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William Shatner is most known by people as the man who led Star Trek in its early years. From 1966 to 1994, Shatner played James T. Kirk and did so brilliantly. A tentpole character of the franchise that had fans flocking to it for decades. Now, in the twilight of his life, it looks like he's finally stepping back from leading man roles. At least on television.

Despite being 93, Shatner is still going. He's voicing the character Keldor for Masters of the Universe: Revolution and recently starred in the 2021 film Senior Moment. He's not just still acting but he's serving as a host for a variety of programming as well. Like with his newest series, The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe.

Yet, if you were to dig deep and be fair, Shatner has only starred in a handful of shows. Eight by our count. He may have been in more but these...

Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton Photo: Jon Pack Problemista, the debut film from stand-up comedian, SNL Melania whisperer, and Los Espookys co-creator Julio Torres, lands closer to Uhf than Being John Malkovich, creating a slick and consistently hilarious comedic satire that aims to please more than challenge. Abandoning the confidence...

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Problemista, the debut film from stand-up comedian, SNL Melania whisperer, and Los Espookys co-creator Julio Torres, lands closer to Uhf than Being John Malkovich, creating a slick and consistently hilarious comedic satire that aims to please more than challenge. Abandoning the confidence of his “Space Prince” stage persona,...

In the world of "Futurama," no one is allowed to utter the words "Star Trek" without facing arrest and severe legal penalties. It seems that by the year 3000, Trekkies had gone from being a loose-knit group of geeks to being a full-blown religion. After years of a Trekkie religion, schisms began to form in the church, leading to inevitable and prolonged Holy Wars. To solve the problem once and for all, humanity agreed to load every episode of the original series onto a rocket and launch them into deep space where they would never darken humanity's doorstep again. The severed heads of William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, DeForest Kelley, and George Takei -- all of them kept alive in jars -- were also loaded onto a rocket and sent into space. Leonard Nimoy's head stayed on Earth and took a job in the local Head Museum. James Doohan's fate was not shared,...

Gene Roddenberry's celebrated sci-fi TV series "Star Trek" debuted on September 8, 1966, and recently celebrated its 57th anniversary. Initially, "Trek" wasn't terribly popular, and only managed to make a third season thanks to a coordinated letter-writing campaign (a campaign that Roddenberry was accused of orchestrating and encouraging himself). It wouldn't be until after "Star Trek" was canceled in 1969 that its popularity would significantly begin to grow. Thanks to a sweet infinite syndication deal, "Star Trek" reruns were common, and a cult began to form. By the early 1970s, the first "Trek" conventions began to appear. Naturally, conventions were a great place for the show's stars and creators to congregate and share production stories with a rising tide of obsessives. Fans were able to talk to and get autographs from William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, George Takei, James Doohan, and Grace Lee Whitney, as...

What’s the one thing that can make Dungeons and Dragons even better? Dunking, of course.

Speaking of dragons, here are the greatest dragons to ever be featured on the silver screen.

“Even before Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves arrives in theaters this weekend, it seems like dragons are everywhere you look in pop culture these days. They’re on TV, in games and books, and especially in films. In that spirit we’ve put together a list of our favorite dragons from the big screen.”

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Questlove is returning to the director’s chair, this time for a live-action remake of Aristocats for Disney.

“After winning an Academy Award, you have to assume a person’s career options suddenly become way more vast. No doubt Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson—a hugely successful musician in addition to picking up an Oscar last year for Summer...

"Star Trek: Picard" catches up with the titular captain of the Enterprise-d, several decades after the events of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Now on its third season, "Picard" stars an 82-year-old Patrick Stewart and a decidedly retired admiral, currently reconnecting with his fellow "NextGen" castmates. The previous two seasons of "Picard" were violent and action-packed, surrounding the main character with a group of young fighters and weapons handlers who are capable of doling out mayhem. Picard himself doesn't get involved in the action because, well, he's over 100 years old. It has been previously announced that the third season of "Picard" will be its last, possibly because Stewart, being 82, would like to step away from the part.

Given the glut of new "Star Trek" on Paramount+, and how widespread a timeline the shows all cover, it seems possible for any and every character to be brought back into the franchise at any minute.

