Is the "once-proud" Star Trek franchise stagnant and in decay? Yes, according to a leading game maker.
Activision filed suit Monday against Trek's federation bosses at Viacom, accusing the media giant of running the Enterprise (news - web sites) into the ground, and zapping fan interest in its videogame tie-ins. Viacom, in turn, says it's the gamer that's trying to trod on Trek for the sole purpose of renegotiating a $20 million licensing deal. Activision's breach-of-contract lawsuit, excerpted Tuesday in a release from the Santa Monica software manufacturer, is unusually harsh in its assessment of the state of Star Trek, and even contains a spoiler. To whit: According to Activision, Viacom, which owns Paramount Pictures, has "no current plans for further Star Trek films." Spoiler proviso: Studio sources say that while a new big-screener isn't in the works that doesn't mean one won't be--Paramount, they insist, isn't phasing out Trek. Paramount has released 10 Trek features, dating back to 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The most recent was 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis, the fourth to star the cast from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the first to fail to surpass the $50 million mark at the U.S. box office. To Activision, Nemesis' negligible performance wasn't a isolated incident, but a trend. ---------------------- Wowsies. 0_0 I mean...they aren't really doing much good things with the series...but that's really a bit harsh ^_^ http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/eo/20030702/en_industry_e o/12085 -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
