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All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastGarrett Wang On ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ And Podcasting + News Roundup AnalysisAnthony and Laurie go through the latest news, starting with a round-up of Starfleet Academy tidbits—voice casting, a character photo, and a brand-new poster—to build up anticipating for its January 2026 debut. They discuss Christina Chong’s perception of what season 3 of Strange New Worlds will bring and all the photos and videos Anson Mount is posting as they wind up filming on the show for the final time. And Prodigy is up for two Emmys, plus it’s about to leave Netflix. Next, they switch into movie mode, with updates on why a Paramount exec canceled the Noah Hawley St...
2025-12-051h 20
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastJonathan Frakes And Kitty Swink – On New Star Trek Movie, Academy, DS9, And Raising Awareness For PanCanAnthony and Laurie talk about the biggest Star Trek news in a long time: There’s a new Star Trek movie in development and odds are it’ll make it over the finish line. After a chat about that, they dive into their interview with Kitty Swink and Jonathan Frakes to talk about Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, discussing the importance of early diagnosis, how to identify symptoms, where to get help, how to support loved ones, and the medical strides being made along with action the government needs to take. They also lighten things up a little with some Star Trek...
2025-11-211h 08
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastLarry ‘Dr. Trek’ Nemecek Joins For Star Trek News And Franchise UpdateAnthony and Laurie are joined by Larry “Dr. Trek” Nemecek this week! All three talk about the latest Star Trek news including how things are changing for the franchise under Skydance, especially now that there won’t be a 4th Kelvin movie. The group also talks about how Strange New Worlds has hit a production milestone, the news that soap star Deidre Hall has filmed a role on a new (unidentified) Trek show, Sonequa Martin-Green providing some hope for a cameo on SFA, and the announcement that the first official Star Trek LEGO set is coming this month. They also get La...
2025-11-141h 17
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Khan’ Interview: Writers Kirsten Beyer And David Mack, And Director Fred GreenhalghAnthony and Laurie hold the news for one more week to make room for their interview with the creatives behind Star Trek: Khan the audio drama podcast: writers Kirsten Beyer and David Mack, and director Fred Greenhalgh. They talk about the whole process, starting with Nicholas Meyer’s original scripts, working with Nick as Khan changed from a TV miniseries to a podcast, and working with the actors and sound designers to make it into a full-fledged audio drama. They talk about story choices as well as the reception from both fans and the higher-ups at Paramount. Next week: a deep d...
2025-11-071h 13
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastDavid Livingston – Directing ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ And BeyondAnthony and Laurie skip the news this week, except to point to some Halloween-themed content on TrekMovie.com along with our #TrekStarHalloween costume contest on Instagram, with prizes from Doug Drexler’s personal collection. The main part of the podcast is Laurie’s recent interview with Star Trek’s most prolific director, David Livingston, to celebrate Star Trek: Voyager‘s 30th anniversary and raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Laurie and David dug into specific choices in episodes of Voyager, working with guest stars like Scarlett Pomers and Sarah Silverman, David’s joy whenever he’s asked to talk Trek, an...
2025-10-3145 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastDoug Drexler Interview – From Makeup On TNG To Designing NX-01 To ‘Picard’ And New ‘Trek Star’ DocAnthony and Laurie talk to Doug Drexler, the multihyphenate who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, and Picard (for starters), doing makeup, illustration, scenic art, ship design, CG work, and more. As the Kickstarter campaign launches for the new “Trek Star” documentary about his life and career, he tells stories about his work in the Trek franchise and beyond, his love of the Trek franchise, and more.
2025-10-241h 11
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek At New York Comic Con 2025 RoundupAnthony and Laurie sort through all the news from New York Comic Con: the Starfleet Academy trailer, the clip from Strange New Worlds season 4, the panel with actors and showrunners, and some of the Star Trek merch on the show floor as well as Laurie’s journey in the Starfleet Academy Interactive Experience. They also talk about what didn’t happen at NYCC and how it was different from previous years. They end the podcast on a sad note, talking about the loss of SyFy Sista Subrina Wood, whose unique voice will be greatly missed by Star Trek fans and pros a
2025-10-1751 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastFred Bronson Interview: TAS “Counter-Clock Incident,” TNG “The Game” + Working With Gene RoddenberryAnthony and Laurie asked Fred Bronson to come on the podcast to talk about writing The Animated Series’ “The Counter-Clock Incident” and co-writing the story for The Next Generation‘s “The Game,” and got so much more! Fred talked about co-writing TNG’s “Ménage à Troi” with Susan Sackett, working for Gene Roddenberry and pitching script ideas to him over lunch, pitching to Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Rick Berman, and Jeri Taylor, getting a tour of the Star Trek (2009) set, Gene’s evolving opinions, and so much more.
2025-10-101h 27
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastRobert Duncan McNeill Interview + Star Trek News RoundupAnthony and Laurie cover the news first, starting with a first look at the design for the Star Trek float that’ll be in the 2026 Rose Parade. They round up more tidbits from the panels at STNJ and STLV conventions (Uhura! Tuvix! Voyager reunion!), along with a quick update from Marina Sirtis. They talk about a new Voyager game (more Tuvix!), new (fan favorite Eaglemoss rerelease) ships from Fanhome, and a first-time collaboration between Star Trek and Magic: The Gathering. After that, they play Laurie’s recent interview with Robert Duncan McNeill (done for the Star Trek Family fan group) to c...
2025-10-031h 26
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastMike Sussman On Writing ‘Voyager,’ ‘Enterprise’ And His ‘Star Trek: United’ Pitch With Scott BakulaOn the anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise, Anthony and Laurie are joined this week by writer/producer Mike Sussman, who worked on Voyager and Enterprise, starting out as an intern and eventually writing multiple episodes for both. He talks about how he got the job and his time working in the Berman era of Star Trek and discusses his pitch that would bring Scott Bakula back to Trek, Star Trek: United.
2025-09-261h 35
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Khan’ Audio Drama Review + Interviews With Co-Writer And Cast[Khan review starts at 19:42] Anthony and Laurie are joined by TrekMovie reviewer Dénes House this week. They start with a quick look at the news—there’ll be a Star Trek panel and Starfleet Academy experience at New York Comic Con, Ethan Peck and Paul Wesley talk about the Spirk mind meld in the Strange New Worlds season 3 finale, Kate Mulgrew is still mad about the cancellation of Prodigy, Gates McFadden has a fun take on TNG’s “Sub Rosa,” and Jeri Taylor gets honored at last Sunday’s Emmy Awards. Then the trio is ready to talk about the new audio...
2025-09-192h 03
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Strange New Worlds’ Review Of “New Life and New Civilizations” + Showrunner Interview + Star Trek Day Recap[Strange New Worlds review starts at 24:56] Anthony and Laurie start with the news, talking about Skydance’s plans for the future and Zachary Quinto’s hope they will include a final Kelvin movie. They cover some of this week’s Star Trek Day announcements (Star Trek Lego! A preschool show!), and preview the Khan audio series. Tony talks about the Strange New Worlds screening & panel at the LA Screenings event in LA on Star Trek Day, and Laurie recaps the Trek to New Jersey convention. Then it’s time to review Strange New Worlds season 3 finale, “New Life and New Civilizatio...