In 1966, Montreal-born William Shatner was cast in the role that would change his life, Capt. James Tiberius Kirk in NBC's sci-fi drama "Star Trek." Shatner would go on to play the starship captain for three seasons before reprising Kirk in a Saturday morning cartoon and then in several "Trek" movies throughout the 1970s, '80s, and '90s until Kirk's demise in 1994's "Star Trek Generations." There's no argument that Shatner — who celebrated his 91st birthday in March 2022 — will forever be associated with his "Trek" character. And while Kirk will always be his signature role, the truth is that it's one of many for an actor who first made his way to Hollywood in the 1950s after performing Shakespeare with the famed Stratford Festival in his native Canada.

In fact, Shatner has amassed a whopping 250 screen credits over the years. His roles have run the gamut, ranging from Ranger...

Androids such as Mother and Father in HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves are unique among their robot cousins depicted in science fiction television. Instead of being metallic, mechanical servants devoid of any life-like appearance, androids are by definition built to look just like humans, and as a result, they are often written to have some of the same emotional strengths and flaws. But while their function may be to assist the humans that created them, they often are either caretakers like Father or killers like Mother, at least as it applies to her necromancer origins.

Reconciling those two sides is never easy, and androids weren’t always so realistic in the different eras of television, often acting as Pinocchios who wanted to be “real.” There have been many android characters in film and TV, but below are a few exemplars of each type among the main cast of some...

“TekWar” was William Shatner’s ’90s sci-fi passion project. Thirty-odd years later, he’s adapting his sci-fi world into an adult animated television series.

Deadline reported on Tuesday that Shatner, best known for portraying James T. Kirk in the original “Star Trek” series, is working with Pure Imagination Studios to develop and produce the adaptation. Per Deadline, the “TekWar” novels are set in the year 2043 and follow a former detective in futuristic Los Angeles who was framed for the crime of dealing an illegal mind-altering drug in the form of a bio-digital microchip. It poses a great threat to humanity and has the potential to become a virus that will lead to an unrecoverable future.

Shatner’s nine “TekWar” novels, which were ghost-written by Ron Goulart, were published from 1989 to 1997. The “TekWar” novels were adapted into a variety of mediums, including four television movies, a two-season live-action series, as well...

Exclusive: William Shatner and his Shatner Universe has teamed with Pure Imagination Studios to develop and produce a mixed-reality, adult animated series based on Shatner’s hit science fiction thriller TekWar.

Developed and written by Matt Michnovetz, TekWar is based on Shatner’s series of bestselling detective novels, the first published in 1989. The novels are set in the year 2043 and follow a former detective in futuristic Los Angeles who was framed for the crime of dealing an illegal mind-altering drug in the form of a bio-digital microchip. It poses a great threat to humanity and has the potential to become a virus that will lead to an unrecoverable future.

TekWar is being conceptualized as a mixed-reality animated series where viewers will be able to participate with the show in different forms of technology via mobile, tablets or wearable devices. The series can be viewed stand-alone,...

The Witcher has announced casting for a slew of new characters for Season 2, including a notable villain.

“Filming on The Witcher’s second season continues apace, as Netflix has hired several new cast members for the hit series based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy books, including one of the series’ bigger villains.”

Read more at Gizmodo.

William Shatner turned 90 years old yesterday. To celebrate, check out 90 fun facts about this Star Trek icon.

“Born March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, William Shatner has been an indelible part of popular culture for a good portion of a century. Though he’s most recognizable as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek film and television franchise, Shatner’s career has encompassed everything from the earliest days of television to spoken-word recordings to his own sci-fi book series (TekWar).”

Read more at Mental Floss.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier gives two beloved...

John Carpenter is taking his Hollywood horror sensibilities to Gotham City, with DC Comics’ recent announcement that the director of The Thing, Halloween, and The Fog is co-writing a special 40-page Joker comic book.

Carpenter isn’t the only Hollywood notable dabbling in the comic book world — far from it, in fact, he’s actually part of a crush of celebrity tourists who are putting their names on comics. The allure for some is the IP creation opportunities, while others hope to tap into the evolving medium’s new indie-spirited cachet. For some it’s a purer pursuit, a low-cost way to produce a pet project or a nostalgic lark that reconnects them with comics traditions and characters they loved in their own youth.

With Hollywood poised to make its annual southbound pilgrimage to San Diego’s Comic-Con International this week, here’s a look at two dozen notable show-biz...

To celebrate the home entertainment release of Pyewacket available now on Digital HD and on DVD from the 23rd April 2018, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Signature Entertainment!

Forget teen-friendly jump scares and Ouija board pranks – this the real deal, that goes deep into the dark heart of the occult. From the producer of cult hits The Void and The Witch, Pyewacket can take its place alongside those other-wordly modern horror classics.

