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   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   Stan Jensen wrote:   
      
   > Shatner Leaks Trek XI Details   
   >   
   > William Shatner revealed to SCI FI Wire that the upcoming 11th Star   
   > Trek movie will indeed, as rumored, deal with the early years of Capt.   
   > James T. Kirk and Spock - and that he will definitely appear in the   
   > movie if director J.J. Abrams can find a place to use him. Shatner,   
   > who originated the role of Kirk in the original Trek series and   
   > several subsequent films, said in an interview that he was invited to   
   > meet with Abrams (Mission: Impossible III), who is also co-writing the   
   > movie.   
   >   
   > "I met with J.J., and they told me they would like me to be part of   
   > their film, but they have to write the role," Shatner said in an   
   > interview promoting his new SCI FI Channel film, Alien Fire.   
   >   
   > As for the many rumors concerning the sequel's story, Shatner said   
   > that Abrams will explore Kirk and Spock during their Starfleet Academy   
   > years. "Yes, we know the story is based on young Kirk," Shatner said.   
   > Up until now, everyone connected with the film has maintained strict   
   > silence about the storyline, though rumors have run rampant that they   
   > concern Kirk and Spock's first missions.   
   >   
   > As for Shatner's place in that storyline? "They need to figure out how   
   > to put the dead captain in with the young captain," he said. "It's a   
   > very complex, technical problem of how to write the character in, and   
   > I'm not sure how they will solve it." It sounds like Shatner may play   
   > an older version of Kirk.   
      
   For this to work, the actors playing the young Kirk and Spock will have to   
   look the way Shatner and Nimoy looked about 40 to 50 years ago, so that we   
   can believe that those actors are younger versions of Kirk and Spock.   
      
   So the dead Kirk will be giving warnings to the young Kirk?   
      
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