GERMANY: Hundreds of Star Trek fans attend Germany premiere of latest movie "The Future Has Started"

Record ID: 384958

  • Title: GERMANY: Hundreds of Star Trek fans attend Germany premiere of latest movie "The Future Has Started"
  • Date: 17th April 2009
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (APRIL 16, 2009) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF CINEMA FOR 'STAR TREK' PREMIERE ACTOR SIMON PEGG ARRIVING ON RED CARPET CLOSE OF ACTOR CHRIS PINE AND KARL URBAN REPORTERS SIMON PEGG AND ERIC BANDA SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOTOGRAPHER STAR TREK-CAST POSING ON RED CARPET CLOSE OF FOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ERIC BANDA, SAYING: "Look, it's a really honour to be part of something like Star Trek and get a chance to play the villain and try and kill all these wonderful actors, that was a nice privilege." DIRECTOR J. J. ABRAMS TALKING TO REPORTER FOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR SIMON PEGG, SAYING: "It had a massive effect on everyone who has seen it. Its effects on the world in general are enormous. The first space shuttle that went into space, was called Enterprise. It was named after the Enterprise." WIDE OF 'STAR TREK- NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR J. J. ABRAMS, SAYING: "It's a very surreal experience to be involved in something that is so iconic and I feel very lucky to have done it with this group. As someone who is not a huge Trek-fan to begin with, I have become one and it's mostly because I have discovered a little bit late there are fans who pre-existed me for quite a while, but I discovered how brilliant what Gene Roddenberry created really is." CLOSE OF REPORTERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE CAMERAMEN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR JOHN CHO, SAYING: "Taking this job had a special significance for me in one respect, when I was a child, an immigrant from South Korea to the United States in the late 70ties. As an Asian-American i wasn't particulary pleased with what was on television. People with faces like me weren't represented particularly well, but George Takei and the show was a real exception. It was a spectacular exception and it was such a positiv portrayal and a positive show. And so it was extremely meaningful for me to watch him then as a boy and it's really meaningful for me to follow in his footsteps."
  • Embargoed: 2nd May 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA43NFZMZ3PZF3QE1OZCQVCEKD4
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Star Trek fans attended the Germany premiere of the latest movie "The future has started" on Thursday (April 16). The so-called 'Trekkies' waited at the red carpet in front of the Berlin premiere cinema to catch a glimpse of Scotty, Captain Kirk and Co.
    The Star Trek movie, directed by J.J. Abrams goes back to the past and discovers how it all started on spaceship 'Enterprise'. It tells the story of the young crew's maiden voyage.
    Actor Simon Pegg, who plays 'Scotty' in the movie, pointed out to reporters the enormours effect the television show had on everyone who watched it.
    Its effects on the world in general are enormous. The first space shuttle that went into space, was called Enterprise. It was named after the Enterprise", Pegg said.
    At a news conference in Berlin Abrams had admitted that he actually was no big Star Trek fan before he got involved in the project.

    "It's a very surreal experience to be involved in something that is so iconic and I feel very lucky to have done it with this group. As someone who is not a huge Trek-fan to begin with, I have become one and it's mostly because I have discovered a little bit late there are fans who pre-existed me for quite a while, but I discovered how brilliant what Gene Roddenberry created really is", Abrams said.
    Star Trek, 'The future has started', will be released in Germany on May
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