Adam MacDonald, who directed the impressive killer bear thriller Backcountry, has crafted a deliciously taut slow burner, with outstanding central performances from Nicole Munoz as witchcraft-obsessed teenager Leah, and The Walking Dead’s Laurie Holden as her mother. As surprising as it is inventive, the film plants a seed of dread from the moment teenager Leah performs an occult ritual in the woods, building to an excruciating climax that will do for...

Stars: Jessica Lee Keller, Lindsey Sporrer, Greg Evigan, Leslie Easterbrook, Dillon Cavitt, Evan Miller, Sarah Joy Byington, Heath Allyn, Mark Hanson, Craig Nigh, Sam Stinson, Carlton Caudle | Written by Jake Helgren | Directed by Sean Cain

Ok, when you buy a film called Terror Birds you surely know what you getting… A film horror film about a group of people getting terrorised by one or more horrific killer birds. And that’s Exactly what you get! However if you’re a horror fan, and one that pays particular attention to cast and crew on Dtv titles, you’ll also be expecting something special given that Terror Birds comes from writer Jake Helgren – whose previous films Varsity Blood and Bloody Homecoming were both highly enjoyable modern takes on the classic slasher movie.

Maddy Stern’s father, a fanatical birdwatcher, goes missing during a routine birdwatching excursion, so she and her college pals...

Pop culture comes to life in St. Louis this weeekend! It’s the Wizard World Comic Con April 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at America’s Center downtown (701 Convention Plaza – St. Louis, Mo 63101), and boy oh boy, do they have an amazing line-up of guests!

Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. St. Louis show hours are Friday, April 1st, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, April 2nd, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, April 3rd, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor...

From The Secret Of Monkey Island to Star Wars: Dark Forces, Simon looks back at some of the LucasArts' great early 90s games...

George Lucas has a lot to answer for. He gave us a sci-fi film franchise that fired our collective imaginations, and made us fantasise about flying amongst the stars in the Millennium Falcon. It was amazing, exciting and fun. And then he founded LucasArts - a studio responsible for some of the best games of the 80s and 90s.

No longer a game developer following the Disney buyout, LucasArts is now a publisher for other developers, which is a bit of a shame.

There once was a time, though, when they were one of the most exciting developers on the planet, and when the games they chose to publish didn’t rely solely on the bankable familiarity of a movie licence. I could spend many thousands...

William Shatner has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a book on career reinvention.

Shatner's new self-help book Catch Me Up is focused on encouraging and inspiring people over 50 with career struggles to reinvent themselves.

Catch Me Up offers tips on how older people can adapt to modern technology, in addition to providing career guidance to people of any age.

Shatner has already written a draft of the book and is now seeking funding to avoid having to rely on a major publishing house.

"Going the traditional route would've required a number of sacrifices including a change in the overall message," Shatner explained on his Kickstarter page.

"So I've decided to take a page from my own book, so to speak, and use crowdsourcing to fund this project."

Shatner is seeking to raise at least $50,000 by January 19, 2015, with more than $23,000 in donations already pouring in.

Perks for those donating include...

Directed by: Gordon Yang

Written by: Andrew Erin and Jason Bourque

Featuring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Nicole de Boer, Greg Evigan, Sophie Gendron

I live in an extraordinary time; I have had the rare privilege of being born at the exact right moment that would allow me to watch the rise, and fall, of Lou Diamond Phillip’s stardom.

Ever since I saw him at his height in Young Guns (almost as brilliant as the sequel, Young Guns II), just a scant few years after his portrayal of '50s rocker Ritchie Valens, I have secretly been saddened by his waning acting career.

I think it was 1999’s Bats that killed it. Or was it Walter Hill’s Supernova? Either way, it has never been the same. He’s gone the way of Judd Nelson and C. Thomas Howell. His latest starring role in Metal Tornado is perhaps his greatest B-movie role,...

Rob Granito, internationally known artist and illustrator, will write and draw his own biography comic for Bluewater Productions.

“In the past two weeks, Granito’s name and work have been on everyone’s lips,” mused Bluewater president Darren Davis. “He might be the most famous comic artist of the year. We expect ‘Fame: Rob Granito’ to be a one-of -a-kind experience.”

Granito has worked for over 15 years in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic art. His name has been attached to major projects for companies such as Warner Brothers, DC and Marvel Comics, Disney, MTV, and VH1, where he has worked on comics, graphic novels, trading cards, animation, as well as book, CD, magazine, and novel covers.

