Grunberg: Big Cameos In Star Trek? January 26, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast , trackback
William Shatner may not want to do a Star Trek cameo, but it looks like other celebs are ready to go. In yesterday’s chat with JJ Abrams, the Star Trek director revealed that his ‘good luck charm’ Greg Grunberg (pictured in MI3) will not be appearing in the his new movie. However, Abrams pal Grunberg says that there are plenty of others who are on board the new Enterprise.
Grunberg tells SyFy Portal
You will see some of the actors that J.J. likes to work with in the movie. I’m not talking about me in particular, but you will see some great cameos. You’ll never know who the people are, but they are all fans of the [Star Trek] shows, fans of the movies, and called up J.J. asking to be in the movie. They were monster celebrities from all over, and he’s put them all in disguises and put them into his movie.
Who?
So who could he be talking about. We already know about Tyler Perry’s cameo. Abrams friend and MI3 star Tom Cruise dropped by the set a couple of weeks ago, but indications are that he did not shoot anything. Grunberg’s Alias co-stars Jennifer Garner and Kevin Weisman have expressed an interest. Maybe some folks from Lost could drop by? And of course there are some big celebs who are also Trekkies, like Tom Hanks. This is an area where we will have to do some more sniffing around.
Star Trek cameos
Star Trek on TV has a long history of celebrity fan cameos. These have included John Tesh, James Worthy, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Melvin Beli, Jason Alexander, Seth MacFarlane, Mick Fleetwood, Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), and Stephen Hawking. However in the Trek films cameos have mostly been winks to the fans of favorite characters, such Bob Picardo showing up as “The Doctor” in First Contact or Grace Lee Whitney as Rand in The Undiscovered Country. Go Go’s singer Jane Wiedlin appeared in The Voyage Home, director Bryan Singer appeared in Nemesis , and possibly the most famous cameo was Christian Slater in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Slater wakes up Captain Sulu in STVI
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first time poster!
Tom Hanks for Admiral!
“you’ll never know know who the people are” suggests they will probably be in make-up. It’ll be an all-star cast of aliens, in there for their enjoyment and respect for the the project rather than their names. Nice to see.
I really wish Grunberg could be in it! Well, there should be other chances at least, for the followup movies…hoping this one goes as well as anticipated, that is.
Mmmm, Jennifer Garner as a Klingon! :-P
Tom Hanks For Pike!
I wish they’d confirm Faran Tahir already.
you know I originally pushed for Hanks as Pike but after the casting of Greenwood I realized it was a mistake. The issue is that the stars of this film are Pine and Quinto. But when Pike is in command you need someone both believable and commanding, but not the center of attention. Greenwood is perfect for this…it is kind of like how he played JFK in a film that really starred Kevin Costner.
However…Hanks as an Admiral or some funny alien…that would be great
I’m trying really hard to picture Hanks as a Vulcan. My imagination isn’t quite good enough to picture it without turning into a joke, but I suspect he’d actually be pretty good.
Tom Hanks as Captain April!
LET’S SEE… WHO COULD WE GET BESIDES SHATNER?
Christopher Plummer
Adrian Zmed
Heather Locklear
Angie Dickinson
Catherine Hicks
Stephen Collins
Dana Carvey
Jon Lovitz
Laurence Luckinbill
James Spader
Patrick Stewart
Malcolm McDowell
And any- and everyone from the “Shatner Roast!”
That’ll really make him stew in his juices! :)
(Lest I get flamed, this is all in jest. I fully right smack on the fence where Shatner is concerned in TREK XI. Wouldn’t mind either way.)
im glad we wont see these celebs it would be too distracting seeing cameos every five minuets
Didn’t Christin Slater have a cameo in ST: VI?
Yes he did ad Sulu’s helmsman.
“You have hearing problems mister? That is what Sulu told him while CS was standing a doorway.
Scott Bakula for Amiral Archer :)
I’m with #16 - give Scott his props for what he did, like it or not. Man, what a wickedly great idea!
Well, let’s make a list of characters that we believe should be in there, since it’s a prequel and all.
-Sybok
-Captain Robert T. April
-Ben Finney
-Captain Garrovick
-Butler, Kirk’s dog.
just to name a few
Still Curious to read who James Cawley is playing.
