New Star Trek trailer with Original Spock, plus a Few Words on working on the Movie.

This is an online-only version of the trailer, just released.



There are spots running on tv now, missing the car chase and the kid yelling his name at the beginning, which I think effectively eliminates most of the potentially cringe-inducing elements.

I think it's safe at this point to say that I worked on this movie for about 8 days last year, and 1 day earlier this year, as one of 100 or so background cadets. The shot in the trailer of the hangar deck with a bunch of shuttles is definitely one of the days I worked, since I was there I think every day they shot at that location. Other than that, I have no idea if I will be visible in the finished film. But let me say this: the 2 days that Leonard Nimoy was on set were fairly magical, to me and everyone else working background who had been a fan of the show (a fair amount of the cadets were). At one point it hit me that this might be the last time he ever plays this character, or acts in general, since he's so elderly now. It was really special to know he was there working while we were working in the same early hours of that cold morning. At one point when JJ Abrams introduced him unexpectedly, I almost cried as we all stood up and gave him a standing ovation, and he flashed us the Vulcan salute: I had been watching this guy's work intently since I was around 4 or 5 years old. But I didn't cry, because hey, I was wearing a Starfleet uniform. And you don't cry if you're wearing a Starfleet uniform, unless you're some sort of Regulan blood worm.

Claire, if you're reading this, I owe you a long phone call explaining how this all went down. I also owe you a debt of gratitude & my eternal thanks go out to you for originally getting me involved in this project.

I'm going to shut up about all this now for a while, but I hope that when May 2009 hits all of us will be treated to a great, mythologically satisfying origin story. Looks and feels epic. I hope it's great.

And now I return you to the many possibilities.

W;



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Refridgerator: directed by Peter Nydrle, for Best Buy.

A short film by Czech director Peter Nydrle, made for a new indie start-up called Best Buy. Please enjoy my legs from far away.





Actors: Will Maier, Deepa Seneviratne, Scott G. Anderson.

More at Nydrle.com.

Director John Webb on IFC News discussing our award-winning Film at AFI Fest

John Webb discussed our the short 'TMI, Inc' that won the IFC / Absolut Vodka Filmmaking Challenge on an IFC News segment. This clip is now running on the Independent Film Channel; keep an eye out for it . . .(includes clips from the party the party they threw us at AFI Fest last week in Hollywood):



(Watch the clip full size here)

Congrats to John & all our crew.

You can see the film we won for here.

-W.

Metallica Inside You [live perfomance]

Metallica Inside You, by William Maier & Stirling Krusing (For Serious Reals)

Stirling was in town from New York with the band Flaming Fire, so I stole him for a night and we performed a few songs that we'd written back in January of '07 during my brief time spent in Gainesville. This was the last song of the 5 song set:

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MP3 of this song & others at the For Serious Reals myspace.

Last-minute write in candidate for President: My Dad, Bill Maier, Jr.

Can't decide who to vote for? Vote for my Dad!



A special announcement was made last night in Los Angeles: my father, Bill Maier Jr, is a last-minute write in candidate for President. If you cannot decide who to vote for, and want a different choice, please watch this video before you vote.

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For America & our Future. Vote!

;W

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