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By Rob Lowman (Los Angeles Daily News) - Director J.J. Abrams promises that "the movie we're making won't feel like any other Star Trek you've ever seen."

Everyone involved is being closed-mouthed about plot points for the film due out May 8, 2009, but Abrams, known for slam-bang action in his TV series Alias and in Mission: Impossible III, adds, "There hadn't been this kind of action in a Star Trek movie before."
The new Star Trek is essentially a reboot of the original 1960s TV series. It stars Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock. Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role of Spock, will be seen as well in the movie as an older Spock. The film, which is still in production, had originally been targeted for Christmas, but Paramount moved it when they thought they could make more money in the summer.

Abrams, 41, who is also behind the TV series Lost and was the producer of the recent sci-fi horror hit Cloverfield, was quick to assure the legion of Trekkies about the franchise. "[The film] is being true to the vision of our abilities and of what [creator Gene] Roddenberry started. So it's this very interesting hybrid of honoring its origins and also being something completely brand new."

Interestingly, Abrams wasn't an avid Trek fan. "The Twilight Zone was my show. I appreciated Star Trek and I enjoyed it, but I was in no way -- you know -- that kid! I've always been much more of a Star Wars guy than a Star Trek guy."

Making the film has been interesting, though, says Abrams. One of the writers knows "every arcane detail" about the franchise, while one of the producers had never seen it. So it gave him a wide range of opinions.

"As a director, my sole mission was to make a movie that was entertaining and emotional and funny and scary and all of the things that I know I want to see when I go to see a movie. It's a huge adventure. But because we've done a lot of work leading up to it, it was already honoring Trek for those very vocal fans."