2025-09-121h 30
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Review Of “Terrarium” + Melissa Navia Interview[Strange New Worlds review starts at 17:06] Anthony and Laurie start this week’s podcast with the news, looking for the meaning behind a new Trek promo on Paramount+, digging into new details on Noah Hawley’s shelved Star Trek movie, and getting tidbits on Starfleet Academy. They go through more of the panels from STLV to get insights into Deep Space Nine, Discovery, and Strange New Worlds, then take a look at SNW on the Nielsen streaming charts. Then it’s time to review Strange New Worlds episode 308, “Terrarium,” which they both liked, although they disagree about a few choices. They play Ton...
2025-09-051h 15
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Strange New Worlds’ Review Of “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans” + New Paramount Star Trek Update[Strange New Worlds review starts at 23:20 ] Sometimes, an episode comes along that benefits from a little intoxication. To review this week’s Strange New Worlds wacky Vulcan episode, Anthony and Laurie decided that being sober was the wrong way to go, so Tony poured himself some Jack Daniels and Laurie fired up a joint. Before their respective substances kicked in, they covered the latest in Paramount/Skydance news and how Star Trek’s future is looking up, a bit of Starfleet Academy news from Kirsten Beyer, tidbits about Enterprise and TNG from panels at Star Trek Las Vegas, and a coupl...
2025-08-291h 04
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Review Of “What is Starfleet?” + Mynor Luken Interview[Strange New Worlds review starts at 26:25] Anthony and Laurie star the podcast by looking to the future, covering Paramount (now a Skydance company)’s interest in making Star Trek movies and the creative people looking to make new pitches for Trek shows and movies. They discuss Simon Pegg’s thwarted plans for a Beyond spin-off, plans for the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con, Lower Decks‘ wins at the Hugos, and some new Trek games coming our way. They also talk about Jonathan Frakes’ surprise that his SNW holodeck episode has mixed reviews and the strong numbers for the sh...
2025-08-221h 04
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Review Of “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” + Director Interview[Strange New Worlds review starts at 28:26] What happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas: Anthony and Laurie are back from Star Trek Las Vegas with tales to tell! The podcasters recap the highlights of the 5-day convention and go through just SOME of the news that came from the event: Scott Bakula and producer/writer Mike Sussman pitched an Archer show to Secret Hideout, Terry Matalas has 30 pages of a post-Picard script that includes ideas for how to bring back Todd Stashwick, Tawny Newsome and Justin Simien’s sitcom pitch is done and in the hands of Paramount+ (a Sky...
2025-08-151h 19
The TrekMovie.com Star Trek Podcast NetworkSTLV Live: TrekMovie’s Star Trek Status Report 2025 Panel – SupplementalThis is a live, unedited stream of TrekMovie’s “Star Trek Status Report: 2025 And Beyond” panel recorded at the STLV: Trek To Vegas convention on Thursday, August 7, which also happens to be the day Skydance officially took over Paramount. Here is the official description: “TrekMovie editors and podcasters Anthony Pascale, Laurie Ulster, Matt Wright, and Brian Drew will talk about where things stand and where things are headed for the franchise on television, film, and beyond. Please come and say hi, there will be a Q&A to ask any burning questions you have.” This is a supplemental podcast from TrekMovie’s...
2025-08-1344 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastSTLV Live: TrekMovie’s Star Trek Status Report 2025 Panel – SupplementalThis is a live, unedited stream of TrekMovie’s “Star Trek Status Report: 2025 And Beyond” panel recorded at the STLV: Trek To Vegas convention on Thursday, August 7, which also happens to be the day Skydance officially took over Paramount. Here is the official description: “TrekMovie editors and podcasters Anthony Pascale, Laurie Ulster, Matt Wright, and Brian Drew will talk about where things stand and where things are headed for the franchise on television, film, and beyond. Please come and say hi, there will be a Q&A to ask any burning questions you have.” This is a supplemental podcast from TrekMovie’s...
2025-08-1344 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ “Through The Lens Of Time” Review And Cillian O’Sullivan InterviewThe TrekMovie team is at Star Trek Las Vegas this week, but Anthony and Laurie recorded their review of Strange New Worlds episode 305, “Through the Lens of Time” earlier. And both enjoyed the episode which has a classic Star Trek premise. Today’s podcast also includes Anthony’s interview with guest star Cillian O’Sullivan (Roger Korby), talking about “Through the Lens of Time” and more.
2025-08-0855 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek At Comic-Con And Skydance Update + ‘Strange New Worlds’ Episode 304 “A Space Adventure Hour” ReviewBrian Drew from The Shuttle Pod joins Anthony and Laurie to talk about the latest on the approved Paramount-Skydance merger and all the news from last week’s San Diego Comic-Con, which brought big reveals about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (including a teaser trailer, character bios, and more) and Strange New Worlds (with teases for season 3, season 4, and beyond… and puppets), plus long-awaited details—and a teaser—for the audio drama Star Trek: Khan. Then Anthony and Laurie review Strange New Worlds’ episode 304, “A Space Adventure Hour,” which they had very different takes on. They wrap up with the announcement of TrekMovie’s upco...
2025-08-011h 25
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Episode 303 “Shuttle to Kenfori” ReviewAnthony and Laurie review episode 3 of Strange New Worlds‘ third season, “Shuttle to Kenfori.” They talk about the three different stories—a zombie planet expedition with Pike and M’Benga, insubordination from Ortegas, and growing Gorn issues for Batel—and how they intertwine thematically. They also dig into some nitpicks about hair, mind melds, and Klingon costumes, and discuss Pike’s character arc plus the joy of seeing Una in command. There was also some breaking news which Anthony quickly covers regarding the Skydance/Paramount merger getting final regulatory approval. Together with Laurie they will cover that in more detail in next week’s...
2025-07-2547 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Episode 302 “Wedding Bell Blues” ReviewSince Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 premiered with back-to-back episodes that are extremely different in tone, we separated our podcast reviews into two episodes. Today, listen to Anthony and Laurie’s dive into “Wedding Bell Blues” to talk about Trelane the Q (although they never said Trelane or Q), Spock and Chapel, Roger Korby, and Laurie’s very biased views on the wedding industry and the band Wham.
2025-07-1944 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Premiere Review + Star Trek News UpdatesAlong with the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the All Access Star Trek podcast is back in action. Tony and Matt cover the latest news: an update on the Skydance/Paramount merger, Star Trek Emmy and TCA nominations, a Comic-Con preview, and some new comments from the last Star Trek 4 director about that film being shut down in 2022. We also talk about TrekMovie’s exclusive coverage of Strange New Worlds, including Akiva’s thoughts on the future of the series into season 5 and beyond, the showrunners’ comments on the season 3 premiere and previews of what’s next, and more com...
2025-07-181h 16
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Early Thoughts And Preview + Skydance/Paramount UpdateAnthony and Laurie start the podcast with a deep dive into the latest goings-on with the Paramount/Skydance merger, unraveling the latest events and discussing what its impact on the Star Trek franchise (including movies as well as TV) could be. They talk about the news that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will end after season and how that will affect the arc of the show, then spend some time digging into the season 3 trailer as well as the panel discussion from the recent screening at the Tribeca Film Festival. Both podcasters also share their (mostly spoiler-free) early thoughts on...
2025-06-2059 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastBruce Horak Interview On Hemmer And Singing Klingons In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’Anthony and Laurie welcome actor and artist Bruce Horak to the podcast to talk about getting cast as Chief Engineer Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, doing knife-catching scenes and death scenes, singing as a Klingon, filming during Covid, and bonding with Uhura. He also tells us about his way of seeing the world and how he’s expressing that in his painting and the documentary he’s crowdfunding, Boldly Going, in which he meets others who have overcome barriers to find creative freedom and purpose and paints their portrait as he talks to them, creating a moment of connect...
