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Best known for playing Lt. Commander Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, actor Michael Dorn also directed four episodes of Star Trek. Dorn is one of many Star Trek: DS9 actors who became directors. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Avery Brooks (Captain Benjamin Sisko) and Rene Auberjonois (Constable Odo) each directed nine episodes of DS9. Tng's LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), and Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt. Tom Paris) and Roxann Dawson (Lt. B'Elanna Torres) have all become successful television directors.

Many Star Trek actors, including Dorn, got their chance to direct episodes because Star Trek producer Rick Berman's "Director's School" let interested actors from 1990s Star Trek shows get hands-on experience as directors. The Star Trek Director's School was inspired by Dorn's Star Trek: The Next Generation cast mate Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker), who...

Before Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Armin Shimerman and Max Grodnchik made their franchise debuts as other Ferengi characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Shimerman and Grodnchik are most famous for playing the sibling duo Quark and Rom on Deep Space Nine. Quark was part of DS9's main cast of characters, appearing in almost every episode, while Rom was a recurring character who first appeared in the pilot episode "Emissary." Together with Rom's son, Nog (Aron Eisenberg), the trio made up the bulk of Ferengi representation on DS9.

As the first Ferengi main characters on any Star Trek TV show, Quark and Rom expanded Star Trek's Ferengi history and lore, making the species more sympathetic and complex. This was no small feat, as when the Ferengi were created for Star Trek: Tng, they were meant to be the series' main villains. Despite some of the Ferengi's less likable qualities,...

Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) may be one of Star Trek's most serious captains, but this Star Trek: The Next Generation episode proved Patrick Stewart could be incredibly funny as well. Patrick Stewart has been open about how he could be a bit too severe on set during Tng season 1. Just as it took Stewart himself time to adjust to the sometimes silly antics of Tng's other cast members, it took Captain Picard time to lighten up as well.

Since Star Trek: The Original Series, the franchise has incorporated humorous elements into its stories, from banter between characters to entire comedic episodes. Not only did Star Trek: The Next Generation hit its stride by the show's third season, but the actors also appeared more comfortable in their roles. Patrick Stewart never failed to deliver a solid performance as Captain Picard, but his comedy chops were not obviously apparent until this late Tng season 3 episode.

In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Captain's Holiday", Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) was forced to take a vacation on the sexed-up beach resort planet of Risa where his impishly playful crew hoped he would have a drink, get laid, and return to the job less stern and more relaxed. Picard, a studious and intellectual fellow, would have been more content drinking tea and reading James Joyce's "Ulysses" in a dark room. 

Luckily, Risa proves to be more exciting than Picard realized. He had no interest in beach shenanigans, but he did fall into the company of the utterly dazzling Indiana-Jone-type adventurer Vash (Jennifer Hetrick), a roguish tomb raider. Picard and Vash end up having to protect a rare, powerful artifact from time-traveling Vorgons, and fall in lust as a result. Picard returns to the Enterprise more relaxed and with a new romantic interest in the back of his mind.

Jean-Luc Picard's love life is fraught with commitment issues, leading to broken promises and failed romances on the starship Enterprise. Despite the bond between Picard and Dr. Crusher, past relationships like Vash, Eline, and Anij highlight Picard's inability to commit fully. The psychological insight into Picard's fear of being loved in Star Trek: Picard season 2 set up the reunion with Dr. Crusher in season 3.

Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) had his fair share of love interests in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard, but they were beset by his own problems with commitment. From as early as Star Trek: Tng season 1, a potential romance was set up between Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), but it never came to anything substantial. The two Star Trek: Tng characters were bonded by the tragic loss of Beverly's husband and Jean-Luc's best friend, Jack Crusher. However, despite that bond,...

Vash, an archaeologist with a shady past, stirred intrigue with Captain Picard and reappeared on Deep Space Nine. Actress Jennifer Hetrick, who played Vash, had a real-life romance with Patrick Stewart. Star Trek: Lower Decks introduced its own version of Vash in archaeologist Petra Aberdeen.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) had a few love interests throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation, but Jennifer Hetrick's Vash was one of the most memorable. Unlike Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Picard did not regularly go on away missions, and he certainly did not regularly romance alien women. Picard spent much of his free time aboard the USS Enterprise-d, reading his favorite books and sipping Earl Grey tea. For the most part, Jean-Luc kept his friends at arm's length, and he allowed very few people into his heart.

