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J.J. Abrams Committed to Shatner and Nimoy in Star Trek XI

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By GustavoLeao / 07:08, 14 November 2006 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Doug Wilson, Community Leader of The Omega Sector BBS and Director of Public Relations of TrekCore.com sent the following convention report to TrekWeb :



This past weekend, I was at the Creation convention in Secacus, NJ (NYC area) and on Sunday, William Shatner was the guest, and he said that "J.J. [Abrams] is committed" (as in determined) "to having Leonard [Nimoy] and I, Leonard and me, in the film." in response to fan questions about Star Trek XI, though he isn't sure how it will be done, or even what role they would play, wondering if they would be Kirk and Spock as Academy Instructors, or something else.

"It's easy for Leonard, because Spock's alive. But I'm dead." he said, speaking of his character Captain James T. Kirk. He also quashed the Matt Damon as Captain Kirk rumor - the idea was booed by the audience - and said that "I think they're going to go with unknowns," as to any potential casting or recasting of Kirk & Spock. Audience reaction to the idea of a recast was fairly tepid, but between Matt Damon and unknowns in a recast, unknowns received applause. Shatner and Nimoy reprising Kirk and Spock was cheered, of course. Bill also dated his conversation with Abrams as having taken place, "about three weeks ago."

The original report can be found here.



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By: Grizzlor (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:33:42 on Nov 14, 2006

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Or, they could even find Kirk still in the nexus. After all, when Kirk stopped Soran in Generations, a new timeline was created where Picard never went into the nexus, so arguably, Kirk is still there.

Let the lousy writing work to their advantage.

Turn a negative into a positive. Spock manages to get to the nexus, where he remembers his first adventure with Kirk before finding him.


I very much doubt, nor would I agree, for Abrams to delve into the Nexus thing. Why dredge your script with a part of a bad one? As for the Picard not going through the nexus thing, not to get too Emmett L. Brown, but I don't think that's how time travel works. Besides, we see Picard standing over a pile of rocks for Kirk's grave. That said, there was never any mention of Kirk perishing on Veridian III after the fact. Perhaps Picard never told? But since they were cleaning the planet of ET contamination, you would assume they removed Kirk's remains. Of course, Shatner's 2nd novel The Return dealt with Kirk's resurrection quite well, with the Romulans and the Borg involved. It should have been made into at least a TV Movie, if Paramount or Berman had any brains.

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