{"id":129060,"date":"2024-05-06T02:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T02:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/william-shatner-says-he-would-consider-star-trek-return\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T02:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T02:15:26","slug":"william-shatner-says-he-would-contemplate-star-trek-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/william-shatner-says-he-would-contemplate-star-trek-return\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner says he would contemplate \u2018Star Trek\u2019 return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>At 93, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/william-shatner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Shatner<\/a> would entertain boldly going the place no man has gone earlier than \u2014 once more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Montreal-born actor, famed for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in \u201cStar Trek,\u201d says he&#8217;s open to reprising the enduring function within the sci-fi franchise so long as the storytelling is stellar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an intriguing idea,\u201d Shatner says on a video name whereas selling his new documentary \u201cYou Can Call Me Bill,\u201d which drops digitally and on video-on-demand Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost impossible but it was a great role and so well-written and if there were a reason to be there not just to make a cameo appearance, but if there were a genuine reason for the character appearing, I might consider it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shatner\u2019s final look within the franchise was within the 1994 movie \u201cStar Trek Generations,\u201d the place Captain Kirk is killed off. He suggests he might play a youthful model of the Starship Enterprise captain as he\u2019s lately signed on to be the spokesperson for Otoy, an organization specializing in know-how that \u201ctakes years off of your face, so that in a film you can look 10, 20, 30, 50 years younger than you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He muses on a state of affairs the place Kirk is resurrected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA company that wants to freeze my body and my brain for the future might be a way of going about it,\u201d he says in a current name from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018We\u2019ve got Captain Kirk\u2019s brain frozen here.\u2019 There\u2019s a scenario. \u2018Let\u2019s see if we can bring back a little bit of this, a little salt, a little pepper. Oh, look at that. Here comes Captain Kirk!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text l-inlineStories--sophi\" aria-label=\"More on Canada\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-canada\">\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cYou Can Call Me Bill,\u201d directed by Alexandre O. Phillippe, gives a glance again at Shatner\u2019s physique of labor \u2014 from his \u201cStar Trek\u201d TV present and movies to TV sequence together with \u201cBoston Legal\u201d and \u201cT.J. Hooker\u201d \u2014 and follows his journey to outer house aboard Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin shuttle in 2021. It additionally options the actor\u2019s musings on life, loss of life and nature.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBreaking information from Canada and around the globe\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10475630\/william-shatner-star-trek-return\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t despatched to your electronic mail, because it occurs.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, people have come to me and said, \u2018Let\u2019s make a biographical film,\u201d Shatner says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say, \u2018Oh no, I don\u2019t want to do that.\u2019 A biographical film sort of signifies the end. Cut! And then you die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Shatner says he was bought on the concept when the doc\u2019s producers Legion M approached him with the concept of crowdfunding the movie.<\/p>\n<p>The self-described \u201cfan-owned\u201d firm permits followers to personal a monetary share within the movie and any earnings it generates. \u201cYou Can Call Me Bill\u201d raised US$750,000 in 4 days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_7157518_66383d3dc494f\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"7157518\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/7157518\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_7157518_66383d3dc494f\" 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720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">7:00<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Canadian TV unique with William Shatner<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10469924\/missing-australian-american-in-mexico-bodies-found\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" 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data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240502150528-71b44412442a2b3c8e87ea4b31c8872544ec1ddd0d03f1f09e958dcbd6b0299e.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Small grocers, co-ops receiving boost from Loblaw boycott: \u2018A lot of anger\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Small grocers, co-ops receiving increase from Loblaw boycott: \u2018A lot of anger\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>The actor additionally needed to \u201cleave some part of a truth\u201d about him for his youngsters and grandchildren after he dies.<\/p>\n<p>Shatner says he realized an awesome deal about himself whereas making the movie however however, \u201cI don\u2019t know what \u2018know thyself\u2019 means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even at 93, he says he doesn\u2019t imagine he has a lot knowledge to supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a mystique that has no basis in truth: as you get older, you get wiser. If you\u2019re dumb as a young man, you\u2019re dumb as an old man. You\u2019re a dumb old man is what you are. It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean time foists wisdom on you. What it does put upon you is how quickly life is over. That\u2019s for certain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well conscious of his fleeting mortality, Shatner is profiting from the time he has left. He\u2019s releasing a youngsters\u2019s album, \u201cWhere Will The Animals Sleep? Songs For Kids &amp; Other Living Things\u201d later this month and can be part of a cruise to Antarctica with astronaut Scott Kelly and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He\u2019s additionally joined a number of \u201ccompanies of the future,\u201d as a spokesperson for some and within the background for others, together with one which develops \u201ctechnology like the medical device on \u2018Star Trek,\u2019 so it\u2019s the size of a pack of cards and can tell you whether you have a disease or not,\u201d and one \u201cthat will take your DNA, make an artificial gem out of it and give you two: one that you keep and one that goes into a box that will be released on the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife is so short, you\u2019ve got to do something now. Go to that place, know that person, read that book now!\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I think old age (teaches you). But then, by the time you learn that, you\u2019re dying. You don\u2019t have any time. That\u2019s right. 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