William Shatner

“Movies from an Alternate Universe”: What If Recent Films Had Been Made Decades Earlier?

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 17th, 2012 at 8:07 am

Classic films are getting remade left and right, but what if it went the other way?  What if our original films of recent years were thrown back to an earlier era?  Who would star?  Who would direct?  What would the poster look like?  Artist Peter Stults ran with that idea and came up with some wonderfully creative and thoughtful posters based on recent movies.  I’m not sure if I see Leonard Nimoy as John McClane, but I can absolutely see James Dean starring in a 1950s version of Drive.

Hit the jump to check out some of the posters.

Trailer for William Shatner’s STAR TREK Documentary THE CAPTAINS

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 1st, 2011 at 2:41 pm

William Shatner has taken it upon himself to create a documentary about Star Trek, specifically focusing on the many captains that have spearheaded the series over the years. In The Captains, Shatner sits down for interviews with head honchos Patrick Stewart (The Next Generation), Kate Mulgrew (Voyager), Scott Bakula (Enterprise), Avery Brooks (Deep Space Nine) and Chris Pine, who took on the role of Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot.

A trailer for Shatner’s documentary has been released, and it’s pretty entertaining. The actor’s sensibilities are perfect as the host and star of the film, and the idea of interviewing each of the Star Trek captains is pretty genius. Plus, Shatner being Shatner, his reaction to a fan towards the end of the trailer is definitely a highlight. The Captains will premiere on July 21^st on the cable channel EPIX HD.

Install STAR TREK Sliding Doors in Your Home

by Ben Garman    Posted: December 7th, 2010 at 6:04 am

It’s definitely not our usual story, but this is just too cool to pass up. Want to prep your home for the next generation with style? A step-by-step guide to installing air powered sliding doors, as seen on Star Trek, has surfaced over at Instructables. The doors are normal in appearance (presumably to appease the designers wife), and maintenance free. They function using a hidden air compressor, a nifty concealed control panel, and a switch to activate the air. Hit the jump for a video of the futuristic doors in operation.

William Shatner “Sings” Cee Lo’s “Fuck You”

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 4th, 2010 at 10:42 am

On Lopez Tonight, guest William Shatner got up and “sang” some of Cee Lo’s fantastic song, “Fuck You”.  I put “sang” in quotation marks because Shatner’s version was the loosest interpretation of the word “singing” I can image.  His rendition of “Rocket Man” had more musicality.  And as far as “Let’s get Shatner to say something crazy on a late-night show,” his beat-poetry of Sarah Palin’s tweets on Conan’s The Tonight Show was much better.

Hit the jump to check out Shatner “singing” Cee Lo’s “Fuck You”.  I’ve also included the music video for “Fuck You” if for some reason you haven’t heard the best song of the millennium.

$#*! MY DAD SAYS Series Premiere Review

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: September 23rd, 2010 at 6:47 am

To say that the new CBS comedy series $#*! My Dad Says is weakened by the fact that its source material is that of a Twitter-feed-turned-book would be irresponsible if only because it presumes that there isn’t an abundance of other problems that make the show an unbearable sitcom. If you’ve been enjoying William Shatner’s Priceline commercials and need something to watch with your grandparents then the show will likely tickle your funny bone. But if you’re like me and prefer your comedies lack a laughtrack while still sustaining quality hilarity, then stay far away from CBS on Thursday nights. Find out the real reason why $#*! is not only the title, but an apt description of the series, after the jump.

William Shatner Interview S#*! MY DAD SAYS

by Christina Radish    Posted: September 19th, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Based on the popular Twitter feed by Justin Halpern, the new CBS comedy S#*! My Dad Says follows Ed Goodson (William Shatner), a forthright and opinionated dad who relishes in expressing his unsolicited and often wildly politically incorrect observations to anyone within earshot. His own children – Henry, a struggling writer-turned-unpaid blogger, and Vince, the meek half of a husband/wife real estate duo – are often on the receiving end of his verbal assaults, so when Henry finds he can no longer afford to pay rent and he moves in with his dad, he knows there will be no escape.

