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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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RE: Not Interested in Star Trek XI | Report this post to moderator
By: Capricorn Two (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:57:26 on Sep 11, 2007

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but like I said before, I have no interest in this movie.

No one gives a fuck whether you're going to see the film or not. You're sounding like a broken record.

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RE: Not Interested in Star Trek XI by GustavoLeao @ 13:38:03 on Sep 12

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By: Longclaw (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:05:02 on Sep 10, 2007

What kind of movie did you want it to be?

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