The Week In Star Trek News

Who can keep up with all the news flying out of JJ Abrams' Star Trek set every day? We certainly can't. But, as die-hard Trek fans, we're having fun trying. That's why we've started this new weekly feature. Every week, we'll cull all the new Trek news heard round the Web and post it here. It's the Week in Star Trek News ...

• Paramount finally launched an official site for the new flick this week. As of now, it only features the HD teaser trailer and a link to sign up for news updates.
  
  
• Just days after the official site was launched, this viral site for Abrams' flick went live, featuring four "cameras" zoomed in on welders working on the new Enterprise. Click here for the first official interior shot of the Enterprise and for instructions on how to work the viral site.
  
  
• View some high-res images taken from the teaser trailer.
  
  
• In this video, James Cawley, star and producer of the online fan series Star Trek New Voyages, says he is on board with the new film and is even going to be in the film.
  
  
• Check out this audio of Abrams chatting with Howard Stern and other DJs about the new flick and about why Shatner isn't in it. Abrams: Kirk's frakkin' dead!
  
  
• Here's a shot from the set of someone who appears to be wearing a Starfleet Officer's uniform
  
  
• New Kirk Chris Pine says he's not doing a Shatner impression.
  
  
• Abrams and some of his cast and crew participated in an online chat with fans on Friday, Read this recap, which features new pics from the set, where Abrams promises that his film won't be full of green screen fakeness.
  
  
• James Doohan's son Chris says he'll have an acting role in the new flick. He also says the new uniforms rock.
  
  
• House star Jennifer Morrison is probably playing Kirk's mother.
  
  
• It looks like Greg Grunberg might still have a cameo in the film, along with some other unnamed celebs.
  
  
• Io9 is digging this Trek parody that turns the Enterprise crew into capitalists.
  
  
• And finally, die-hard fans looking to alienate their Trek-hating friends should play this Star Trek jukebox at full-blast.