# William Shatner in talks for next Star Trek movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727 "2014-10-28T09:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/21 "2014-10-28T19:46:34Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > No time travel is required for William Shatner to appear, it could be that new Kirk encounters some Trek Technobabble that causes him to age for a time in the film. Shows like this have already been done in Trek so it would be an homage of sorts to the series. While older, he’d be played by William Shatner. I agree with others that original Spock in the new series is getting old, but having William Shatner play an older version of the current character would be fun. Older Kirk now looks like[this](http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY4NjYyNTMwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzMwMDc0Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/22 "2014-10-28T20:09:52Z")
Wasn’t Kirk revived in the novels? I don’t read them, but it seems so from the blurbs. I know in general novels don’t count as canon, but then neither do the new movies. Voyager’s Law: The new movies all have odd numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/23 "2014-10-28T22:52:40Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Voyager’s Law: The new movies all have odd numbers. I like to think of them as imaginary numbers. They’re on an axis orthogonal to reality. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/24 "2014-10-30T19:34:14Z")
After the mess they made of Into Darkness, this simply looks like an cynical attempt to appease fans of the classic Trek and maybe get them into the theater for the next installment even if it’s just morbid curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/25 "2014-10-30T20:51:09Z")
The talks are, they want him to direct! After all, ST-V was such a huge success. They’re bumping out the current director, bringing in a whole new approach. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/26 "2014-10-31T04:54:03Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Wasn’t Kirk revived in the novels? I don’t read them, but it seems so from the blurbs. I know in general novels don’t count as canon, but then neither do the new movies. > > Voyager’s Law: The new movies all have odd numbers. Yes, by Borg nanoprobes, because Spock did for Shatner what Shatner did for him, rather than just leaving him buried under some rubble on some planet. McCoy is also still alive and rejuvenated, and was the one who did the procedure to restore Kirk. They then go on adventures together. At least, that’s what I remember from the last time I checked this out. I’ve not really gotten my hands on any of the actual novels. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/27 "2014-10-31T05:08:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yes, by Borg nanoprobes, because Spock did for Shatner what Shatner did for him, rather than just leaving him buried under some rubble on some planet. McCoy is also still alive and rejuvenated, and was the one who did the procedure to restore Kirk. They then go on adventures together. > > At least, that’s what I remember from the last time I checked this out. I’ve not really gotten my hands on any of the actual novels. And I just realized I said Shatner instead of Kirk. Are they really that synonymous in my mind? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/28 "2014-10-31T07:02:28Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And I just realized I said Shatner instead of Kirk. Are they really that synonymous in my mind? Some people associate Shatner with Priceline. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/29 "2014-10-31T17:30:32Z")
Shatner in the next Star Trek movie? I can’t get behind that. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727/30 "2014-10-31T18:05:22Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yes, by Borg nanoprobes, because Spock did for Shatner what Shatner did for him, rather than just leaving him buried under some rubble on some planet. McCoy is also still alive and rejuvenated, and was the one who did the procedure to restore Kirk. They then go on adventures together. > > At least, that’s what I remember from the last time I checked this out. I’ve not really gotten my hands on any of the actual novels. I remember a little better than you. Kirk was reanimated by the Borg, who were cooperating with the Romulans, who brainwashed Kirk into attempting to assassinate Picard. Spock mind-melded with Kirk and removed the desire to kill Picard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-in-talks-for-next-star-trek-movie/702727.md?page=1)