Captain Picard's most captivating love story in Star Trek: The Next Generation was not quite a true romance,...

Armin Shimerman, who played Quark on DS9, found it insulting that Q compared the show to Tng and made disparaging remarks about the characters. Shimerman believes that DS9 always lived in the shadow of Tng and was afraid of coming out lacking when compared between the two shows. The addition of Q's speeches in the script, comparing DS9 to Tng, was seen by Shimerman as a deliberate attempt to disparage the show and its characters.

Armin Shimerman, who played the Ferengi Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, says that comparisons to Star Trek: The Next Generation made by Q (John de Lancie) were "insulting." DS9 inevitably invited comparisons to Tng and Star Trek: The Original Series when it premiered, with its gamble of trading its predecessors' starship-based exploratory missions for the bustle of activity aboard a space station. To entice Tng's audience to tune in to DS9, familiar characters...

Throughout "Star Trek," Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) has engaged in precious few romances. Early in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," he reunited with an old flame (Michelle Phillips) in the episode "We'll Always Have Paris," and it was implied that he had a fling years earlier with a lawyer (Amanda McBroom) in "The Measure of a Man," but those relationships concluded before "Next Generation" began. Of course, Picard had a wild dalliance with Vash (Jennifer Hetrick) in "Captain's Holiday," lived out a life with his imagined wife (Margot Rose) in "The Inner Light," had a time-travel fling with a classmate (J.C. Brandy) in "Tapestry," and had a very palpable romance with Lieutenant Commander Nella Darren (Wendy Hughes) in "Lessons." 

Oh yes, and Picard was very clearly attracted to Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett), and throughout "Next Generation," Picard and Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) shared a professional regard through a definite romantic undercurrent.

Lwaxana Troi succeeded where Q failed in her first appearance on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The early crossovers between Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation set the stage for future ambitious crossovers. The episode "The Forsaken" showcased Lwaxana Troi's role in DS9 and her relationship with Constable Odo.

In her first of three Star Trek: Deep Space Nine appearances, Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) succeeded where fellow Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Q (John de Lancie) failed. As the first of Star Trek's 90s spinoffs, there were multiple crossovers between Deep Space Nine and Tng in the spinoff show's early years. Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) assisted Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) in solving the mystery of his dreams in the Tng episode "Birthright", while the Duras sisters played a Bajoran terrorist and the Cardassian government against each other in DS9's "Past Prologue."

The ambition...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's first season unfairly maligned despite great moments and innovations, establishing its unique character-focused approach. DS9 expanded on the Ferengi's place in the franchise, crafting a compelling family dynamic through Quark and exploring Ferengi culture and society. Deep Space Nine tackled the consequences of Starfleet's actions and inaction, delving into the aftermath of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor and the complex Bajoran society.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is one of the most acclaimed series in the Star Trek franchise, but season 1 is unfairly maligned despite its great moments and innovations. Set aboard a space station, and fronted by Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), DS9 was conceived as something very different from Star Trek: The Next Generation. While DS9 certainly has issues finding its voice in the first season, all the elements that would make it unique are in place from the start. DS9's...

Risa, known as a "pleasure planet," catered to every whim of its 1.3 billion annual visitors, embodying a paradise with a generous spirit. With its Earth-like conditions and sex-positive culture, Risa combined all-inclusive resort joys with a hedonistic reputation among the United Federation of Planets. Star Trek captains and their ships frequently visited Risa for shore leave, as it offered hospitality services, natural attractions, and a celebration of sensuality.

In Star Trek, the planet Risa was a popular tourist destination, commonly referred to as a "pleasure planet." With an overall temperate to tropical climate and at least 2 moons that orbited a binary star system, Risa was known as a paradise that catered to every whim of its 1.3 billion annual visitors. Thanks to the Risian's pursuit of pleasure, not just for themselves but also for their guests, the planet's native populace had a generous spirit that embraced travelers both figuratively and literally,...

