Matt Damon as Kirk in Star Trek XI?

GiggidyGiggidy writes "Our friends at IMDB.com are reporting that Matt Damon has been cast to play a young James T. Kirk in the new Star Trek Movie directed by J.J. Abrams. Is this the end of the Star Trek series we fans know and love, or the beginning of something bigger and better for the series?"

Re:Don't trust IMDB

[Zontar_Thing_From_Ve]

IMDB is rarely ever accurate until after a movie is released.

People connected with Star Trek (not fans, but insiders who actually work for Paramount) have said that it is not true that Damon has been cast. Given that the story line is supposed to either take place at Star Fleet Academy or maybe just afterwards and those at Star Fleet Academy would be 18-22 years old, this seems highly unlikely. Somebody may be pulling IMDB's leg. IMDB does not always get things right and just because they say it's true, that doesn't mean it really is, especially for a film that hasn't even started shooting yet.

This was never confirmed.

[Oronar]

No roles have been confirmed for Star Trek XI, nor is there any credible information definitely pointing to any actor or actress in any part in the movie. There have been a number of rumors and some well-sourced speculation, however. - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_XI#Cast [wikipedia.org]

There's also this. http://stxi.blogspot.com/2006/07/taking-red-pen-to -imdb-entry-for-trek.html [blogspot.com]

Re:Oh, Yes!

[Fordiman]

Yo. Zealot. Get over yourself.

Re:That was the original idea behind "Andromeda"

[Gnostic Ronin]

It was the COMMONWEALTH, not the Confederacy, unless you mean the alternate universe version where they all started wearing grey and marching up Seminary Ridge.

PS, I loved Andromeda. Earth: Final Conflict was nonsensical though.

Re:I liked DS9.

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree, DS9 had the two best episodes of the entire franchise. Measure of a Man which was a TNG epsiode was a very close third though. The two episodes I remember most were "In the Pale Moonlight" and "The Visitor."