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Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman Want William Shatner in Star Trek XI

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By GustavoLeao / 08:54, 28 June 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

MTV posted an exclusive interview with Star Trek XI screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Here are few excerpts from the article.

"It'll probably just be called 'Star Trek,' " Kurtzman revealed of the film, which will depict the early relationship between Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock.


"Really, we've just tried to capture the spirit correctly," said Orci.

"It's family, it's friendship, but it's also so much more."

"I think there's a humanistic approach to 'Star Trek' that you feel in every narration," Kurtzman said of the antagonistic friendship between Kirk and Spock. "Alien races are coming together and forming odd bonds of friendship and family. That's the core of the spirit of Star Trek."


"He created a side of 'Star Trek' as a response to the Cold War," Kurtzman observed of Gene Roddenberry positive vision of the future. "In a way, he made a fantasy of finding a way for everyone to come together - and that has managed to stick through all the versions of 'Star Trek.' "

These days, the Cold War is ancient history. So instead, the writers are attempting a similar approach feeding off fears of terrorism.


"The world's changed, but it also hasn't," Kurtzman said of their approach. "We live in a world where it's about ultra-paranoia of others, and that is as it was back when Roddenberry invented 'Trek.' In a way, it's more timely now than ever to be doing this. ... There was paranoia about the Cold War. That was their version of terrorism. We're living in a very parallel environment right now."


There is the possibility of a return from legendary TOS stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, who the writers say they "had a meeting with, just to express our admiration and promise that we would treat ['Trek'] with reverence."

But according to rumors, Shatner is reportedly upset that only Nimoy will get a cameo.


"We were very surprised about that," Kurtzman said.

"We're certainly hoping to include him in the shoot," Orci added. "Because we have nothing but reverence and awe for the man."


Asked if the new, young Kirk also be so melodramatic as Shatner, Orci said"It's tough, because so many of the people that portrayed the characters in 'Star Trek' were distinctive. A lot of the writing created Shakespearean-type characters, such that you could imagine it going both ways. You could imagine it being open to interpretation, or you can imagine it being really faithful. We're trying to figure out how to do it."


The full interview can be found at MTV.



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RE: Shatner in Trek IX | Report this post to moderator
By: Shadow6283 (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:40:35 on Jun 28, 2007

It isn't your decision where casting [stunt or otherwise] or production or directing is concerned.

Because TPTB care little what hardcore [zealots, precisely] fans think about anything. And if the last decade or so hasn't convinced you, I don't know what will, short of a framed letter or a full page ad in Variety.

Welcome aboard, captain Kirk.

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RE: Shatner in Trek IX | Report this post to moderator
By: Banzai (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:15:23 on Jun 29, 2007

Geek In The City
Youre a freaking nimrod.

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RE: Shatner in Trek IX | Report this post to moderator
By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:02:53 on Jun 28, 2007

That's a nice little novel, though you really don't speak for too many people.

There is no reason to call Shatner's appearance, if it happens, stunt casting. Bruce Willis has received good reviews in the latest Die Hard. Stallone kicked ass in Rocky Balboa and will do the same in John Rambo.

Shatner has a Kirk performance left in him, and it will only pass the torch properly.

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RE: Shatner in Trek IX by NEXUS @ 08:05:32 on Jul 01
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