2025-05-161h 02
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek Red Carpet Interviews With Tawny Newsome, Starfleet Academy Actresses, Nana Visitor, And MoreAnthony and Laurie play the audio from all of Tony’s interviews at Universal Fan Fest’s Star Trek night, which include Starfleet Academy‘s Kerrice Brooks & Bella Shepard, Picard‘s Michelle Hurd, Deep Space Nine‘s Nana Visitor, and Lower Decks’ Jerry O’Connell and Tawny Newsome. They talk about the tone of Starfleet Academy, progress on Tawny’s Trek sitcom in development, hopes for the future of Lower Decks and Picard/Legacy, and Nana’s plan to play Janeway and Kira at the same time. They wrap up with a ticket giveaway for Star Trek Long Island, so listen for instructions!
2025-05-0959 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Red Alert’ At Universal Fan Fest Review + News Roundup For SNW, Academy, Paramount, And moreIt’s been a while, so it’s time to round up the news! Anthony and Laurie are joined by TrekMovie comics reviewer Joe Andosca to talk about Tony & Joe’s evening at Universal Fan Fest with Star Trek actors and the immersive experience on the Enteprise-D. We also have updates on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy, business news about Paramount Plus, new info about Discovery‘s finale, and accolades for Lower Decks. They wrap up with post-Trek Talks and PanCAN updates and an Andor recommendation.
2025-05-021h 04
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastNeville Page Interview On Designing Star Trek Creatures And Characters, And His New Book Kickstarter CampaignAnthony and Laurie welcome creature designer Neville Page to the podcast this week. Neville has designed aliens and creatures for all three of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies, Discovery, and Picard, not to mention a few little movies like Avatar, Cloverfield, Super 8, and more—and he has a new Kickstarter project: a book that that’s both a personal and practical field guide for anyone building a career in the creative arts. Neville talks about how he got started in his career, digs into the details on some of his Star Trek creatures like The Torchbearer, Saru, and Krall, des...
2025-04-251h 45
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastJonathan Frakes, Armin Shimerman, Kitty Swink, John Billingsley, And Juan Carlos Coto Talk Purple Stride And Star Trek BizJohn Billingsley, Kitty Swink, Armin Shimerman, Jonathan Frakes, and Juan Carlos Coto join Anthony and Laurie to talk about the upcoming PurpleStride march to raise money and awareness for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. They talk about why it’s so important, plus key changes in research and funding over the past year. Then the gang segues into Star Trek, speculating on the state of the franchise, what caused the end of Berman-era Trek, streaming TV and the era of shorter seasons, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and Jonathan Frakes’ farting chair.
2025-04-111h 07
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastJohn Billingsley Interview On Trek Talks 4, ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ And MoreJohn Billingsley (Enterprise‘s Dr. Phlox) joins Tony and Laurie to tell everyone about Trek Talks, an all-day marathon of Star Trek panels to benefit Hollywood Food Coalition happening on April 5. John talks about how donations help the Coalition expand its mission, working with other groups to combat food insecurity and offer other vital services, then gets into the details about Trek Talks 4 and what panels and interviews to expect (as well as the superhero underwear he may be wearing for the occasion). He also talks about his time on Enterprise as #7 on the call sheet, his recent roles on sho...
2025-03-2858 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastBrian Volk-Weiss Interview On Nacelle’s Star Trek Toys + News Update On SNW, Shatner, And MoreBrian Volk-Weiss from the Nacelle Company joins Tony and Laurie this week to talk about the new, deep cut Star Trek action figures his company has up for pre-order, as well their other Trek-related projects like Gates McFadden’s podcast and documentaries. He also gives us a preview of what’s next for the toy line and hints at some upcoming Star Trek docs too. Before the interview portion of the pod, Brian joins in to talk about the latest news, including Strange New Worlds going back into production, an actor update from Starfleet Academy, and high Nielsen ratings for Secti...
2025-03-071h 46
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access Star Trek Listener Q&A Episode w/ Shuttle Pod UpdateAfter a quick catch-up on the production status of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and the Inglorious Treksperts’ plans for Star Trek Las Vegas, Anthony and Laurie dig into the questions sent in by podcast listeners. We also get an update from our sister podcast, the original TrekMovie pod, Shuttle Pod.
2025-02-211h 16
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterviews With Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Yeoh, ‘Section 31’ Cast, Carol Kane, And MoreAnthony and Laurie covered the ‘Section 31’ junket and the NYC red carpet premiere, respectively, so this week they play the audio from their interviews and talk about what the cast and crew had to say, the fan reaction to Paramount +’s first streaming Star Trek movie, and more. This includes a discussions with Alex Kurtzman about the future of the franchise and we also had a chance to talk to Discovery actors Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz and Strange New Worlds actress Carol Kane. From Section 31 we spoke to star Michelle Yeoh (Georgiou), Rob Kazinksy (Zeph), Sven Ruygrok (Fuzz), Humberly Gonzal...
2025-01-311h 10
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Review + Discussion On How It Could Impact Franchise FutureAnthony and Laurie are joined by Matt Wright and Denes House. After recapping the NYC premiere event and junket, the group gives an honest review of the Star Trek: Section 31 streaming movie, discussing the movie itself as well as the intention and history behind the creation of Section 31, how the movie fits in to the franchise both story-wise and industry-wise, and more.
2025-01-241h 14
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastBest Of Star Trek In 2024 And Looking Ahead To 2025For this special podcast—one day early, just for you!—Tony and Laurie are joined by TrekMovie’s Matt Wright and Aaron Bossig (also of the Hungry Trilobyte podcast) plus Tamia Harper of the SyFy Sistas podcast. Together, the group goes through their favorite episodes of the year from Discovery, Prodigy and Lower Decks as well as discussing the Roddenberry Archive “Unification” short film and what it could mean for the future. They also discuss their favorite 2024 Star Trek books, merchandise and events along with some personal memorable moments from the year. The group wraps up with previewing Star Trek in 2025, i...
2025-01-021h 24
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastGates McFadden Interview On ‘InvestiGates’ Podcast, ‘Picard,’ TNG, And MoreAnthony and Laurie happily welcome Gates McFadden back to All Access Star Trek to talk about season 3 of her podcast, InvestiGates. She talks about her guests, the challenges of interviewing people you already know well, having to listen to yourself, the dangers of over-articulating when Brent Spiner is your guest, her thoughts on the chances of a Legacy series happening, and more. Happy holidays, and see you in 2025!
2024-12-2737 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Series Finale “The New Next Generation” Review, Plus Mike McMahan InterviewTony and Laurie are joined by the Shuttle Pod‘s Matt Wright this week. They kick off with the latest news including a wrestler added to the cast of Starfleet Academy, more details about the Section 31 movie, and the addition of The Wrath of Khan to the National Film Registry. The trio then digs into their review of the Lower Decks series finale, “The New Next Generation,” and say a sad farewell to the show. Everyone loved the finale , had very few nits to pick, and celebrated all the great moments that tied together the final season and the series as a whole. Th...
2024-12-201h 01
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Episode 509 “Fissure Quest” Review, Plus Garrett Wang Interview And ‘Section 31’ Trailer Reaction[Lower Decks review starts at 8:47] Anthony and Laurie start off taking a deep dive into the trailer for the upcoming Star Trek: Section 31 streaming movie. They agree it’s a better trailer and the movie looks like it has good production values and plenty of action, and they hope it can make good on promises to be “fun.” After that, they review the penultimate episode of Lower Decks, “Fissure Quest,” the first part of the two-part season and series finale. Both love the episode were surprised just how many canon connections (and characters) were jammed into it, thankful it had a longer r...
