Unlike the misfired Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (STID) is an extremely good Trek film.
Star Trek Into Darkness will merely continue the Star Trek franchise, little more.
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Abrams directed the Star Trek reboot in 2009 and its upcoming sequel, Star Trek into Darkness, to be released May.
Join us next time when Star Trek Into Darkness opens in America and several other major markets (like China) following its overseas debut this weekend.
Despite having a decent Metacritic rating of 73, the Star Trek Into Darkness movie failed to build on the domestic success that the original JJ Abrams reboot had established four years ago.
With "Star Trek Into Darkness" coming out in a couple of days and George Lucas' birthday on Tuesday, May 14, we saw an opportunity to dive back into this neverending back-and-forth for clues about what lies in store for the tech world.
The project would cut a 30-second version of NASA's We Are the Explorers promo (after the break), minus the administration's official endorsement, and run it in at least 50 major movie theaters for eight weeks following the launch of Star Trek Into Darkness on May 17th.
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Abrams and his production company Bad Robot have a proven track record of blockbuster movies that feature complex action, heartfelt drama, iconic heroes and fantastic production values with such credits as Star Trek, Super 8, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, and this year's Star Trek Into Darkness.
The audience for "Star Trek: Into Darkness" was 64% male, according to exit polls.
Star Trek: Into Darkness is filled with what comes off as comedic caricatures of the original characters.
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Paramount Pictures opened "Star Trek: Into Darkness" in nine foreign countries, including the U.K., Australia and Germany, ahead of its U.S. launch this coming week.
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Hollywood studios are hoping new releases such as Iron Man 3 in May, followed by Star Trek: Into Darkness will force a strong start to the summer season.
Abrams is currently working on Star Trek: Into Darkness.
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While there are many more big movies coming soon, including "Star Trek: Into Darkness" next week and both "Fast and Furious Six" and "The Hangover Part III" the week after, those movies will primarily target men.
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But it will face several formidable competitors in the next few weeks, including "The Great Gatsby, " starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and sequels "Star Trek: Into Darkness, " "Fast and Furious Six" and "The Hangover Part III, " all of which are generating healthy amounts of prerelease interest.
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It appears "Into Darkness" will end roughly doubling the international box office take of "Star Trek" and bringing in about the same domestically.
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