As initially irritated as I was to see that there was going to be a prequel Star Trek movie made… the press that has been coming through the interwebs have successfully gotten me more and more excited for its release.
Now the Trek movie poster has found its way online …. Awesome!
I have been trying to get caught up recently on my Tivo collection, which keeps getting bigger and bigger, and I came across trailers for J.J.’s new show coming out called Fringe, and I am eager to get this added to my Tivo list.
Here is the official synopsis :
When an international flight lands at Boston’s Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (newcomer Anna Torv) is called in to investigate. After her partner, Special Agent JOHN SCOTT (Mark Valley, “Boston Legal”), is nearly killed during the investigation, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to DR. WALTER BISHOP (John Noble, “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”), our generation’s Einstein. There’s only one catch: he’s been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son PETER (Joshua Jackson, “Dawson’s Creek”) in to help.
When Olivia’s investigation leads her to manipulative corporate executive NINA SHARP (Blair Brown, “Altered States”), our unlikely trio along with fellow FBI Agents PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick, “The Wire”), CHARLIE FRANCIS (Kirk Acevedo, “Oz”) and ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) will discover that what happened on Flight 627 is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth
I know this sounds very X-Files’esq, but I don’t think so. It certainly carries the same theme, but that is a pretty broad area, and J.J. will certainly put a different spin on it as he does with all of his work. Anna Torv certainly reminds me a lot of Jennifer Garner, and her role in Alias, but this is a good thing. I would definitely love to see Garner and Abrams work together again, and he does well with strong leading female roles.
The other great thing about this show is that it is written by the same guys that brought us Alias, Transformers and the new Star Trek Movie [ Alex Kurtzman ] & [ Roberto Orci ].
OK.. so here is the trailer :