Tyler Perry Talks Star Trek

Tyler Perry breifly discussed his role in the upcoming Star Trek film with blackfilm.com written by Wilson Morales (thanks for the link). Sadly, the JJ Abram's cone of silence continues so no juicy details are revealed.

From the post:

Can you talk about your role in 'Star Trek'?
I can't. I wish I could. They have given me a strict confidentality agreement so I can't really say anything about it. All I can tell you is that I love J.J Abrams. He is the absolute reason I did it. He and I have a lot of things in common. He's got television and film and I was watching him direct, and people coming to him and asking him things and it was eerie because it was so much like my own life and my own situation. The only difference is that he has a wife and two kids and I don't know how he does it with the family...

How did you get involve in the film?
He called. J.J called and said, 'I'm a fan and would love for you to do my movie' and I was said, 'Great! I'll call you back.' I called my agent and was like, 'Who is this guy' and he said I need to look at his stuff. I was so impressed with what he does because it parallels a lot of my own stuff.

Are you a fan or a trekkie?
No. I'm telling you it was J.J Abrams. He talked me into it and it's a good thing I didn't see the last Star Trek movie or I would have said no.

Tyler Perry Confirmed

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Tyler Perry has been cast in Star Trek XI as the head of Starfleet Academy. The previous report indicated that some of the scenes he has already filmed included the trial of James Kirk for cheating during the Kobayashi Maru test.

Tyler Perry in Star Trek?

A rumor is spreading across various blogs that Tyler Perry, director and writer, will make an appearance in Star Trek XI. He directed "Madea's Family Reunion, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and many others. According to the Movieblog, the role is apparently the human head of Starfleet Academy. Spoiler here.

The scene was apparently the same scenes from a few weeks before where pics of Jennifer Morrison, Chris Pine, Spock and multiple others came from involving a courtroom scene where Kirk might be expelled from Starfleet probably for cheating (so winning) the Kobayashi Maru cadet no-win scenario test). Spock is the witness against him. Some Kirk speak later and what not and Kirk is left off and commended for creative thinking (the event basically fast tracked him up the command ladder).

Seems credible especially since the leak doesn't contradict previously released information but mostly its an odd choice in actor to spread a false rumor about.