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William Shatner Confirms He is Not in New Star Trek Movie, Talks Young Kirk Story in The Academy Collision Course

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By GustavoLeao / 23:56, 9 September 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

National Ledger just posted an exclusive interview with Star Trek star William Shatner, in which he talks about J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie and also his prequel Trek novel The Academy Collision Course. Here are few excerpts from the article.

Asked if he will be joining the cast of the soon-to-shoot Abrams' film, Shatner said "I'm not. They haven't invited me to do it,". The actor figures the movie forces have solved the problem of dealing with the aging version of his iconic character, James T. Kirk, by having a "dead Kirk." As for who'll play young, alive Kirk, "It seems they're looking for an unknown, so I have no idea. I don't have a finger on that pulse. I've barely got a finger on my own pulse," Shatner said. "I feel sort of like a wallflower. I'll watch the dance from the wings."

Regarding The Academy Collision Course, Shatner's October-release Star Trek prequel book, he said "It's the story of young Kirk and Spock and the forces that molded them. I used the Darfur situation for what generates the excitement. A conflict in which there are child soldiers -- and Kirk and Spock are not much older than those child soldiers."

Shatner's take on young Kirk and Spock days at Starfleet Academy will get out to the public way ahead of the film, which starts production in November and have a similar premise. "It's a coincidence," he says. "In this book, the publisher is putting a fronticepiece saying that this is the artist's unique vision."

The full interview is here.



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By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:50:20 on Sep 10, 2007

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How do you get people talking about a tired movie franchise? Tell the fans of said franchise that their "icon" will not be in the film. Then, have him publicly "pout" about it.

We are all being had, my friends. Whether he ends up in the film or not (and I do think he will be in there in a small role, and it will be a complete surprise to the audience, generating even more hype) this is a publicity stunt orchestrated to make us talk up the film even more.


I don't know if it's a publicity stunt. So many people seem to have forgotten that Kirk was killed off in Generations, a film produced 13 years ago. So he simply can't be in the new movie.

However, now that you talk about "publicly pouting" I do clearly recall at least two previous occasions in which this occurred. When Michael Keaton was cast as Batman, Adam West went on a tear about how he should have been cast in the role. More recently there were all the interviews in which Pierce Brosnan discussed being passed over for Casino Royale in favor of Daniel Craig. But neither really helped the films any; in fact, just the opposite in the case of Brosnan as (through no design of his own) it contributed to the whole "Craig Not Bond" fiasco that resulted in a bunch of fans being humiliated when Casino Royale ended up being the most critically acclaimed Bond film of all time. Similarly, those who opposed Keaton as Batman got egg on their face when the first two Batman films did so well.

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RE: Cheap and easy PR by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 10:17:39 on Sep 10

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By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:09:10 on Sep 10, 2007 | Edit History (2)

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We are all being had, my friends.


If I were JJ, I wouldn't be in any hurry to silence the "pout" of a showman like Shatner.

We know that Shat and JJ arrived at an understanding: They both want elder Kirk in the story, and they both want it done in a way that makes sense. This intel comes directly from both Shat and JJ: Shatner told Craig Ferguson about his face-to-face dialog with JJ, last year. This corroborates the statement made by JJ about Shat at Comic-Con this summer.

Shatner can honestly be "disappointed" that he isn't yet signed up, but he can also be secure in what has already been said to him by JJ.


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RE: Cheap and easy PR by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 10:24:07 on Sep 10

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By: Captain Patti (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:17:48 on Sep 10, 2007

I like how anyone refers it to "pouting". Shatner is giving you a "direct" answer. He is not in the movie. It sure beats the "vague" answers that Abrams and his buddy crew give. For example "A movie your mother will like".

Everyone should thank Bill for at least being honest about what he knows.



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RE: Cheap and easy PR by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 09:27:57 on Sep 10
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