Although rumors have been circulating for a while now, Paramount finally has confirmed Chris Pine (Smokin’ Aces) will star as Capt. Kirk and Karl Urban (The Lord of the Rings) will play Dr. McCoy in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the Star Trek franchise.
Those two roles round out the primary cast, which includes Eric Bana as the villain Nero, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Zachary Quinto as Spock, John Cho as Sulu, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, and Anton Yelchin as Chekov. Leonard Nimoy, who originally played Spock, also is part of the film.
The movie, which takes place during the early days of the Enterprise crew, is expected to film from November to March.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:23 am
You know, the first time I saw Karl Urban in that one Lord of the Rings movie, I thought, “Man, that guy totally looks like a young DeForest Kelley.”
October 18th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Maybe Brad Dourif was booked solid.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:57 am
It’s like this movie was cast by a teenage girl.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Spurgeon made me spit tea just then.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Sounds like a great cast.
Of course, I’m sold just by Abrams being attached, so…
October 19th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Well, he’s certainly no Shatner.