2024-12-1349 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Episode 508 “Upper Decks” Review, Plus Jerry O’Connell Interview[Lower Decks review starts at 12:41] Anthony and Laurie talk about Star Trek’s two Saturn Awards nominations, then discuss the Section 31 catch-up video released by Paramount Plus. They chat about Robert Picardo’s praise of Paul Giamatti on Starfleet Academy, Tawny Newsome’s update on her live-action Trek comedy, Kate Mulgrew’s comments to a fan about a Janeway series, Anson Mount’s audition for Lorca, and Michael Dorn’s thoughts on playing Worf again. After that, they review the newest episode of Lower Decks, “Upper Decks,” which puts a spin on the concept of the show itself, then play Laurie’s interview...
2024-12-0642 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Episode 507 “Fully Dilated” Review, Plus Barry J. Kelly InterviewAs this is Thanksgiving week, we don’t cover the news except to point listeners to the site to check out Tony’s interview with the executive producer of “Unification” and breakdown of that short film featuring the return of classic Kirk and Spock. Anthony and Laurie review “Fully Dilated,” the newest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, relishing the guest star’s performance and all the meta fun. The podcast wraps up with Tony’s entire interview with Lower Decks supervising producer and director Barry J. Kelly talking about the making of this episode as well as giving us some hints for the...
2024-11-2940 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Episode 506 “Of Gods And Angles” Review, Plus Shatner Kirk Returns In ‘Unification’!Anthony and Laurie start the week discussing the release of the Roddenberry Archive’s latest short film Unification, which has fandom buzzing over the return of William Shatner’s James T. Kirk. Roddenberry also released some cool new interviews with Shatner, Robin Curtis, and George Takei. They catch up on the latest news on Strange New Worlds and discuss Laurie’s conversation with DS9’s Nana Visitor about the journey she took writing Open A Channel – A Woman’s Trek. [24:07] The podcasters then pivot to Lower Decks’ “Of Gods and Angles.” Both agree it was a lot of fun but also predictable, wh...
2024-11-2246 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Episode 505 “Starbase 80?!” Review, Plus Star Trek News Roundup[Lower Decks 505 reviews start at 34:05] Anthony and Laurie have a lot of news to cover this week! They talk about Strange New Worlds, drop a few tidbits about Starfleet Academy, and round up the latest intel on Section 31. They discuss Jeri Ryan’s description of a Captain Seven show she turned down and LeVar Burton’s thoughts on a legacy show, the Prodigy season 2 release on physical media, and the latest on the greenlit Star Trek movie and the one waiting in the wings. They also have updates on season 3 of Gates McFadden’s podcast, share the sad news that Tony Todd...
2024-11-1554 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Episodes 503 And 504 Reviews, Plus Mike McMahan Commentary BonusAnthony and Laurie skip the news this week to review two Star Trek: Lover Decks episodes, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” and “A Farewell to Farms.” We also hear a bit from showrunner Mike McMahan from New York Comic Con talking about Boimler’s “growing” arc this season.
2024-11-0841 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Season 5 Interviews With Voice Cast And Mike McMahanTony and Laurie will be reviewing the latest episode of Lower Decks (“The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”) on next week’s episode along with episode 4. This week we present our season 5 interviews starting with Tony’s chat with T’lyn voice actress Gabrielle Ruiz focusing on this week’s latest episode. The former Broadway and Crazy Ex Girlfriend star talks about taking on the role of a Vulcan and how “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” was a perfect fit for her. Up next is Tony participating in a NYCC remote roundtable interview with other media outlets with Lower Decks voice actors Tawny Newso...
2024-11-011h 04All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Lower Decks’ Season 5 (2 Episode) Premiere Review + NYCC Star Trek Panel & Interviews BreakdownAnthony and Laurie have two new episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks to review! Season 5 has finally begun with “Dos Cerritos” and “Shades of Green.” Before they can do that, they talk through all the news from the panels and our interviews at New York Comic Con about the streaming Section 31 movie, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Strange New Worlds season 3, and Lower Decks. They wrap up with a way to have a Star Trek experience on the Enterprise-D bridge built for Picard season 3 and LeVar Burton’s latest and much-deserved honor at the White House.
2024-10-2558 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastJonathan Frakes Joins To Celebrate 200th Episode Of The All Access Star Trek PodcastIt’s the 200th episode of All Access Star Trek, so Anthony and Laurie asked Star Trek: The Next Generation legend Jonathan Frakes to come by and talk about Next Gen, Picard, directing Trek films and TV past and present, his early career, and a whole lot more. The chat spans his career from auditioning for Welcome Back Kotter through to his latest directing gigs, including for upcoming Star Trek shows and more. We also asked him if he thinks he will ever play William Riker again.
2024-10-1852 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAaron Waltke Answers Listener Questions About ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ And BeyondThanks for sending in your questions! Anthony and Laurie asked Star Trek: Prodigy co-executive producer Aaron Waltke our listeners’ burning questions and squeezed in some of our own. He talked about time travel, Gwyn’s hair, convincing Star Trek actors to join the cast (and the ones who passed), connecting the show to the others in the Star Trek Universe, the show’s performance on Netflix, and much more. The podcasters wrapped things up after Aaron left by sharing Seth Meyers’ speculation on the redacted Star Trek comments in the January 6th court filing, Kate Mulgrew’s play in NYC, and Laurie...
2024-10-111h 11All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek News Roundup: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Update, Dorn On ‘Discovery,’ ‘Prodigy’ Attraction, And MoreAnthony and Laurie haven’t talked about Star Trek news in a while, so this week is a big news roundup. They talk about the plans for the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic-Con, a Strange New Worlds production update, the new Lower Decks clip, and the arrival of the show’s season 4 on YouTube & Pluto. They discuss comments from Michael Dorn about being offered a role on Discovery and why he said “yes” to Picard, Zachary Quinto’s thoughts on playing Spock again, James McAvoy’s revelation that he was offered a role in a J.J. Abrams Trek movie, an...
2024-10-041h 07All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterview: Jonathan Del Arco On ‘Trek The Vote’ And Playing Hugh The Borg In ‘Star Trek: TNG’ And ‘Picard’Listen to the full audio of Laurie’s interview with Jonathan Del Arco who played the Borg Hugh on Star Trek: The Next Generation and returned for Star Trek: Picard. They start off talking about the Vote Save America fundraiser and live show in support of the Harris/Walz campaign and then pivots to a frank discussion about his time with Star Trek including revealing some new things about the development of ‘Picard.’ Fore more on Trek The Vote visit votesaveamerica.com/trek.
2024-09-2732 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterview: Jonathan Del Arco On ‘Trek The Vote’ And Playing Hugh In ‘Star Trek: TNG’ And ‘Picard’Listen to the full audio of Laurie’s interview with Jonathan Del Arco who played the Borg Hugh on Star Trek: The Next Generation and returned for Star Trek: Picard. They start off talking about the Vote Save America fundraiser and live show in support of the Harris/Walz campaign and then pivots to a frank discussion about his time with Star Trek including revealing some new things about the development of ‘Picard.’ Fore more on Trek The Vote visit votesaveamerica.com/trek.
