menuBarBack
Beam Up News | Join | Your Account
Home
Advanced Search
boxBottom
News Tribblets
boxBottom
Stardates Calendar
News Story

Features

More Fan Reaction to the William Shatner Debacle

Features

By GustavoLeao / 13:29, 1 November 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Sy Fy Portal posted an interview with Bring Back Kirk campaign organizer known simply as Marc, in which he talks about William Shatner recent remarks that he is not in J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek prequel movie. Here are few excerpts.

"It's a bit disappointment," Marc told SyFy Portal's Michael Hinman. "For over a year, J.J. Abrams has been teasing about the return of William Shatner, yet based on Mr. Shatner's comments, Mr. Abrams has not so much as shown him the script."

The last time Abrams spoke out about putting Shatner in the film he said that the producers were "desperately" trying to get him on board. "Yet, Mr. Shatner's comments don't seem to show any attempt at all by Mr. Abrams since that comment was made," Marc said. "These actions have upset a lot of fans. When someone teases the return of William Shatner for ever a year and doesn't deliver, naturally people are going to be upset."

Some fans are organizing a boycott of the film, but it's not being led by BBK, Marc said.

"His presence will bring in a lot more money, and his absence will cost them money," Marc said. "Not to mention, he is a publicity machine. His absence from the film has generated a lot of press worldwide.


"Imagine what his presence would do. I don't want Abrams to put Shatner in out of fear, but he does need to realize that his movie is taking a publicity hit due to his failure to include Shatner to date. This decision will cost them money at the box office. Say what you want about [Shatner], but he does put butts in seats."
 

The full interview is here



More Top StoriesComments
Nov 24Cover and Info for Star Trek Movie Adaptation Comic Book1
Nov 24Scott Bakula on Why He Played the Role of Captain Archer in Enterprise4
Nov 24Leonard Nimoy Talks About Star Trek XII and (Not) Watching New Movie with Shatner0
Nov 23J.J. Abrams and Chris Pine Talk How Gratifying That Star Trek was Well Received, Working with Leonard Nimoy and Star Trek XII2
Nov 23Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.0
Story Archives...Browse:   

Talkback

36 comments Post New | Help
View:

RE: shatner | Report this post to moderator
By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:42:05 on Nov 01, 2007

Exactly. This is Star Trek. Anything can happen in Star Trek, and dead characters need not stay dead.

Glad you grasp that much.

Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote
Parent
Parent
Talkback Top
Top
RE: shatner by brett @ 17:39:42 on Nov 01
    RE: shatner by Yesterday's Lemmiwinks @ 09:20:21 on Nov 02
Promenade










TrekWeb Merchants
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.ca
Amazon.de
Barnes & Noble

Get Firefox!
Privacy Policy | About Us | Legal Notice | Contact Us | | Get Firefox!
© 1996-2009 TrekWeb.com and Steve Krutzler. All rights reserved.