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Simon Pegg on New Star Trek Movie, Star Wars and Doctor Who

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By GustavoLeao / 07:52, 26 August 2008 / General Genre/SciFi

The latest issue of Starlog magazine, out in the U.S., features a new interview with Star Trek actor Simon Pegg, the new Scotty. Here is an excerpt from the article.

Pegg has also been able to parlay his success as a newfound genre icon into appearances on the newly revived DOCTOR WHO and as Scotty in J.J. Abrams' upcoming STAR TREK film.
"I'm mopping up the geek touchstones!" he jokes. "Maybe if the [live-action] STAR WARS TV series goes ahead, I might try and wheedle my way back into the affections of Lucasfilm and write an episode."

"The weird thing--and I think this goes for both STAR TREK and DOCTOR WHO--is that neither of them are remakes. I often see STAR TREK being referred to as a remake, and it really isn't. It's another STAR TREK film; it's another movie in the series. It's the continuing mission."

"DOCTOR WHO is like that as well. And because of the nature of how DOCTOR WHO evolves, you become part of that tradition rather than a re-handling of it."

"Both of those are perfect examples of taking the spirit of the [original material] and entirely maintaining it."

More from Pegg can be found here.

Read Simon Pegg's complete interview in STARLOG #368, on sale now at newsstands and bookstores near you.



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RE: A new Star Trek universe ? | Report this post to moderator
By: AlexR (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:35:12 on Aug 26, 2008

I love the Trek novels, too. :) 'Course, I also think that 99% of them are intended to take place in the same Trek Universe as the 5 series and 10 (hopefully 11!) films, and honestly, if that weren't the case, I'd probably be a lot less interested in them.

That the authors are working pretty hard these days to maintain continuity among the books, too, is icing on the cake. They may not be canon, but I consider print Trek as "valid" a part of the Trekverse as filmed Trek, even though I realize that many people don't.

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Alex

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RE: A new Star Trek universe ? | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:14:55 on Aug 26, 2008

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I think it will be difficult to blend this movie with the original canon. I think this movie will create a "new universe", a new canon...

Do we know that? So far, the only things "off-canon" that we know of are all visual things.. the updated uniforms, the look of the ship and its interiors. As far as character backgrounds, storylines, relationships and history? All of it can still fit right in with existing canon because the early-TOS-era stories are untold, and the 24th century stuff in the new film all take place after Nemesis. No toes to step on.

I have said before.. I truly believe that the only thing this new film is replacing is the look of TOS. Once this run of films comes to an end, you can follow them with the existing Motion Picture seemlessly, taking place 18 months later and more realisticly in my mind.

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"If a sixth Star Trek television series is ever realized, it will be set in the new universe." -- cdydatzigs, June 15, 2009.

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