Star Trek just opens December 25. In the meantime, however, fans now have a new place where they can talk about the upcoming film by J.J. Abrams on the newly launched forums on the official site. Check out the forums by clicking here.

The new message boards are pretty straightforward with boards specifically for the movie, general Star Trek discussions, off-topic discussions, and comments and suggestions. At the same time, the official Star Trek site is keeping its forums open despite the fact that there is no clear sign that anyone is taking over the news operation there

The Star Trek teaser trailer has been released!

If you watch Cloverfield this weekend, you can also catch this in theaters.

Watch the Star Trek teaser trailer at IESB.net.

This first picture of the new U.S.S. Enterprise from director J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek movie has been released by Moviefone.

The much-anticipated film opens in theaters Christmas Day.

Screening in the Dramatic Competition program at Sundance ’08, “The Last Word” is Geoff Haney’s feature debut. A dark romantic comedy set in Los Angeles, it follows Evan (Wes Bentley), a writer who makes a living writing other people’s suicide notes. When Evan meets Charlotte (Winona Ryder), the free-spirited sister of a client, a romance develops despite secrets, and heading for some complex deception. Sundance’s David Courier calls “The Last Word” a “surprisingly touching, quirky, and wickedly intelligent” comedy that “confronts loss, redemption, and our curious need to leave a legacy.”

Read here the full interview

“THE TEN” DVD arrives next Tuesday, January 15!

The DVD includes the complete film, plus:
- Audio commentary with David Wain, Ken Marino and Paul Rudd, PLUS David’s parents giving their contrasting views AND a stand-up bass player for added entertainment value.
- Alternate-Take and Deleted-Scene Vignettes: over 50 minutes!
- Bonus Interview from South By Southwest Film Festival
- Behind-the-scenes
- Wainy Days

Make sure to pre-order yours. NH1 calls it one of the top ten movies of the year!

Last week TrekMovie.com revealed that Spock’s parents will be appearing in the new Star Trek movie. And now Variety is reporting that Winona Ryder has landed the part of Spock’s human mother Amanda Grayson, a role originally played by the late Jane Wyatt. The Oscar-nominated veteran of dozens of films may be the best known member of the Star Trek cast so far. At 36, Ryder is only six years older than Zachary Quinto who plays Spock. It is possible that Ryder (and perhaps the actor playing Spock’s father Sarek) will be seen in some sort of flashback to Spock’s childhood or adolescence.

Wyatt and Ryder…the original and new Amanda Graysons

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Actress to play Spock’s mother in Abrams film

“Star Trek” is beaming up Winona Ryder.

Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Ryder to play the Vulcan mother of a young Spock (Zachary Quinto).

Scripted by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the film revolves around the Starfleet Academy days of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Chris Pine has been set to play Capt. Kirk, Simon Pegg will play Scotty, Karl Urban is Dr. McCoy and Eric Bana will play the villain, Nero.

Ryder recently wrapped “The Informers,” a Gregor Jordan-directed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, and the Geoffrey Haley-directed “The Last Word.”

She is in pre-production on the Rebecca Miller-directed “Private Lives of Pippa Lee.”

IESB.net has a video scene from Winona in Sex and Death 101.

Sex and Death 101 is a dark comedy that concerns a man whose life is upended by an email containing the names of every woman he’s had sex with — and every woman he ever will have sex with.

You can view the video here:

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EW.com – Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, and Winona Ryder will star in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Elevation Filmworks and Plan B Entertainment’s movie adaptation of Rebecca Miller’s novel. Wright Penn will play the title character in the film, which goes through Pippa’s past and present as a methamphetamine-addicted mother whose husband leaves her for a younger woman. The newly single character experiences a number of erotic adventures while heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown. Miller is also directing. She previously directed The Ballad of Jack and Rose, also produced by Elevation. Shooting on Pippa is scheduled to start in April. Wright Penn recently signed on to join Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Jason Batemen in Universal’s movie adaptation of the British miniseries State of Play. She will next be seen in Beowulf and the Barry Levinson-directed comedy What Just Happened?.

Found some pictures from Noni shooting ” The Informers” outside Canters Famous Deli in Los Angeles, today. She’s absolutelly stuning!

GALLERY LINK:
The Informers: Noni filming in LA, October 17