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William Shatner Pitches 'Starfleet Academy' Show

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the when-james-met-leonard dept.

Tycoon Guy writes "TrekToday reports that William Shatner recently pitched an 'Academy' show to Paramount. The series would feature teen versions of the Classic Star Trek characters Kirk, Spock and McCoy, and be set at Starfleet Academy. The studio turned Shatner down, but he's not letting go of the idea: Pocket Books has asked him to write a two-novel series based on the 'Starfleet Academy' concept. Also, Shatner apparently went over the head of Trek head honcho Rick Berman to pitch his idea straight to the head of Paramount - maybe after Enterprise ends and Berman leaves the franchise, the studio will be more inclined to listen to Shatner?"

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  1. Who is William Shatner? by gosand · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously. He had a lead role (poorly acted) in a very bad TV series that somehow turned into a cult classic. I'll give him that much. But what has he done SINCE then?

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  2. the real question is... by phyruxus · · Score: 0, Troll
    will teen kirk have the brain affliction yet?

    but... SIR i ... HAVEN'T WRITTEN (my)............(interminable pause).... PAPER! can'tigivemyreport... another... day....?

    I hate shatner.... ST:TOS was good but it would have been uber without shitner.

    I am ready to be flamed now by the 3 people who like shatner.

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