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The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the te... Read all The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test. The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.

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• 3 wins & 29 nominations total

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• Trivia After production on the film was completed, and a month before the release, Anton Yelchin died in a freak vehicle accident at age 27. During the ending credits, there is a dedication that reads, "For Anton." J.J. Abrams announced that Chekov would not be recast, "I would say you can't replace him. There will be no new casting. I can't imagine that, and I think Anton deserves better."
• Goofs The amount of ships and soldiers that the enemy has in its swarm changes dramatically during the final battle, from a few thousand to tens/hundreds of thousands when they attack the station. However, previously in the film, it is stated that the planet has deep and large underground caverns so it is entirely possible that there were more ships underground. Also, the amount of soldiers that would be needed to pilot all the ships would be huge as it was shown that they contain at least one soldier in each ship. But when they were watching the video logs near the film's ending, Captain Edison clearly states that they found drones. It is quite possible that the bulk of the enemy fleet is made up of drones and controlled by the hive mind that the music disrupts.

Doctor 'Bones' McCoy : [after removing shrapnel from Spock] Yeah. They say it hurts less if it's a surprise.

Commander Spock : If I may adopt a parlance with which you are familiar, I can confirm your theory to be horseshit.

• Crazy credits There is a giant green energy-hand, in the closing credits, mentioned in the movie as one of the possibilities for a ship lost in space.
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8 Star Trek Movies Coming To IMDb TV, Starting With Free Streaming Premiere Of ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Today

| June 17, 2020 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 21 comments so far

Good news for frugal Trekkies : Eight of the Star Trek feature films are coming to IMDb’s free streaming service, including Star Trek Beyond .

Watch Star Trek movies for free at IMDb TV

IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, will be the exclusive free streaming home for eight Star Trek feature films. This begins today with three of them, including 2016’s Star Trek Beyond , the latest film in the franchise, which stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Karl Urban. Also available today are Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek: First Contact .

Chris Pine as Kirk with Anton Yelchin as Chekov and John Cho as Sulu in Star Trek Beyond

On July 1, IMDb TV will add five more films to the service:  Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Star Trek Generations , and Star Trek: Nemesis .

IMDb TV is a free streaming service in the USA with thousands of premium movies and television shows , but promising half the ads of traditional television.  IMDb TV is available as an app on Fire TV, a free Channel within the Prime Video, and IMDb apps across hundreds of devices and also available on the IMDb website .

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This – of course – is an area limited thing: “This title isn’t available in your location”

So there are still ads. No thank you.

Besides, I have all those films on disc so I don’t need to be concerned with what service currently has the rights to what movie or what series.

It is FREE! Obviously beggars can’t be choosers. And stuff like this is for mostly casual fans. Most hardcore fans will either already own the movies as you do through a disc, digital copy or just watch them on other dedicated streaming sites.

I have AA, Prime and Hulu and between those three I can see all the movies minus the Kelvin ones.

You don’t have Netflix

I do, but oddly there are no Star Trek movies on there, at least not in America. I don’t think its had one for years at this point. But both Amazon and Hulu has over half and a few they have the same titles like First Contact, TWOK and TUC.

But these movies should have at least one dedicated site you can watch them all in one place like Disney+ has for Star Wars. I imagine some day they will just end up on AA but that could be years away, especially with the Kelvin movies which are probably licensed in a lot of places right now.

Netflix don’t have any of the movies in Europe either. All series except Picard, but no movies.

Wow interesting! It’s really odd how the shows seem to be such a fixture on the streaming sites everywhere, especially here in America where the shows are currently on four sites (AA, Hulu, Netflix and Amazon) and been on them for years now. And they are always together, at least classic Trek, TOS-ENT.

But the movies are more sporadic, never as a whole like having all the TNG movies and seem to come and go.

@Tiger2: This is just a wild guess but CBS may have sold streaming rights to TOS-ENT as a package deal years ago. For more than 10 years this was the whole Star Trek TV franchise.

I don’t know if Paramount didn’t try the same for the movies or if streaming services didn’t bite.

Oh yeah I agree. I think that’s the power of Star Trek too, at least the shows that they are popular enough you can sell it as a package because they know all the shows will get watched. Some more than others obviously but the fanbase itself watches it all since its all connected and all the shows have a fanbase today.

It’s just odd how the movies aren’t done the same way. I mean even if you can’t package all of them since it is a lot of movies it’s odd how you just can’t get all the TOS or TNG movies in one place. There is always a few missing from each series no matter what. It’s very different from other movie series that lands on these sites. I never not seen all the Back to the Future movies together or not all the Indiana Jones movies together and so on. Even Hulu had all the James Bonds movies at one point (and maybe still does) minus the Daniel Craig ones. It’s harder when its newer stuff like the MCU movies (and there are a lot lol) but the TOS and TNG movies are old now and yet they are rarely packaged together and never seem to last long on a streaming site.