2024-09-2734 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterview With Jonathan Del Arco On ‘Trek The Vote’ And Playing Hugh In ‘Star Trek: TNG’ And ‘Picard’Listen to the full audio of Laurie’s new interview with Jonathan Del Arco who played the Borg Hugh on Star Trek: The Next Generation and returned for Star Trek: Picard. They start off talking about the Vote Save America fundraiser and live show in support of the Harris/Walz campaign and then pivot to a frank discussion about his time with Star Trek including revealing some new things about the development of ‘Picard.’
2024-09-2734 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterview With Robert Hewitt Wolfe On Star Trek: DS9’s “Past Tense” & Trek News RoundupAnthony and Laurie start with the news that the Skydance/Paramount merger is moving forward. They share the sad news that Deep Space Nine‘s James Darren has died and talk about his eclectic career, then shift to discuss the plans for Star Trek Day this year, which are are all about charity campaigns. Production has begun on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, actor Sam Richardson drops a tidbit about his role on Section 31, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez namedrops Janeway (and gets thanked by Kate Mulgrew), Nicholas Meyer talks The Wrath of Khan ad Elias Toufexis talks L’ak on Star Trek: Discovery. [25:07] Then they ge...
2024-09-061h 26All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterview With Songwriters Tom Polce and Kay Hanley On “Subspace Rhapsody” From ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’One year ago last August, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds made history with “Subspace Rhapsody,” the franchise’s first musical episode. To celebrate the milestone Anthony and Laurie are joined by musicians Tom Polce and Kay Hanley, who wrote all the songs for the episode (and Laurie can hardly contain herself). They talk about what the songwriters were asked to do, how it changed along the way, and get into the details on each of the individual songs. Kay and Tom also talk about working with the actors, squeezing technobabble into song lyrics, and play a bit of an early demo...
2024-08-3057 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek News/Paramount Drama Update And STLV 2024 RecapBrian Drew from the Shuttle Pod podcast joins Anthony and Laurie this week. They talk about the latest twist in the Paramount merger (now that another bidder has emerged), round up the news on Starfleet Academy, Section 31, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, that Star Trek workplace comedy Tawny Newsome and Justin Simien are developing, and the Nicholas Meyer audio drama about Khan we haven’t heard about in a while. They touch briefly on the upcoming Blu-ray & DVD releases of Prodigy season 2 and all of Discovery, and then it’s time to dig in to all things Star Trek Las Vegas...
2024-08-2359 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastInterviews: Kate Mulgrew & Wil Wheaton On ‘Prodigy’ Season 2 And Returning For More Star TrekLaurie and Tony couldn’t record this week but we still wanted you to have something fun to listen to, so here is Laurie’s recent interview with Kate Mulgrew and Tony’s with Wil Wheaton. Both talk about their roles in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 and what it would take for them to return to live-action Star Trek as Admiral Janeway and Traveler Wesley. Enjoy!
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All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastLive From STLV – Star Trek Status Report: 2024 And BeyondThis is a live recording of the TrekMovie.com “Star Trek Status Report: 2024 And Beyond” panel held on Saturday, August 3rd at Creation Entertainment’s STLV event in Las Vegas. This is the biggest Star Trek convention of the year and Tony and Laurie from the All Access Star Trek podcast were joined by Matt and Brian from the Shuttle Pod podcast to talk about the current status of the Star Trek franchise, focusing on TV and film, as well as where things are headed with announced, potential, and rumored projects. They also discuss how the changing media and business landsc...
2024-08-0951 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek At San Diego Comic-Con 2024 + Kate Mulgrew Interview ClipsAnthony and Laurie pull together all the news and reveals from SDCC, covering Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the Section 31 streaming movie, a new Trek sitcom in development, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover, IDW’s plans for Lower Decks comics, and Prodigy. They talk about the trailers, the clips, the conversations, and more, and play clips from Laurie’s brand-new interview with Kate Mulgrew. They wrap up with a reminder to come say hi if you’re at Star Trek Las Vegas!
2024-08-0243 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Episodes 16-20 Review + News Update[Review starts at 18:05] Anthony and Laurie kick off this week’s podcast with Chris Pine’s thoughts on the next Kelvin Universe movie and an update on the Voyager documentary. the hype around San Diego Comic-Con, and what to expect at Star Trek Las Vegas next week. They give an update on the availability of Prodigy season 2 in other countries, play a little more of Tony’s interview with Wil Wheaton, then dive into their review of the final five episodes of season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy, talking about the main story, character arcs, relationships, time travel conundrums, and how satisfyin...
2024-07-261h 09All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Episodes 11-15 Review + Trek News Update[Review starts at 21:13] Matt from The Shuttle Pod fills in for Laurie this week to cover the news with Tony. We cover the latest award news, and speculate about the announced Star Trek collaborations, including the one with Doctor Who. There’s also a little casting update for Starfleet Academy and a story tidbit from the “Star Trek Origin Movie.” Turning to Prodigy the guys discuss our latest interview with the Hageman brothers and roll a preview clip of Tony’s brand-new interview with Wil Wheaton. We then run Tony and Laurie’s previously recorded review of Prodigy season 2 episodes 11-15, discussi...
2024-07-191h 01All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Episodes 6-10 Review + News Update[Review starts at 21:14] Anthony and Laurie kick off the podcast with the news that Paramount Global and Skydance have officially agreed to a merger, discussing the next steps and potential implications for Star trek. They also preview what to expect at the Star Trek Universe and other official panels announced for San Diego Comic-Con later this month. In addition, there is a new casting announcement for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and the international chart success of Star Trek: Prodigy. Then they review the next batch of five Prodigy season 2 episodes, covering episodes 6 through 10, taking them to the halfway point of t...
2024-07-121h 11All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Episodes 1-5 Review + News Update[Review starts at 15:48] Anthony and Laurie start with the surprising news that the Skydance/Paramount talks are back on and heating up. They also discuss the latest on Trek movies on the big screen (including Chris Pine’s comments about playing an older Kirk) as well as the small one, Celia Rose Gooding’s thoughts on Uhura in season 3 of Strange New Worlds, Mike McMahan’s tidbits about season 5 of Lower Decks, and Rosario Dawson’s revelation that she had to turn down a Star Trek role to be in Ahsoka. Then it’s time to dig into the very long-awaited...
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All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastSupplemental Interview: Kevin And Dan Hageman On ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 – All AccessTony is off this week but we present the full audio (minus a couple of bigger spoilers) of his new interview with Kevin and Dan Hagemans, co-creators and showrunners for Star Trek: Prodigy. The brothers talk about what’s new in season 2, how it connects to other Star Trek shows, and how they assess what could happen next for the series. All 20 episodes of Prodigy season 2 land on Netflix on Monday, July 1. Check TrekMovie.com next week for discussion from Dan and Kevin of some of those bigger spoilers. Starting next week the All Access Star Trek podcast will begin ou...
2024-06-2816 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Preview With Aaron WaltkeFresh off the release of the first trailer and more details for season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy, coming to Netflix on July 1, Tony and Laurie are joined by co-executive producer Aaron Waltke. He breaks down the trailer and gives us more insight into how the new season was crafted, what we can expect for our familiar characters and new characters (including the USS Voyager-A), and more. We wrap up the pod pointing fans to some great YouTube vids with Star Trek model mashups and DS9 transformed into the sitcom 30 Rock. We also reveal who won the Master Replicas golden Enterprise-D...
