George Takei just announced this on Face Book. At last a Captain!!
Friends,
I’m thrilled to share this news with you today. As announced at Emerald
City Comicon, where I’m appearing this weekend, Paramount Pictures has
green-lit a new Star Trek Movie entitled “Excelsior” in which I will
play the captain. This announcement is part of Paramount Studio’s
100th-year anniversary campaign. The studio has acknowledged the fan
enthusiasm for this concept ever since I appeared in command of the
vessel in “The Undiscovered Country.” J.J. Abrams will direct, with
Robert Orci again writing the screenplay.
My co-star in Allegiance, Paulo Montalban, has been cast opposite me
to play the mercurial “Agha,” the grandson of Khan (played by Ricardo
Montalban in the Second Star Trek Movie). Also featured are Gilbert
Gottfried (playing a wily Ferengi First Officer) and Lisa Lampanelli (as
a Bajoran security officer).
More to come on this breaking story soon. Thanks again for the years of support, and I’ll see you on the Bridge of “Excelsior.”
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