New Trailer for J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' Breaks All Existing Records With Over 1.8 Million Downloads During First 24 Hours on Apple.com
LOS ANGELES, March 11 -- The new trailer for J.J. Abrams'
"Star Trek" had more than 1.8 million downloads during its first 24 hours on
Apple.com and has gone on to become the most popular HD download ever on the
site with more than five million downloads in its first five days. The trailer
made its exclusive debut on Apple.com/trailers on March 6th giving fans a
sneak peak of this summer's highly anticipated "Star Trek" for viewing on
their Mac or PC, iPhone or iPod with video.
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From J.J. Abrams ("Mission: Impossible III," "Fringe," "Lost" and
"Alias"), producer Damon Lindelof and executive producers Bryan Burk and
Jeffrey Chernov and screenwriters and executive producers Roberto Orci & Alex
Kurtzman ("TRANSFORMERS," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest
adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing
boldly where no one has gone before. "Star Trek" opens nationally on May 8,
2009.
Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present a Bad Robot
Production "Star Trek" starring John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon
Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton
Yelchin, Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy. The film is directed by J.J. Abrams
("Mission Impossible III," "Lost," "Alias"), written by Roberto Orci & Alex
Kurtzman ("MI: III," "Transformers").
Based upon "Star Trek" Created by Gene Roddenberry. The film is produced
by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof. The executive producers are Bryan Burk,
Jeffrey Chernov, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The director of photography
is Dan Mindel, ASC. The production designer is Scott Chambliss. The film is
edited by Maryann Brandon, A.C.E. and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E. The costume
designer is Michael Kaplan. The visual effects & animation are by Industrial
Light and Magic. The music is by Michael Giacchino. This film has not yet
been rated.
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