William Shatner Teases His STAR TREK 3 Return
Last month a rumor surfaced saying that writer and director Roberto Orci wanted William Shatner to appear alongside Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek 3. Shatner later confirmed that producer J.J. Abrams had called to ask him if he'd be interested in being in the film. Today the legendary actor teased his return to the franchise with a tweet that simply said,
"I'm baaaaccckk!!!"
That tweet has since been removed. It's going to be so cool to see Shatner in a Star Trek movie again after all of these years. We even have some information on who Shatner will have scenes with in the film and the possible timeline. Badass Digest reports.
"My sources are now telling me that not only will Shatner be in the movie, his scene will have him meeting Chris Pine. Also in that scene: Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. But if my sources are steering me correct this won’t be original timeline Spock – it’ll be future alt-timeline Kirk and Spock. Basically the scene will have Kirk and Spock interacting with their future selves."
They certainly love to play with the whole alternate timeline rules that Abrams set up in the first two rebooted Star Trek movies. It's a great way to bring back old familiar faces. I wonder if one day the younger Star Trek crew will come face to face with the older Star Trek crew.
I've been a fan of Star Trek since I was a kid. I love what they've done with these new films and I can't wait to see Shatner introduced into it!