George Takei Rumor?

[Devon]

This was just posted on the IMDB's Trek 2008 board.

The latest Starburst magazine in England has repeated a rumour I had heard before: that George Takei is in a scene with Leonard Nimoy in the new Star Trek film. Is this true? Because I have not heard this elsewhere except for these two sources (sorry, I can't remember what the other source was). The scene supposedly takes place in the 'future' ie post-Kirk era, as opposed to Academy/TOS era.

This is completely news to me (the rumor that is.)

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

If "news" is a synonym for "bullshit" it's news to me, too.

 

[Captain59]

I thought it would have been cool if the movie started on the Excelsior with Sulu commanding and having Spock beam over for whatever the movie premise is. I hope this is true.

Now wouldn't that just piss Shatner off even more?

 

[Outpost4]

George, is that you?

If so, come on, George, give it a rest.

 

[Stag]

[Takei]Oh my...[/Takei]

 

[Baldus885]

Starship Polaris said:
If "news" is a synonym for "bullshit" it's news to me, too.

I hope not, one TOS actor is more than enough.

 

[Kryton]

It's not a rumor...Takei came out of the closet some time ago.

[actually reads thread]

Oh. Never mind.

 

[ralph]

Takei could play Admiral Nogura in a cameo, only.

 

[cultcross]

If it takes place in the post-Kirk era when Spock's an old d00d, surely that would make Sulu a good deal past 100? that would be an action packed scene.

 

[Kegek]

I want Toshiro Mifune for Admiral Nogura.

What? Oh, right...

well, can we at least get Ken Watanabe? Pretty please? Assuming that Nogura is in the movie. Which, like Harcourt Fenton Mudd, we've no evidence of (yet. You just know Mudd is in the movie).

 

[sturmde]

ralph said:
Takei could play Admiral Nogura in a cameo, only.

Careful, some people around here get pretty sensitive to that suggestion!

Of course, that could explain a scene with Nimoy as time-traveling Old Spock interacting with Takei as a Fleet Captain Nogura (presuming he was promoted and thus Pike took over his position).

Since the Old Spock era would apparently be post-Nemesis, one would think Sulu would be dead by that time: this essentially is the conclusion made when Chakotay and Tuvok bring him up in Star Trek: Voyager.

 

[sturmde]

Kegek said:
...Assuming that Nogura is in the movie. Which, like Harcourt Fenton Mudd, we've no evidence of (yet. You just know Mudd is in the movie).

But I'm sure we'd all agree that if Mudd were in Star Trek (2008) it would be wonderful if J. G. Hertzler were in the role! (Then his reprising it in Star Trek: New Voyages makes all the more sense! Heh.)

 

[VOODOOXI]

I wish it were true, but it's nonsense.

 

[Wowbagger]

Would it be too obvious and/or overdone to add this particular link here?

 

[adm_gold]

Not happening. But yes, this would piss off Shatner.

 

[PowderedToastMan]

Wowbagger said:
Would it be too obvious and/or overdone to add this particular link here?

I'm always happy to see Vreenak getting work