Q broke his promise to Picard by abandoning Vash in DS9's Gamma Quadrant, despite promising to protect her. Q protected Vash from danger, but used it as emotional blackmail, holding it over her when she tried to leave him. Vash was attracted to both Picard and Q, but ultimately she was single-minded and out for herself, making her relationship with Picard doomed.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that Q (John de Lancie) broke his promise to Star Trek: The Next Generation's Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). The cosmic trickster made one appearance in DS9, in season 1's "Q-Less" which was a sequel to Tng's "Qpid". In that episode, Q attempted to play matchmaker between Picard and roguish archaeologist Vash (Jennifer Hetrick) but ended up falling for her himself. Q found Vash's deceitful nature utterly fascinating, and offered her the chance to travel the universe with him, an offer that Vash keenly accepted,...

Deep Space Nine had the ability to move, but it required ingenious engineering tricks and risked tearing the station apart. The Cardassians never took the station with them because they had already stripped Bajor of its resources and it would have been difficult to move quickly. Deep Space Nine remained in a fixed position throughout the Dominion War due to its strategic importance, relying on increased defense capabilities to protect against attacks.

It takes considerable effort on the part of its crew, but the titular space station in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is able to move in space. DS9 broke the mold for Star Trek by setting the action aboard a space station rather than a starship, which didn't enamor the show to the franchise's more puritanical fans. Because of its stationary location, the strange new worlds had to come to DS9 via the representatives that would visit from the wormhole.

Q's appearance in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" didn't work because it didn't align with the show's grounded nature and focus on the daily challenges of running a space station. The episode "Q-Less" failed to capture the intrigue and complexity of Q's character, making him an annoying presence rather than an intriguing one. While Q had successful appearances in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Voyager," his episode in DS9 serves as a prime example of how difficult it can be to get the character right in different contexts.

The only Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode to feature Q (John de Lancie) was proof of why he fundamentally didn't work in the show. DS9 season 1, episode 7, "Q-Less" comes at a point where the Star Trek: The Next Generation spinoff is still finding its feet, so it's easy to see why the writers' room decided to bring in Q.

Sisko proves he's not like Picard by punching Q, solidifying the differences between Star Trek: DS9 and Star Trek: Tng. Sisko values the help of the Ferengi, unlike Picard who had a negative view of them. Sisko breaks rules for the greater good, while Picard follows the rules strictly.

Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) had already proved beyond doubt that he wasn't anything like Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) even before he punched Q (John de Lancie) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In DS9 season 1, episode 7, "Q-Less", Jean-Luc Picard's best frenemy turns up on the titular space station to try and win back Picard's former lover, Vash (Jennifer Hetrick). Vash's attempts to strike out on her own with an auction of Gamma Quadrant artifacts inadvertently put the station at risk. However, Q refuses to intervene, forcing Sisko and the crew of Deep Space Nine to work things out for themselves.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 2 - "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee"

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, episode 2 pays humorous homage to classic moments from Star Trek: The Next Generation, including a recreation of Crusher and Troi's aerobics scene from "The Price." The recreation of the Tng scene in Lower Decks highlights the outdated portrayal of female characters in Tng, where they were often reduced to discussing men while working out. The episode also references the Tng episode "Qpid" with a Robin Hood holodeck program, showcasing the show's love for the Star Trek franchise and its devotion to including obscure references in every episode.

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, episode 2 references two classic moments from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Lower Decks season 4's premiere kicked off with a loving tribute to Star Trek: Voyager, incorporating many of Voyager's craziest villains and concepts...

The 1990s were a golden age for Star Trek as the popularity of Star Trek: The Next Generation spawned two spinoff series which regularly crossed over, creating an interconnected fictional universe that was ahead of its time. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was the first of these spinoffs, premiering in 1993 with an episode that featured Patrick Stewart and established Colm Meaney's Chief O'Brien. The DS9 pilot continued a tradition established by the Tng premiere, which featured a cameo by DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, a touching way of passing on the torch to the next generation.

When Star Trek: Voyager premiered in 1995, its first mission launched from Deep Space Nine, meaning that characters from both shows briefly interacted. There were occasionally attempts made at more ambitious crossovers, like a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season finale that would feature the USS Enterprise-d defending the station from invading Cardassians.

