The trailer for Adam Nimoy’s documentary, For the Love of Spock, reintroduces the world to their favorite Vulcan through the eyes of his son and the world.
Many knew him as the Starship Enterprise’s science officer with pointed ears and a knack for choosing logic over emotion. Mr. Spock inspired countless fans across the world to give science a shot, to boldly go where no one else had gone before. The man behind the blue shirt, Leonard Nimoy embraced his celebrity and gave back everything he could to the star Trek community. in 2014 his son, Adam Nimoy decided to dive into the story of Mr. Spock in a documentary on the character. His father was completely on board until his untimely death in February 2015.
After premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, the film is finally set for theatrical and digital release this fall. It will perfectly coincide with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek the original series 50th anniversary. Watch the first official trailer for the film and get a sense of the father, fan, and loving human.
In order for the film dives into the world that made Mr. Spock, it had to pay special homage to the life of man under the prosthetic ears. As Walter Koenig (the original Pavel Chekov) says, “was occasionally Leonard-like, but mostly Spock.” Koenig is just one of the many, many people interviewed as a part of this documentary. Everyone from J.J. Abrams, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, George Takei, William Shatner, all offer their thoughts on the late, great Leonard Nimoy. In addition, Adam Nimoy takes his turn in front of the camera speaking to Zachary Quinto who grew close to Nimoy after accepting the role of Mr. Spock in the current franchise film reboot.
You may remember the seeing a nod to the making of the film from its cameo in The Big Bang Theory last fall. Sheldon is being interviewed by Adam Nimoy after frequent guest star Wil Wheaton arranges the opportunity for Sheldon to pay homage to his hero.
For the Love of Spock will debut in select theaters on September 9 and will be available for digital download same day.
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