William Shatner spoke recently about digital de-aging technology and said he is open to returning to the role.
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Nathanred — 1 year ago(May 28, 2024 05:11 PM)
William Shatner spoke recently about digital de-aging technology and said he is open to returning to the role.
William Shatner de-aged
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/24/shatner-pine-or-a-kirk-triple-whammy-where-should-star-trek-boldly-go-next
It probably says something about the gaping void where Star Trek movies ought to be sitting right now that even 93-year-old William Shatner reckons he might have a chance at getting back in the Enterprise command chair, albeit with a bit of futuristic de-ageing tech. Speaking to the Canadian Press a couple of weeks ago, the original Captain James Tiberius Kirk suggested he could easily play a younger version of the erstwhile Star Trek admiral, thanks to a company he’s working with that specialises in software that “takes years off your face, so that in a film you can look 10, 20, 30, 50 years younger than you are”.
Kirk was, of course, killed off in 1994’s Star Trek: Generations. Yet given the propensity for alternate timelines in mainstream sci-fi fantasy these days (and the fact that one was already introduced in the 2009 JJ Abrams-directed reboot) it would be no surprise at all to see him back on the deck of the Enterprise, like some kind of AI-assisted, uncanny valley facsimile of his former self, grinning with lurid romance at Uhura while fiddling with his (rumoured) corset.
Meanwhile, Kirk 2.0, Chris Pine, is completely in the dark as to whether his version of the cocksure interstellar navigator will ever be back on the big screen, following recent suggestions that a new screenwriter is on board to pen the long-gestating sequel to 2016’s Star Trek: Beyond. “I honestly don’t know,” he told Business Insider when asked for an update on the long-mooted Star Trek 4. “There was something in the news of a new writer coming on board. I thought there was already a script, but I guess I was wrong, or they decided to pivot. As it’s always been with Trek, I just wait and see.” -
CountJohn — 1 year ago(May 30, 2024 07:35 PM)
If forced to choose I'll go with Pine. Love Shat but he's 93, had a good run with 6 movies and one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Doesn't need to play Kirk again with "The Irishman Effect" where he looks young but is hobbling around like an old man.
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LorqVonRay1999 — 1 year ago(May 30, 2024 08:11 PM)
I don't trust Hollywood to cast a quality someone else.
Shatner is incredible at 93 but that's just too old to be playing the part, no matter how good the de-aging process looks.
So I'd have to go with Pine.