The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Ain’t It Cool News draws attention to a story on Variety which states that J J Abrams, responsible for the forthcoming Mission Impossible III, Alias and Lost is to team up with fellow Lost crew-members Damon Lindelof (currently writing for Marvel Comics) and Bryan Burk to work on an eleventh Star Trek feature film. Details are rather sketchy at this stage, but according to Variety the film will centre around young Kirk and Spock, with their first meeting at Starfleet Acadmey and first deep space mission.

This would obviously require new actors to play the younger versions of the two characters, although it leaves room for a possible cameo by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy as the older versions. It sounds an interesting idea to breathe some life back into Trek after Enterprise was cancelled (just as it was becoming good!) but I’m not sure how fans will react to other actors playing the roles of two such beloved Trek icons – I think I’d find it hard to buy anyone else as Kirk or Spock. It is also a tad ironic given that before Enterprise the notion of a new series based around Starfleet Academy was one of the front runners. Shame it won’t be happening in this, the fortieth anniversary year though.