Casting For The 2008 Star Trek Movie Solidifies

October 12th, 2007

Star Trek

So in case you’ve been living under a pile of quatrotriticale for the past year, there’s a new Star Trek movie coming out in late 2008. It’s going to be one of those “reboots” or possibly a “reimagining” that takes us back to the beginning of the original series, with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. But since those iconic actors are now well into social security collecting days (or at least starring in Sandra Bullock movies or doing “art photography“) - the brain of JJ Abrams is recasting younger actors in the roles.

Anyhow, earlier it was revealed that Zachary Quinto would play the younger Spock. Several more announcements have come to pass, so here’s the lineup as far as rumors go:

Spock: Zachary Quinto. He played Sylar on Heroes.

Chekov: Anton Yelchin. Russian, was most recently in the movie Alpha Dog.

Uhura: Zoe Saldana. She was in The Terminal as a security guard, the third Pirates of the Caribbean film, and Guess Who. Hopefully her audition didn’t include dancing with feathers on Vulcan.

Scotty: Simon Pegg. The Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz comedic touch will come in handy when Scotty uses a mouse to talk to a computer or hits his noggin an a bulkhead.

James Kirk: Chris Pine. This hasn’t been finalized yet, but he looks the part.

Sulu: John Cho. You may remember him from American Pie or Harold and Kumar.

So that leaves Dr. McCoy, possibly Yeoman Rand and Nurse Chapel, and endless hordes of phaser-fodder red shirts.

Anyhow, the best site I’ve found for all this new Star Trek movie rumors is Trek Movie Report. Added to my feed reader.

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