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J.J. Abrams Makes First Comments on Star Trek XI Deal

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By Steve Krutzler / 12:34, 25 April 2006 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek XI producer J.J. Abrams has made some brief comments about the project in an interview with Empire Online today. The magazine suggests that reports of a Kirk and Spock Starfleet Academy-era feature may be erroneous, but Abrams stops short of denying Friday's Variety report.

"The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation," says the director with a hint of regret. "People learned that I was producing a Star Trek film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumours of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate."

Abrams won't talk directly about the plot, but his remarks don't cast much doubt on Variety's claim that the movie will focus on a younger Kirk and Spock, before they became the heroes we know from ST:TOS. In fact, Abrams' expresses his desire to see some TOS brought back to life.

"Those characters are so spectacular. I just think that… you know, they could live again."

No specifics, but these are the first public comments by Abrams to be published since the revelation about his deal to write, produce, and direct the eleventh feature film.



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By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:40:53 on Apr 27, 2006

William Shatner as any character other than Captain Kirk, post-Generations, is a collosal waste of time and talent.

The CHARACTER is the draw. I can look at a younger version of Kirk and crew with an open mind.

I'd rather see Shatner and Nimoy maybe doing some sort of story where the current situation relates back to something they did on the Enterprise 1701. That way you can recast AND have the originals at the same time, bring back Kirk, get people interested and have the best of all worlds.

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