Captain Janeway herself Kate Mulgrew at the 2002 STAR TREK GRAND SLAM (Copyright 2002 Sue Schneider)
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TREK SLAM 2002: NEMESIS talk from McFadden, Mulgrew and more

Recently, the biggest names in STAR TREK gathered in Pasadena, Calif. to bask in the splendor of the biggest franchise in modern science fiction: STAR TREK Grand Slam 2002.

While it was impossible to see everything and attend all of the guest star's appearances, CINESCAPE's own Anne Moore, Sue Schneider and Steven Klotz did their best, and brought us the details. This week, we're bringing them to you.

Check back every day for info and star pictures on everything from ENTERPRISE, STAR TREK: NEMESIS, to talk of DEEP SPACE NINE and hopes for a big screen adventure of their own, and more.

Today we touch on the news of the new big screen TREK adventure, NEMESIS, currently slated to hit screens by year's end.

Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher of THE NEXT GENERATION) opened the convention in the main auditorium. She was an immediate hit, answering the most asked question of the entire con, "What can you tell us about the new STAR TREK movie NEMESIS?" Even though her answer was short and diplomatic, it was a perfect tease for fans, "I really think it [NEMESIS] is going to be great. For me, it's the most enjoyable of the STAR TREK films I've done so far."

VOYAGER's own captain, Kate Mulgrew talked about her "don't blink" cameo in NEMESIS.

"I'm in it," she confirmed for the crowd, "I'm telling that old sod [Picard] what to do and how to do it. It was so much fun bossing Captain Picard around."

Also on hand over the days of the Slam were Jonathan Frakes, who arrived to promote his new movie CLOCKSTOPERS and tease the audience with more NEMESIS details. He also confirmed the rumors of a wedding between Commander Riker and Deanna Troi. The rest of his NEMESIS news, " Wesley Crusher not only returns, he crashes the wedding. And you know who else is there? Whoopi." But when Frakes was asked about their honeymoon, he responded as a true officer and a gentleman should, and refused to discuss it.

Wesley himself, Wil Wheaton, was also on hand to talk about the joy and bane of TREK performers, the Internet, his own site, and some of the misconceptions about him.

"I felt there was this great misconception about me," he said. "I wanted an opportunity to speak up for myself. That's who I am. What you see is what you get. People say they kind of feel that they know me by reading my Web site. That's why I wanted to do that. I average 250,000 hits a day now with 8,000 visits."