Alex Kurtzman

The opening weekend tally for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" was substantially higher than initial estimates. The Paramount Pictures release grossed $79.2 million over the three day period in 3,849 locations, almost $3 million higher than initial estimates thanks to strong attendance on Mother's Day. Initially, the well-reviewed adventure was expected to bring in $18.3 million on Sunday, but ended up grossing $21 million. Better than expected family attendance was credited with the upsurge.

12th May 2009

Full robot list for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

A full list of the robots that we will see in this summer's huge Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen have been posted online... and here they are.

2nd April 2009

Star Trek 2 fast tracked!

Paramount Pictures are fast-tracking a sequel to this year's Star Trek film with Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof hired to write the screenplay.

31st March 2009

Ayer adapting Deep Sea Cowboys

Training Day writer David Ayer is to adapt Deep Sea Cowboys for DreamWorks based on an article that appeared in Wired magazine last March, so says Variety.

13th February 2009

Transformers 2 coming 2 days earlier

Paramount Pictures have confirmed that they will release the Michael Bay directed Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in conventional and IMAX theaters two days earlier on June 24th.

13th February 2009

Chris Pine is Captain Kirk!

Confirmation looks finally to have reached over who just will be playing Captain James T. Kirk in JJ Abrams reboot of the franchise.

16th October 2007

TRANSFORMERS HD Presentation!

Transformers fans rejoice! The highly anticipated Transformers HD DVD release is upon us, and the results are stunning; this two-disc special edition is jam-packed with more than 10 hours of HD behind-the-scenes footage, interactive web-enabled features, and a customizable toolbar for viewing perfection. The goal of the HD DVD creator Jeff Radoycis was to generate a connectivity never before felt between the viewer, feature, and Paramount studios using extra features that are almost entirely Web-based.

16th October 2007

Eric Bana is Star Trek villain!

Eric Bana has joined the ever burgeoning cast of JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot.

10th October 2007

Do we have a Captain Kirk?

Hot rumour keeping the internet rumour lines busy today is that JJ Abrams may just have decided on his Captain Kirk!

28th September 2007

Zoe Saldana is Uhura!

The casting for the new Star Trek movie is continuing apace, we've got Spock all sqaured away (both old and young), Sulu and now today comes news of Uhura!

18th September 2007

Is Zachary Quinto the new Spock?

Rumours are flying over the net that Spock has been cast in J.J. Abrams remake/reboot of the Star Trek series.

25th July 2007

Hugo Weaving is...Megatron!

Yes..that's right....Hugo Weaving has been signed on to provide the vocal cords for Megatron in Transformers!

26th March 2007

Spock and Kirk in Star Trek XI?

Leonard Nimoy has revealed that Paramount are wanting him and William Shatner involved in some way in Star Trek XI,...

1st September 2006

Transformers revealed!

The writers of the Transformers movie Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman have revealed what the robots will be in the movie. It's pretty obvious that various robots have been kept back for possible sequels. Whether Michael Bay will make a film that will have any life in it past its opening weekend, makes sequels a more remote possibility:

21st August 2006