Happy Days are here again... in 2008!!!

Read on my blog friends! This is great news! (from Reuters, via Yahoo news)


"Star Trek" franchise set for 2008 revival: report
Fri Apr 21, 3:13 AM ET
More than three years after the last "Star Trek" movie crashed at the box office, the venerable sci-fi franchise is being revived by the director of the upcoming "Mission: Impossible" sequel, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.
The as-yet-untitled "Star Trek" feature, the 11th since 1979, is aiming for a fall 2008 release through Paramount Pictures, the Viacom Inc. unit looking to restore its box-office luster under new management, the trade paper said.
The project will be directed by J.J. Abrams, whose Tom Cruise vehicle "Mission: Impossible III" will be released by Paramount on May 5. Abrams, famed for producing the TV shows "Alias" and "Lost," will also help write and produce.
Daily Variety said the action would center on the early days of "Star Trek" characters James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, including their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer-space mission.
The paper described "Star Trek" as Hollywood's most durable performer after James Bond, spawning 10 features that have grossed more than $1 billion and 726 TV episodes from six series.
The 10th film, "Star Trek: Nemesis," bombed at the box office on its December 2002 release, earning just $43 million in North America. Last year, Viacom-owned broadcast network UPN pulled the plug on the low-rated series "Star Trek: Enterprise" following a four-season run.



Finally! Getting back to the characters that really made Star Trek the phenom it was! It will be hard to see Kirk and Spock as younger characters and played by someone other than Shatner and Nimoy. There are a few great books that detail the very early years of both and they would do well to consider looking at them, but those people never listen to me!

Well! Not only is 2007 going to be a fun year with the HALO movie, but 2008 will be a great year to see Star Trek come back to life!

Live Long and Prosper!