Friday, October 12, 2007

More casting on new Star Trek movie: Starship Enterprise

credit: Hollywood Reporter

John Cho and Simon Pegg have boarded the Starship Enterprise.

Cho has been cast as Sulu, the Enterprise's helmsman, while Pegg has signed on to play Scotty, the ship's Scottish chief engineer, in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" feature for Paramount.

The "Trek" casting deals appear to be closing at warp speed this week, with Eric Bana signing on Wednesday to play the movie's villain, Nero.

Already on board are Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Anton Yelchin as a young Chekov, the Russian-born navigator, as well as Zachary Quinto as a young Spock. Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role of Spock, is on board as well. Chris Pine is in talks to play the young Kirk.

The movie is expected to shoot from November-March.

Plot details are begin kept under wraps, but it is understood that the movie chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew. The lead roles remaining to be cast are Christopher Pike, the first captain of the Enterprise, and Kirk's parents.

Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was the ship's third-in-command and was known for his problem-solving abilities in plot-critical situations. The role was originated by the late James Doohan.

Lt. Hikaru Sulu, known for his love of fencing, always was seen on deck piloting the ship next to Chekov. George Takei played the character in the 1960s TV series and the 1980s movies.

Cho starred as Harold in the cult hit "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle." He is reprising the role for the sequel. Cho is repped by Gersh, Principato/Young and attorney Alex Kohner.

Pegg, repped by CAA, starred in "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." He next toplines David Schwimmer's comedy "Run, Fat Boy, Run."

I for one am Wicked Excited for this flick. - Devon

7 comments:

  1. Well....

    I love me some Simon Pegg, he fucking rules, I have 2 Shaun figures on my TV, the Shaun poster on my wall, even got Spaced on my iPod....

    But uh, um, Scotty is.. from Scotland. So I dunno, oh well, fuck it.

    P.S. Devon for the fuck of cum stop saying "wicked".

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  2. Also... why did you feel the need to capitalize Wicked Excited?

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  3. My Perez comeback was so awesome, it got on there twice. Double PWNED.

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  4. Hahahaha. No, if I were Perez I'd be going on about how I want hot John Cho jizz all over my face.

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