Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

William Shatner to Star in New Reality TV Series

Posted by michael on from the proud-to-be-a-born-again-trek-fan dept.

Gildor writes "The small town of Riverside, Iowa has long billed itself as the birthplace of James T. Kirk. So they were thrilled when William Shatner came there to film a Star Trek prequel about the early life of Kirk. Except there was no movie. After about 9 days, Shatner announced they were actually filming a reality TV mini-series."

6 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Born in Iowa? by Evangelion · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kirk was born in Iowa, not Shatner.

    Jeez, geeks these days just aren't what they used to be...

  2. Re:Obligatory by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's Khan. As in "KHAAAN!"

  3. No, THIS is William Shatner's Low-Point by Nova+Express · · Score: 4, Informative
    Reality TV? (scoff)

    No, THIS is his low-point, William Shatner's Spplat Attack, a DVD of a Star Trek-themed day of paintball. A friend bought this and brought it over one night.

    It was painful.

    Very painful.

    How painful was it? There was actually a moment when I wished I was watching Star Trek V instead.

    --
    Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)

    http://www.lawrenceperson.com/

  4. Offtopic, but... by idiotnot · · Score: 2, Informative

    His new CD, Has Been comes out on Tuesday. Here is a review.

    I'm still looking for a copy of Transformed Man if anyone knows where to get one.....

  5. Re:Shatner Not from Montreal? by Rick+Genter · · Score: 2, Informative

    Riverside, Iowa is the alleged birthplace of James T. Kirk, not William Shatner (though sometimes I think Shatner himself gets the two confused ;-) ).

    --
    Don't underestimate the power of The Source
  6. Hey, I SAW him in Iowa by rlthomps-1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hey hey! He was at the University of Iowa on Friday to use our satellite uplink for interviews. I work in the same building and we tracked him down and got a pic.... here's the scoop