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A connoisseur of special makeup effects and an admitted Trekkie, makeup artist Joel Harlow signed on to return for Star Trek Beyond after working on the 2009 reboot, without any hesitation. Boasting a blockbuster resume of three decades, it's in the Star Trek films specifically that Harlow finds "the opportunity for…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its shortlist of seven films vying for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 89th Oscars in February. The list includes a pair of comic-book adaptations, a few period dramas, a sci-fi space sequel and Sweden’s shortlisted Foreign Language Film entry. Here is…

Justin Lin, coming off directing Star Trek Beyond, is getting behind the wheel of Hot Wheels, a feature film based on the classic Mattel car toy line that Legendary Pictures has been trying to put together for a while. The live-action take at one point had Simon Crane helming back in 2013 with a rewrite by Paul…

UPDATE, TUESDAY with actuals: Paramount/Skydance's Star Trek Beyond saw a tiny dip from the estimates when finals came in, but it remained far and away the weekend champ at overseas turnstiles with a $36.4M frame. The grand majority of that came from China where it beamed up $30.7M at 6,259 locations, 105% bigger than…

UPDATED, Monday 1:44 PM: Despite being given an A- CinemaScore and kudos from critics, Star Trek Beyond for its opening weekend did not go where no film has gone before and there is a question about how far this film my fall in its second weekend when Jason Bourne comes into the marketplace and competes for similar…

UPDATED, Monday, 1:56 PM: International weekend grosses for two of the three openers came in higher than expected — in one case over $20M higher than anticipated as the Jackie Chan action comedy Skiptrace opened in China to a big $62.2M and gives Chan a new record in China (see related story). In seven markets, its…

UPDATE with video: With the world premiere of Star Trek Beyond earlier this week and today’s Star Trek 50th anniversary panel in Hall H, Comic-Con 2016 is going very Starfleet. Among the news: the CBS All Access reboot will be called Star Trek Discovery, according to showrunner Bryan Fuller. He also confirmed the…

Prior to July 4th, we observed that Paramount/Skydance’s Star Trek Beyond was bound to post an opening between $50M-$60M, and that’s what we’re seeing this weekend with the threequel’s 3-day currently estimated at $59.6M. That’s a solid result, and the third best bow out of the Skydance/Bad Robot Star Trek series…

San Diego Comic-Con kicked off with a lavish outdoor Imax premiere of Star Trek Beyond and commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry’s creation. The event had a decided family feel: the entire cast came, and those who could not – Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin – were given touching tributes. At the…

Following an emotional Star Trek Beyond world premiere last night at San Diego’s Comic-Con, the Skydance production’s hashtags are beginning to take off. As of this morning, #StarTrek, #StarTrekMovie, #StarTrekBeyond, #StarTrekPremiere were close to 4,000, but as of this afternoon they’re nearing 11K per…

“There’s something missing. There’s someone missing. Anton should be here.” So said J.J. Abrams tonight before the world premiere of Star Trek Beyond at San Diego’s Embarcadero Marina Park Amphitheater about the late Anton Yelchin. The actor, who plays Pavel Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek franchise died June 19 in…

Essentially, this week can be defined as a Star Trek celebration. Before opening the Skydance/Bad Robot threequel Star Trek Beyond, Paramount has a couple of fan activities planned that it hopes will escalate the opening weekend for the Justin Lin movie from its current low-$50 million projection up to $60M. Star Trek…