2024-06-2154 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastCelebrating 35th Anniversary Of ‘Star Trek V’ With Laurence Luckinbill Interview + Star Trek News Update – All Access[Laurence Luckinbill interview starts at 22:07 ] Anthony and Laurie are celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier by chatting with Laurence Luckinbill, who played Spock’s half-brother Sybok. But first, they cover the news: the latest on who may or may not be buying Paramount, the addition of Paul Giamatti to the Starfleet Academy cast, Alex Kurtzman’s thoughts on the future of the franchise, the upcoming release of Prodigy on Netflix, the Discovery box sets coming our way, Star Trek at the Peabody Awards, and the new podcast coming from Enterprise‘s Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating. The...
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All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastSupplemental Interview: Doug Jones On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Series Finale – All AccessTony has the week off so we are presenting the full audio of his latest interview with Doug Jones talking about Saru and the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 finale and how it was turned into a series finale with the extra “epilogue.” Laurie introduces the interview and points listeners to TrekMovie.com for updates on Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 and the potential Skydance/Paramount merger.
2024-06-0710 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Series Finale “Life, Itself” Review w/ Commentary From Doug Jones– All AccessAfter a brief production update on Strange New Worlds and the latest from Alex Kurtzman on the Starfleet Academy show, Anthony and Laurie are ready to do their final review of Star Trek: Discovery. They play some clips from Tony’s new interview with Doug Jones, then dig into the series finale, “Life, Itself,” to determine how satisfying it was as a season and series finale and discuss character arcs, visuals, performances, connection to the Short Treks “Calypso,” and more. They wrap up with the good news that Gates McFadden’s podcast is getting a season 3 and some great interviews with Kay Hanley and...
2024-05-3158 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 509 “Lagrange Point” Review w/ Commentary From Blu del Barrio – All Access[Discovery 509 review with Lisa Klink starts at 25:59] There’s big news this week! Anthony and Laurie talk about the announcement that Oscar winner Holly Hunter will lead the Starfleet Academy series and reports that Simon Kinberg is in talks to oversee a new era of Star Trek feature films. They discuss the news that Picard’s Terry Matalas is showrunning for Marvel, note that Strange New Worlds season 3 is about to wrap, and try to be patient like the Hageman brothers about when to expect Prodigy on Netflix. After listening to some of Tony’s interview with Discovery’s Blu del Barrio...
2024-05-241h 16All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 508 “Labyrinths” Review w/ Commentary From Co-Writer Eric J. Robbins – All Access[Discovery 508 review starts at 15:17] Laurie’s back from vacation, just in time for Anthony to fill her in on the latest about Paramount’s attempts to find the right buyer. Not a lot of other news this week but they catch up on a comic book milestone and some nominations for IDW. They talk about Star Trek: Discovery‘s first appearances on the Nielsen charts and play some audio from Tony’s recent interview with Doug Jones (Saru), then launch into their review of episode 508, “Labyrinths” with bonus commentary from co-writer Eric J. Robbins. Tony and Laurie agree it was an excellent ep...
2024-05-171h 04All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 507 “Erigah” Review w/ Commentary From Elias Toufexis – All Access[Discovery 507 review starts at 24:00] Laurie is still away on vacation, so once again Shuttle Pod’s Matt Wright joins Anthony to talk about the Trek news of the week, and again we start with the chaos at Paramount Global as they continue talks with Skydance and Sony/Apollo, with our analysis of what this all could mean for Star Trek’s future. In better news, the Star Trek franchise just won a Peabody Award. We then catch up with the latest from some Kirks: Chris Pine wondering why Star Trek 4 needs yet another screenwriter, and William Shatner pondering the possibility of ret...
2024-05-101h 04All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 506 “Whistlespeak” Review w/ Commentary From Mary Wiseman – All Access[Discovery 506 review starts at 21:39] With Laurie away on vacation, Shuttle Pod’s Matt Wright joins Anthony to talk about the Trek news of the week, starting with the chaos at Paramount Global with the CEO leaving and competing bids to buy the company. They also catch up on Toronto’s new “Star Trek Stage,” get an update on TeakTrek from PanCAN PurpleStride, and consider the value of Star Trek teaming up with World of Tanks. Matt and Tony also take a look at fan efforts to support (and maybe even save) Star Trek: Lower Decks. Turning to Star Trek: Discovery, they pla...
2024-05-031h 01All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 505 “Mirrors” Review w/ Commentary From Co-Writer Carlos Cisco – All Access[Discovery 505 review starts at 17:00] Anthony and Laurie start with a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds production update, then round up the latest on the William Shatner documentary, a new Discovery coffee table book, and IDW’s “Star Trek: Celebrations” comic. Then they play some audio from Tony’s recent interview with Carlos Cisco, co-writer of this week’s Star Trek: Discovery episode, “Mirrors.” After that, they give “Mirrors” a full review; Tony liked it more than Laurie, but they both enjoyed the Moll and L’ak backstory. We also have a quick reminder about the PanCAN Purple Stride walk happening this weekend, which you...
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All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastSupplemental Interview: Armin Shimerman, Kitty Swink, Jonathan Frakes & Juan Carlos Coto—Trek Against Pancreatic Cancer – All AccessIn this supplemental edition of All Access Star Trek, Anthony and Laurie are joined by Armin Shimerman, Kitty Swink, Jonathan Frakes, and Juan Carlos Coto (Manny Coto’s brother) to talk about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, the Purple Stride walk on April 27th, the importance of early detection and family support, the improvements in detection and symptoms to watch out for, why there’s hope for the future, and the power of Star Trek fans to do good in the world as a group. They also talk Trek, covering topics like Ferengi makeup new and old, the cancellation of Lower...
2024-04-221h 03All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 504 “Face the Strange” Review + ‘Lower Decks’ Cancelled/’Strange New Worlds’ Renewed – All Access[Discovery 504 review starts at 26:00] Anthony and Laurie start with the good news that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for another season and the bad news that Lower Decks will end after its fifth. The Trek on TV talk continues with Alex Kurtzman’s description of the challenges of making Trek for streaming networks and the benefit of shorter seasons, plus Martin Quinn’s comments about being the first actually Scottish actor to play Scotty. Then they start talking movies: the announcement that the origin movie has been officially added to Paramount’s production slate and a cryptic conversatio...
2024-04-191h 10All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 503 “Jinaal” Review + Origin Movie And Paramount Biz Update – All Access[Discovery 503 review starts at 23:00] Anthony gives an update on the Star Trek prequel movie, then he and Laurie dig in to the latest on the Paramount/Skydance talks, talking about why shareholders aren’t thrilled about Shari Redstone’s plans and what that could mean. They discuss the new offerings from the Roddenberry Archive and new Star Trek-branded coffee, then turn their attention to Star Trek: Discovery. They talk about showrunner Michelle Paradise’s reasons for using TNG’s “The Chase” as an inspiration for the season, plus Mary Wiseman’s (not-so) cryptic comments about the Starfleet Academy show, and play some audi...
2024-04-1257 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Premiere Episodes Reviews + Paramount/Skydance Deal Gets Close[Discovery 501 review starts at 24:32; 502 starts at 57:35] Anthony and Laurie are joined by Matt from the Shuttle Pod this week! They start with the latest news on a potential Paramount sale to Skydance, Alex Kurtzman’s hopeful statements about Trek “surprises,” the addition of a Deep Space Nine channel to Pluto TV, and Hugo nominations for Strange New Worlds. They also speculate on new info about the Section 31 movie and talk about the “First Contact” score heard at a NATO ceremony last week. After that, they take a deep dive into the first two episodes of season 5 of Star Trek: Discovery (“Red Directive” a...