In fact two Star Trek films were on AA about two years ago, Nemesis and TUC before they were taken off…and now they’re back.

I hate ads, but I also hate the idea of supporting Amazon, so that makes this service a hard no for me.

You have First Contact listed as both July 1 and currently available.

It’s free but there are ads. No thank you. At least watching Star Trek for free is a nice trade-off.

I would prefer this to be on Netflix. I have Hulu, Netflix, and Disney+. The only free streaming service.

Do we really need IMDB TV?

Not really, there are too much streaming services already

Do we really need free things? Sure.

Who is “we”? Some people may enjoy a free way to see movies/shows that they don’t own or that are otherwise only available on paid services.

Whether anybody really “needs” IMDB TV or any other streaming service for that matter is a different question. Streaming entertainment is certainly not comparable to food or air to breathe…

I can hear the Dire Straits singing for it now.

“I want my IMDBtv”

Why are you always writing such news in an US-centric perspective? There are over 190 countries in the world, and there is a HUGE Trekkie community outside of the US. But IMDB TV is only available in the US. This is something that you conveniently leave out of your news. It seems that you only think about your own country and don’t even bother about the rest of us. Just like your President.

That really pisses me off!

We cover international events and streaming as well, including mentioning the international releases in our recent SHORT TREKS review. We have had teams cover cons and red carpets in UK, Germany, Australia and elsewhere. We have a couple of UK members on the contributor team as well as people in Canada.

But, TrekMovie is based in the USA. The majority of visitors are from USA. And most of the Star Trek news emerges from the USA.

If there are important news and events from overseas you feel we should share please let us know by sending in tips at trekmovie dot com.

thanks for the feedback

Burke, Trekmovie is an American website. Majority of the contributors lives in America as well. They aren’t doing it to spite you, as said they have other people to cover international news but the overwhelming majority is going to be American based. Especially since Star Trek is an American franchise and probably where most of its audience is concentrated as well, so most of it will come from an American perspective.

Its not a global news site, it’s a fan board at the end of the day. They can only do so much.

funny to think that Beyond poster would’ve had Shatner on it (probably in one of those TMP style admiral uniforms) had they gone with the Orci version.. instead of the white face makeup alien girl :(also Pine probably not in the starlord jacket)

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• RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz The movie never delivers on its considerable promise because it's always in such a hurry to get to the next action scene.
• Rolling Stone Peter Travers Come to 'Star Trek Beyond' for the pow; stay for the emotional wipeout.
• AV Club Ignatiy Vishnevetsky The movie bounces along, hurtling its heroes over colliding wreckage and into currents of artificial gravity, pausing just long enough for a punchline or a knowing exchange of looks.
• Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer The actors work so well together that they reinforce the series' central appeal: This crew is like family.
• Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones Maybe if Star Trek Beyond were stupider it wouldn't feel like such a chore.
• National Catholic Register Steven D. Greydanus This is something that has been missing from Star Trek for a while: an arresting picture of a shiny, hopeful future worth dreaming of.
• Reel Talk Online Candice Frederick A fun popcorn movie that highlights the value of teamwork and a good playlist (priceless core values in life).
• MovieFreak.com Sara Michelle Fetters The best thing about Beyond is that it remembers that the core strength of Star Trek is the camaraderie and friendship of the Enterprise's leadership unit.
• National Newspaper Publishers Association Dwight Brown The result is a taut piece of filmmaking, with perfectly choreographed action scenes and a rapid-fire pace that only leaves time to gasp for air
• Salon.com Nico Lang "Beyond" is undoubtedly messy, like a Starfleet ship that's taken its fair share of beatings, but it is frequently a reminder of how good the series can be when all its engines are in working order.
• Flavorwire Jason Bailey 'Star Trek Beyond' is at its best - separating itself from not only an ugly pack of ostensibly enjoyable summer popcorn flicks, but 'Into Darkness' - when it's having fun, and at its worst when bogged down in the generic action/villain stuff.
• Chicago Reader J. R. Jones This third installment in the millennial Star Trek reboot races along without an idea in its head, often recalling the silly, monster-driven final season of the 60s TV show.
• The New Republic Tim Grierson Lin and his cast's clear affection for the material helps temper the familiarity. The Enterprise's mission was to explore strange new worlds. This movie's is to give us a smooth ride.
• New Yorker Anthony Lane It's not just a blast but, at moments, a thing of beauty, alive to the comic awesomeness of being lost in space.
• The Atlantic David Sims It's exactly the kind of fun, steeped in effervescent goodwill that Hollywood should be delivering right now.
• Christianity Today Alissa Wilkinson In a summer top-heavy with... depressing underachievers, Star Trek Beyond is a breath of fresh air -- not a clever or innovative movie, but one with at least an idea in its head and the dose of optimism we all need right about now.
• Detroit News Adam Graham Lin's flashy sense of stylized grit is lost in a sea of sci-fi noise as "Beyond" becomes a monotonous blur of space babble and battles.
• The Verge Tasha Robinson Until a richer villain and more thought-out story come along, we at least have this chapter, which offers fans of the original Trek world some of the things they've most wanted: space to enjoy all their old heroes, and reasons to respect them again.
• Vox Emily St. James It's a surprisingly joyful throwback to everything that makes the Star Trek universe great.
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• Star Trek fans can explore other sci-fi shows like The X-Files, Fringe, and Farscape while awaiting new Star Trek content.
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With Star Trek: Discovery coming to an end, it will be a long wait before another live-action Star Trek series is available to stream, but there are several great science fiction shows available to watch in the meantime. As one of the longest-running science fiction franchises, Star Trek currently includes 11 television series and 13 movies, with multiple new projects in the works. Not only did Star Trek: The Original Series spawn a mega-franchise, but it also inspired countless other films and television shows that came after.

