The Star Trek film franchise will boldly transport onto Blu-ray Disc when Paramount Home Entertainment releases all 11 films — including the new J.J. Abrams reboot — on Blu-ray by year’s end.
The first six films in their original theatrical form will be available on Blu-ray starting May 12 in a lavish 7-disc box set full of new bonus features and presented in 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio and 1080p video.
Over 14 hours of bonus features span the seven discs including newly recorded commentaries, BD-J pop-up functionality and BD-Live accessibility for a Star Trek IQ trivia game.
The seventh disc is titled Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit and features a 70-minute exclusive round table discussion hosted by Whoopi Goldberg in which William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes candidly discuss their time on the Star Trek set.
The Star Trek Original Movie Collection set will retail for $104.99. The breakdown for each disc with notations for HD extras and new extras is as follows. Of note is no mention of the director’s cut for the original Star Trek Motion Picture and a new commentary by the Star Trek reboot film’s scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home which may or may not indicate a connection between the two films.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman (New)
- The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture (New- HD)
- Special Star Trek Reunion (New- HD)
- Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind V’ger (New- HD)
- Library Computer (New – BD Exclusive)
- BD Live: Star Trek I.Q. (New)
- Deleted Scenes
- Storyboards
- Trailers (HD) & TV Spots
- Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer
- Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto (New)
- James Horner: Composing Genesis (New- HD)
- A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban (New- HD)
- Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics (New- HD)
- Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI (New- HD)
- Library Computer (New BD Exclusive)
- BD Live: Star Trek I.Q. (New)
- Captain’s Log
- Designing Khan
- Original interviews with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Ricardo Montalban
- Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Visual Effects of Star Trek I: The Wrath of Khan
- The Star Trek Universe: A Novel Approach
- Storyboards
- Theatrical trailer (HD)
- Commentary by director Leonard Nimoy, writer/producer Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll and Robin Curtis
- Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor (New)
- Industrial Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek (New- HD)
- Spock: The Early Years (New- HD)
- Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame (New- HD)
- Library Computer (New – BD Exclusive)
- BD Live: Star Trek I.Q. (New)
- Captain’s Log
- Terraforming and the Prime Directive
- Space Docks and Birds of Prey
- Speaking Klingon
- Klingon and Vulcan Costumes
- Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer
- Photo Galleries
- Storyboards
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)
- Commentary by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
- Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (New)
- Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments (New- HD)
- The Three-Picture Saga (New- HD)
- Star Trek for a Cause (New- HD)
- Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe (New- HD)
- Library Computer (New – BD Exclusive)
- BD Live: Star Trek I.Q. (New)
- Future’s Past: A Look Back
- On Location
- Dailies Deconstruction
- Below-the-Line: Sound Design
- Time Travel: The Art of the Possible
- The Language of Whales
- A Vulcan Primer
- Kirk’s Women
- From Outer Space to the Ocean
- The Bird of Prey
- Original interviews with Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and DeForest Kelley
- Roddenberry Scrapbook
- Featured Artist: Mark Lenard
- Production Gallery
- Storyboards
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)
- Commentary by William Shatner and Liz Shatner
- Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman (New)
- Star Trek Honors NASA (New- HD)
- Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Doohan (New- HD)
- Starfleet Academy: Nimbus III (New- HD)
- Library Computer (New – BD Exclusive)
- BD Live: Star Trek I.Q. (New)
- Harve Bennett’s Pitch to the Sales Team
- The Journey: A Behind-the-Scenes Documentary
- Makeup Tests
- Pre-Visualization Models
- Rockman in the Raw
- Star Trek V press conference
- Herman Zimmerman: A Tribute
- Original Interview: William Shatner
- Cosmic Thoughts
- That Klingon Couple
- A Green Future?
- Deleted Scenes
- Production Gallery
- Storyboards
- Theatrical Trailers (HD)
- TV Spots
- Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn
- Commentary by Larry Nemecek and Ira Steven Behr (New)
- Tom Morga: Alien Stuntman (New- HD)
- To Be Or Not To Be: Klingons and Shakespeare (New- HD)
- Starfleet Academy: Praxis (New- HD)
- Library Computer (New – BD Exclusive)
- BD Live: Star Trek I.Q. (New)
- The Perils of Peacemaking
- Stories from Star Trek VI:
- It Started with a Story
- Prejudice
- Director Nicholas Meyer
- Shakespeare & General Chang
- Bring it to Life
- Farewell & Goodbye
- Conversations with Nicholas Meyer
- Klingons: Conjuring the Legend
- Federation Operatives
- Penny’s Toy Box
- Together Again
- DeForest Kelley: A Tribute
- Original cast interviews
- Production Gallery
- Storyboards
- 1991 Convention Presentation by Nicholas Meyer
- Trailers (HD)
- Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit (New – HD)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Bonus Disc:
For many fans, the core Star Trek films are considered the trilogy arc between episodes II and IV. For these fans, Paramount is releasing only these films in a separate box set at less than half the price: $48.99.
All three films, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek: IV: The Voyage Home, will include all the new special features from the larger six-movie set. They will not, however, include the ported extras from the previous two-disc DVD sets that the six-movie set will.
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto
- James Horner: Composing Genesis (HD)
- Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics (HD)
- A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban (HD)
- Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI (HD)
- Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor
- Industrial Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek (HD)
- Spock: The Early Years (HD)
- Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame (HD)
- Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer (HD)
- Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
- Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments (HD)
- The Three-Picture Saga (HD)
- Star Trek for a Cause (HD)
- Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe (HD)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The remaining four Star Trek films centered on the Next Generation cast that includes Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis, are expected to arrive on Blu-ray Disc with the release of J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot this fall. Combined with April’s release of The Original Series: Season One on Blu-ray and season two and three expected this fall, 2009 is clearly a huge year for Star Trek in high definition.
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Thanks to TrekMovie.com for additional information presented in this article.
