J.J. Abrams was at the CGV multiplex in Apgujeong-dong in southern Seoul yesterday with stars Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana to present exclusive footage from his upcoming summer release “Star Trek: The Beginning.”

The acclaimed writer, director and producer of TV shows “Lost” and “Alias” the movie “Mission Impossible 3” said the new version of the film – set for its world premier on May 7 – was a re-imagining of the original television series.

“We made this film not for Trekkies but for future fans of Star Trek,” Abrams said.

“The studio wanted to give the film a fresh start and I was originally brought in as a producer, but upon reading the script, I saw so much potential and possibility that the original had failed to realize due to technological constraints so I got very greedy and I decided to direct it myself.”

The new version of the film, as the title indicates, is a prelude to rest of the Star Trek series. The four five minute clips gave a glimpse into the origin of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise – icons of the television series that spawned legions of fans known as “Trekkies.”

Chris Pine plays the younger version of Kirk – an aimless drunkard who is inadvertently thrust into the world of galactic warfare as a new recruit on the USS Enterprise.

For Chris Pine, reinventing the character that William Shatner had made so famous, posed a great challenge.

“I began watching the original series pretty feverishly cause I knew I only had a limited amount of time to prepare for the role and after getting half way through the first and second season I wasn’t doing myself any favors by trying to pick up on the mannerisms of William Shatner and the minutiae of the Star Trek world,” said Pine.

As a guy who’s been a “Star Trek” fan since his 1975, building phasers-with-Legos pre-school days, I’m really looking forward to seeing what J.J. Abrams does this May with his take on the famed franchise. I caught up recently with Chris Pine, who plays Captain Kirk in the film. (Kirk is by far Pine’s biggest role; previous credits include parts in “Smokin’ Aces” and “The Princess Diaries 2.”) I asked him if his version of the character resembles the friendly, fun-loving man of action we’re used to seeing.

“I think that with this Jim Kirk you’ll get the flavor of the old,” Pine said. “I tried to bring my own take to it and do justice to what Mr. [William] Shatner did before, but you get to see the full spectrum of Jim Kirk. There’s the young, bold, brash, cocky [quality] and I think there’s a maturity that happens within the arc of the character in the movie that’s really fun that I think people will respond to.”

But what about Leonard “Bones” McCoy? I’ve always had a fondness for the cantankerous, mint julep-sipping country doctor. For my money, some of the best character moments of the original series involved him and Kirk. I think my favorite is from the episode “The Immunity Syndrome.” (I told you I was a Trek geek!) Spock is in a shuttle craft trying to escape a giant space amoeba. He’s pleading with them to leave him behind and save themselves. Bones replies, “Shut up Spock, we’re rescuing you!” and both he and Kirk give the absent Spock a funny “so take that” nod.

In Abrams’ film, Karl Urban of “Lord of the Rings” and “Bourne Supremacy” fame is assuming the role made famous by the late, great DeForest Kelley. Pine says Urban was up to the task.

“Yeah, Urban is, oh, he’s fantastic. I think when people see what Karl did with the role they’re going to be blown away,” Pine said. “I mean, it was a shock when I found out that he was doing it, he’s such a great-looking guy. He’s such a leading man and to take on this classic character role … he is like the doppleganger of DeForest Kelley. But he brings his own Karl sensibility to it so people will really enjoy it.”

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I’ve added 1 high quality movie still of Chris to the gallery, as well as 7 on set photos taken of Chris while filming “Small Town Saturday Night”.

Gallery Link: Small Town Saturday Night (2009) > Official Photography

Gallery Link: Small Town Saturday Night (2009) > On Set Photography

It’s one of the biggest sci-fi revampings ever attempted, and we’ve got a first look at how it’ll be going down. In an exclusive featurette from tonight’s episode of “Spoilers” — our quarterly movie show — director J.J. Abrams and his cast, including Chris Pine and Simon Pegg, take us inside their new “Trek” journey, showing us a ton of action and some blink-and-you-miss-it new scenes.

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So I had a little extra time after the Super Bowl earlier and got a chance to cap the latest Star Trek trailer which aired during the first half of the Super Bowl if you had the chance to catch it.

Anyhow here are 50 1920×817 sized captures from the trailer. I’ve also uploaded the Official movie trailer in 480pi hi def .mov format for you to download. Enjoy! 😉

Gallery Link: Star Trek (2009) > Movie Trailer #2 ( Hi Def )
Video Download: Movie Trailer #2 ( Hi Def )

I know I’ve disappeared from making any new updates, but I’ve been really busy here lately. Don’t fret I’m hoping to re-design the News Center and catch up on the rest of my updates.

In the mean time here is a really awesome new trailer for Star Trek which is to air later today during the Super Bowl. I’ll post captures of this trailer here soon! stay tuned! 😉