The “Star Trek” XI helmer JJ Abrams finally opens up on the real reason why William Shatner will not appear in the new upcoming Star Trek film to reprise his role as the adult James T. Kirk. The young James T. Kirk is played by Chris Pine.
JJ said he and the film makers has written a short cameo for Shatner in a quick flashback scene, but Shatner did not want a cameo. He wanted to be in throughout the entire film and be the leading role, he also wanted the film to be about the adult Captain Kirk. The film makers had already planned that they wanted the cast focused on the younger generation of Trek.
Plus, Captain James T. Kirk died at the end of “Star Trek: Generations” and they couldn’t come up with any possible way to bring the character back to life, so they just moved on without the adult Kirk. The adult Spock will be in the new Trek movie, but not Kirk.
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While I’m sure everyone wants to see William Shatner back in the new Star Trek movie, I would agree that it’s a good idea to keep Kirk out. I want to see the adult Spock played by Leonard Nimoy be the star here without William Shatner hogging the spotlight. The movie will do fine in box office without William Shatner. Spock still being played by Nimoy is all we need.
I mean, it wasn’t easy for the writers to figure out how to bring Spock back to life to make the character return in “Star Trek III: The Search For Spock”, the same it would be for Captain Kirk. There’s no sense of wasting years and years of hard work trying to figure out ways to bring Kirk back. So the writers of the new Trek movie had no choice but to move on without the adult Kirk and just focus on the young one.
Kev
K'Brocking 
Hello my name is cobie,
I’m an Amrican livivng her in Holland, Married to a Dutch man, to let
you know where I’m coming from,,, I feel sorry that William Shatner had to die in the scene in Generations, and he wo’nt be any more come backs.
I’m a very big fan of William Shatner (James T. Kirk.) …and want I want to know is…How can I get a signed autograph picture of him,and here in Holland there’s no way at all we can find any of the old…excuse the expression,,origional serie’s to buy and I don’t know where to look,any of the stores here don’t sell them,I only have all the movies after that,…and I want to know if…is he still living ?????????/ I heard rumors that he died from an accident on stage because he was drinking,my mothers said hhe is an alcoholic,,I don’t don’t want to quikely believe in these stores,can you send any—documentries??? Please help? I need some answers !!
Thank you Kindly”. God bless. Cobie Jansen-Cornwell.