Paramount has somewhat brazenly decided it will boldly go where it has gone before with its blockbuster "Star Trek" films.

The series formed the basis of the seventh to tenth Star Trek films, and is also the setting of numerous novels, comic books, and games.

Mr. Roddenberry was producer of the first "Star Trek" film and executive consultant on the next three.

The film that was commissioned instead ended up being the sixth Trek film.

Critical reception was mostly positive; critics including Roger Ebert considered it one of the best Star Trek films.

Easily the best Star Trek film - full of classic lines, the best baddie and the best performances from the original cast.

The book was culled for background imagery in the first three Trek films.

Abrams' first "Star Trek" film, released in 2009, grossed $385 million worldwide.

(Subsequent Trek films tended to have shorter television versions.)

The first film to be a direct sequel to the previous Trek film.