While the wait for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 or the premiere of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy may seem long, there are plenty of other compelling sci-fi shows out there. While space operas like The Expanse capture the space exploration aspects of Star Trek , procedural dramas like The X-Files have a case-of-the-week structure similar to a lot of early Trek . For viewers who have already watched every available Star Trek story, here are seven other science fiction shows worth checking out.

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7 The X-Files

All 11 seasons streaming on hulu & disney+, the x-files.

Following FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), The X-Files takes place in a version of our world where aliens and other paranormal creatures exist. Throughout the series, Mulder and Scully travel across the country investigating strange cases, while also working to uncover a massive government conspiracy. One of television's best will-they-won't-they couples, Mulder and Scully's relationship alone makes The X-Files worth watching .

From exploring strange new worlds to fighting to uncover the truth, many actors have appeared on both Star Trek and The X-Files.

Considering The X-Files aired throughout the 1990s alongside multiple Star Trek shows, it's no surprise that the shows are similarly structured. Like the Star Trek: The Next Generation- era shows, The X-Files is mostly comprised of episodic, standalone stories, with the occasional two-parter and a loose overarching storyline. With its numerous close encounters, alien coverups, and bizarre creatures, The X-Files has plenty for Star Trek fans to love.

With two feature-length films and a limited two-season return in 2018, The X-Files remains incredibly popular. Another reboot is currently in the works with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler at the helm.

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A spiritual successor to The X-Files, Fringe follows FBI Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) and her task force as they investigate cases relating to fringe science. Brilliant and eccentric scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his son Peter (Joshua Jackson) work alongside Olivia after she recruits them to her team. Although Fringe begins with case-of-the-week stories involving strange phenomena, the show later explores a more serialized story involving parallel universes.

Fringe's most significant Star Trek connection is Leonard Nimoy himself, who portrays Dr. William Bell, the former lab partner of Walter Bishop and the founder of Massive Dynamic. A shady research corporation, Massive Dynamic ends up connected to many of the cases investigated by the Fringe team. While Fringe may not feature space travel, Star Trek is no stranger to parallel universes and weird science.

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Along with runaway Peacekeeper pilot, Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), Crichton and his crew do their best to evade the Peacekeepers, often finding themselves in absurd situations. Thanks to animatronic puppets from Jim Henson's Creature Shop, as well as make-up and prosthetics, Farscape's creatures look truly alien. After Farscape's abrupt cancelation at the end of season 4, a three-hour miniseries called Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars wrapped up the series.

4 12 Monkeys

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Created by Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas , 12 Monkeys offers a unique take on time travel and post-apocalyptic stories. When scavenger James Cole (Aaron Stanford) is brought into Project Splinter, he must travel back in time to prevent a devastating plague. Things don't quite go as planned, which results in numerous trips through time and a complicated search for a mysterious group known as the Army of the 12 Monkeys.

While fans await news of the proposed Star Trek: Picard spin-off, Star Trek: Legacy, they should check out Terry Matalas' other fantastic sci-fi show.

With its compelling characters (Todd Stashwick's Theodore Deacon and Emily Hampshire's Jennifer Goines are particular standouts) and twisty storylines, 12 Monkeys is an incredibly fun show that comes to a satisfying conclusion at the end of its four seasons . Although the first season of 12 Monkeys received mixed reviews, the show hit its stride in season 2 and didn't let up until the end.