2024-04-051h 30All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastVariety’s Big Star Trek TV & Movie Update + ‘Discovery’ S5 Junket Interviews – All AccessAnthony and Laurie have a lot of news to go through from the recent Star Trek cover story in Variety! They give updates on the Section 31 streaming movie, Starfleet Academy, and the Star Trek movies that are still moving forward (or in development), as well as the latest on season 3 of Strange New Worlds. They discuss the release of Prodigy season 2 on French TV. The bulk of the pod is devoted to clips from their Star Trek: Discovery season 5 junket interviews. Co-showrunners Michelle Paradise and Alex Kurtzman and actors Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, David Ajala, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, and Blu de...
2024-03-291h 00All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastCompeting Bids For Paramount & Review Of ‘You Can Call Me Bill’ Shatner Documentary – All AccessAnthony and Laurie are joined by Brian Drew from the Shuttle Pod podcast this week. They start by looking at the latest competing offers to buy Paramount Global, what else is on the table, and how all these high-level business dealings might impact the Star Trek franchise on TV and the big screen. And in other business news, we hear what some executives had to say about the future of Trek on the big screen and why Star Trek: Legacy has not been greenlit for the small screen. There is also some production news to catch up on for the S...
2024-03-2254 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Red Carpet Interviews And First Impressions – All AccessAnthony and Laurie start with the latest intel on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. They talk about the Critics Choice Super Awards nominations for Strange New Worlds and Picard, then dive into Terry Matalas’ comments about choices made, ideas abandoned, and production challenges on seasons 2 and 3 of Picard. Then it’s time to get into the latest live events: Tony talks about his experience at Star Trek San Francisco and the podcasters talk about panels with Melissa Navia, Robert Picardo (about Prodigy), and Lower Decks cast members. Then it’s Discovery time! Laurie and Tony play clips from TrekMovie’s red carpet interview...
2024-03-151h 04All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastRE-RELEASE: Interview With Chris Fisher, ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Producing DirectorTony is busy this week headed to the ST-SF convention in San Francisco so we are bringing back an interview we did last summer when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was waiting to start production on season 3 due to the strikes. The show is now half way through production and so we thought it was a good time to hear what Chris had to say… ORIGINAL EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Laurie and Tony have a lengthy, engaging conversation with Chris Fisher, producing director and co-executive producer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. His enthusiasm for the job and the show is infectious as h...
2024-03-081h 08All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastMark Altman Interview On ‘Treksperts’ 300th, Star Trek Locations Doc, And More Trekking OutAnthony and Laurie start by remembering Discovery actor Ken Mitchell who passed away earlier this week. The podcasters then go over the latest news, including a Paramount business update, a deep dive into the new Discovery season 5 trailer, and Aaron Bossig’s Star Trek: The Cruise logs. Then it’s an extended interview with writer, producer, and podcaster Mark Altman, starting with the Inglorious Treksperts podcast celebrating its 300th episode this week where the Treksperts talk Star Trek III with special guests Picard showrunner Terry Matalas, Fox president Steve Asbell, and Marvel president Kevin Feige. We also cover Mark’s upcomin...
2024-03-011h 28All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastMountCock+?, ‘Discovery’ Season 5 Debut, And Star Trek News Roundup – All AccessAnthony and Laurie do a news roundup this week, starting with the potential for a streaming partnership with Paramount+ and Peacock and what that could mean for the Star Trek franchise. They go through the latest on Star Trek: Discovery (including its premiere date announcement and the potential for cast crossover on the new Starfleet Academy show), Terry Matalas’ Writers Guild nomination for Picard, Patrick Stewart’s Showperson of the Year award, what to expect in the new season of Lower Decks, production updates from Strange New Worlds, books and comics coming our way, and the Star Trek Cruise. They wrap up w...
2024-02-2341 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastSaturn Awards Red Carpet Interviews And Star Trek News Roundup – All AccessAnthony and Laurie start with the news about Picard’s big night at the Saturn Awards. We dig new revelations about recent shelved Star Trek movies including Noah Hawley revealing his Trek film would have starred Cate Blanchett and Rami Malek. And Tony talked to Danai Gurira about almost being in the Star Trek 4 movie with Chris Hemsworth. The podcasters catch up on the upcoming release of season 4 of Lower Decks and the Star Trek spatial experience on Apple Vision Pro, and William Shatner’s thoughts on an AI version of Captain Kirk. Then they dig into Tony’s interviews at the r...
2024-02-091h 20All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastJohn de Lancie Interview & Star Trek News Wrap-up – All AccessAnthony and Laurie go through the latest news: Byron Allen’s company is interested in buying Paramount, Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 co-stars have finally been announced, Dave Blass says the Picard spin-off is still not in the works, the TNG cast is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Saturns, Patrick Stewart stars in a new Super Bowl ad for Paramount Plus, Zoe Saldana thinks the Kelvin crew might get one last film together, and William Shatner’s new biographical documentary has a trailer. [18:22] After that, they chat with actor John de Lancie about FanFair, the company he and his...
2024-02-021h 14All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastStar Trek Production Update, Paramount For Sale, And More News Roundup – All Access Star TrekAnthony and Laurie catch up on Star Trek news this week, starting with the latest acquisition offer for Paramount Global from Skydance. They talk about a new interview with Elias Toufexis, one of the main villains of the upcoming final season of Discovery as well as Doug Jones’ comments about the finale. They check in on the latest Picard spin-off talk from its showrunner and stars, hear from the Prodigy producers about the upcoming Janeway-Chakotay reunion, and round up the other tidbits from Trek Talks 3, including a “Tuvix” debate and some behind-the-scenes insights about the Lower Decks/Strange New Worlds crossover. The...
2024-01-2650 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAnother Star Trek Movie, Shatner Talks Kirk “Erasure,” And More News Roundup – All Access Star TrekAnthony and Laurie start with the biggest news of the week: A new Star Trek movie is in development! They go through the tidbits of information available and talk about director Toby Haynes, who directed the Trek-themed Black Mirror episode “USS Callister.” They also discuss Patrick Stewart’s comment that a Picard movie is possibly in the works, William Shatner’s thoughts on his Kirk being “erased,” and the departure of the TOS and TNG movies from Paramount+ to Max. They also talk about Jeri Ryan and Terry Matalas’ Astra TV Award wins for Picard, episode titles and a premiere event for Star Tr...
2024-01-1249 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastBest Of Star Trek In 2023 And Looking Ahead To 2024 – All Access Star TrekAnthony and Laurie are joined by TrekMovie’s Aaron Bossig, Dénes House, and Joe Andosca plus Ann Marie Segal of Virtual Trek Con and The 7th Rule to talk about everyone’s Star Trek favorites of 2023 and what they’re expecting in Trek in 2024. Categories include best episodes of the three shows that had new seasons last year, best merch, best return of a legacy character, best podcast, and more. As for 2024, topics include new seasons of current shows, the final season of Discovery, the arrival of the Section 31 movie event, books, comics, cons, and more, as well as some speculat...
2024-01-051h 30All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: John Billingsley Interview & Star Trek News Wrap-upAnthony and Laurie start their last podcast of 2023 with the latest on the possible merger between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery and how that could affect the Star Trek franchise, and some insight into the shelved Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie, based on a new interview with its writer. They also discuss Michelle Yeoh’s update on prepping for the Section 31 TV movie event, the early success of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix, and what the producers have said they’d like to do if the show gets additional seasons. [23:35] Then it’s their interview with Enterprise‘s John Billingsley...