Tom Hanks as April! (I 2nd the post above)
#11 - thanks for the disclaimer. Inasmuch as I’d like to see The Shat in it, I really don’t want to see the the dying embers of that pile o’ bear squeeze fanned again. LOL :-)
Where did The Rock show up?
#18 - being canine-centric, I lobby for a l’il Butler! (Hey, if 23rd century tech can help a human live to 150, it can help a pooch live to 40 or more. And I wistfully wait for the day.) :-)
Gary Mitchell needs some kind of mention.
#21 In the Voyager Episode called “Tsunkatse” from season6
#21
“The Rock” appeared in an episode of a Star Trek: Voyager. He was a contestant on a WWE-style fighting event pitted against 7 of 9.
#16 well, archer, was a captain during the UFP charter signing and apparently become president some years after, so I don’t know if that would be possible, maybe he could at the send off for April or Pike.
How about Robert Pine as a security chief riding around the new massive halls of the Gigantor E on a 1978 Kawasaki Patrol cycle
#24
I guess you answer with the episode name and season number trumps my lame description. I really need to get my LCARS back online. lol
You’ll be playing ’spot the cameo’ after you’ve seen the film multiple times
#22:
I thought that was magic. Or abnormal Human physiology.
Chekov had a romantic relationship with a woman named Irina.
If J.J. has Lawrence Luckinbill in the movie, I will walk out! LOL. It would be nice to have a mention of Captain April. Enterprise’s last episode, “These are the Voyages” established that Archer attended the unveiling of the Enterprise, and died the next day. I would not put people like Garrovick, Sybok, Finney, or even Gary Mitchell in as cameos. Their stories were too important to the characters of Kirk and Spock to just have them appear for 2 seconds. Besides, Grunberg is saying the people are in costume, essentially as extras. I wonder if Spielberg or Cruise will pop up, since they were both on the set?
Jennifer Garner as Number One!
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson as Robert and Sarah April wouldn’t be bad.
How about Godzilla? Or Harry Ballz?
let’s be realisitic fellas.
hey john laraequete. i think i spelled it right played a klinon in the serch for spock. i think he played maltz. but here is a great gust cameo. how about harrison ford or mark hamill or sean connery now those would be some great cameos. but i realy want the origanal capt kirk. willian shatner in the movie. it’s just not star trek without the capt.
#8. Anthony Pascale -
Absolutely agree Anthony. Wouldn’t want to detract from our heroes, (No Syler Pun intended!).
But, ever since you first mentioned Hanks, I have wanted to see him involved in some capacity. I know that he is a Huge fan, and would probably do it in a heartbeat. Capt. April would be a good idea.
I don’t remember which thread it was on, but it was mentioned that there was a “Major A-list” star filming.
Hmmmmm…..Hanks?
well, all we have to do is wait.
By the way Anthony,
I am Still Blown away that JJ answered my question.
Even if disappointed that Grunberg won’t be in the movie.
Thanks again for pulling that together.
#30 Laserlover2254 - you ought to meet my doc. If he can’t cure it, diagnose it, or send you to someone who can, he’ll give you the pills to make you think it ain’t there. LOL ;-)
oh no dont get carried away..whats next scottys sons dog
James Cawley should play Gary Mitchell.
They should have another rec deck scene and crowd all the celebrity cameos in one shot!
Better yet - a dusty bottle with an unidentified ‘green’ content. And it gets billing.
It would cool to see Christopher Lloyd in there, I know he may not be an “A-List” actor, but he did Trek before and come on, he’s Doc Brown!!! He invented the flux capacitor, which is on a starship….atleast a TNG era starship.
maybe Steven Spielberg is in it, we know he paid a visit to the set. He did Austin Powers, so he could do Trek.
I think Seth MacFarlane should be in the movie dressed up as a Klingon doing Peter Griffin’s voice…oh, or better yet, Stewie’s voice.
i suggest mickey dolenz as an ape-like character
and david lynch as… well, whatever david lynch would be in the future.
…and still recommend shatner’s face spinning around in the nacelle caps.
Greg will be Finnegan.
I vote for Stanky McFibberish as Boothby. That way he can clean up this movie to be more to his liking!
#44-
“…and still recommend Shatner’s face spinning around in the nacelle caps.”
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!
(That could be one of the funniest suggestions I’ve EVER read on these boards!!!)
#43
Lloyd also played Rev. Jim Ignatowski, the biggest Star Trek fan ever, on Taxi.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Y’all are cruel, evil, and sick in a very magnetic way. I like that. ;-)
Like the idea of Tom Hanks as April!!
43 - Larry, Tom Cruise was in that Austin Powers movie cameo too, right? Ha ha.
I’d love to see Tom Hanks, but boy it would be such a drag if he was only there for a cameo. Hanks is awesome. He was up for the Zefram Cochrane role, and while James Cromwell was excellent, Hanks was the right guy for the role. Supposedly he would have been the lead in Erik Jendriksen’s script. And Eddie Murphy, a big Trek fan, tried to get himself into ST IV.
Who did Jason Alexander play?
Seth MacFarlane appeared in which ST series episode?
To answer 51 and 52 in one post.
51: jason played the head of an alien ‘think tank’ in the Voyager episode of the same title.
42: Seth was on Enterprise, in a small engineers role.
er that would have been 51 and 52. Sorry.
‘Who did Jason Alexander play? ‘
A short, fat, bald guy, natch. ;-)
The starship Serenity appeared on Galactica, it could appear in ST too ;)
Once again:
THX-1138 as dead redshirt #7.
#50-
Why did Tom Hanks ultimately drop out of FIRST CONTACT? Was he ever actually hired to begin with?
50. Eddie Murphy, a big Trek fan, tried to get himself into ST IV.
I remember this from the Starlog magazines at the time, eventually he was written out because his youthful (hysterical) presence would make a big contrast with the actual middle aged crew, so he was transformed into a blonde woman.
Can someone please tell how to find or where the “hidden” images in the new ST trailor are?
Thanks!
#61
Go to the trailer announcement article in the News section of this site. Look for the link in the article “ncc-1701.com.” I couldn’t get it to cut & paste properly.
HTH,
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Cloverfield as the new version of the Horta!
#34 Stanky Grant “How about Godzilla? Or Harry Ballz?”
Well, o.k…………you talked me into it! :)
If you can get Tom Hanks to cameo as Captain April I’m willing, begrudgingly, to relinquish my spot!
What I wanna know is, who exactly are all these celebrity Trek geeks out there?
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Tom Cruise as a Tellarite who calls Old Spock “Paris”
Eddie Murphy as a Andorian
Tom Hanks as a Pike-Flashback Talosian
and my personal favorite ideas for cameos:
Leslie Nielson as Admiral John J. Adams (Ret.)
Robby the Robot as classified Starfleet project no. 57 (”Altair project”)
(Forbidden Planet gets waaaaaaaaaaaaay too little respect)
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pushing for an Anthony Pascale cameo in the movie. Maybe as a Federation News Service reporter covering the launch of the Enterprise. :-D
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pushing for an Anthony P. cameo in the new movie. Maybe as a Federation News Service reporter covering the launch of the Enterprise. :-D
#67
BRILLIANT!!
BTW, what do you think of MAlf?
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Dominic Monaghan would be nice, especially if he got to share a scene (even if just walking by) with Karl Urban. Nice little geekout moment for us LotR fans, and probably practical since Monaghan has a professional relationship with Abrams.
OT: Star Trek - The Tour
I know this is off topic, but I thought everyone here would appreciate a warning about some things going on at The Tour.
Although the exhibits and Shuttlecraft rides and Bridge and Engineering set recreations are okay in as of themselves, there seem to be MASSIVE organizational issues that virtually spoiled my experience.
1. The Restaurant
The food was okay, but it took them half an hour to bring the Pizza I ordered, and then only after telling them I’d not gotten it yet.
I got a free Chocolate Brownie for compensation for this along with some apologies. That’s okay, I thought. Minor snafu. I should have guessed.
2. We got our pictures on Enterprise Bridge mockups, saw them on screen, and they came out okay.
BUT THEN:
At the end of the day, after going through the mediocre theater finale “light show”, we went to pick up our pictures.
Printer BUSTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okaaayyyy …. so we were told that we could order them/download them from http://www.startrekthetour.com, using the little numbers on the cards.
Well, just go there yourself … you’ll get the StarTrek.com web site telling you about the tour.
After some time searching, I found that there was no link to download these pictures from the Web Site or anywhere else.
Oh dear oh dear, looks like we have LOST OUR BLOODY PICTURES !!!!
I guess they haven’t quite gotten their act together yet.
TO SAY THE LEAST.
So if you go to Star Trek: The Tour, it could be fun for the most part, but YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
#67 The Vulcanista
As one of the original members of MAlf (the first non-founder to join), I would have to say… I don’t particularly care for it. ;)
Nah, just kidding. It’s a great site with some really funny stuff, most of it written by me. Ha! Kidding again, there’s actually not a single funny thing in it. Didn’t you see our MASH article? ;)
Seriously, though, it can be very funny. Seriously funny. Seriously. :P
#71
LOVED the article on Vulcans in MAlf. And the MAlf logo … well, let’s just say I approve thoroughly. :)
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
In HDTV you can see in Archer’s “File” He attended the Launch of the 1701 and died the next day.
#69
That would just send this Hobbithead right out of her seat!!!
Yeah, and THEY KILLED HIM OFF ON LOST, dammit! So hopefully, DM is available.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
#65-
It’s too bad Leslie Nielsen has done one too many AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN knock-offs… a cameo by him would indeed make PERFECT sci-fi/geek sense, but he’s WAAAAY too recognized for his comedies. The audience would simply burst out laughing.
#71 The Vulcanista
LOL! Yeah, the logo is definitely awesome. You can thank Alan (User:Gvsualan) for that. :)
Alan Rickman or Michael Gambon as Robert April.
#74 Agree on Leslie Nielsen since he did forbidden planet and some have said this was a “source” for elements of TOS
*off topic*
Onebuck, you forgot to mention:
We had to wait an additional 20 minutes to see the
“mediocre theater finale light show”. because the screens went down.
And while the pics weren’t printing, the compositing scene you did that was put on DVD was available for purchase. However, the register where we were to purchase it went down while standing in line, and we had to wait in the general line (which was 5 times as long)
And then when we brought back the receipt to pick up the DVD, it was discovered by the folks burning the disc that the audio did not work so they had to take you back for a reshoot! LOL!
This put us about an hour behind the group were were with… we eventually caught up with them for general revelry.
The upside of it is… the pizza was actually not bad in the end, and you were told your performance (in “Renegade Battle”) was one of the best of the day! :-)
Plus we were with a bunch of Trekkers all day, so it was a blast anyway!
It was just ironic so many tech glitches… frustrating as hell!
Sorry so off topic folks…
Thanks for the opportunity to vent!
Cheers!
p.s. Will JJ put in any scenes of the crew cursing at their computers?
#79 “p.s. Will JJ put in any scenes of the crew cursing at their computers?”
LOL! Talk about realism!!
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Rene Auberjonois as anyone!!
(Seriously, JJ, give him a call, I KNOW he’d be up for it!)
The following people should cameo in this film:
Christopher Walken
Nick Frost
Samuel L. Jackson
Devon Aoki
Mickey Rourke
Matt Damon
Jennifer Garner
Clint Eastwood
Adrien Brody
Christian Slater
Gary Oldman
Michael Clarke Duncan
Tom Hanks
Kris Kristofferson
Bill Murray
Val Kilmer
Natalie Portman
and Seth MacFarlane!!!
But keep them all in the background, with their heads turned away from the camera and just barely visible so people can be like, “Hey, wasn’t that…?”
Ok, that actually wouldn’t be a good idea. But definitely consider a Seth MacFarlane cameo! :D
wasn’t slater’s mom the casting director for trek VI? sort of an inside job, that.
BTW, i suggest they put dennis hopper’s character “frank booth” from ‘blue velvet’ as a badguy:
“It’s DADDY you SH*THEAD, where’s my Romulan Ale!!?”
RE: Christopher Lloyd
That would be great. He could play some scientist that explains time travel to the young Jim Kirk…that would be awesom
#82 non-belligerency confirmed
Yeah, Mary Jo Slater was the casting director. That’s how Slater (a big Trekkie) got the part. Did you also know that Christian’s distinct eyebrows are the result of his shaving them to look like Spock when he was young? Nice little bit of trivia for you there. :)
#83 Marty McFly
Chris Lloyd can play anything. If they can get him into this movie, they should. Not required, of course, but it sure would be awesome. :)
#84
But he has to play it as a cross between Rev. Jim and the Doc! :P
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
#85
I just *knew* there was something that I’ve always liked about Slater. Now I know what it is! LOL!
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
I still think one should take all the scoops from Orci’s comments and post them together at an organized post, so everyone can read, not just talkbackers :)
Such as the possible ENT cameo, the bridge that will be boxed, and other things I don’t even remember already (or haven’t even read).
#69:
Okay, thanks for the warning.
I’ll consider it for whether or not I’m going.
At this rate I predict a running time of 6 hours :)
Seriously though… they have to keep it tight and the cameos cannot distract from the film. Nothing worse than being taken out of the story by going ‘oh, isn’t that Stan Lee?’ Worse still when he starts saying it over and over…
Cameo watching is for the extended DVD edition.
“They were monster celebrities from all over”
What kind of celebrities are we talking about?
Celebrity as in Jessica Biel or celebrity as in Chewbaca’s father’s mother’s former roommate?
Narrow it down, please.
I’m not giving up on JB, either. ;)
I third the motion of Seth McFarlane.
reprising his role as Ensign Ricky.
It just MUST happen.
To Anthony:
Iman - The Undiscover County
Iggy Pop - as Vorta in DS9
Jordan king Abudllah - in Voyager
Clint Howard?
Leslie Nielson needs to walk onto the bridge at a tense moment and say,
” I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.”
and walk away.
That would be classic!
Gillian Anderson as an academy teacher
I just want a good story–I don’t want to spend the whole movie trying to pick out all actors in cameos.
#68 et al
Leslie Nielson??
Surely you can’t be serious. And don’t call him Shirley
Wait, wait, wait….a cameo is a very BRIEF role. Some of these people you all are mentioning–Jason Alexander, the Rock, Iman, etc.–weren’t cast in cameos. They were actual guest stars (or, in Iman’s case: a co-star) and their character was on for more than just a brief scene.
TOM CRUISE!!!!!
I was just looking over some recent photos of him, and he’d be perfect for how I see the character…
Robert Pine as Captain Robert April. He looks the part.
Take a look…
http://tinyurl.com/2ld933
Works for me, ’specially if it’s a tiny background cameo (like video on a computer display…)
Dave O.
103…It’s the black turtleneck.beep beep.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone should be red shirts considering all the winks and nods in “South Park.”
The entire cast of LOST on another ship (including Dominic Monaghan, Michelle Rodriguez and Mr Eko)
#77 Way off topic, but… thanks for the spoiler… I don’t follow Lost on TV, I buy the DVDs, and I’m just at season #2…
Oh well… whatever… what is done is done.
ok tom hanks as gary mitchell. or how about sean connery as capt robert april. he could say april. robert april. not exactly james bond but t would be great. now that would truly be a great april. and lets get halley berry as uhuras mother and lets get mchelle pfifer as kirks mother and harrison ford as kirks father. tom cruise as kirks brother sam. alan rickman as lt styles. helen hunt as as sam kirks wife. oh and will smith as uhuras dad.clint eastwood as a starfleet admiral and tommy lee jones as a admiral. and lets get richard dean anderson as the chief of starfleet operations. michelle pfifer as capt pikes number one and lets get james cromwell to reprise in flashbacks at least as cocrhan. and anna farris as yoman janice rand.that would be a great all star cast of cameos.
Agreed on Tom Hanks — would love to see him involved in TREK — I always thought he’d have made a great Zeph Cochran; no offense to James Cromwell.
-Maybe Kirk’s Enterprise will be a cameo in this movie…
#107
That sucks that you didn’t know that, but in her defense that information is beyond common knowledge. It was on every news show & website the day it happened. So I’m sure she made the assumption that most of us would - that everyone knew already.
Jack Black and Kyle Gass (Tenascious D) are Tellarites! Just kidding.
Britney Spears as T’Pring
Am I correct that Tom Hanks was supposed to take on the role of Zephrame Cochrane, but his busy schedule prevented him from doing it?
97
Clint Howard appeared as Balok in the TOS eposide The Corbomite Maneuver’.
113
Britney Spears?! Oh please!
Captain Hackett “Tom Hanks”
Yup! So they put James Cromwell in the role (who, by the way, is a fine actor in his own right).
Jim Carrey
Jay Leno
George Lucas
Colin Powell
Anthony Pascale (He deserves it big time!)
117
Yeah I admire James Cromwell for his great and versatile acting talent, I prefer Tom Hanks over him for the role of Cochrane.
Jolene Blalock as Vulcam Ambassador
Scott Bakula - HIs speech can be played in some kind of futuristic media player.
#118
I agree!
-Kurt Russell..or a star..with a ‘bad boy’ face in a role of an admiral..
Joke…With the writer’s strike nobody’s gonna be working unless they do a cameo in something that’s already in production(Trek).
Antnony deserves a cameo as long as he stays away from the bridge stairs and or railings. We can’t have our boy flopping around like a fish.
Personally as a huge fan of Hong Kong cinema and owning to the fact that the asian market is the #1 fastest growing everything. I was quite suprised that there have been no huge Hong Kong names on the film, like a Chow Yun Fat or Andy Lau or Tony Leung or Simon Yam or Francis Ng or even Stephen Chow. This film especially with China’s burgeoning space program (Stephen Chow has a huge comedy opening up here very soon related to Sci Fi) could be huge there. I’d love to see a bit more than a cameo from any of these great stars (not Kung fu) and was quite suprised that there was never even a mention of targeting the Asian market
Andy Lau who is kinda the Brad Pitt of Asia would make a killer Admiral or fellow captain in more than a cameo role.
As far as a straight up cameo how about Jessie Jane as one of Kirk’s…yeoman
124
I agree with you about these Asian actors since China has made a steady and huge progress in space exploration.
The actors I mentioned all speak very good english as well so no probs there.
#98 Larry
Oh, that would be awesome! Couple it with a look on the bridge crew’s face saying “Who was that guy?” It’d be great! :)
And it’s Nielsen, not Nielson ;)
If Leslie Nielson would make too many people laugh, maybe Anne Francis is available…
BTW, the new self-destruct code for the Enterprise will be 4 8 15 16 23 42… making it the first time that a sequence of numbers makes a cameo on Star Trek.
124
Jessie Jane is an adult movie star? Sure why not! ;)
Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford as Robert and Sarah April!
I think Robert April should be in this movie, but he has to be portrayed by a british actor, after all April was an Englishman!
following on from what someone else said above, yea i agree, Scott Bakula should play an older Archer in this movie… im sure he’d be up for it.
but the burning question is who’s gunna play MAGATU!!
“FORBIDDEN PLANET” CAMEOS…
Leslie Nielsen & Robby the Robot: OUT.
Anne Francis and Warren Stevens (Rojan from “By Any Other Name”): IN!
C’mon, they’ve GOT to include SOME sort of cameo/reference to the ORIGINAL STAR TREK Prequel… FORBIDDEN PLANET!!!
but the burning question is who’s gunna play MAGATU!!
Ummm, Will Ferrell?
Brtiney Spears as Janice Lester…. she was bugshit crazy.
134
LMAO
to 132:
Hey, I forgot that Warren Stevens was Rojan…..
How about Tim Roth in his ape make-up from Planet of the Apes movie? For just a cameo.
Hanks as Decker
#16: I like the idea of some kind of nod to “Enterprise” — not because I want the movie filled with distracting cameos or because I (necessarily) thought “Enterprise” was such a great show, but because, like it or not, the events of “Enterprise” are now part of canon and I think that should be acknowledged. I’d like to see Scott Bakula as an aged Admiral Archer, or perhaps as Archer’s son or grandson. I’d like to see T’Pol, which would certainly be believable given Vulcans’ lifespan. Maybe we could even see Phlox — do we know anything about Denobulans’ longevity? I didn’t like the idea that “Enterprise” introduced an alien species that we’d never seen before, but in lieu of Phlox, for the same reason (that they are now part of canon), it would be nice to see a Denobulan or two. They don’t even have to figure into the plot or scene — they could just walk by. Basically what I’m looking for is some integration of the “Enterprise” context within the larger canon — basically what Braga and Berman thought they were doing in “These Are the Voyages” and did so badly. Even if we don’t actually see Archer (or Archer Jr.) or T’Pol or Phlox, perhaps there could at least be a reference to them. (McCoy: “Oh yes, I took Professor Phlox’s course on Comparative Humanoid Physiology at the Academy.”)
What would really suck is an attempt to integrate too much “future” canon with a surfeit of ancestors — oh look, it’s Picard’s grandfather and Janeway’s great-uncle. Having said that, though, it would be nice if they had a part for Majel Barrett, perhaps as Number One’s mother or Chapel’s mother, but please not as Deanna Troi’s great-grandmother.
How about Lucas, Spielberg and JJ as three little aliens together.
#120: “Scott Bakula - HIs speech can be played in some kind of futuristic media player.”
I agree they should follow the tradition of introducting new Trek incarnations with “official handoffs” — McCoy in the premiere of TNG, Picard in the premiere of DS9, Quark in the premiere of Voyager, Cochrane in the premiere of Enterprise.
I like Jennifer Garner as Pike’s Number One
Michael Ironside..or Peter Horton…
I have to admit that Leslie Nielsen/Anne Francis cameos as the Aprils would be pretty awesome, Naked Gun movies notwithstanding.
Warren “Rojan” Stevens in a pinch.
Scott B. out.
I wonder if we’ll see any other cameos of actors that were involved with Trek already. Since the writers are big TNG fans, I have wondered if we’d see a quick cameo of a TNG actor in there somewhere (playing someone else of course since none of the characters would have been alive at this point in Trek history). I think it would be cool if somebody from ST: Enterprise showed up too, T’Pol could still be alive by then right? :D
Madonna as captain and Donatella Versace being her number one in another constellation class starship!
WOW… Christopher Lloyd as Starfleet scientist Dr Emmett Brown… what a great idea!!! He could say “Oh, I just got here by train, you know…”
Would bring the BTTF fans to see it
I’d personally be just as happy if they made like neither Enterprise nor Voyager ever existed, sort of how the new Terminator show pretends III doesn’t exist or Superman Returns acted as though Richard Pryor & Jon Cryer never set foot in the series. Or hell, the way Star Trek VI & the spinoffs unofficially ignored Trek V.
Then again, I know my opinion isn’t shared by everyone, so as long as it’s not distracting or too much of a wink-wink-nod-nod situation, it’s fine with me.
To 147:
Why settle for BTTF? We could bring in even more things (puts tongue fully in cheek):
Have Mark Hamil show up as a engineer, when he says to Scotty that he’s “working on the hyperdrive repairs you asked”, Scotty could say “You mean Warp Drive?”, and he could go “Yeah. That’s what I meant.”
Old Spock could tell Young Spock that “It would be quite logical if you came with me if you want to live.”
Tim Allen as a mentor to Kirk while he’s in the Academy. His advice to the future-captain: “Never give up, never surrender!”
They could have Nero hire a Predator to try and kill Kirk.
If they ever do another fan film with SULU, they should ask Christian Slater if he would like to be in it. Better yet, make a made for tv movie or Direct -to-DVD movie of Excelsior and get Slater in there. Hell… its been 18 years or so since The Undiscovered Country. You could have Slater be a bridge officer on Excelsior now. I know that Christian Slater has done a few Direct to DVD movies (Hollow Man II), so I don’t think he would be opposed to it. Being a fan, he would probably jump right on it!
PS: If they ever do an EXCELSIOR movie, make Checkov either the first officer, or give him a cameo as an Admiral. Thank you!
Tom Morga should be in the new movie. That would make three of the 1979 crew (Nimoy, Doohan, and Morga).
I wonder if that lovely young woman, Ms. Rosario Dawson will appear at all.
[…] TrekMovie.com has an interesting story posted about how the newest Star Trek feature film, this one directed by J.J. Abrams, could include some great cameo appearances. […]
Maybe Guinan shows up in a bar on Rigel.
#45 quote “Seth MacFarlane should be in the movie dressed up as a Klingon doing Peter Griffin’s voice…oh, or better yet, Stewie’s voice. ”
that would be very funny indeed!….”damn you vile enterprise!”
how about finnigan kirks adversary in the academy from shore leave. jim carrey would be perfect for that role could you imagine how fun that would be seeing jim carey as finnigan getting kirk wet with his pranks and stuff at starfleet academy.
oh yeah how abou ruth she could be played by helen hunt.
How ’bout Seth McFarland as a Ferengi, doing Quagmire’s voice. I can imagine a Ferengi trying to pick up a woman and saying “heh, heh, All riiiight!”
I see and get and dig all the Trek references on Family Guy, but I never knew that Seth Mac was ever on the show. Anybody know where and when his cameo was?
86. non-belligerency confirmed - January 26, 2008
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BTW, i suggest they put dennis hopper’s character “frank booth” from ‘blue velvet’ as a badguy:
“It’s DADDY you SH*THEAD, where’s my Romulan Ale!!?”
That really made me LOL. They could have Sarek say that to teenage Spock after Spock tells him he’s joining Starfleet.
Count me as another one who loves Leslie Nielsen. He could have any cameo he wants.
159: ENT “The Forgotten,” and “Affliction” as Ensign Rivers.
Did you see Ricardo Montalban as a cow in the most recent one?
#161. Thanks. Must have missed him.
Nah. Sorry. The wife’s not a fan, so my FG viewing is hit-and-miss. She did get me that Freakin’ Sweet collection for Xmas. I absolutely scream at the commentaries. The SW spoof was a scream, too…
I think an uncredited cameo by someone would be cool. I can’t remember the movie, but the main character was looking for someone in a punk rock festival, and he stops to ask a guy if he seen so-and-so, and lo and behold of all people Mel Gibson turns around, with his face all pierced. It was bizarre.
11…u meant it in jest but some of ur ideas make a lot of sense…Malcolm McDowell being in the movie woula a) give us a peek at what Soran was like BEFORE The Borg attacked the El-Aurian homeworld AND could give Pine as Kirk the opportunity to say something tongue-in-cheek to Malcolm as Soran in the film a la Obi-Wan to Anakin in Star Wars Episode 2, something like “Somehow I feel you’re gonna be the death of me…” lol… and Plummer as Chang would also work too=]=]=] heres a radical twist… Heidi Montag as Rand or Kristen Bell as Chapel…maybe Hayden Panettiere as Carol Marcus or lol Britney Spears as a younger Ilia (britz formerly bald head worked enough to make her perfect 4 it)
Sounds like fun, but didn’t Abrams say something fairly definitive about wedging people in just for the sake of wedging people in? About not wanting to insert anything too fan-boyish to distract from the movie? . . ? . . . ?
I’m not going to mention the name, because it’ll re-introduce That Whole Aggravating Topic again, and I don’t wanna go there. But I think you all know what I’m referring to.
And I’ll add that I like cameos as much as the next geek. I’m just sayin’.
Megan Mullaly in character as Commodore Karen Walker. (”Whaddya mean we can’t get warp drive, Mr. Thistlehead?? My Stanley paid BIG BUCKS for this tub of bolts! When I say, ‘warp speed,’ you ask, ‘How fast’! Spock, Poodle, get me another Xanax willya?”)
Just watched a rerun of Will & Grace, in case anyone really doesn’t catch the reference.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
#16 - I still like the Bakula angle. Have a geriatric Archer appear with an equally geriatric Porthos. And both are sporting Charlie Weaver moustaches.
#122 - only if he wears an eyepatch. And fought the Klingons under Bangkok Rules.
#133 - that, sir is an insult to Mugatus everywhere. And they will remember it. (Hey, they’re hairy, not stupid.)
#163 - Persis Khambatta was ten times hotter BALD, than Britney Spears ever was, is, or will hope to be - and with a full head of hair.
Bakula/Archer needs to be part of something Trek. He & that whole STE cast were terrific. You can all come to my blog and stun me for going ot BUT… wth is a Quantum leap flick?
Evangeline Lilly
what about jim carey as finnigan.kirk says whats been happening to my peaple and finnigan says riddle me this and riddle me that. who is afraid of the big bad jimmie boy ohhh haaaaa haaaa haaa im waiting for you jimmie boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#169 - Finnegan was an upperclassman who tormented Kirk. I think Carrey is a little long in the tooth for that part…….by about 20 years, I’d think. Would’ve worked back then, though.
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