Posted on October 10th, 2007 at 9:27 am by Editor
Eric Bana will play villain Nero in Paramount Pictures’ Star Trek, to be directed by J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, “Lost,” “Alias”), reports Variety. Anton Yelchin, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Leonard Nimoy have already boarded the USS Enterprise. Casting is under way in New York and London, and Abrams had been expected to pursue bigger-name actors for the roles of the villain and the Federation captain, the latter of which remains unfilled.
The studio still needs to cast several other major parts before the November start date, including a young James T. Kirk and Scotty. Paul McGillion is rumored to be up for the role of Scotty. Chris Pine and Mike Vogel are in the running for the role of a young Kirk. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci wrote the screenplay and will executive produce along with Bryan Burk and Damon Lindelof. Star Trek hits theaters on Christmas Day 2008.
1 Comment »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
Leave a comment
Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry: inappropriate or purely promotional comments may be removed.
October 12, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Related News Stories …
New 'Star Trek' beams up Scotty and Sulu …Blogged about at Is Eric Bana Star Trek’s New Villian – the movie insiders, Simon Pegg and John Cho are joining the cast of Paramount's new &4;Star Trek&4; feature.According to Variety, J.J. Abr…