Behind The Films

It’s been just over 4 months since principal photography and on Augest the first cut was screened for a small number of studio executives at Paramount. Edited by Mary Jo Markey and Maryann Brandon, the screening of the first cut went quite well. According to trekmovie.com the first screening was “very impressive.” and “far beyond expectations”. Keep in mind this is only the first screening so the film is still far from finished, most of the 1300+ effects shots are not finished yet, the film also has yet to be scored. However this early positive buzz is very exciting, while the effects and music are important (and can make or break a film) the number one thing is story then performances which everyone at Paramount seemed to really like.


From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (”Transformers,” “MI: III”) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, “Star Trek,” featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise. Star Trek hits theaters May 8th 2009.