Star Trek

…2009 Abrams directed the film Star Trek, which explored the early years of the crew members of the 23rd-century starship USS Enterprise from the 1960s science-fiction TV series of the same name. The then 42-year-old director was credited with adding a youthful energy to a film franchise that many thought…

…of the original characters, including Star Trek (2009), Star Trek into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Abrams’s 2009 movie Star Trek, and that same year he played a menacing hitchhiker in the thriller A Perfect Getaway. He appeared in the minor action movie Ca\$h (2010) before his first outing as the title Norse god in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (2011). The movie told the story…

Beginning with Star Trek (2009), Perry occasionally accepted acting roles in others’ films. For instance, in Alex Cross (2012), an adaptation of a James Patterson novel, he portrayed the titular detective, a role originated on-screen by Morgan Freeman. He later appeared as a defense attorney in David…

Star Trek became a box-office hit following its release in 2009, and it helped make Pine a household name. He reprised the role of Kirk in the sequels Star Trek into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). In 2010 he starred alongside Denzel Washington…

…Sex and Death 101 (2007), Star Trek (2009), and Frankenweenie (2012), the latter directed by Burton. Those works were followed by her selection for the role of Joyce Byers in the critically acclaimed science-fiction–horror series Stranger Things (2016– ). Ryder’s performance in the challenging role garnered significant praise from critics.…

Uhura in the movie Star Trek, which reimagined the characters of the original TV series, and, through the technique of motion capture, she embodied Neytiri—a high-ranking member of the Na’vi, a humanoid race indigenous to the exoplanetary moon Pandora—in James Cameron’s sci-fi film Avatar. Both movies were major hits.…