2023-12-291h 27All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: Catch-Up On Star Trek Production News And Pondering The Future Of The FranchiseAnthony and Laurie are joined by Shuttle Pod‘s Brian to round up all the latest Star Trek news. They start with a production update: With the strikes over, Strange New Worlds is already back in action and Section 31 has start date set, plus Prodigy has wrapped post-production on season 2 and Discovery has set its premiere for April. They talk about the latest awards nominations for Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, and Picard,, then talk about the latest merch (DVDs and starships!) and what to expect at Trek Talks 3 in January. The big topic this week is Shari Redstone’s interest i...
2023-12-1556 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: Tawny Newsome Interview & Star Trek News WrapupAnthony and Laurie discuss the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery panel at CCXP, the latest on Nicholas Meyer’s Khan audio drama, Michelle Hurd’s interest in a Worf/Raffi spin-off, Chris Pine’s lack of Star Trek 4 news, and some new Trek merch. They then turn to Laurie’s interview with Tawny Newsome, who talks about Lower Decks season 4 and season 5 as well as being in the writers’ room of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Newsome also talks passionately about her love of Deep Space Nine and more. They wrap up with a fun video from Red Letter Media featuring the Enterprise-D...
2023-12-0159 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: Walter Koenig Interview & Star Trek Production Update [FIXED][PODCAST REPOSTED TO FIX AUDIO ISSUE] Tony and Laurie start with a news round-up now that the strikes are over and everyone can talk Trek again: Strange New Worlds is gearing up for production again (and Jonathan Frakes will be doing some directing) as is the Section 31 movie event, guest star Elias Toufexis is excited about Discovery season 5, and Mike McMahan’s talking about the next season of Lover Decks. There’s also news about the missing 3-foot Enterprise model that used to sit on Gene Roddenberry’s desk, which may have just resurfaced after 46 years. Today’s big interview is with Star...
2023-11-1748 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: Walter Koenig Interview & Star Trek Production UpdateTony and Laurie start with a news round-up now that the strikes are over and everyone can talk Trek again: Strange New Worlds is gearing up for production again (and Jonathan Frakes will be doing some directing) as is the Section 31 movie event, guest star Elias Toufexis is excited about Discovery season 5, and Mike McMahan’s talking about the next season of Lover Decks. There’s also news about the missing 3-foot Enterprise model that used to sit on Gene Roddenberry’s desk, which may have just resurfaced after 46 years. Today’s big interview is with Star Trek: The Original Series‘ Walte...
2023-11-1748 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: SAG-AFTRA Strike End Update & ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Interviews With Dave Blass And James MacKinnonAnthony and Laurie are very happy the SAG-AFTRA strike is over! They briefly cover what this could mean for the various Star Trek productions, then keep celebrating good news as Prodigy season 1 has a launch date on Netflix and scored an Emmy nomination. They talk about Walter Koenig joining The 7th Rule podcast, then play interviews they both did with Star Trek: Picard production designer Dave Blass and makeup artist James MacKinnon, done to help promote the new Picard Legacy Blu-ray box set.
2023-11-1055 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 4 Finale “Old Friends, New Planets” ReviewAnthony and Laurie quickly cover the latest on the SAG-AFTRA strike, then chat about their recent interview with makeup artist James MacKinnon, who talks about being hired to work on the next Star Trek movie… for a week. They talk about some new Trek books coming next year, new Lower Decks merchandise, and an update on recording for season 5 of Lower Decks. The podcasters then launch into their review of the Star Trek: Lower Decks season finale, “Old Friends, New Planets,” talking about how the slow build all season paid off so well. There was a bit of debate over the me...
2023-11-0355 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 409 “The Inner Fight” ReviewAnthony and Laurie give a quick recap on what’s happening with the SAG-AFTRA strike, then [starting at 4:51] review the penultimate episode of Lower Decks season 4, “The Inner Flight,” talking about the episode as a standalone and as a reflection of the show itself and all the surprising connections to franchise lore. The podcasters end with some thoughts on what to expect for Star Trek in the coming year after next week’s season finale of Lower Decks.
2023-10-2746 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: Star Trek At NYCC Recap And Review Of ‘Lower Decks’ Episode 408 “Caves”[Lower Decks review starts at 34:41] Tony and Laurie dig into all the news from New York Comic Con! Alex Kurtzman thanked the fans for their successful efforts to save Star Trek: Prodigy and gave updates on all of the Trek shows still on the Paramount+ roster, including the ones in development like Starfleet Academy and the Section 31 movie event. Kid Cudi talked about his collaboration with Trek and Mike McMahan talked about what’s to come on Lower Decks. They do a quick recap of upcoming comics from IDW and books on the way, then talk about Mike McMahan’s post-panel i...
2023-10-2059 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 407 “A Few Badgeys More” ReviewAnthony and Laurie start with the joyful news that Star Trek: Prodigy has been saved by Netflix (which they go into more detail about with the Shuttle Pod‘s Kayla on Thursday’s crossover podcast). They talk about some buried-in-a-press-release fine print about the Section 31 movie and the Starfleet Academy show, what to expect at New York Comic Con this weekend, the “making-of” video about very Short Treks with Casper Kelly, new info about Quentin Tarantino’s writers room for his scrapped Star Trek movie, an auction of the collection of legendary Hollywood model maker Greg Jein, and some Star Trek games you...
2023-10-1347 min
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastShuttle Pod / All Access Emergency Pod: ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Saved By NetflixFollowing up on our emergency podcast in June about Star Trek: Prodigy being removed from Paramount+, Kayla from Shuttle Pod and Tony and Laurie from All Access Star Trek reunite to talk about the great news that the show has been saved. Season 1 and Season 2 are coming to Netflix. The trio talks about the news, speculates about season 2, and offers hope that the move to Netflix could lead to a third season.
2023-10-1223 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 406 “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place” Review[Lower Decks review starts at 33:58] Anthony and Laurie start by talking about Paramount’s interest in “fine-tuning” scripts for the next Star Trek movie and getting it into pre-production. There is also a lot to cover from Patrick Stewart’s new memoir Making It So and media tour including his hopes to do another TNG movie with some interesting ideas for Picard himself. Stewart is also taking about how he had an alternate ending he’d suggested for Star Trek: Picard, his experiences with Tom Hardy on Nemesis, and more. Laurie also talks about seeing Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg kick off his...
2023-10-061h 05All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 405 “Empathalogical Fallacies” Review[Lower Decks review starts at 26:53] Anthony and Laurie start with the great news that the WGA strike is over. Although the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, there can still be work done on Star Trek, so the podcasters break down what this could mean for each show, or even the next movie, which has bubbled to the surface once again as “still on the tracks.” They give an update about the swapped-out visual FX shot on the Star Trek: Picard DVD sets, then segue into their recent interview with Picard production designer Dave Blass, who has strong opinions about the urgency of bookin...
2023-09-2954 minAll Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastAll Access: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 404 “Something Borrowed, Something Green” ReviewAnthony and Laurie start with the news about what to expect at New York Comic Con this year and the expansion of Paramount+ into Japan and Switzerland. They pivot to Jonathan Frakes’ comments about Star Trek: Discovery‘s final season having “new energy” and talk about how polarizing the show is for fans. Then it’s on to Ed Speleers’ description of filming that Picard closing scene with John de Lancie, the upcoming Strange New Worlds season 2 DVD sets, Roxann Dawson’s decision not to direct more Star Trek, and some new fine art posters coming from Vice Press. Review time! They sta...
2023-09-2251 min