Rob’s recent work has been on “Iron Man 2″ for Marvel, “Spider-man Archives” and “X-Men” for Upper Deck, “Marvel Masterpieces” for Ritten House, and the Playbill for the Broadway...

William Shatner says he would jump at the chance to appear in the next Star Trek film.

The actor became a household name as Captain James T Kirk in the Star Trek TV series from 1966 to 1969, and starred in seven spin-off films. He also voiced his character in Star Trek: The Animated Series in the 70s.

The franchise was successfully rebooted in 2009, with Chris Pine as the young version of Kirk. Shatner had hoped to have a cameo but the director and writers said they were unable to fit him into the story without it feeling contrived.

With a Star Trek sequel now set for June 29, 2012, the 80-year-old star tells the Press Association he would still love to return to his iconic role if asked to appear as the older Kirk.

He said: "I'd be delighted. Especially because I've become acquainted with (director) Jj Abrams and he's smaller than I am.

Today marks the 80th birthday of William Shatner. It's hard to think of any other actor who's had such a long and varied career on the small screen. In addition to starring as Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, one of the medium's most popular shows, Shatner has starred in seven other shows as well -- Star Trek: The Animated Series, Barbary Coast, For the People, T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911, Boston Legal, and currently $#*! My Dad Says.

And, who could forget his memorable guest shots on shows like The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare, 77 Sunset Strip, The Defenders (the 1960s original), Mission: Impossible, Columbo, TekWar, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and The Practice?

He's also starred on Broadway, starred in numerous feature films and TV movies, written many books, released "singing" albums, directed movies, produced and narrated specials, pitched computers...

Star Trek legend William Shatner is preparing to boldy go into his eighties this week (beg21Mar11) - the veteran actor becomes an octogenarian on Tuesday.

After starting out as a classically-trained Shakespearean actor, Shatner swapped the theatrical stage for the bright lights of Hollywood in the late 1950s and went on to win the part that has defined his career - Captain James T. Kirk in classic sci-fi TV show Star Trek.

When the series came to an end in 1969, he reprised his role as Kirk on numerous occassions, including seven Star Trek movies, but has continued to find success on the small screen career in recent years, picking up a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his stint in Boston Legal.

To celebrate Shatner's 80th birthday, WENN has compiled 10 fascinating facts about the actor from the final frontier:

- In March this year Shatner recorded a message for the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery, backed by the famous Star Trek theme tune. His deep space message mirrored the iconic opening credits of Star Trek.

- Before landing his role in Star Trek, Shatner appeared in a 1964 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with his future co-star Leonard Nimoy, who also turns 80 this week.

- Nimoy later joined his pal onscreen with a number of cameo appearances in Shatner's 1980s cop show T. J. Hooker.

- In 2006 Shatner sold one of his kidney stones and raised $75,000 (£46,875) for charity.

- During the 1970s, Shatner enjoyed guest spots in a number of successful TV shows, including Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man and Mission: Impossible.

- He won his first Emmy Award for playing attorney Denny Crane in The Practice, he continued the character in Boston Legal and won another Emmy Award, making him one of only a handful of actors, including his co-star James Spader, to have been feted twice for playing the same character in two different TV shows.

- Shatner suffers from hearing condition tinnitus.

- He has authored his own series of sci-fi novels, called TekWar, which were adapted for television and also made into comic books and video games.

- He has been married four times and has three daughters.

- Shatner forged out a music career using the spoken word instead of singing - his 1968 album The Transformed Man featured creative recitations of songs including Mr. Tambourine Man and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

- Shatner's hobbies include breeding and showing horses.

@azalben: "Honestly? I'd rather watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture or read TekWar novels forever than watch this piece of utter & complete $h*! again."

Okay, fine, fine, I’ll elaborate a little more – but in case you’re not familiar, $h*! My Dad Says, which I am not going to reference by title again because it's awful to write out, is based on the Twitter feed of a similar name. Yes, a Twitter feed.

And that, obviously enough, is the essential problem with the show. You take the Tweets, which were made by Justin Halpern from things his father actually said, and flesh them out into a half hour show, and you lose everything that made the property special and interesting in the first place.

The tweets are one-offs. They’re jokes. They’re punchlines, and that’s it. However, in a three-camera sitcom, they need set-ups. Not only that,...

Sure, "The Dark Knight" star Christian Bale has cemented his status as the big-screen incarnation of Batman these days, but for anyone who remembers a time before Christopher Nolan — or even Tim Burton — got their hands on Gotham's guardian, Adam West was (and in some cases, continues to be) the Batman.