Q (John de Lancie) is an acquired taste, as proved by the two Star Trek heroes who had no time for the cosmic trickster's shenanigans. While the character was created for Star Trek: The Next Generation and is generally associated with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), many other Starfleet officers have crossed Q's path. Q was so enchanted by Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) that he proposed mating with her to save the Q Continuum from destruction.

Q once observed that Picard may have been more amenable to him if he'd appeared in female form, however Janeway's horror at the suggestion of mating with Q suggests the omnipotent being's personality may be the true barrier between him and Jean-Luc. For all Picard and Janeway's frustrations with Q, they undoubtedly humored him due to their fascination with the cosmic mischief-maker and his species. The same couldn't be...

Q was one of Star Trek's greatest villains, and the omnipotent space god starred in some of the very best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Debuting in the show's very first episode, Q returned on many occasions throughout The Next Generation's seven-season run to vex the crew of the USS Enterprise with his shenanigans. Played by the incomparable John de Lancie, Q had a bombastic personality, and he seemed to enjoy grinding the gears of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Despite every problem he put the captain through, Q's curiosity was his strongest aspect, and he always elevated any Star Trek story he was a part of.

Gifted with seemingly endless power, Q used his unique set of skills to put the humanity of the Enterprise crew through many tests, and he often lorded over the universe as Star Trek's resident space god. Though he was...

This post contains spoilers for the season finale of "Star Trek: Lower Decks."

At the end of last week's episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," called "Trusted Sources," Ensign Mariner (Tawney Newsome) infuriates Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) and Mariner has to leave the ship in disgrace. Luckily, she seems to have had a second career already lined up: Tomb Raider. Mariner moves onto the ship of sexy maverick archaeologist Petra Aberdeen (Georgia King) and the two immediately go about plundering ancient, abandoned temples looking for statues and tchotchkes they can distribute to museums. 

In the following episode, "The Stars at Night," Mariner begins to sense something is suspicious about Petra's setup. Most notably, Petra becomes cagey and evasive whenever Mariner asks her about who is financing her operation. In a cute nod to Trek's post-capitalist utopia, Petra mocks Mariner for not knowing anything about what things cost. Eventually, Mariner uses...

This post contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 3, episode 5.

In the latest episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," called "Reflections," Ensign Mariner (Tawny Newsome) is given the unenviable task of working a Starfleet recruitment booth at what is essentially a sci-fi jobs bazaar. It's hard enough to make Starfleet seem appealing to passersby who only want sit on the bridge of a starship, but Mariner's job is made all the more frustrating by the person in the booth next door to hers. Whenever Mariner makes a sales pitch, the roguish and dazzling Petra Aberdeen (Georgia King) points out that Starfleet vessels are typically full of boring, windowless rooms and mundane technical jobs. The only thing that breaks up the monotony, she indicates, is when you're assimilated by the Borg. She, meanwhile, offers passersby a job in the Independent Archaeologists Guild, an organization devoted to tomb raiding and spelunking and looking cool.

With more years behind him than ahead, Star Trek: Picard’s eponymous captain will need to address important, unanswered questions about himself when the Paramount+ series returns for Season 2 this Thursday.

New episodes find Picard and his crew traveling back to the 21st century in the hopes of saving the galaxy’s future. As he encounters familiar faces and new friends, he’ll also be forced to look inward and reexamine some of the choices he’s made — specifically when it comes to matters of the heart.

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1980: Edge of Night's Raven kidnapped Jamey.

1992: Y&R's Sheila pulled a gun on Lauren.

1994: Gh's Luke found out Laura was having a baby girl.

1995: As the World Turns celebrated 10,000 episodes."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1964: On Another World, Bill (Joseph Gallison) accused Missy (Carol Roux) of not liking him.

1966: On Peyton Place, Ann agreed to let Allison help out in the therapy room.

1980: On The Edge of Night, Raven (Sharon Gabet) and Eliot (Lee Godart) kidnapped Jamey (James Noseworthy).

1986: On Another World,...

1980: Edge of Night's Raven kidnapped Jamey.

1992: Y&R's Sheila pulled a gun on Lauren.

1994: Gh's Luke found out Laura was having a baby girl.

