Okay, so it looks like the cast for the new Star Trek is set:
Kirk (Chris Pine, Princess Diaries 2)
Young Spock (Zachary Quinto, Sylar on Heroes)
Spock (Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek)
Uhura (Zoe Saldana, Guess Who)
McCoy (Karl Urban , Eomer in LoTR)
Chekov (Anton Yelchin , Alpha Dog)
Sulu (John Cho, Harold in Harold & Kumar go to
Whitecastle)
Scotty (Simon Pegg, Shaun in Shaun of the Dead)
Well, it was supposed to be that Leonard Nimoy and William
Shatner had approval over who were to be cast as their younger counterparts,
and would also make cameo’s reprising the older versions of themselves.
However, Chris Pine did not get Shatner’s approval and he
withdrew his name from the project.
Well, I am going to have to somewhat agree with him; I remember Chris Pine
from Princess Diaries 2 and I cannot imagine him as Kirk.
Sylar as Spock is kind of growing on me; he can look very
nerdy when he wants to.
And I really cannot believe the dude from Shaun of the Dead
and Harold from Harold and Kumar are in this project. LOL. IMO this does not
bold well for the film. (Is that the correct spelling for bold in this
situation?)
But at least Karl Urban is in this movie; he’s my favorite
actor from LOTR.
But the thing that gets me the most nervous about this
movie is that J.J. Abrams is running the show. I wasn't a big fan of the TV show Alias or Mission Impossible 3; IMO he has a very flashy and slick directing style (sort of like Michael Bay lite). And anyway, everyone knows
that odd numbered Star Trek movies bite, and this would be number 11 I believe, so who knows what will happen.