Now that you’ve crawled out of the cave where you’ve been mainlining House of Cards Season 3, here is a look at the film news you may have missed this past week.

Remembering Leonard Nimoy

It was announced on Friday that Leonard Nimoy, star of the original Star Trek series and films had died. While Nimoy was primarily known for his role as Spock, he was also an accomplished film writer, director and producer. Since his passing, there has been no lack of great writing and remembrance for the cultural icon. Way Too Indie’s own Ananda and Scarlet offered their thoughts on Friday. You can also see what the New York Times and The Dissolve had to say. Turns out, even President Obama loved Spock.

Joseph Kahn’s Power/Rangers Undergoes Copyright Battle

The most quickly developing film story of the week surrounded a short film re-imagining of a popular 1990’s children show. Collider first announced that Power/Rangers had been pulled for copyright infringement, which was apparently settled only a day later, and back up online. According to Deadline Hollywood, Kahn and producer Adi Shankar added a disclaimer on the video claiming that this is simply a fan created film and not an officially licensed property—this separation seemed to be enough for the copyright owners, Lionsgate and Saban.

Joseph Kahn (Torque, Detention) is known for wild and violent films, and the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers would be awesome under his vision. Suffice it to say, though, despite the short’s popularity, he probably doesn’t have much shot to direct the untitled Power Rangers project now in pre-production. For a full timeline of the Power/Rangers events, /Film has a great breakdown.

Richard Linklater Linked to Where’d You Go Bernadette

Though Linklater may have been the biggest loser at last weekend’s Academy Awards, the director was one of this week’s biggest topics. First, The Guardian wrote on Linklater’s interest in a Boyhood sequel, based on comments from his recent interview on The Q&A Podcast with Jeff Goldsmith. While we have this pipe-dream to speculate over the next twelve years, we may know Linklater’s next project. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Linklater is in talks to direct Where’d You Go Bernadette for Annapurna Pictures. The popular novel, written by Maria Semple, is about Bernadette Fox, a complicated modern woman. When she goes suddenly missing, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, is on her trail. Linklater seems to be a great choice to tell the bright and modern satire of Seattle culture.

Lionsgate Partners with Telltale Games for Multi-media Project

Anyone who has interest in the indie video game scene is well aware of Telltale Games. The makers of very popular and critically acclaimed adaptations of The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and most recently Game of Thrones has now formed a partnership with Lionsgate Entertainment. Fans are already speculating which Lionsgate properties would be good fits for Telltale’s episodic, conversation based adventure games, and there are quite a few that come to mind. The gaming style is perfect for a Hunger Games adaptation and some have thought it would be an interesting transition for AMC series Mad Men after its finale this year. Even more incredible, reported first by Entertainment Weekly, is the possible creation of a “Super Show,” which will hybrid Telltale gameplay with a scripted television series produced by Lionsgate, letting gamers explore the world as it unfolds on the small screen. There are a lot of possibilities with this marriage and we are intrigued by the eventual results.

’71 and Wild Tales Shine in Limited Release

While Will Smith vehicle Focus won the box office with an underwhelming 19 million, the two films with the best per screen averages were U.K. action-thriller ’71 and Argentine comedy-anthology film Wild Tales. ’71, which features rising star Jack O’Connell as a soldier who is abandoned on the dangerous streets of Belfast during riots, had a $15,000 average in four theaters. Wild Tales, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the foreign language category, added 14 screens this past weekend (to a total of 18) and had a $6,000 per screen average. Look for both films to expand to more theaters in the upcoming weeks.

Trailer of the Week: Eva

Starring Daniel Brühl and directed by Kike Maíllo, Eva opens in limited release on March 13.

I am too young to have seen the original series of Star Trek live on television, but my dad made sure that we grew up with them as he had. I was in Middle School when he ordered the entire series on VHS from Columbia House. As all of us broke off to our rooms after school to do homework or talk with our friends on the phone or play on the computer, there was one sound that would have us all peeking out of the gaping holes of our sullen aloneness: those operatic opening notes of the now oh so familiar theme. My dad knew what could bring us all together to the TV room: Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Bones. This was my dad’s childhood he was sharing with us. The miracle of another world that could come through a 10-year-old child’s television set to make him forget for a moment his dad’s drunken outbursts. Or his mom’s confusing detachment. I will forever be grateful that he held onto that and wanted to gift it to us.

