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Star Trek (also referred to as Star Trek XI) is an upcoming science fiction film, the eleventh entry in the Star Trek film series, based on the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. In April 2006, after several years of rumor and speculation, Paramount Pictures announced that the film would be produced by Lost co-creators J. J. Abrams (who is also directing) and Damon Lindelof. It was written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who are also executive producers with Bryan Burk, Jeffrey Chernov and Level 1 Entertainment executives Bill Todman, Jr., Edward Milstein, and Paul Schwake. The film will simply be called Star Trek[1] and will be released on December 25, 2008.


Premise

The story will focus on the earliest adventures of James T. Kirk and Spock,[2] and will also feature appearances by the main characters from the original series.[3]

Cast

• Chris Pine as James T. Kirk. The actor dropped out of starring in a film adaptation of White Jazz to take on the role.[4] Pine said he wanted to evoke Kirk's characteristics, but not completely replicate William Shatner's performances. "My job is to take something new, to take that and build upon it, really do my own thing," he said. "I just feel no pressure when it comes to that."[5]
• Zachary Quinto as the young Spock. Leonard Nimoy will also reprise the role of the older Spock.[6] For the role, Quinto shaved his eyebrows, and spent three hours a day having pointed ears and large earlobes applied, so as to match Nimoy's appearance.[7]
• Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. Like Pine, Urban said of taking on the role that "it is a case of not doing some sort of facsimile or carbon copy, but really taking the very essence of what DeForest [Kelley] has done and honoring that and bringing something new to the table". Urban has been a fan of the show since he was seven years old and actively pursued the role.[8]
• Simon Pegg as Montgomery Scott[9]
• Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov[10]
• Zoë Saldaña as Uhura[11]
• John Cho as Hikaru Sulu[12]
• Eric Bana as Nero (the villain of the film)[13]
• Clifton Collins, Jr. as General Ayel (Nero's henchman)[14]
• Bruce Greenwood as Christopher Pike[15]
• Chris Hemsworth as George Samuel Kirk Senior, Kirk's father[16]
• Jennifer Morrison as Winona Kirk, Kirk's mother[17]
• Ben Cross as Sarek, Spock's father[18]
• Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson, Spock's mother[19]
• Rachel Nichols as Orion female[20]
• Tyler Perry as head of Starfleet Academy[21]
• Sonita Henry (unknown role)[22]
• Paul McGillion (unknown role)[23]
• Randy Pausch (unknown role)[24]
• James Cawley as an unknown Starfleet officer[25]
• Chris Doohan (unknown role). Chris Doohan is the son of James Doohan, who played "Scotty" in the original Star Trek series and movies. He previously cameoed in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.[26]

William Shatner has repeatedly said he would like to reappear as the old Kirk, despite having been killed off in Star Trek: Generations. He suggested bringing elements of the novels where Kirk is resurrected into canon with the film. Abrams turned him down, stating "You and I could come up with dozens of ways, but every way that we came up with felt like it was transparently fan boys trying to get Shatner in the movie."[27] Original Sulu George Takei has also expressed hope he will be in the film.[28]
For some time it was widely rumored that Matt Damon would play Kirk in the movie. Damon, upon hearing the rumors, including comments from William Shatner giving him a "seal of approval" for the role,[29] contacted Abrams to ascertain the truth, only to be told that the Kirk in the film was a younger man and he was "too old" for the part.[30][31] Damon commented that if sequels are made featuring an older Kirk than that portrayed by Pine, then he would be interested in playing the role.[29]
Adrien Brody discussed playing Spock with director J. J. Abrams.[32] Paul McGillion auditioned for the role of Scotty.[33] Although he did not win the role, he impressed producers enough that he was given another (thus far unidentified) role in the film.[23] James Kyson Lee was considered for Sulu, but because Zachary Quinto was already cast as Spock, the producers of the TV show Heroes did not want to lose another cast member for three months.[34] Abrams also approached Timothy Olyphant for a part.[35] Greg Grunberg (often referred to as Abrams' "good luck charm") was offered a part in the film, but had to turn it down because of a conflict with another project he is working on.[36]