TrekMovie.com is a news website about the ''

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'' media franchise. It features news reports about the feature films, television and web series, and other related ''Star Trek'' fandom.

History

The site was founded by ''Trek'' fan Anthony Pascale as a site focused on bringing accurate and up-to-date news and information about ''Star Trek''. The site TrekMovie.com was launched as The Trek XI Report on July 15, 2006, the same day it was announced that

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would direct

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new ''

''. In August 2006 the site moved and was renamed to TrekMovie.com. It gained a reputation for scooping ''Star Trek'' news and has been cited as a source by websites like

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, SciFiWire,

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and others. Pascale and his site have also been cited on the

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, various local TV stations and in ''

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''. TrekMovie.com continued to grow as a range of editors and contributors—respected experts covering different areas of the ''Star Trek'' franchise—were brought on. The site was the highest ranked ''Star Trek'' news site in 2008. In September 2013, the site was a source of controversy following the release of ''

Star Trek Into Darkness ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof. It is the 12th installment in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and the sequel to the 2 ...

''. Guest writer Joseph Dickerson's op-ed "Is ''Star Trek'' Broken?" opined that ''Into Darkness'' had moved too far from the themes that made ''Star Trek'' relevant and popular. The op-ed generated thousands of comments, including harsh reaction by the co-writer of the film

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. Orci's comments—which criticized fans' negative reactions, dismissed the op-ed, and ultimately suggested that detractors "fuck off"—were covered by multiple news sites. Orci later apologized and briefly stopped commenting on TrekMovie.

References

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