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Browse 5 movies from Roddenberry Entertainment
Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.
Jan 2025
Explores the unproduced "Star Trek: Phase II", Gene Roddenberry's proposed 1970s revival of "Star Trek", and the forces that led to its demise. Featuring digital renders created by the Roddenberry Archive and OTOY, of the starship Enterprise and the command bridge as they had been redesigned and built – but never completed.
Aug 2025
An in-depth interview with the director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, profiling the filmmaker whose work arguably saved the Star Trek franchise after the nearly-catastrophic challenges of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Meyer recalls his complicated relationship with series creator Gene Roddenberry and tells of his initial inspiration for what many still consider to be the best in the Star Trek film series. The legendary filmmaker also reveals his secret to directing actor William Shatner and talks about the reason he did not receive screen credit as a writer on the project.
In 1985, Star Trek's George Takei joined a group of dedicated fans to make a student film deep in the California forest—only for the footage to mysteriously vanish. Nearly 40 years later, Beam Me Up, Sulu unearths this lost film, revealing not just a piece of fan history but a broader story of representation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for inclusion in media and society. The film was released as Yorktown: A Time to Heal (2022)
Jun 2025
Trek Nation is a documentary film directed by Scott Colthorp examining the positive impact that Star Trek and creator Gene Roddenberry may have had on people's lives as seen through the eyes of his son, Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. ("Rod"). It includes interviews with castmembers and crew from all five Star Trek shows, as well as various fans and celebrities who were markedly influenced by the show while growing up. Rod Roddenberry also visits Skywalker Ranch to interview George Lucas on the influence that Star Trek had on him. Lucas shares how he had gone to Star Trek conventions prior to creating Star Wars.
Nov 2011