Star Trek Teaser Trailer
Tired of viewing that crappy YouTube handicam version? The teaser trailer for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek is now online in high definition. I know a lot of trek fans are not to happy with this first look. I love the idea of trying to ground Trek in U.S. space travel history. I really think that things like this might be able to bring a whole new audience into the series. For a non Trekkie, the series and movies are instantly jarring. Too geeky, too sci-fi. I think JJ might be on to something here.
You can watch the teaser in High Definition on Yahoo.com. Star Trek hits theaters on December 25th 2008.
Star Trek Screenwriter Admits That William Shatner Cameo Is Still Possible
Star Trek co-writer Roberto Orci is now saying that William Shatner might appear in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek prequel/reboot after all.
“Still, it could happen,” Orci admitted after explaining to SciFi that the problem is two fold: “One, from our point of view, we are still hoping to find a way. Secondly, one of the difficulties that was brought up and discussed with Shatner when we all met him and pitched him ideas is that Trek fans are sticklers for their canon. [And,] unfortunately, Shatner’s Captain Kirk was killed in Star Trek VII [1994’s Generations].”
But Shatner will never be written into the script if the writers strike continues.
“From my point of view, it’s a very long shoot, and things change. It’s just whether we can figure it out.”
Call my cynical, but I continue to believe that a Shatner cameo has already written. Orci, Kurtzman, Abrams and Shatner have agreed to deny deny deny to keep the surprise, and many of Paramount brass have also been kept out of the loop. Could I be totally off base? Well, yeah…