Creation’s Sixth Annual Official Star Trek Convention kicks off on Thursday at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel (home of the Star Trek Experience). Creation are expecting over 15,000 Trekkies from all across the world to attend. 75 Star Trek Celebrities including Trek ‘captains’ William Shatner, Kate Mulgrew and Avery Brooks will be appearing. In addition to Shatner, all other surviving TOS cast members will be there (Takei, Koenig, Nichols and Nimoy). This year marks the 20th anniversary of Star Trek The Next Generation and and much of the cast will be in Vegas to celebrate: Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Will Wheaton, Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton and even Dwight Schultz (Barclay). This year there will also be some big behind the camera names appearing, including Nicholas Meyer, Brannon Braga, Bob Justman and D.C Fontana.
In addition to celebrity appearances, the non-stop auditorium show will include behind the scenes presentations, a ‘Star Trek’ concert, costume and trivia contests, no minimum bid auctions of unique collectibles and one-of-a-kind items, and special salute videos and previews of upcoming sci-fi television shows. Hopefully there will also be some news or message regarding J.J. Abrams new Star Trek film (Abrams has sent messages to the fans at previous cons).
TrekMovie.com will be attending the con and reporting anything new and interesting. So what happens in Vegas will not stay in Vegas!
More info available at creationent.com.
Hope some visiting aliens don’t take this opportunity to swoop down and grab the original cast a la Galaxy Quest. If they did the Shat would shit!
How come all the good stuff happens in the South West. If TrekMovie.com is coming to be there, any chance of taking lots of pictures Anthony and posting them for us unfortunate souls living on the wrong side of the country.
505 dtst
i will post pictures…mabye do a flickr thing. Should have some video too, but they do not allow video of the stage events of course.
I will not go to Vegas this year.
dont have a ship
LONG LIVE STAR TREK !
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I was in Vegas last January, and went to the Star Trek Adventure. It was pretty cool! I had my pic taken in Jean-Luc’s chair. I looked like a big fat bald geek sitting in Jean-Luc’s chair, but hey, I was there, and the pic is in my office.
For a few dollars more, I could have donned a TNG uniform, but as I was a little tired I said no. Now I wish I had. Sitting in the command chair of a Galaxy class starship in shorts and sandals is so gauche.
The bridge set was pretty cool, and was claimed to be quite authentic (ie made by the same production crew that made the original set for TNG). Someday I hope to walk on to a TOS or TMP bridge, or both…
Will we get any hints about Shatner being in the film?
Yay! I won’t be able to attend *tear* so I look forward to EVERY SHRED of information & pics you guys will post! Thanks! Keep up the good (nay, AWESOME) work Trekmovie!
6 - I have a feeling that, if they’re going to let The Shat out of the bag, it’ll be the last cast signing they’ll announce. Nothing like milking the suspense - I don’t recall any other Trek movie that got this close to production, yet leaked out so little. You’d think some early pre-production sketches would’ve hit the ‘net by now, or something.
DANG! That’s one heck of a line-up. I’d love to be there!
Must be kinda weird for the TNG gang. It’s their 20th anniversary, but the focus of the media is firmly on TOS again because of the new Star Trek film.
The TNG guys deserve some attention too, so I hope their stuff goes well. I wonder if Marina Sirtis will vent about the new Star Trek movie again!
As for the announcements, I wonder if we’ll get any more casting announcements at the con. It’d be as good a time as any to do it… I’ll be keeping an eye on these pages in case!
I will FedEx you some old smelly eggs and too ripe tomoatoes for the B & B sessions.
That way, when Berman blames the failures of Voyager/Enterprise on “The fans” or “General exhaustion of Trek” you can have some eggs tossed his way.
Then as he walks away from the Convention Hall in shame, he’ll smell of Sulphur, which is just about right for that Character.
Good for the Shat for continuing to show up to these things and not pout.
Well Braga’s going to be there I hope some of the trolls off this board are giong to Vegas you guys can tell him what you really think of him, oh wait I forgot you can probably only talk tough from behind a keyboard, you’d probably choke on your own spit if/when you see him.
Of course Shatner’s showing up and not pouting, he’s GETTING PAID, isn’t he?
Nick Meyer!! w00t!!
I wonder if they will announce who is playing Kirk and the rest of the cast? After the cast I wonder how soon we will see what the 1701 look like?
Troll…
Huh. That was the first negative thing I’d ever posted, and my tounge was firmly planted in my cheek
It’s not like I called him a Denebian Slime Devil or a Regulan Blood worm.
But- I’m not even going to do IMHO
Clearly, the man did overstay his welcome, but he did to a very good next gen and DS9. he was just a bit… “stubborn” when it came to new ideas.
yes #13 Harry. yeah, Shatner’s paid. But still, a good sport.
Happy 20th TNG!
there. Happy?
I’m there in K’atra.
Ooh, I loved it when I was in K’atra, especially the museums!
why the hell is ensign brocolli being given any space whatsoever on the panel???, next to nelix he was the most annoying ST character of all time!
peace….
It’s hard to talk tough to Braga when he hides from the fans as much as he has. But Braga is completely irrelevant now.
Hopefully someone can get Shatner to respond to Abrams’ comment and see if there is an update.
Just like how on the 30th anniversary of TOS, the TNG gang was the focus of attention with First Contact.
One good turn deserves another…
What goes around comes around…
Tit for tat and shit on Shat! Ooooops…….
Maybe they’ll announce TNG coming back for TV specials! I wouldn’t even mind if Berman and Braga were back just as long they get a better writer to co- write
Probably be better if I had just written ‘as long as they get a better co-writer’ guess I need one myself
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