So. Now Shatner is back in, apparently?

[137th Gebirg]

http://www.mania.com/55631.html

I've seen the casting info on the "young" crew in another thread, but this is the first time I've seen anywhere that the Shatman is back in the game - confirmed allegedly from ComicCon. Can anyone who was there corroborate this news?

If you don't want to know anything about the next Star Trek film, stop reading this now. Now that the warning is out of the way...AICN is saying they have a "confirmed" casting call sheet from JJ Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, for STAR TREK XI. We know of Zachary Quinto playing a "young" Spock and Nimoy playing the old spock in the next film which hits theaters December 2008. Also confirmed at Comic Con 2007 is that Shatner will be playing an old Kirk while they are still looking for a young Kirk in his 20s.

Apparently, it goes beyond that..Here's what AICN has said about further casting. They also say it's confirmed.

[JAMES KIRK] 23-29 Handsome,cocky self assured and earnest. Great physical condition. 6 ft or less

[LEONARD(BONES)MCOY] -28-32 Medic on the Enterprise. Smart, clever and a bit danger-loving. Dark hair, blue eyes.

[UHURA] 25ish -African American. Brilliant, beautiful, heroic and FUN!, Uhura is almost tom-boyish - as if she grew up in a houseful of brothers.

[SULU] 25-32 -Asian American male (preferably Japanese). Helmsman on the Enterprise. Extremely fit, capable and dedicated. A bit of a wildcat

[MONTGOMERY(SCOTTY) SCOTT] -28-32 a brilliant ship's engineer. Must be able to do a flawless Scottish accent!

 

[Tom]

It was not confirmed at Comic Con, Abrams said he would still like to get Shatner though. I believe Anthony has a transcript of what was said on trekmovie.com

 

[137th Gebirg]

^^^ I thought this might be the case. If Shatner really was confirmed, the bandwidth usage here on the board would likely shut down the servers. Oh, well...wishful thinking, I guess.

 

[Tom]

137th Gebirg said:
^^^ I thought this might be the case. If Shatner really was confirmed, the bandwidth usage here on the board would likely shut down the servers. Oh, well...wishful thinking, I guess.

Nah, Shatner does not have that much power LOL, i have seen this place slash-dotted with over 3000 views with in 30 minutes and it survived!

 

[Devon]

137th Gebirg said:

If you don't want to know anything about the next Star Trek film, stop reading this now. Now that the warning is out of the way...AICN is saying they have a "confirmed" casting call sheet from JJ Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, for STAR TREK XI. We know of Zachary Quinto playing a "young" Spock and Nimoy playing the old spock in the next film which hits theaters December 2008. Also confirmed at Comic Con 2007 is that Shatner will be playing an old Kirk while they are still looking for a young Kirk in his 20s.

They have that part so wrong. The only thing JJ even remotely confirmed in regards to Shatner was that they were "desperately trying" to get Shatner into the movie, however they don't want to "shove him in" to the point that he won't like it or the fans won't like it. As of right now, Quinto and Nimoy are the only two confirmed castings.

All of this can be found at www.trekmovie.com. The site's owner was actually there in the front row and recorded that portion of ComicCon for all to see, with a transcript as was mentioned above.

 

[PowderedToastMan]

for the specifics:
http://trekmovie.com/2007/07/26/abrams-confirms-nimoy-and-qunito-still-wants-shatner/
exact quote on shatner

The thing about casting Trek is how do you possibly top or even match the cast of The Original Series…and that is really where this film takes place. William Shatner…I have met him a number of times and he is the greatest. We are desperately trying to find a way to put him in this movie. The truth is: it needs to be worthy of him – it needs to be worthy of you – it needs to be worthy to the movie. We cannot just shove him in. It would be a disaster. You would hate it, he wouldn’t like it…it would be bad. So we are on that.

this was misinterpreted by many (including the AP) that Shatner is 'likely' to be in the film. I think it is possible, but not likely.

 

[ancient]

I think it would be weird to have old Shat show up and try to pass him off as Kirk again. Abrams is probably just trying to be diplomatic to the 'Bring Back Kirk(Shatner)' croud.

I could see Abrams actually filming a scene with Shatner in a cameo, than cutting it 'for time' from the movie.

 

[seigezunt]

yeah, as much as it disappoints me, I think this is just politicking, and the Shat won't be in it.

That said, I'm still optimistic and excited about this movie...

 

[Jon1701]

ancient said:
I think it would be weird to have old Shat show up and try to pass him off as Kirk again. Abrams is probably just trying to be diplomatic to the 'Bring Back Kirk(Shatner)' croud.

Thats my thoughts on the subject.

Kirk is dead. If anyone in this movie even whispers the words "nexus" I will be severely displeased.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

137th Gebirg said:
Can anyone who was there corroborate this news?

I was there.

Didn't happen.

 

[Cary L. Brown]

jon1701 said:

ancient said:
I think it would be weird to have old Shat show up and try to pass him off as Kirk again. Abrams is probably just trying to be diplomatic to the 'Bring Back Kirk(Shatner)' croud.

Thats my thoughts on the subject.

Kirk is dead. If anyone in this movie even whispers the words "nexus" I will be severely displeased.

Even if they're just talking about Kirk's hair products???

 

[Jon1701]

Cary L. Brown said:

jon1701 said:

ancient said:
I think it would be weird to have old Shat show up and try to pass him off as Kirk again. Abrams is probably just trying to be diplomatic to the 'Bring Back Kirk(Shatner)' croud.

Thats my thoughts on the subject.

Kirk is dead. If anyone in this movie even whispers the words "nexus" I will be severely displeased.

Even if they're just talking about Kirk's hair products???

Dont get me started

Thing is, Soran didnt need to blow planets up to get in the fucking thing. He could have just caught the train.

http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus