Star Trek nerds rejoice! Matt Damon, Adrien Brody, and Gary Sinise to star in new Star Trek movie

Oh my word, my Tribbles are all tied up in knots over THIS one:

Star Trek, one of the most popular and successful franchises in the history of movies and television, returns to the big screen under the creative vision of J.J. Abrams, the force behind Lost, Alias and Mission: Impossible III for Paramount Pictures.

The team behind the film will include Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Mission: Impossible III) who wrote the screenplay and will executive produce with Bryan Burk. JJ Abrams and Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof will produce. The film will begin shooting this fall for a Christmas Day 2008 release.

And if that’s not enough Star Trek nerdy goodness for you, check THIS out:

IGN Movies has learned from studio sources which actors may play Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy in Paramount’s Star Trek XI.

The site claims to have confirmed the rumors that Oscar winner Matt Damon is indeed in talks with Paramount about playing the role of Jim Kirk, previously immortalized onscreen by Emmy winner William Shatner.

For the part of Kirk’s Vulcan first officer Mr. Spock, Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong, The Pianist) is in talks with Paramount to play the role. If cast, Brody would succeed Leonard Nimoy in a role that forever marked Nimoy’s career.

IGN has also been told that Oscar nominee Gary Sinise — currently seen on the small screen in CSI: NY — is in talks for the role of Dr. McCoy, the ornery and politically incorrect ship’s physician aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. The late DeForrest Kelley played Bones on TV.

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