Spock is cast; will be played by Nimoy and Zachary Quinto

[Jon]

http://www.trektoday.com/news/270707_01.shtml

So it looks like Quinto of Heroes fame will be playing the young spock, while Nimoy will somehow be reprising his role too. This is very interesting, does this mean the film will fit into existing continuity and canon afterall? (after rumours of a reboot etc) What does it say about the story, flashback?

Young Kirk hasn't been cast yet, but apparently they're looking for ways to get Shatner in as Kirk too at some point.

Check out the new teaser poster, original font;

http://www.startrek.com

[Jack Bauer]

I loved Quinto in Heroes. He has the intensity to be a very convincing Spock. This movie has promise, especially after Nimoy's blessing.

[Chris OFarrell]

Interest level Zero here.

[Bounty]

Cool. It's too bad they didn't go for Brody, but he'll do.

Interest level Zero here.

So why are you posting then?

[Mange]

I think this good turn out to be good. Now that B&B are out of the picture, then perhaps new creative forces can make at least an entertaining Star Trek movie.

[Jon]

Some pretty bizarre stuff about Kirk being reported today;

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/ar ... rk_1038819

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/ ... 16886.html

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/ne ... _beamed_up

[Singular Intellect]

Some pretty bizarre stuff about Kirk being reported today;

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...20kirk_1038819

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebri...ams-16886.html

http://people.monstersandcritics.com...iams_beamed_up

All three pages are "Not found".

[Bounty]

The CM link

Robbie...Williams?



He's got the looks, the bravado and the womanizing, so he should be perfect...but...Robbie Williams?

ETA: the more I think about it, the more it makes sense, in a...weird way. The big problem here is that he has virtually no acting experience, then again, he'd just be playing himself. This will be interesting, if true.

[Jon]

Some pretty bizarre stuff about Kirk being reported today;

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...20kirk_1038819

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebri...ams-16886.html

http://people.monstersandcritics.com...iams_beamed_up

All three pages are "Not found".

Oops, tha's because I suck and copy/pasted from truncated versions, oops. Thanks Bounty.

[Mange]

Robbie Williams?! Hell no.

[Lord Poe]

Robbie Williams?! Hell no.

Indeed, unless they're going to make nuKirk look like a heroin junkie.

[General Zod]

Aren't all of those tattoos going to get in the way of shirtless Kirk-fu?

[Lord Poe]

So, anyone else think they're going to take a massive dump on continuity (Like Enterprise did)?

Will Spock wear a yellow shirt, bark out orders, and smile?

Will the Enterprise have those monitors on flexi-cords sticking out of the consoles?

THe movie can't possibly be a huge event. It would be absolutely WRONG to have young Kirk save the galaxy as soon as he's out of the gate. Young Kirk should be a blowhard who screws up more than he succeeds, and wins a Kirk-like phyrric victory at the end.

[Old Plympto]

So, anyone else think they're going to take a massive dump on continuity (Like Enterprise did)?

They did say that this project was for better or for worse, a reboot.

So yeah, Spock could very well be wearing a yellow shirt, barking orders, smiling, Catholic, drunk on vodka all the time and is a great big Britney Spears fan.

But let's see what JJ Abrams brings to the table in the next year or so.

[General Zod]

So, anyone else think they're going to take a massive dump on continuity (Like Enterprise did)?

Will Spock wear a yellow shirt, bark out orders, and smile?

Uh, you know that he did all these things in the series premier, The Cage, right? And they established the Cage as a part of canon in that two part episode with Spock's court martial.

[Flagg]

Star Trek continuity is so fucked anyway, I'm still hoping for a total reboot.

[Bounty]

So yeah, Spock could very well be wearing a yellow shirt, barking orders, smiling, Catholic, drunk on vodka all the time and is a great big Britney Spears fan.

But let's see what JJ Abrams brings to the table in the next year or so.

As long as they get the characters right, I don't give two shits if they reboot Trek. I wouldn't even mind if they'd turn it into a buddy comedy.

[Lord Poe]

So, anyone else think they're going to take a massive dump on continuity (Like Enterprise did)?

Will Spock wear a yellow shirt, bark out orders, and smile?

Uh, you know that he did all these things in the series premier, The Cage, right? And they established the Cage as a part of canon in that two part episode with Spock's court martial.

Uh yeah. That was my point...

[Spanky The Dolphin]

I welcome this film with open arms and without fear.

[Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba]

Trepidation! Unease! Caution! Optimism?

Sentence!

Fragments!

[Hitch Hiker]

From what i read, it appears that Nimoy will be playing Spock as well as the new guy. I guess the scene will be Kirk and Spock in retirement or some situation which requires them to use the film as a flash back to younger days or to a similar situation. I doubt Nimoy would get involved if it was a complete screw up of accepted canon

[DaveJB]

Remember that Nimoy pulled out of directing Generations because he thought the script was crap; I don't think he's the sort of guy who would do something like this just for the paycheck.

[Mange]

TrekMovie has a list of characters that will appear in Star Trek XI.

[Bounty]

TrekMovie has a list of characters that will appear in Star Trek XI.

Tomboy Uhura...well, it's close enough to her character. At least they're not doing pointless gender reversals.

And Kirk, great physical condition?

[Crazy_Vasey]

African-American? I thought Uhura was just, you know, plain old African.