Shields up and lock your photon torpedoes for May 17, 2013. That's the date when director J.J. Abrams will bring the world the sequel to his 2009 reboot of Star Trek. Chis Pine (Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), and Karl Urban (Bones) will return along with the rest of the crew. Currently Alex Kurtzman, Robert Orci, (more sci-fi for the two writers!), Abrams, and LOST cohort Damon Lindelof are working on the script with filming set to begin next year. Abrams will once again be directing and the movie will (sigh) be shot in 3D.
Speculation has been running rampant on the plot. Benicio Del Toro is being actively sought for the film's main villain. His resemblance to Recardo Maltaban have many fans believing that Khan will return in the next Trek. The other persistent theory is that Kirk's nemesis the Klingons will be involved. However, Abrams and crew are more tight lipped about the story than Bernie Fine's babysitter. (Too soon?)
In a side note, straight men of the world can set their phasers on boner, as Abrams has cast Alice Eve (see picture above) to be part of the ensemble cast. The 29 year old English actress garnered attention for her lead role of Molly in 2010's She's out of My League and can be seen next year opposite John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe's wife Virginia in The Raven and as a young Agent O in Men in Black III. Eve has been cast in an undisclosed role. Let's all hope it involves form fitting Star Fleet uniforms and/or a naked Pon-Far Amok Time-esque fight between her and Spock. (If you don't get that last reference it means two things: that I'm a bigger dork than Professor Frink on The Simpsons and two that you don't know enough about Star Trek.)
In the meantime Star Trek fans can enjoy the new documentary Trek Nation on the Discovery Science channel.*
*It took a decade for the director to finish. Talk about your attention to detail. Although would you expect anything less from a die hard Trek fan?*
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