{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"- (aaaa)'s status on Sunday, 01-Apr-12 19:35:53 UTC","author_name":"- (aaaa)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/aaaa","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1148638","html":"HOLY bananas! &quot;Friends, I'm thrilled to share this news with you today. As announced at Emerald City Comicon, where I'm appearing this weekend, Paramount Pictures has green-lit a new Star Trek Movie entitled &quot;Excelsior&quot; in which I will play the captain. This announcement is part of Paramount Studio's 100th-year anniversary campaign. The studio has acknowledged the fan enthusiasm for this concept ever since I appeared in command of the vessel in &quot;The Undiscovered Country.&quot; J.J. Abrams will direct, with Robert Orci again writing the screenplay.\n\nMy co-star in Allegiance, Paulo Montalban, has been cast opposite me to play the mercurial &quot;Agha,&quot; the grandson of Khan (played by Ricardo Montalban in the Second Star Trek Movie). Also featured are Gilbert Gottfried (playing a wily Ferengi First Officer) and Lisa Lampanelli (as a Bajoran security officer).\n\nMore to come on this breaking story soon. Thanks again for the years of support, and I'll see you on the Bridge of &quot;Excelsior.&quot;-George takei"}