By now you've probably heard the story of how J.J. Abrams showed Star Trek Into Darkness to a dying cancer patient named Daniel. It's a remarkable story, like Fanboys brought to life, and speaks to the generosity of not only Abrams but all of the folks at Bad Robot and Paramount. In fact, Daniel's wife recently posted her husband's response to the film over at Reddit...
Hi everyone, it’s Daniel’s wife, we are of course sworn to secrecy, BUT we are officially allowed to say we saw it and we enjoyed it IMMENSELY as a film and as a gesture…However; Daniel ‘hates’ being an ‘inspiring cancer story’ we his friends and loved ones would prefer for the update to have more of a heartfelt message of giving, especially during this season:
This is a story of us giving something to him, the ‘internet’ community giving something to him and ultimately being a heartwarming gift to our friends, family and so many others. This story of us (and of course JJ Abrams & Bad Robot) being able to give this surprise gift of a screening to a huge movie buff like Daniel, especially a film made by a film maker who obviously makes movies with such care, with a fan like Daniel in mind (and a person like me who knows slightly less about these things). Also, it was truly amazing that a film-maker so secretive as JJ Abrams was kind enough to show this to us.
It is also so wonderful for his friends & his family to finally hear some good news from us, They know how important film is to Daniel & could not think of a better way to please to him. So this gesture really has brought a lot of smiles all around.
It was a wonderful thing to see with Daniel and a wonderful thing to see Daniel enjoy – Making someone as ill as he is smile for any length of time really makes a difference. (At this point making me smile is good too)
This is also so poignant as JJ Abrams took so much care in the first Star Trek movie to at least TRY to get everything ‘right’ for the fans and we were so touched when he was concerned that we wouldn’t 100% enjoy the screening as it’s still being worked on…….Be assured we enjoyed it 110%! We are so grateful thank you, thank you, thank you…..
Dude, no spoilers? Is Benedict Cumberbatch really Khan in disguise? Come on! In the light of that, these brand new high-res images from the film seem kind of inconsequential. Some of them we've already seen, and that one of Chris Pine wielding a gun looks like it could have been taken from the Jack Ryan set, but these are still pretty cool.
Star Trek Into Darkness opens on May 17th.
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