October 2009 Ben is currently in New Zealand filming a sci-fi thriller called Ice scheduled for release in 2010. He is playing an Englishman called Stephen. The movie also stars Claire Forlani, Sam Neil and Patrick Bergin (who was also in the movie Icon alongside Ben). He is, for the first time in his career, playing a grandfather!
August 2009 Star Trek will be released on DVD November 17, 2009, and Slashfilm is reporting that the following scenes with Ben, as Sarek, will be included:
o Spock Birth o Amanda and Sarek Argue After Spock Fights o Sarek Gets Amanda o Sarek Sees Spock
June 2009 Ben will play the role of “Tiberius” in the upcoming BBC mini-series Ben Hur. Filming begins in mid- June in Ouarzazate, Morocco.
May 2009 View photos from the Los Angeles premiere of Star Trek in our gallery page under the publicity photos section. Also, in the "Recent Interviews" section on this page are interviews Ben did for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) this past March and an interview for Sci-fi Wire given on the night of the Star Trek premiere.
April 2009 Ben has recently written an Easter song titled "The Third Day" with Bulgarian singer Vasil Petrov, which has just made its debut on a local jazz radio station in Bulgaria. A final version will be released on Vasil's latest album and will include a church choir. Listen to the entire track below:
Ben's manager, Jeff Goldberg, has a compilation of film reviews and clips from some of Ben's various projects on his website - JeffGoldbergManagement.com.