During a signing of his new book "Star Trek Academy: Collision Course", William Shatner once again chimed in on his disappointment with not being cast in Star Trek XI.
"How could you not put one of the founding figures into a movie that was being resurrected? That doesn’t make good business sense to me! ... I've become even more popular than I was playing Captain Kirk. I’m good box office and I get publicity….But, they are going in a different direction and it’ll be a wonderful film."
I am debating on whether to report this type of "news" anymore as its the same song and dance. Shatner wants to be in the film, fandom wants him in the film, shoot JJ Abrams and the writers want him in the film. The problem is Kirk is dead and to bring him back would clutter the storyline. If the writers can pull it off, more power to them but so far don't see how without causing a great deal of confusion in the process (confusion for new Star Trek fans not old as time travel, return from the dead, etc is old hats).
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I think you can keep reporting it. I'm sure the story's not over.
ReplyDeleteBesides, they could always do something where the time travel does slightly mess up the future and Kirk could have a cameo at the end where he ends up not dying in Generations as a result of the time travel.
Why not do a film adaptation of Shatner's Star Trek Novel "The Return?"
ReplyDeleteI don't care about the subject of this article; I WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT ENGLISH ACTOR MAX BEESLEY (Hotel Babylon) IS A PERFECT YOUNG KIRK, COMPLETE WITH THE SAME LIP-PURSUING GESTURES!!!!!!!!!
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