William Shatner Confirms Talks for Star Trek Return at 93 Years Old

[137th Gebirg]

Indeed. If he were to play Kirk again, it would more likely be for the love of the role, not just another paycheck, which is why he's always been so particular about the use of his character.

I don't specifically recall him saying so, but I always got the impression he regretted how Kirk went out in GEN and would like to try to undo that goat-rope. The OTOY film was a great way of giving him closure, which is why he got involved directly with the project (to my recollection).

 

[XCV330]

If I was Shatner’s age, with Shatner’s bank account, I seriously wouldn’t be chasing paychecks.

It’s been a long, long time since he was sleeping in a car. At this time of life he doesn’t give a fuck and why should he?

he got a free trip to space, even.. i mean people are LITERALLY trying to send him to heaven. take the hint, dude.

 

[Noname Given]

...Bringing back an actor just to bring them back is vapid, shallow, and cynically pointless.

And ended up bringing the highest viewership ratings the Picard series saw in its 3 season run...oh, wait...

 

[fireproof78]

"Well, we have to have money," is always a fun motivation.

 

[The Wormhole]

I don't specifically recall him saying so, but I always got the impression he regretted how Kirk went out in GEN and would like to try to undo that goat-rope.

IIRC, his novel The Return, about Kirk being resurrected with Borg technology was originally pitched as a movie. Shatner went the novel route after the movie was rejected.

 

[SithHappens]

IIRC, his novel The Return, about Kirk being resurrected with Borg technology was originally pitched as a movie. Shatner went the novel route after the movie was rejected.

I recall that too. It would have needed work. Much as i enjoyed the shatnerverse novels I'm still not really sure what the reason was for the borg bringing him back.

 

[137th Gebirg]

It’s been a really long time since I’ve read it, but I think it was for a similar reason that they wanted Locutus. They needed to destroy the Federation and to do so they needed one of their greatest captains. They probably felt the original plan was sound, but executed poorly. I honestly don’t remember much about it.