William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy made a joint appearance at VegasTrekCon10.  There was also a surprise appearance by Patrick Stewart.

Whilst on stage Shatner talked about his various projects, including  The Captains documentary, which he revealed Chris Pine would be involved in.  Shatner also revealed that his favourite original Star Trek feature film was Star Trek V.

During his Q&A Leonard Nimoy said "never say never" to appearing in the next Star Trek sequel.

Full report at trekmovie.com

Leonard Nimoy had only great things to say about the new Star Trek Capital of Canada, Vulcan, Alberta, when he made his first every visit to the small town that has dedicated itself to Star Trek over the weekend.

Nimoy not only provided his famous Vulcan greeting handprint, but he also was onhand for the revealing of a bust in Spock's likeness that will be displayed at the town known already for statues of the USS Enterprise, and for its annual convention.






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President Obama may buy Star Wars pop-up books and wield a Star Wars lightsaber—but how about showing some love for Star Trek? Don't worry. Leonard Nimoy revealed last week at the 26th National Space Symposium, where he was accepting the 2010 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award, that President Obama is a Trek fan, too, msnbc reported.

"I know for sure he's a Star Trek fan," Nimoy said, because the first time the two met, President Obama spread his fingers in Mr. Spock's traditional Vulcan salute.

The actor, who's a fan of real-world spaceflight, had watched President Barack Obama's major space policy speech and says he's excited about what's to come in the world of real-life space exploration.

"I do believe that President Obama means it when he says that he is 100 percent interested in space," Nimoy told reporters. "All in all, I'm looking forward," he said. "I hope it's going to work out for the best."

Nimoy also said that it's just beginning to sink in that the space shuttle era is ending.

"I think people will be grieving," he said. "I will. I'll be sad to see it go. It's been a very important part of our image of NASA and space for the last number of years."

Source: scifiwire

Nimoy will make the trip to Vulcan, Alberta on April 23 to celebrate the small town's new designation as the "Official Star Trek Capital of Canada."

The town of just under 2,000 people has touted itself as a tourist draw of Trekkies for the past couple of decades. It hosts an annual Star Trek convention, and even has erected monuments and tourist facilities in honor of the original series.

Interesting enough, the town's association with Star Trek is merely a naming coincidence. Vulcan was founded in 1915, with all of its streets named after Roman gods and goddesses. Following the success of the Star Trek franchise, especially in the 1980s, the town adopted a sci-fi bent capitalizing on its name, and has been a tourist attraction ever since.

Nimoy is in the area because he's part of the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, who is lending Nimoy for the Friday event. The actor and director will be on hand for the unveiling of a bronze bust of his Spock character created by sculptor Nathan Scott, and is also expected to lend his famous Vulcan handprint into bronze.

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When "Star Trek" was poised to enter production in 2008, the entire project hinged on coaxing Leonard Nimoy-- the man who played Spock for 40 years -- out of retirement.

Director J.J. Abrams and his writing team visited the legendary actor's home to deliver a personal pitch, one that apparently left the actor in quiet contemplation before he finally decided to come out of retirement for the project.

Since then, Nimoy has already made it known that he will not come out of retirement again, and that his Spock days are over.

Unfortunately for Nimoy, his successor has other plans.

Zachary Quinto, the popular "Heroes" villain and 2009 edition of Mr. Spock, has said that he hopes Nimoy will be back to reprise the role of the aged ambassador from another timeline in a sequel movie. However, he acknowledged that it would take a lot more than a visit from Abrams to bring the star out of his life of leisure.

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He may have reprised his iconic role of Spock in the recent J.J. Abrams re-imagining of "Star Trek," but that's about as far as it goes for Leonard Nimoy.

"I don’t see it happening," Nimoy told the Calgary Herald, referring to a possible return in future movies. "I’m comfortable. I’m not glad, I’m not sad. I feel like I’ve had a great ride with the character."

Nimoy, 78, first started in the pilots for the original "Star Trek" in 1964, making his involvement in the franchise some 46 years now.

"It's been a wonderful ride for me, and it's been great for my family," he said. "We got to do some very interesting work outside of 'Star Trek' because of 'Star Trek,' and I'm very satisfied."

Nimoy, who has become synonymous with the Star Trek branding, had enjoyed his retirement until J.J. Abrams and his long-time partners -- Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman -– paid him a visit regarding their pitch for the 2009 movie. During their discussions for the future of the franchise, it became clear that Nimoy was the starting point, and the weight of such a role was enough to coax the actor back into the spotlight.

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Leonard Nimoy, best-known to Star Trek fans as the original Spock, will attend ten different conventions this year, but then will retire from the convention circuit.

“I think this is the last year I will do this,” he said. “It’s exciting, but I think I’ve done enough of it. I’m looking forward to concentrating on my personal life.”

Originally, it was believed that the character of Spock would not amount to much. There were also worries about reaction from a certain segment of the population. “There was a concern that the Bible Belt country would reject the character,” said Nimoy. “To come this distance and be talking about it is overwhelming.

“It’s extraordinary. I consider myself an extremely lucky person. The character has been welcomed by so many people. I’m pretty touched by that and pretty humbled by that.”

Nimoy told a story about something that happens often to him, being recognized by fans. Recently, he was having lunch with his wife in a restaurant in New York, and their waiter, an immigrant from Bangladesh, told Nimoy that he had grown up watching Star Trek. The show had affected him, explained the waiter, who began to cry.

When Nimoy went to pay the bill for the lunch, the waiter told him that another patron had also recognized Nimoy and had paid the bill for him. And after leaving the restaurant and getting into a cab, Nimoy realized that on the dashboard of that cab was–a cardboard cutout of Spock!

Nimoy has plenty to do in his life nowadays with TV work and his photography. His latest photography project, Secret Selves, opens July 31 at MASS MoCA in Massachusetts. For Secret Selves, Nimoy photographed almost a hundred people in the studio who were illustrating their hidden or secret selves by courtesy of props and/or costumes.

And what of the future? Nimoy is hoping to find “undiscovered territory” “There will be ideas that pop up that will be irresistible,” he said.

Source: The News Tribune