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William Shatner Says He Knows Nothing About Star Trek XI

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By GustavoLeao / 19:35, 8 June 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

William Shatner has posted a new video message on his "Shatner Vision" feature of his web site, talking a bit more about the recent rumors about his return to the role of Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams Star Trek XI movie. Here is a transcript of the video, cortesy of Trek Movie Report.

"I know nothing. It kind of...makes me feel bad. I know nothing. I know less than you people out there because I don't read about it, I am not paying much attention to it. So if you hear anything send us an email so you can tell us whether you hear of any information. You know how the tabloids pay for gossip information about celebrities, well celebrities are now paying for gossip information about studios."

You can watch the video at WilliamShatner.com.



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RE: Shatner Knows more than he is saying | Report this post to moderator
By: Chimera06 (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:08:08 on Jun 09, 2007

Greetings:
Maybe Shatner really doesn't know, but it's more likely the web guy making that Shatner site doesn't know. Still, I suspect the reason it's hush-hush isn't so much because of secrecy as it is they really don't know. Abrams might not even have a direction for this film. If nobody is even cast yet, and they're looking at late 2008, they're in trouble. The studio should be filming in early 2008 to make the deadline. He didn't say it was a secret. He said he doesn't know. So maybe all the speculation, right down to a prequel idea, is just that, speculation, and nobody in entertainment has any idea what Abrams will do.

I just hope Abrams has watched enough good Star Trek to be able to make a good story, and that he understands Roddenberry's vision. It would be terrible if it turned into a BSG clone or a Lost clone, or MI3 clone.

Fans complained about Nemesis because there wasn't enough character and the villain was weak compared to other villains, and the story was too focused on the battle scene. This was because Baird and Logan only did action pictures. They had no idea what Star Trek was about.

As long as Abrams understands "where no one has gone before" and puts adventure and character together, with character driving the story, it will be good.

He should consult Moore and Behr too, and the Okudas, and make sure it works. Since he is smart, he has probably already done it.

Maybe his press people are reading all these comments and are going, oh crud, they don't want a preqiel? They didn't like Enterprise? Oh no! What the heck are we going to do now?

So it doesn't surprise me that Shatner's web guy doesn't know. It;s not like he'd tell you. But I doubt it's an attempt of secrecy. After all, the net is like an opened floodgate of info. If there was any real news, someone would have leaked it. Not that I'll want to read leaked info ande spoil it.

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