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Star Trek XI‘s Anton Yelchin has accepted the lead role in an adaptation of Dean Koontz‘s Odd Thomas.
Yelchin is the first to sign up for Odd Thomas, which is the “story of an ordinary man (Thomas) with an extraordinary gift,” the ability to communicate with the dead. He must use this gift to prevent a mass catastrophe from occurring.
Although Anton Yelchin has no new information about Star Trek XII, he does know one thing, that he would prefer J.J. Abrams to direct the movie.
MTV caught up with Yelchin at Sundance, where he was promoting his latest film Like Crazy. “I know we’re going to shoot at some point,” said Yelchin when asked about Star Trek XII, “but I really don’t know anything.”
Even though Anton Yelchin was passed over for the role of Peter Parker in Spider-Man, he may yet appear in the film, which is due out in 2012.
Rumor has it that Yelchin is up for the role of Harry Osborn, which was previously played by James Franco in the original series.
Did Yelchin, who was on the short list for the role of Peter Parker, impress the producers enough during that process to be considered for another role in the movie?
Time will tell.
The role of Peter Parker has been cast for Spider-Man and Anton Yelchin didn’t get the role.
Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) will be playing Peter Parker in the 3D film, written by Jamie Vanderbilt and to be directed by Marc Webb.
Yelchin was one of the finalists for the role. Other finalists included:
Spider-Man will release on July 3, 2012.
Anton Yelchin, Star Trek XI‘s Chekov, is on the final list of candidates to play Peter Parker in Sony’s Spider-Man.
The studio wants to finish casting the main role so it can move on to casting other roles for Spider-Man, which begins production before the end of the year.
Anton Yelchin is in talks for a movie reboot and Faran Tahir will be guest-starring on a SyFy show.
Yelchin, best-known to Star Trek fans for his role as Chekov in Star Trek XI, is in talks to star as Peter Parker in the reboot of Spider-Man.
Anton Yelchin, best-known to Star Trek fans as the new Pavel Chekov, is in talks to star as the lead in the remake of a 1985 vampire movie.
If the talks work out, Yelchin would take on the role of Charley Brewster in the remake of Fright Night.
Anton Yelchin, best-known to Star Trek fans as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek XI, has signed to voice the role of Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs.
Yelchin joins Fred Armisen (Brainy Smurf), Jonathan Winters (Papa Smurf), George Lopez (Grouchy Smurf), Katy Perry (Smurfette), Alan Cumming (Gutsy Smurf). Live-action cast include Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays as an expectant couple, Hank Azaria (evil wizard Gargamel) and Sofia Vergara as Harris’s boss, a cosmetics executive.
Several threads at TrekBBS offer fans behind-the-scenes photos from Star Trek XI.
Star Trek XI fans will enjoy seeing the many candid shots that have been posted recently on TrekBBS, which include photos of original series actors.
Anton Yelchin, best known to Star Trek fans as Chekov in Star Trek XI, has been cast as Porter in The Beaver.
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster will play Walter and Meredith Black, parents of Porter. Walter Black, a troubled father, husband and CEO of a failing toy company, finds comfort when he adopts a beaver hand puppet, using it to communicate, to the dismay of his son who wants his mother to divorce her dysfunctional husband.
Working on both independent and action-filled blockbusters, Anton Yelchin (Chekov) has been fortunate in his roles.
While fans enjoy lots of action in a movie, it’s the characters that hold and catch their attention. “In the best sort of spectacle action movies, character comes first and that’s why you buy the action,” said Yelchin. “I got lucky with [Terminator: Salvation and Star Trek XI] because there was a lot of character work to be done. Terminator was challenging and interesting and definitely there was a lot of work to do, which is great because we don’t often expect to go into these movies and have challenging work to do. But I was lucky with Star Trek as well because it was the same thing. There was this whole other character to work with, different, totally different, different physicality, more joyous and light, but the same idea. They were both challenging.”
With the U.S. release of Star Trek XI, the actors have been out and about interviewing, talking about Star Trek XI and their latest projects.
Zachary Quinto spoke with Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk about Spock (Star Trek XI) and Sylar (Heroes) and how they are similar in some ways.
“These are both characters who have deeply rooted internal conflict, a duality they’re really struggling with,” said Quinto about the two characters he plays on Heroes and Star Trek XI. “So for me, the point of departure was not completely dissimilar but where the characters go in terms of their emotional journey is very different obviously.” (more…)
Four of the Star Trek XI actors explained how they were initially attracted by the Star Trek XI script or their specific characters and what they did to prepare for their roles.
As reported by Firstshowing.net, Bruce Greenwood was attracted to taking on the role of Pike because of the problem his character faced. “Well he’s got this tremendous dilemma of having to…having an instinct about somebody who to all appearances is going to let him down but his gut is to follow his instinct in spite of the way the kid’s behaving,” said Greenwood. “So there’s a tremendous father-son dynamic to that dilemma. That’s what appealed to me.” (more…)
Pine and Quinto On Good Day, New York
As seen in a video by FOX New York, the reality of Kirk wasn’t quite what Chris Pine expected when he took on the role. “I signed up,” he explained. “I was very excited. I thought I was going to be the hero of the movie and get the lady and beat people up, and it was actually the exact opposite.
Zachary Quinto explained Spock’s appeal to audiences. “Spock has a definitive magnetism because there’s a mystery to him,” he said.
At the general release of Star Trek XI approaches, more clips have been posted online, some with new material.
As reported by Collider.com, fans now have more bits of the movie as well as some behind-the-scenes footage to enjoy.