Director JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek movie will have its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House next month, presented by Aussie star Eric Bana. Abrams, Bana and co-stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban will present the blockbuster to 1600 tastemakers in art, design, entertainment, fashion, media and politics on April 7.
It is only the third time a film has debuted at the Sydney Opera House, and the first time a premiere has been held in the concert hall.
“Not only are we honoured to have JJ Abrams and the cast here in Sydney for the world premiere of the stunning new Star Trek, we are also very excited to present this event at one of Australia’s – and the world’s – most famous locations, Sydney Opera House,” said Mike Selwyn, managing director of Paramount Pictures Australia.
The re-imagined story, based on creator Gene Roddenberry’s original television series, also stars Chris Hemsworth, Simon Pegg, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Morrison and Zoe Saldana, with a cameo by original Spock Leonard Nimoy.
The Sydney premiere kicks off a world tour that will touch down in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and the UK.
Star Trek opens in Australia on May 7, ahead of the US release on May 8.
Source: Heraldsun
Winona Ryder, the iconic and talented Academy Award nominee actress, celebrated 25 years of career in 2011, and she has became an icon after her work on movies like "Heathers", "Beetlejuice", "Reality Bites", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Mermaids" and many more. Recently you saw her as Spock's mother in "Star Trek" and as the retired ballerina Beth in "Black Swan".
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Australia?
I doubt Winona will be there….)-:
Me too, Simon. The article insert her name into the “also stars”, so I really don’t imagine her attending it at Australia.
But I hope she promote it into USA. 🙂
I just saw at Simon&Schuster that they announced the movie tie-in book. At only 288 pages I fear it would be a rather drab affair – in no way running up the the great books of Vonda N. McIntyre who did the novelizations for Trek II, III and IV – including many side-plots not including in the movie but exploring the story further….