Abrams Shoots Hulk into Space…
Now that I’ve got your attention, No: J.J. Abrams is not doing a line of Hulk books. Rather, he’s just announced that former Hulk star Eric Bana will be facing off against the new Captain James T. Kirk in 2008’s remake/reboot/re-imagining/re-whatever of Star Trek. Bana is signed to play Nero, the newest/oldest baddie who has a plan to take down Kirk and probably the whole enterprise.
So far, Abrams has been pretty good on keeping a lid on casting rumors and things we, the fans, don’t really need to know just yet. Back at ComiCon, he announced that Heroes‘ star Zachary Quinto would be playing our new Spock.. along side Nimoy, who will ALSO be portraying the role. This brings up theories that it could be a parallel universe, or alternate timelines, or they could all be lost on an island that has mystical powers… let’s hope it’s not that last one.
Also set star is Anton Yelchin (Huff) as young Chekov, Zoe Saldana (Pirates Trilogy) as the young Uhura, and it is rumored that Mike Vogel (from the new giant monster/alien/who knows movie Cloverfield/1-18-08) will take the helm as our new, less bloated James T. Kirk.
The film is currently set for a Christmas 2008 release.
Dual Spocks: could be flashbacks. What's with naming the bad guy "Nero", though? Does he really think kids know who that is? Is there a short documentary at the beginning?
Kind of like the DUNE feature where they should've handed out a glossary of terms so you could follow the movie if you hadn't read any of the books.
This is going to be another mess. The Star Trek universe does not need to be re-imagined. What it NEEDS is for some BRILLIANT individual at Paramount to actually READ the fan-boards, not call them names, and listen to what they (the paying fans) actually WANT. Someone PLEASE go look at the sites like http://www.newvoyages.com or http://www.starshipexeter.com. THIS is what the people want to see. NOT someone's perversion of their memories of youth. Abrams "Impossible" movies were abominable in comparison to the series on which they were based. Unless he follows the cannon that was originally established (prior to the ruination of the universe with the POST Roddenberry people), this will be one more overpriced, overblown mess. Doubtless, a money-making mess, which truly is all the studio execs care about, but a mess nonetheless.
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