How William Shatner Would Have Appeared in Star Trek
slashfilm.com 5/17/2009 — You might recall that JJ Abrams originally approached William Shatner to make an appearance in Star Trek , but the actor declined because he felt like it was nothing more than a tiny cameo. “We actually had written a scene with him in it ...

'Star Trek' Writers Reveal The William Shatner Scene That Never Was
mtv.com 5/12/2009 — 'We wanted to really bring him back in the right way,' Roberto Orci says of why the idea never materialized. By Larry Carroll William Shatner in the "Star Trek" TV series, 1966 Photo: CBS Paramount Television SANTA MONICA, ...

The Shatner Scene You Never Saw In Abrams' Star Trek [Exclusive]
io9.com 5/11/2009 — You've heard why Shatner's Kirk wasn't included in Star Trek . (He was dead, for one thing.) But Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman tried to write him in, and they walked us through their Shatner scene. In our exclusive interview with Star Trek writers ...

'Star Trek' Director Open To Sequel With William Shatner Or Khan
mtv.com 5/16/2009 — 'I wouldn't rule out anything,' J.J. Abrams says of sequel ideas. By Larry Carroll J.J. Abrams and cast on the set of "Star Trek" Photo: Zade Rosenthal After last weekend's $76.5 million opening , three phrases keep getting ...

VOTD: Watch William Shatner Watch JJ Abrams’ Star Trek
slashfilm.com 5/1/2009 — Believe it or not, William Shatner still hasn’t seen the movie trailer for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek , until now. Billy Bush of Access Hollywood screened the trailer for Shatner, and a video has been posted online of Shatner’s ...

William Shatner's Star Trek Repartee
movingpictureblog.blogspot.com 4/27/2009 — To the surprise of absolutely no one -- including, judging by his expression when he received the query, William Shatner himself -- the very first question directed at the actor last week during a post-screening Q&A following the Nashville Film ...

Abrams On Shatner and Nimoy in the Next 'Trek'
cinematical.com 10/15/2009 — At the press day for the DVD and Blu-ray release of the 2009 Star Trek , director J.J. Abrams talked briefly about the possibility of putting the series' original Kirk, William Shatner , in the forthcoming sequel. "The Shatner thing comes up ...

Gain Strength From the Sharing
mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com 5/11/2009 — Amidst all the hoopla of the STAR TREK prequel/reboot, it seems to have been forgotten that this summer marks the 20th anniversary of the release of STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER. Or, more likely, everyone just chose to forget about it. The ...

Abrams Doesn't Rule Out Shatner in 'Trek' Sequels
getthebigpicture.net 5/18/2009 — A lot of people who didn't like the new Star Trek pointed directly to one thing: It broke from the canon, changing the timeline around both in the introduction of a character here and there and also altering enough of the history that it's no longer required to follow the chronology of the ...

Happy Shatner Day, Everybody
getthebigpicture.net 3/22/2009 — Happy birthday to the original James T. Kirk and so far the only T.J. Hooker. We don't generally mention celebrity birthdays here at The Big Picture, but since we are talking about the Priceline Negotiator, I figured we could make an exception. William Shatner is 78 years old today, ...