And now my heart is breaking as I am writing about the passing of yet another of that iconic crew which stood for so many groundbreaking moments and ideals of peace and dream seeking in such a turbulent era. Leonard Nimoy was 83 years old. His wife of 26 years, Susan Bay, confirmed that the cause was indeed end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He had announced the diagnosis last year and attributed it to his many years of smoking. He was a vocal advocate for quitting the habit after he himself quit 30 years ago, not getting lost in the realization of his own doom but still reaching out to possibly save others from that same fate. I will call him a hero.

Leonard Nimoy is most well-known and well-loved for how he developed and portrayed the stone faced, brow-furrowing, logic-professing Mr. Spock of the U.S.S. Enterprise for three seasons between 1966-1967 (for which he was nominated for three Emmy’s) and eight of the Star Trek movies. His image will be indelibly stamped on many a sci-fi fan’s most prized possessions, that famed salute to ‘live long and prosper’ reaching out across generations. But it was only the start to a career that held him up as a towering figure of respect and admiration.

There are so many things that make him a man we can be proud to associate with the human race. Growing up as the son of immigrant Jewish parents, his dad owned a barbershop in the Mattapan section of Boston and he began acting at eight years old in his community’s children’s theatre. He took a few drama classes at Boston College but didn’t finish his studies there.

Nimoy served as a sergeant in the United States Army from 1953-1955 (he also played an uncredited Army Sergeant in Them! in 1954). Honorably discharged from the military, he jumped into television and has played roles in Dragnet, Perry Mason, and Bonanza. He’s also appeared in episodes of Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and Rawhide. After Star Trek he immediately joined the cast of Mission Impossible and stayed for 49 episodes. He appeared on-stage many times in plays such as Fiddler on the Roof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and The King and I.

A man of many passions and talents, in the ’70s he studied photography at UCLA and received an MA in Education from Antioch College. He’s also received an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio as well as an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Boston College. He has had several showcases for his black and white photography and is well-regarded in that sphere. He’s released five albums of vocal recordings on Dot Records and has written two volumes of autobiography, “I Am Not Spock” (1975), and “I Am Spock” (1995) along with publishing several books of poetry along many of his original photographs.

Nimoy had directed a few Star Trek episodes back in the day, but his film directing started in the ’80s. He directed Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984 as well as 1986’s Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home which would turn out to be the most successful film in the franchise until 2009’s Star Trek. In 1987 he became a star director with the year’s highest grossing film, Three Men and A Baby. But after that he was done.

Leonard Nimoy did a lot of voice over work in the ’90s and returned as Spock in the newest installments of the Star Trek franchise in 2009. He was most recently known for playing a recurring small role in the sci-fi show, Fringe for which he received a Saturn Award nomination. He was also rumored to have been returning, along with William Shatner, in the next Star Trek installment.

Living a life so fruitful that there is not enough room to go on, he even made an appearance on one of my first dates with my now-husband to the Griffith Observatory where we watched him narrate the “Once and Future Griffith Observatory” film that plays in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon presentation theater named so for the generous contribution of Leonard and Susan Nimoy. Supporting this effort was important to him as he said “By observing the sky and pondering our place in the universe, people gain a new perspective on their daily lives.”

Though he was so professionally productive in life, some of the moments he is most remembered for were those seconds of interaction he took the time to share with those that admired and loved him, those fans known as Trekkies and Trekkers, who’ve been showing up to Sci-Fi conventions since at least 1967. Though he retired from convention appearances in 2011, he had been a consistent hub in the circuit for decades. He perhaps felt a sense of camaraderie with the people that looked at the characters as friends. He too was known to say, “Spock is definitely one of my best friends. When I put on those ears, it’s not like just another day. When I become Spock, that day becomes something special.”

In his last words to the Twitter Universe, he said, “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP”

And that is how you boldly go.

So this is our final farewell to you, Mr. Nimoy. Thank you. You have lived long and you have prospered.

And you have, and always shall be, our friend.

Leonard Nimoy’s wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, has confirmed that the well-known actor died Friday due to end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Iconically well-known for his role of Mr. Spock, the logically-oriented and sharply eye-browed human-alien from television and film’s Star Trek was known for his dry delivery and peaceful demeanor. He died in his home in Bel Air at the age of 83.

Super-fans will also know Nimoy from his stint on TV show Fringe, and his recognizable voice will be missed from video games and narration.

The only thing to say of course is, Mr. Nimoy may your memory “live long, and prosper.”