Throughout 2014 and 2015 there was one rumour that would not go away… William Shatner would be returning to Trek as his alterego, the prime Trek universe’s Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Beyond.
It would have been a wonderful way to celebrate Trek’s golden anniversary.
The Shat himself has set us straight in an interview coming out in SFX Magazine later this week.
According to The Shat, no one had a conversation with him about appearing in the movie, despite the fan love for the idea, and despite the fact the movie was being released in the 50th Anniversary year of Star Trek.
Perhaps, back when Roberto Orci was helming Trek III, there were plans for Shatner to make an appearance, but as we all know by now everything he and his writing partners developed was dumped in favour of the Pegg and Jung script.
To read the TrekCore post and get a little more information on William Shatner’s take on the rumours, jump on over to the article here.
scifimojo.com 
Reblogged this on Bring Back Kirk Prime and commented:
Nooooo! 😦 I so wanted to see Kirk Prime in Star Trek Beyond! Well now there’s no doubt…Star Trek Renegades is going to be better. 🙂
LikeLike
I know! I was really hoping to see the oh so wonderful William Shatner strut his stuff in Star Trek Beyond – even if it was just for one scene!
LikeLike
Me too! And I’ve always hoped for Kirk to come back like in his novels!
LikeLike
Maybe a few fan letters to CBS All Access could see him make a cameo in the new series that Alex Kurtzman is developing! I would love that. Spock kicked off the new movies back in 2009, having Kirk kick off the new TV series would be wonderful!!!
LikeLike