William Shatner Not Done With Star Trek Movies

William Shatner, the 93-year-old actor and pitchman, is to reprise the role of James T. Kirk for a new movie and has an idea about how to make it work.

William Shatner says he’s down to play Captain James T. Kirk in a movie again and has a strange idea of pulling it off. The 93-year-old actor recently told the Canadian Press that he’d be willing to return to the Starship Enterprise under certain conditions.

“It’s an intriguing idea,” Shatner said. “It’s almost impossible. But if it was a great role and so well-written and if there were a reason to be there not just to make a cameo appearance, but if there were a genuine reason for the character appearing, I might consider it.”

Trekies remember in the 1994 Star Trek Film Star Trek: Generations. William Shatner's great idea suggests that Kirk’s body and brain might have been frozen, and then he could have been revived years later. How do they bring someone back in a daytime TV soap opera? Well, I'll buy it.

William Shatner says, "Let’s see if we can bring back a little bit of this, a little salt, a little pepper. Oh, look at that. Here comes Captain Kirk!'”

I like the idea. Filmmakers have been using de-aging technology, so a Star Trek film might be possible. Shatner is up on his offer, so at least try for a de-aged Kirk flashback or cameo.

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William Shatner turns 91 today (March 22), and while he’s best known as Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise, another one of his stellar claims to fame are his spoken word covers.

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