The star of the campy 1960s television series that played a big role in making Batman a household name, West has managed to keep himself active in the pop culture eye for decades now with on-screen television, movie, and commercial roles, and numerous voice-acting gigs. One of the most popular recurring characters on the hit series "Family Guy" (he voices an eccentric version of himself who happens to be the mayor of fictional Quahog, Rhode Island), West has somehow managed to avoid adding a comic book project to his resume... until now.

"The Mis-Adventures Of Adam West" will...

Star Trek icon William Shatner has unveiled his latest comic book venture.

The actor's four-issue miniseries Quest for Tomorrow will be released by Bluewater Productions this September.

The new sci-fi adventure follows TekWar Chronicles: Plague of Ghosts, a four-issue Bluewater series that brought Shatner's popular TekWar novels to the pages of comic books for the first time.

Quest for Tomorrow, written by David McIntee and drawn by Joey Mason, under the guidance of Shatner, follows the adventures of Jim Endicott.

When Endicott celebrates his 16th birthday, he finds himself hurled into a series of new worlds. He becomes hunted and discovers the people who've populated his life so far aren't who they seem. Endicott also learns the same holds true for him.

"I've always been fascinated by comic books and the way they've been evolving over the years," said Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series and films.

A Graphic Novel collecting the first four issues of a new comic book by William Shatner is to be released in December.

Shatner - best known as Captain Kirk in Star Trek- co-wrote the Bluewater Productions comic, which is adapted from his TekWar novels.

The graphic novel is called TekWar Chronicles: Plague of Ghosts, with its story loosely based on the star's original 1989 book about a 22nd-century former police officer released from prison for a crime he is certain he did not commit.

Finding himself lost in a changed world, Jake Cardigan tries to rebuild his life only to be lured back into the dark world of a digital drug called Tek.

Shatner, who wrote the comic with Scott Davis, said: "Revisiting the world of Tek has been very gratifying.

"It's got action, sex, intrigue; I think we've created an exciting new mythology based on my books that any...

Established 1974! Our news column wonders who the remake rabies will infect next.

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Once again, there are seven new genre entries this weekend. First, tonight offers a new Eureka (“Shower the People,” Syfy, 9 p.m.), which involves mysterious, enigmatic even strange drownings. Friday night also includes three repeats: Smallville (“Eternal,” the CW, 8 p.m.), Ghost Whisperer (“Leap of Faith,” CBS, 8 p.m.) and Medium (“The Devil Inside” Part II, CBS, 9 p.m.). ABC’s The Goode Family may have ended its run or there might be two or so unaired episodes yet to come. But Not tonight!

As for Saturday, 9 p.m., Syfy boasts the premiere of another of its teleflicks (Phantom Racer starring Tekwar’s Greg Evigan) while simultaneously BBC America unveils the (we think) fifth first-run Being Human. Unless we’ve lost count, the sixth (and final) first season Human should air next weekend.

Sunday features Four...

Downtime on a movie or television set can often be a creatively debilitating experience, but for William Shatner it served as the impetus for creating the TekWar universe; a universe that has spanned numerous best-selling novels, comic books, trading cards, four television movies, a weekly series and, now, a brand new series of comics with talk of new TV adventures.

“Tek War Chronicles” #1, the debut issue of the new comic book series based on William Shatner’s best-selling science-fiction novels is on stands now, but that doesn’t mean the iconic actor and novelist has let up for a moment in voicing his affection for the latest iteration of the “TekWar” — a franchise that has included, among other things, prior “TekWar” comic books, a television series, a feature-length movie, and even a video game.

According to Shatner, he’s taking a hands-on approach with Bluewater Productions’ new “Tek War” comic, and learning quite a bit about the ins and outs of the medium along the way.

“I’m right there from the very beginning, from the concept of how the story will be told to okaying the drawings and the color,” Shatner told MTV News. “I’m getting a good education on the exigencies of drawing a comic book — but at the same time,...

A New Comic Book series co-written by Star Trek legend William Shatner and based on his best-selling TekWar novels has now been launched.

The TekWar Chronicles, penned by Shatner and writer Scott Davis for publisher Bluewater Productions, is loosely based on the original 1989 novel. The first issue of the monthly title arrived in stores today.

The 78-year-old actor, best known as Captain Kirk in the Star Trek TV series and movies, said the stories were "full of intrigue, mystery and sex...my favourite subjects."