In a recent interview to promote his first sitcom, actor William Shatner talked about the appeal of this character, trying something he’s never done before and what gives him the desire to continue to act, when so many of his peers have retired. He also mentioned that he plans to continue releasing music and books, and that even though he’s friends with J.J. Abrams now, he knows that working him into the next Star Trek film just might prove too difficult to do. Check out what he had to say after the jump.

STAR TREK Beams Aboard Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok”

by Laura Kelley    Posted: June 21st, 2010 at 9:00 pm

If anyone has the right to wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy (aside from the P. Diddy), it’s definitely Captain Kirk.  YouTube user MissSheenie’s Star Trek (The Original Series) fan-video set to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” is amazing, complete with Kirk sluttiness, Spock’s awkward tapdancing, Scotty and Chekov being ridiculously adorable, and even Pon Farr.  And oh dear God, the slash.

Hit the jump to check out the video.

William Shatner Directing THE CAPTAINS, a Documentary About Himself

by Laura Kelley    Posted: June 15th, 2010 at 6:25 pm

Not only will master thespian William Shatner star in the CBS sitcom $#*! My Dad Says this fall and host Raw Nerve on the Biography channel, he will also direct a feature-length documentary about his early career in Canada as well as his rise to fame as Captain Kirk entitled The Captains.  The doc will start production this July, and is scheduled to air in winter 2011 on Canada’s Movie Central Channel.  The network has also slated a fall airdate for Gonzo Ballet, a documentary that chronicles the ballet based on Shatner’s album Has Been with Ben Folds.  More info on The Captains after the jump.

CBS 2010-11 Clips: $#*! MY DAD SAYS, MIKE & MOLLY, HAWAII FIVE-0, THE DEFENDERS, BLUE BLOODS

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 20th, 2010 at 8:03 am

With the release of CBS’s 2010-11 schedule comes a whole bunch of preview clips to promote the network’s new shows.  Here we have short promos for freshman shows $#*! My Dad Says, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0, The Defenders, and Blue Bloods.  You can see that CBS is working in their wheelhouse here (three-camera sitcoms and procedural dramas), resulting in a slate with a good chance of success in the fall.  Check out the clips for yourself, as well as full synopses for each show, after the jump.

The Buzz on Network Pilots, Including Projects from J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and Brett Ratner(!)

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: April 25th, 2010 at 9:38 am

Pilot season is a wonderful time in TV Land; countless fledgling writers and would-be stars compete for the few slots available on the fall network lineup, where the survival rate of new shows making it to a second season is 31%!  Recently, both The Live Feed and Deadline put together a report on the series that have risen through the ranks and stand a good chance of making it to air.

After the jump, you’ll find a breakdown of the hottest pilots at FOX, NBC, CBS, and ABC, including projects from producers J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and Brett Ratner as well as stars Kathy Bates, Forest Whitaker, and William Shatner.

Thanks to The Futon Critic for all the plot synopses and cast information.

William Shatner to Lead TV Series Based off Twitter User “Shit My Dad Says”

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 19th, 2010 at 10:45 am

THR reports that William Shatner has signed on to star in the TV series adaptation of the popular Twitter account, ShitMyDadSays.  The account was started by Justin Halpern who had moved back in with his parents and then tweeted the colorful and profane statements made by his 73-year-old father.  I’ve read the feed but don’t find it funny.  It’s an old guy cursing.  It’s not even clever cursing or offensive observations.

But THR classifies the father as “larger-than-life” and Shatner has always been adept at playing those kinds of characters.  With Shatner now attached, CBS has given the greenlight to a pilot.  I still think this show is an awful idea, especially since A) it’s CBS so the cursing part is out already, and B) as much as I love How I Met Your Mother, CBS refuses to let its sitcoms give up the laugh track so essentially it sounds like they’re doing a shitty, half-assed remake of All in the Family.

KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS Special Edition DVD Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: February 8th, 2010 at 6:18 am

Spiders have proven to be difficult cinematically, mostly because they are so unpleasant. The thought of the eight hairy legs of a tarantula crawling over someone and then biting you is just not fun to watch. Nor is the thought of a black widow spider, which children are told are deadly. You could write fifteen Charlotte’s Webs, and talk all about how the spider is a natural part of the circle of life… you see one trapdoor spider, or think about how spiders drain the life out of their prey, it’s enough to give anyone the heebie-jeebies. But at least in Kingdom of the Spiders we get William Shatner battling these eight legged varmints. My review of Kingdom of the Spiders special edition after the jump.

2009 Scream Awards Videos: William Shatner/JJ Abrams, Stephen Moyer/Alan Ball, Keith Richards/Johnny Depp, Jessica Alba/Johnny Depp

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 26th, 2009 at 9:35 am

Spike TV is airing the 2009 Scream Awards tomorrow night at 10 PM, ET/PT. Since the show was recorded last week in Hollywood, the network has made a few clips available to help promote the ceremony. So if you’d like to see a sneak peak of Johnny Depp honoring Kieth Richards with the Rock Immortal Award, William Shatner accepting The Ultimate Scream award on behalf of JJ Abrams, Stephen Moyer thanking Alan Ball for being a match maker while accepting the award for Best Horror Actor and Jessica Alba presenting Johnny Depp with the scream award for Most Anticipated Fantasy Movie…hit the jump to take a look:

William Shatner’s TV Legacy is Complete! TJ HOOKER Feature Film Now in the Works

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: July 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am

After the success of the revamped “Star Trek” this May, it was only a matter of time before someone in Hollywood got the bright idea to reboot that other William Shatner TV gem – and no, I’m not talking about “Boston Legal” because that would actually be interesting.  Nope, I’m talking about the 1982 ABC cop series “TJ Hooker” which starred Shatner as one Sergeant Hooker.  According to Variety a new feature film adaptation is in the works courtesy of original series creator Rick Husky with Chuck Russell (“The Scorpion King”) in talks to direct.  More after the jump…

Husky will be co-producing the “TJ Hooker” film with David Foster and Ryan Heppe. These are also the guys who are hard at work bringing Johnny 5 back to life for that “Short Circuit” remake.  When asked why they wanted to progress with a “TJ Hooker” feature film after 20 years in completely earned obscurity, Heppe said “the series was the poster child for cop TV shows in the 1980s… we think there’s a fun movie to be made from it.”

STAR TREK The Original Series Season One Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: May 16th, 2009 at 9:52 am

Star Trek has been born again lately with the new J.J. Abrams’ movie, and people are now excited by Trek again. Thanks, George Lucas, for making such shitty prequel films that it’s now cooler to want to be a Trekkie than a Jedi. Ironically, Abrams and company were able to reboot the franchise by following in Lucas’s footprints, and largely ditch a lot of what made the show and subsequent (original series) shows great.

In some ways the new film should come with a disclaimer (like a lot of 80′s television) that if you liked the movie you saw, you should go a library and watch the originals, and where the TV show might offer a breezy take on history, you are settling in to the old series, it’s a much denser and less fun text. But to help celebrate the relaunch, Paramount has reissued the first six movies and the first season of the TV show (Seasons Two and Three are supposed to come later this year).

The premise is this, as Gene Roddenberry put it: Wagon Train in Space. Since most modern audiences don’t know what Wagon Train is (I’ve never seen an episode), I’m led to believe what that show was about was a Wagon Train on the Oregon trail that every week would come across some adventure. But with America at the height of its Right Stuff/space exploration period, Trek also had the advantage of something fresh.

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