3 The Expanse

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For those who enjoy Star Trek's intergalactic politics, The Expanse tells a complex, often dark story of ruthless leaders and competing factions. When James Holden (Steven Strait) and his makeshift crew aboard the Rocinante become embroiled in a massive conspiracy , they fight to uncover the truth. Over six seasons, The Expanse grows in scope as war looms between Earth and Mars and alien technology complicates matters.

Based on the series of novels by James S.A. Corey, The Expanse is incredibly intelligent sci-fi with a cast of bold, realistic characters. Although The Expanse was canceled after three seasons on Syfy, it was picked up by Amazon Prime for three more seasons. The Expanse ended with season 6 , without adapting the last three books in the series, leaving several storylines unresolved.

2 Stargate SG-1 / Stargate: Atlantis

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With three films and three television series, the Stargate franchise has many similarities to Star Trek . Beginning with the 1994 film, the franchise follows an Air Force special operations team as they investigate various planets by traveling through an alien portal known as a Stargate. Stargate SG-1 has the most in common with Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation , as Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) leads his team to explore strange planets and keep Earth safe.

Although several Star Trek actors guest star on Stargate, Robert Picardo is the only actor to play a main character in both franchises — The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager and Richard Woolsey on Stargate: Atlantis.

The first spin-off of SG-1 , Stargate: Atlantis, takes after Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager . When Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) discovers the lost alien city of Atlantis in the distant Pegasus Galaxy, Stargate Command sends a team to investigate. Major John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his military team spend the next five seasons exploring planets in the Pegasus Galaxy and fighting off the dangerous Wraith.

Many recognizable Star Trek actors made appearances in another iconic science fiction franchise: Stargate.

1 Battlestar Galactica

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Widely regarded as one of the best sci-fi television shows of all time, 2004's Battlestar Galactica follows the last remnants of a human civilization as they search for a new home after a devastating attack. With a fleet of ships led by the Battlestar Galactica, Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) do their best to hold humanity's survivors together .

As the orchestrators of the attack, the Cylons continue to plague the survivors, as sentient robots indistinguishable from humans infiltrate the fleet. Developed by Ronald D. Moore (who worked on Star Trek: TNG, DS9, and Voyager ), Battlestar Galactica offers a gritty and realistic take on science fiction, without any of the colorful aliens or technobabble Star Trek is known for. Still, both franchises have left their mark on popular culture and established themselves as science fiction classics.

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“ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ” maintained a narrow win at the South Korea weekend box office in its second week of release. The highest new release was local crime drama “The Plot.”

Total weekend revenues in Korean cinemas were a modest $8.91 million. That figure keeps a post-COVID recovery on course, but progress is slow and incomplete.

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With some thematic resemblance to Soi Cheang’s celebrated Hong Kong film “Accident,” the story of “The Plot” involves a gang who design murders to look like everyday occurrences. The gang takes a job to kill a prosecutor, but its leader is worried that he is being gaslighted.

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Korean film “Following” held on to its third spot in its third weekend of release. It earned $1.02 million for a 19-day total of $6.60 million.

The second biggest film in Korea this year, “The Roundup: Punishment” slipped to fourth place. It earned $871,000 and now has a cumulative of $78.1 million.

Japanese animation, “Haikyu! The Dumpster Battle” earned $289,000 in fifth place. After 19 days on release in Korea, it has amassed $4.24 million.

American animation, “The Garfield Movie” gained one position and placed sixth, but its week-on-week receipts decreased by 40%. It earned $171,000 between Friday and Sunday and has a 19-day cumulative of $1.88 million in Korea.

Lower places were taken by: 2023 Korean title “Soulmate” which earned $80,000 this weekend; Taiwan-Japan coproduction film “18×2 Beyond Youthful Days” with $65,000 in its second weekend of release, for a total of $717,000; and Chinese animation “Backkom Bear: Mars Mission” with an opening weekend score of $46,000.

Nationwide monthly data shows that May cinema grosses totaled KRW110 million ($79.7 million), a few percentage points lower than the KRW119 million amassed in the same month last year.

For the first five months of 2024, the running total in Korea is KRW502 million ($364 million). That is a 9% gain over 2023, but is still fully 30% below 2019 levels. Considering that the 2024 figure already contains two runaway hits (“Exhuma” on $83.5 million and “The Roundup: Punishment”) and it is clear that nearly all films in Korea are struggling to attract audiences to watch them in cinemas. The market share taken by Korean movies is 65% so far in 2024.

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