Live Long and Prosper
It's official, casting has begun for the new Star Trek XI movie. Zachary Quinto, who plays the utterly creepy, uber-powerful Sylar in the TV superhero serial, Heroes, will be playing Spock! Well...young Spock. Leonard Nimoy is cast to appear in as Spock in the movie as well, so there will definitely be some sort of future/past time transition there. I can not wait! They are still looking for an actor to cast as Captain Kirk. Talk about tough shoes to fill. Star Trek has become so iconic, casting other actors to play those parts is going to be as hard and as closely scrutinized as a modern recast of Gone with the Wind.
I admit it, I'm a total trekkie. I loved the original TV series, the original movie, and especially Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (ooooooh baby!), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Lest anyone think I'm hopelessly mired in the past, I did -- and do -- also love Star Trek: The Next Generation (though I didn't warm up to the new crew until the episode when Data proved to Tasha Yarr that he was "fully functional" *gg*), Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise (a wonderful, fun series cut short far before its time). And loved the Star Trek: First Contact movie featuring the Next Generation crew and the phenomenally gorgeous Borg Queen. (There is a movie I can watch again and again and again.)
One of my friends worked for ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) in their Creature Shop and he helped build and pilot the whales used in Star Trek IV. It was totally cool to go "behind the scenes" and walk through the prop shop, touch a miniature Enterprise used in filming (how many people can say they've touched THE Enterprise? LOL.). He says Leonard Nimoy is a terrific director and great fun to work with.
While details on Star Trek XI are still pretty closely-held secrets, the movie will apparently involve a young Kirk and Spock and the start of their 5 year mission. Production starts this fall, and the movie is scheduled to release Christmas 2008!!!
Live long and prosper, fellow trekkies.
I admit it, I'm a total trekkie. I loved the original TV series, the original movie, and especially Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (ooooooh baby!), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Lest anyone think I'm hopelessly mired in the past, I did -- and do -- also love Star Trek: The Next Generation (though I didn't warm up to the new crew until the episode when Data proved to Tasha Yarr that he was "fully functional" *gg*), Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise (a wonderful, fun series cut short far before its time). And loved the Star Trek: First Contact movie featuring the Next Generation crew and the phenomenally gorgeous Borg Queen. (There is a movie I can watch again and again and again.)
One of my friends worked for ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) in their Creature Shop and he helped build and pilot the whales used in Star Trek IV. It was totally cool to go "behind the scenes" and walk through the prop shop, touch a miniature Enterprise used in filming (how many people can say they've touched THE Enterprise? LOL.). He says Leonard Nimoy is a terrific director and great fun to work with.
While details on Star Trek XI are still pretty closely-held secrets, the movie will apparently involve a young Kirk and Spock and the start of their 5 year mission. Production starts this fall, and the movie is scheduled to release Christmas 2008!!!
Live long and prosper, fellow trekkies.
posted by C.L. Wilson at
2:29 PM
2 Comments:
I Love love love Star Trek and ST:TGN!!! OMG Zachary Quinto will rock as Spock (hehe) - the guy is so intense and does the creepy thing incredibly well on Heroes. I'm excited!!!!
I didn't warm up to the new crew until the episode when Data proved to Tasha Yarr that he was "fully functional" *gg*
Bwa! That's hilarious. Wish I'd seen that episode! =)
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