1995: As the World Turns celebrated 10,000 episodes."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1964: On Another World, Bill (Joseph Gallison) accused Missy (Carol Roux) of not liking him.

1966: On Peyton Place, Ann agreed to let Allison help out in the therapy room.

See 25 clips from Fox Searchlight Pictures' "(500) Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky and Mason Novick produce the film directed by Marc Webb and screenwritten by Scott Neustadter and Michael M. Weber. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Thom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after his girlfriend summer dumps him, he shifs back and forth through various perdios...

Fox Searchlight Pictures has added many clips from their comedy/drama/romance "(500) Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick . The film opens in limited venues on July 24th. Includes in the clips are interviews with director Marc Webb, who makes his feature-length directorial debut, as well as writers Scott Neustadter and Michael M. Weber and produers Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky and Mason Novick...

An international trailer for "500 Days of Summer" has been unraveled by Orange UK. More than two minutes long, it provides plenty of never-before-seen footage from the romantic comedy as well as dialog between the two main characters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Tom and Zooey Deschanel's Summer.

The U.K. promotional video opens up with a scene wherein Tom and Summer meet for the first time. It then continues to show how the relationship between the two is built slowly but surely, making Tom to think that they are romantically involved. However, his happiness is soon shaken with the fact that Summer thinks of them being not more than friends.

"500 Days of Summer" has been premiered at 2009 Sundance Film Festival to a standing ovation. Directed by Marc Webb, it stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, and is supported by Chloe Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jennifer Hetrick. The screenplay was co-written...

See the first poster from Fox Searchlight Pictures' romantic comedy "(500) Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick.   Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project produced by Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mason Novick and Steven J. Wolfe. Scott Neustadter and Michael M. Weber wrote the screenplay.   This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Thom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after his girlfriend summer dumps him, he shifs back and forth through various perdios of their 500 days "togehter" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to rediscover his true passions in life.   Check out the poster here.

See the first poster from Fox Searchlight Pictures' romantic comedy "(500) Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project produced by Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mason Novick and Steven J. Wolfe. Scott Neustadter and Michael M. Weber wrote the screenplay. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Thom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after his girlfriend summer dumps him...

See the first poster from Fox Searchlight Pictures' romantic comedy "(500) Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project produced by Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mason Novick and Steven J. Wolfe. Scott Neustadter and Michael M. Weber wrote the screenplay. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Thom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after his girlfriend summer dumps him...

  Check out the new trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer" starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. The comedy sees theatres on July 24th this year and is helmed by Marc Webb who makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ("The Pink Panther 2") write the screenplay.   Zooey Deschanel was last in "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" with Mark Wahlberg. She can be seen on April 9th with Paul Dano in "Gigantic" from First Independent Pictures.   This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Thom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided...

Check out the new trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer" starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. The comedy sees theatres on July 24th this year and is helmed by Marc Webb who makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ("The Pink Panther 2") write the screenplay. Zooey Deschanel was last in "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" with Mark Wahlberg. She can be seen on April 9th with Paul Dano in "Gigantic" from First Independent Pictures.

Check out the new trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer" starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. The comedy sees theatres on July 24th this year and is helmed by Marc Webb who makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ("The Pink Panther 2") write the screenplay. Zooey Deschanel was last in "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" with Mark Wahlberg. She can be seen on April 9th with Paul Dano in "Gigantic" from First Independent Pictures.

See the teaser trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the comedy project, based on the screenplayer by "The Pink Panther 2" writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Webber. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will...

See the teaser trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the comedy project, based on the screenplayer by "The Pink Panther 2" writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Webber. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will...

See the teaser trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick.

Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the comedy project, based on the screenplayer by "The Pink Panther 2" writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Webber.

This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Thom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after his girlfriend summer dumps him, he shifs back and forth through various perdios of their 500 days "togehter" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to rediscover his true passions in life.

Release date is 24 July, 2009.

500 Days of Summer(2009)(Released date: 24 July,...

See the teaser trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures' "500 Days of Summer," starring Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patricia Belcher, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Chris Connell and Jennifer Hetrick. Marc Webb makes his feature-length directorial debut on the comedy project, based on the screenplayer by "The Pink Panther 2" writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Webber. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be - it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will...