The Chronicles will follow disgraced 22nd-century police officer Jake Cardigan who is mysteriously released from prison into a changed world. He tries to put his life back together only to be lured back into the dark world of an illegal, mind-altering digital drug called Tek.

Shatner's The TekWar novels were turned into a TV show from 1995-1996 as well as four 1994 television movies. Shatner starred in,...

Debuting This Week: William Shatner’s Tekwar Chronicles

The Tekwar Chronicles, a new comic book series based on William Shatner’s bestselling Tekwar novels, hits stores June 24th. It’s the first release under the creative partnership between Shatner and independent comic book publisher Bluewater Productions.

Hard-boiled Sf hero Jake Cardigan returns to the comics scene in The Tekwar Chronicles.

Shatner and veteran Bluewater writer Scott Davis penned the first issue of this monthly four-issue series, which derives from the original 1989 novel featuring Jake Cardigan, a disgraced 22nd-Century police officer who is mysteriously released from prison for a crime he is certain he didn’t commit. Lost in a world that has drastically changed since his incarceration, Cardigan tries to put his life back together, but ends up being lured back into the dark world of the digital drug known as Tek.

As fans know, Tekwar was only the beginning...

If there’s one spot to showcase a new comic on late night television, it’s probably “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien.” Besides sharing a name with U.S. President Barack Obama’s favorite comic book barbarian, the Tonight Show host and former “The Simpsons” scribe has been a fan of the medium for many years.

It’s no surprise then, that sci-fi legend and friend of the show, William Shatner would choose this outlet to promote his latest comic effort, “William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles” (which we exclusively previewed here on Splash Page last month).

Appearing on tomorrow night’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” Shatner is slated to preview and discuss the first issue of “Tek War,” which arrives in stores on June 24.

Based on Shatner’s “TekWar” series of novels the new comic book series tells the story of Jake, a wrongly-accused prisoner...

If you were missing William Shatner in J.J. Abrams‘ “Star Trek,” it looks like you’ll be able to make up for it in the coming months with “Tek War Chronicles,” the new comic book series based on Shatner’s best-selling “TekWar” science-fiction novels.

Written by Shatner and Scott Davis, “Tek War” tells the story of a man who returns to his futuristic world after serving four years of cryogenic stasis for a crime he didn’t commit. “Tek War” publisher Bluewater Productions, whose “Political Power: Barack Obama” and “Puppy Power: Bo Obama” comics were recently featured on Splash Page, has provided us with the first look at “Tek War Chronicles” #1, which hits shelves near the end of June.

Click on the images below for an exclusive preview of William Shatner’s “Tek War Chronicles” #1.

Bluewater’s “Tek War” comics are far from the only multimedia spin-off for Shatner’s popular sci-fi series.

Bluewater Productions has added William Shatner to their growing line of celebrity endorsed comic books. Following in the footsteps of Ray Harryhausen, Vincent Price and Roger Corman, Shatner will have comics based on his novels including Man O' War and Quest for Tomorrow. These will be published as miniseries, continuing the stories with talent yet to be announced.

His TekWar, written with Ron Goulart and an unnamed fourth title round out the commitment between the actor and the publisher. TekWar will also be a continuation. All four are scheduled to come out in the first quarter of 2009, available in comic shops as the hoopla surrounding the reboot of Star Trek edges towards its May 8 release.

The TekWar universe was adapted previously by Marvel Comics in the early 1990s and ran for 24 issues, written solely by Goulart. Darren G. Davis, president of Bluewater, has promised the ongoing series will be more...

NEW YORK -- NBC Universal said Tuesday that it will stream full episodes of old TV shows, including The A-Team and Kojak, on its Web sites.

Beginning this month, the shows will be available on NBC.com and on network-owned niche sites SciFi.com, ChillerTV.com and SleuthChannel.com.

The NBC.com additions are A-Team, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Miami Vice, Buck Rogers, Emergency, Night Gallery and the original Battlestar Galactica. Galactica and Buck also will be available on SciFi.com, along with Tek War and Night Gallery; Hitchcock, Swamp Thing, Tremors, Crow and Night Gallery will be featured on ChillerTV.com; and SleuthChannel.com will present the Telly Savalas starrer Kojak, Miami Vice, A-Team, Night Gallery and "Simon & Simon."

The content also will be available on Hulu, the online video joint venture that NBC Uni launched with News Corp. last year. Through Hulu, the shows will be syndicated to Yahoo, News Corp.'s MySpace, MSN, Comcast, Time Warner's AOL and other Web destinations.