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Winona Ryder Joins the Cast of Star Trek

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Source:  Variety
Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Winona Ryder to play the Vulcan mother of a young Spock (Zachary Quinto) in Star Trek, according to Variety.

Written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the film revolves around the Starfleet Academy days of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Chris Pine has been set to play Capt. Kirk, Simon Pegg will play Scotty, Karl Urban is Dr. McCoy and Eric Bana will play the villain, Nero.

Ryder recently wrapped The Informers, a Gregor Jordan-directed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel.


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November 12th, 2007 5:06pm
i like winona, but i dont think star trek is a good choice for her. i dont think another star trek is a good choice period
 
November 11th, 2007 10:03am
Hope she won't steal anything from the set :)))Horrible choice, really horrible!
 
November 10th, 2007 2:03pm
cool im not big on the star trek movies i think to me the last best one was First contact. at least for me. but i think this new movie will be cool for the new generation.
 
November 10th, 2007 12:58am
The movie should be cool. Not so sure about her as a choice but we shall see.
 
November 9th, 2007 9:29pm
crazy....winona
 
November 9th, 2007 1:19pm
unless its a misprint on movieweb
 
November 9th, 2007 10:17am
thats a good point had forgotten that, Spoke is half vulcan. Live Long and Prosper!
 
November 9th, 2007 7:28am
but wait a minute here, spocks mother is human not vulcan????
 
November 9th, 2007 7:07am
huh, the cast for this movie is crazy, I wonder if its gonna be good or not.
 
November 9th, 2007 5:45am
LOL.. Klepto!!!

Awww ... but I like her .. I think she's still kool!!! (she sucked in Alien Resurrection!!!)

OMG.. I remember seeing in Village in NYC "Free Winona" tee shirts in the windows!!! LOL.. LOL!!!!!
 
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Release:May 8th, 2009
Director:J.J. Abrams
Starring:Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Winona Ryder, Bruce Greenwood, Rachel Nichols, Jennifer Morrison, Clifton Collins Jr., Tyler Perry, jimmy Bennett
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