The 8th film in Paramount’s lucrative franchise, is due Tanksgiving’96. Prepare to be assimilated. Or swamped with merchandising, whichever comes first. 1st contact is the second film to star the cast of the Next Generation television series. It’s release will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Star Trek universe. Although Paramount refuges to offer or confirm details, numeral sources say the new movie features the return of the Federation‘s greatest threat, the Borg, as well as a new U.S.S Enterprise unvisored eyes for Geordi LaForge and love interests for both Picard and Commander Data, the engineering android.