{"id":1696,"date":"2007-02-23T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi\/"},"modified":"2007-02-23T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T21:54:00","slug":"j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/x\/blogger\/7991\/933\/1600\/644040\/startrek-wnmhgb-a.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/x\/blogger\/7991\/933\/400\/980781\/startrek-wnmhgb-a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span style=\"font-family: georgia\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/news\/e3idc516528ddd1b426d8188c7f10902b44\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/newsbites-trek-vinci-water-hd-vmd.html#1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Trek XI<\/a><\/i> \u2014 he was always going to <i>produce<\/i> it, but until tonight he had not committed to <i>direct<\/i> it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The paper adds that the film will revolve \u201caround a young James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, chronicling their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and their first space mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if I buy this.  The Memory Alpha entries for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memory-alpha.org\/en\/wiki\/James_T._Kirk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kirk<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memory-alpha.org\/en\/wiki\/Spock\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spock<\/a> seem to confirm that they <i>were<\/i> both at Starfleet Academy in the early 2250s, but did they ever serve together prior to 2264, which is when Kirk was first assigned to the <i>Enterprise<\/i> after roughly a decade of serving on other ships?  (Spock, for his part, had been an <i>Enterprise<\/i> crew member since at least 2254.)<\/p>\n<p>And please, no more rumours about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000354\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Damon<\/a> playing \u201cthe young Kirk\u201d.  At 36 \u2014 Damon is exactly seven days younger than I am \u2014 he is already as old as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000638\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">William Shatner<\/a> was when <i>he<\/i> began shooting the <i>second<\/i> season of the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/itunes-blocks-my-first-attempt-to-buy.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">original series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"children\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">FEB 24 UPDATE<\/a>:  Oh, and while we\u2019re on the subject, look at these nifty outfits that my friend Heather made for my kids:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/peterchattaway\/400401665\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/78\/400401665_ae7fc6d4e6.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"195\" alt=\"P2230421\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/peterchattaway\/400401578\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/129\/400401578_3ff27953a8.jpg\" width=\"195\" alt=\"P2230420\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI \u2014 he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he had not committed to direct it. The paper adds that the film will revolve \u201caround a young James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, chronicling their first meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI -- he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI -- he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-02-23T21:54:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/x\/blogger\/7991\/933\/400\/980781\/startrek-wnmhgb-a.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. Chattaway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter T. Chattaway\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html\",\"name\":\"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-02-23T21:54:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-02-23T21:54:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde\"},\"description\":\"The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI -- he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/\",\"name\":\"FilmChat\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde\",\"name\":\"Peter T. Chattaway\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter T. Chattaway\"},\"description\":\"Peter T. Chattaway was the regular film critic for BC Christian News from 1992 to 2011. In addition to his award-winning film column for that paper, his news and opinion pieces have appeared in such publications as Books &amp; Culture, Christianity Today, Bible Review and the Vancouver Sun. He has also contributed essays to the books Re-Viewing The Passion: Mel Gibson\u2019s Film and Its Critics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis\u2019s The Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years on (Continuum, 2005) and The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (De Gruyter, 2016).\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/author\/peterchattaway\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI","description":"The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI -- he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI","og_description":"The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI -- he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html","og_site_name":"FilmChat","article_published_time":"2007-02-23T21:54:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/x\/blogger\/7991\/933\/400\/980781\/startrek-wnmhgb-a.jpg"}],"author":"Peter T. Chattaway","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter T. Chattaway","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html","name":"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-02-23T21:54:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-02-23T21:54:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde"},"description":"The Hollywood Reporter reports that J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek XI -- he was always going to produce it, but until tonight he","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-xi.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/","name":"FilmChat","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde","name":"Peter T. Chattaway","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peter T. Chattaway"},"description":"Peter T. Chattaway was the regular film critic for BC Christian News from 1992 to 2011. In addition to his award-winning film column for that paper, his news and opinion pieces have appeared in such publications as Books &amp; Culture, Christianity Today, Bible Review and the Vancouver Sun. He has also contributed essays to the books Re-Viewing The Passion: Mel Gibson\u2019s Film and Its Critics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis\u2019s The Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years on (Continuum, 2005) and The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (De Gruyter, 2016).","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/author\/peterchattaway"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}