JFXOnline have scored the first photos of Zachary Quinto (Heroes) as Spock in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. The production is currently shooting in a chapel that has been converted to look like a Vulcan Council Chamber of some sort. IESB has some telephoto video footage of the shoot and Quinto in action.
Winona Ryder was cast as Spock’s human mother last week (likely for a flashback sequence, considering the actresses age). For a look at the new crew of the Enterprise, check out our Star Trek First Look. Star Trek will hit theaters on December 25th 2008.
November 13th, 2007 at 5:07 am
looks okay i guess …
November 13th, 2007 at 5:40 am
RUN !! IT’s SYLAR !! or SPOCKLAR !!
November 13th, 2007 at 6:29 am
well i think he needs to me more clean shaven and that should doit then we’ll have a spock we can invest on, as far as the whole plot goes i really hope its more complex rather than just some romulans going back in time to screw with the timeline thats just been donne way too much. if anything it oughta be the borg since they can pretty much do anything they want
November 13th, 2007 at 6:37 am
not bad right?
here he looks strangely similar to a guy who lives near mine…
November 13th, 2007 at 7:56 am
An amazing resemblance to SNL veteran Steve Martin.
November 13th, 2007 at 7:57 am
In the latter photo, an amazing resemblance to SNL veteran Steve Martin.
November 13th, 2007 at 8:16 am
He looks almost/sorta JUST like the young Spock from the Star Trek III. Good casting.
November 13th, 2007 at 8:37 am
I have to say, he really DOES look more like Steve Martin than Spock.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:12 am
J J Abrams has been quite clever in the past with shows such as Alias and Lost. I am hoping he will bring a fresh perspective on Star Trek and that he won’t re-hash any old storylines.
The one thing Trek has needed for a while is fresh blood - new script writers, new directors/producers and fundamentally new ideas. We need to get away from the constant technobabble and bizarre single-episode stories and focus more on human (or alien) drama and longer story arcs. This is what makes the revamped Battlestar Galactica so good and glues you to the TV week after week.
I am a Star Trek fan at heart but the best sci-fi for me at the moment is Battlestar Galactica.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Quinto as Spock gives new meaning to the Star Trek episode “Spock’s Brain”.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:48 am
He looks the part, but can he act the part.
November 13th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
If they are already filming this what happened to Cloverfield?!
November 13th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Cloverfield comes out in January. It’s long been finished.
November 13th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Stop this movie NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s ban together to fire JJ so a good Trek movie can be made.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Let’s see if he can mind-meld with you without peeling the top of your head off.
November 14th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Matt - who else would you rather have doing the new Trek?
Mark - LOL!
November 17th, 2007 at 2:32 am
Looks pretty cool enough to me, since i very wanted to see Zachary Quinto as Spock. But the one which makes me feel uneasy for STAR TREK is Chris Pine as Captain Kirk. Is the design of the new USS-ENTERPRISE finished yet?
December 8th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Jeffrey Hunter who played Cristopher Pike went off to do movies, so we got a great Captain in the original cast/script.
Now that ST is a big deal Chris Pine has had to choose between two movies of which ST won out. Are we loosing out on what is truly needed in the part of kirk? Are the producers gona have Pine back out and choose the other movie at the last minute and present us with the real deal to make it feel destined?
Or is Chris Pine better than we percieve him to be and right for the part?
December 18th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Mr. Quinto seems to look the part BUT can he keep to the original Spock character??? Will we get that deep baratone voice that Nimoy gave to Spock??? Maybe on the first question and a NO on the second.
December 18th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
By the way, I really laughed at the mind meld-peel the top of your head comment. LOL Excellent.