Is [SPOILER] next ?

[XCV330]

Shatner is 92. He's not going to be doing it, and we've already seen the calm and measured responses fans have given Wesley. Mignona is ah.. no that's not going to happen, and I doubt they'd get Pine to come back.

 

[ToddCam]

Mignona?

 

[CrockAlley]

Remember when they turned the Brigadier's corpse into a Cyberman?

 

[fireproof78]

Remember when they turned the Brigadier's corpse into a Cyberman?

Oooff...that hurt.

 

[XCV330]

Mignona?

Star Trek Continues. He did a great Kirk (and Habercorn's Spock was, just my opinion, even better than Peck's), but there were some serious allegations against Mignona and I haven't heard anything about him in a few years.

 

[The Wormhole]

Remember when they turned the Brigadier's corpse into a Cyberman?

Steven Moffat has a real problem with keeping dead characters dead.

 

[FreezeC77]

Shatner is 92. He's not going to be doing it, and we've already seen the calm and measured responses fans have given Wesley. Mignona is ah.. no that's not going to happen, and I doubt they'd get Pine to come back.

Realistically I wouldn't mind an animated show with a resurrected Kirk using Shatner's voice. There's like 70 years of sampling to use to build an AI to fit whatever age they want resurrected Kirk to be.

 

[ernie90125]

In the unlikely event an adaptation of The Return were to be made, they would almost certainly use Paul Wesley.

The body of Kirk seen in Star Trek: Generations is William Shatner, aged 64.

That same body was put in stasis, as seen in Star Trek: Picard.

...and emerges as Paul Wesley, aged 40 ?

In the day and age of Star Wars re-aging Luke Skywalker for TV, are you sure about your idea ?

 

[ernie90125]

Nope.

I'd be interested to see the people who responded, with one word "nope" answers, give a rationale ?

When Star Wars was being re-launched with the sequel trilogy, they brought back Harrison Ford as Han Solo. All three of the big three in fact.

As Star Trek returns to the strength it had in previous years, why wouldn't they bring back Captain Kirk - Star Trek's biggest name character ?

You'd have a lot of mainstream fans watching as that'd be a TV event.

 

[fireproof78]

I'd be interested to see the people who responded, with one word "nope" answers, give a rationale ?

Shatner has been asked in the past and it never worked out. So it's been left aside and Shatner focuses on other things.

When Star Wars was being re-launched with the sequel trilogy, they secured Harrison Ford as Han Solo. All three of the big three in fact.

And?

As Star Trek returns to the strength it had in previous years, why wouldn't they secure William Shatner - Star Trek's biggest name character ?

They tried. Didn't work for the story told. So people have moved on.

This might change down the road, but I don't see them doing so and reworking a budget around for a stunt event.

 

[Paul755]

I wouldnt totally rule out Pine if they decided to bring Kirk back and Shatner wasn’t interested.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The body of Kirk seen in Star Trek: Generations is William Shatner, aged 64.

That same body was put in stasis, as seen in Star Trek: Picard.

...and emerges as Paul Wesley, aged 40 ?

In the day and age of Star Wars re-aging Luke Skywalker for TV, are you sure about your idea ?

Trek has had a couple of de-aging episodes. I'm sure one of those can work or they can invent a new one.

 

[The Wormhole]

The body of Kirk seen in Star Trek: Generations is William Shatner, aged 64.

That same body was put in stasis, as seen in Star Trek: Picard.

...and emerges as Paul Wesley, aged 40 ?

In the day and age of Star Wars re-aging Luke Skywalker for TV, are you sure about your idea ?

Yes. I find it far more likely they'd use this project as a means of continuing the new Kirk they have introduced with Paul Wesley then with a digital William Shatner.