FORTHCOMING COLLECTION TO TAKE FANS BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH
NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE
STAR TREK®: THE ORIGINAL SERIES -
THE RODDENBERRY VAULT
Details On New Blu-ray™ Release From CBS Home Entertainment
And Paramount Home Media Distribution Exclusively Revealed At
Comic-Con International: San Diego 2016
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 23, 2016) – CBS Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Media Distribution and Roddenberry Entertainment announced today at
Comic-Con International: San Diego that STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - THE RODDENBERRY VAULT,a collector’s edition Blu-ray set, will be released later in 2016.
During the production of Star Trek: The Original Series, bits and pieces of episodic footage were left on the cutting room floor, then stored away in film cans for decades by the Gene Roddenberry Estate. Now, in celebration of the show's 50th Anniversary,
The Roddenberry Vault has finally been opened. Along with 12 of their favorite episodes, fans can see and own behind the scenes footage from the making of the series as well as alternate takes, deleted scenes, omitted dialogue, outtakes, and original visual FX elements.
STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - THE RODDENBERRY VAULT Blu-ray set includes newly-produced special feature documentaries that incorporate the “Vault” materials and feature all-new interviews with cast and production personnel, including new insights from William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk), writers
Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, David Gerrold, & John D.F. Black, director Ralph Senensky, casting director Joseph D'Agosta, visual effects artist Richard Edlund, and more. Alsofeatured is an exploration into the series’ long-lasting appeal through interviews with some of Star Trek’s biggest fans including The Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady, The Simpsons writer/producer David Mirkin, Family Guywriter/producer
David A. Goodman, NASA's Bobak Ferdowsi, Bill Nye (The Science Guy), and many more. The special feature documentaries are:
• Inside The Roddenberry Vault – A multi-part glimpse at classic episodes from new angles and perspectives.
• Star Trek: Revisiting A Classic – A look at life on the set during production.
• Strange New Worlds: Visualizing The Fantastic – An inside look at the groundbreaking work of the series’ designers and visual effects artists.
STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT includes 12classic
Star Trek episodes in high-definition Blu-ray chosen for their relevance to the Vault's lost/unseen material:
• The Corbomite Maneuver
• Arena
• Space Seed
• This Side of Paradise
• The Devil in the Dark
• The City on the Edge of Forever
• Operation: Annihilate!
• Metamorphosis
• Who Mourns for Adonais?
• Mirror, Mirror
• The Trouble With Tribbles
• Return to Tomorrow
STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT Blu-ray set is executive produced by Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Special feature documentaries are produced by
Roger Lay, Jr. and Michael and Denise Okuda
