Star Trek." Some of his other most famous roles were between the cancellation of "Star Trek" in 1969 and its return in 1979, via "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." During that hiatus, Nimoy played the Great Paris on the "Mission: Impossible" TV show, began to host "In Search Of...,...

After more than 70 credits and decades in the industry, actor Tom Troupe has died at the age of 97. According to CBS, the actor hailed from Kansas City, Missouri, before journeying to New York City in the late ‘40s to become a serious actor. His Broadway debut was in 1957 in a stage production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Fans will likely know him, however, from the iconic television productions he appeared in during the 1960s.

Among some of his many credits were the original television series, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek, of course, came from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, about a utopian society in the future that endeavored to explore the stars and find strange new worlds. The incredibly optimistic sci-fi series created iconic characters like Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, catapulting its respective performers, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, into the pop culture zeitgeist.

When you think of your favorite Star Trek series, who’s that one character that pops into your head right along with it? Maybe he’s a Vulcan hybrid science officer whose logic is edged with human emotions, or an android whose actions seem more human than those made of flesh and blood?

No matter your favorite, here are 4 beloved Star Trek characters from different timelines that are truly iconic!

1. Spock Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek | George Rinhart/GettyImages

Much like Captain James T. Kirk, Spock’s name is practically synonymous with the franchise. He was the first alien to grace television screens in the original series in a way that gave positivity to the future, rather than being menacing or dangerous.

It’s not difficult to understand why so many generations of fans related to Spock. People who felt different from their peers, those who felt like outsiders,...

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is a more direct prequel to the original show than "Star Trek: Enterprise." Set less than a decade before "The Original Series," "Strange New Worlds" follows the U.S.S. Enterprise, captained by Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), who has some familiar faces already on the crew: Spock (Ethan Peck), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and now Scotty (Martin Quinn).

"Strange New Worlds" is unafraid to call back (forward?) to classic "Original Series" episodes, even if the show still sticks (mostly) to "Trek" canon. For example, the show has brought back the reptilian Gorn as recurring villains, setting up Captain Kirk's (William Shatner) famous clash with a Gorn in the 1967 "Original Series" episode "Arena," and Lieutenant LA'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) is a descendant of the most infamous "Star Trek" villain, Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán).

The two-episode premiere of "Strange New...

This article contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 2, "Wedding Bell Blues."

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 2 ("Wedding Bell Blues") brings back "The Original Series" character Trelane ("Our Flag Means Death" star Rhys Darby) from "Tos" season 1 episode "The Squire of Gothos." Originally played by William Campbell, Trelane presents himself as a dashing man who wears a Regency-era tailcoat and claims to be a general. In actuality, he's a mischievous child from a reality-bending alien species, and wields powers that resemble those of the time and energy-manipulating residents of the Q Continuum -- such as the notorious "Star Trek: The Next Generation" wild card, Q (John de Lancie).

In "Wedding Bell Blues," Trelane exhibits the same powerful but immature traits. He imposes himself on the lovelorn Spock like a roguish genie, force-rebooting the science officer's recently-ended romance with Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) into an impending...