Firstly, in case you missed it, here are key tidbits from Friday’s chat with Abrams and his cast and crew (but do read the full transcript to get much more)

First full trailer currently in the works, targeting early- to mid-summer release
Principal photography is scheduled to wrap at the beginning of April [about 1-2 weeks more than originally planned]
Documentaries on the film’s pre-production and production process can be expected on DVD release; Making of… book also discussed
Greg Grunberg will not appear in Star Trek due to his commitment to another film
About 1,000 effects shots are expected to be used in the film (more than any previous Trek film)
Target MPAA rating: PG-13
The two biggest challenges for Abrams were getting a handle on the vision of the future and casting the film
Humor is a very important aspect in the film ("humor and humanity go hand-in-hand")
Abrams’ goal is to make Trek ‘real’ and is thus utilizing sets and location shooting rather than green- or blue-screens wherever he can
The Enterprise "will be a combo of the physical and the virtual"
An image of the Enterprise is "coming soon"
The doors on the Enterprise will go "SWOOSH!" when they open.
And here are some of the key findings in the follow-up weekend discussions with Roberto Orci:

The set of the Enterprise bridge will be stored for future use;
the movie’s script is about 128 pages long (indicating a roughly 2 hour movie)
the script took about four months to write
he and co-writer Alex Kurtzman will not be making cameos in the film
James T. Kirk and the film’s villain (Nero) were the most difficult characters to write;
the TOS episode "Balance of Terror" and the second, third, fourth and sixth films helped shape the writers’ takes on the characters, as did novels by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
Script shoots for many memorable moments akin to the "Never forget the name of the ship…Enterprise" moment in TNG "Yesterday’s Enterprise"
Film makers have kept with Trek tradition and brought in academic and scientific consultants (more info on this promised)

Villan called Nero, hmm sounds like neo from matrix. (bad choice).

Btw im going to add "spoilers" to the title as the post reveals some info people might not want to know.

Neo? what, I didn't make that connection, Skeeter. More likely the name was chosen for its negative connotations with the Roman emperor Nero, who was a right bastard.

Hey Kenneth_of_Borg, how are you getting all this information? I must have mis read one of your earlier posts. I'm assuming you're working on the set, but it sounds you have some sort of significant part within the film????!!!!?!

Shhh!!!! Watch what you say... He just might have to kill us if we find out too much!

Yes. It is all from Trekmovie.com.

I was invited to a fitting for the current round of filming on the new Star Trek. It was to be on a day when I was committed to work for DreamWorks on a film called Eagle Eye. Casting for Paramount said there would be more fittings I could go to the following week. That did not happen. I never got to the Paramount lot.

I have saved the first voicemail from casting to play again on December 25th, 2008.



I see from casting that the gold uniform feds are back for some more shooting this week. Believe what I said.