All the Halo 3 news that's fit to print | Add to My AOL, MyYahoo, Google, Bloglines Add to: My AOL, MyYahoo, Google, Bloglines 'Star Trek XI' Announcements Will Be Made at ComicCon Posted Jun 17th 2007 12:32PM by Ryan Stewart Filed under: Action Adventure, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Casting, Remakes and Sequels Things are apparently moving forward quickly with -- IESB.net is reporting that at the L.A.
junket for , screenwriter Roberto Orci told the roundtablers to expect some major announcements (presumably about casting) at this year's ComicCon. He said the casting process is going on right now, and that some significant decisions are going to be made soon. He also told the journalists that the film is scheduled to begin shooting in November.
Up to now, there has been nothing more than educated (and uneducated) guesses about who could possibly lead this thing. Names that have been bandied about include Matt Damon, Gary Sinise, Jennifer Garner and James McAvoy, but nothing solid has developed. The only credible info we have on the project is that it's being produced and directed by J.
J. Abrams, written by Orci and Alex Kurtzman and will feature a storyline that revolves around the early days of James T. Kirk and Mr.
We also know that it's going to be less geared toward traditional Star Trek fans than the previous film series and more towards a general, 'non-Trekker' audience. Paramount apparently has no qualms about this, given the lackluster box-office for the recent Star Trek films. The film has a tentative release date of Christmas Day, 2008.