According to reports Karl Urban is under consideration to join the cast of Star Trek X1.......first reports said he was due to be the Romulan bad guy but a source close to the production said Urban won't be the villain or Kirk..........he's 35 so possibly McCoy?
Okay this is both intriguing, shocking and I reckon may annoy some Trek fans but apparently there is a very strong rumour which is looking like it could be true..... It states that the reason Nimoy's Spock is being billed as the main star/character is because of this..... The theory has it that a group of Romulans are thrown back into the past, figuring out where they are and then decide to take advantage by planning to kill James T. Kirk's father, to erase Kirk from the timeline before he even exists ...Now the question is .....If Spock were in a position to change that incident back, and then in a position to guard that timeline and make sure things happen the way they’re supposed to, it creates...an alternate timeline, essentially rebooting the entire franchise without erasing or ignoring canon. This story concept could change everything we know about Trek....do we know who was the first Captain of the Enterprise during the first five year mission? Was it Pike? or was it Kirk in this new alternate Timeline??..... Its very like the Marvel comics series 'Ultimates' which played with the same ideas to reboot series and characters I love it personally.... I think we need big changes to relaunch Trek and you won't get bigger than that!!! 
Apparently, Anton Yelchin is in negotiations to play the Enterprise navigator Pavel Chekov in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek prequel.. I've never heard of him before but I think it's a good idea to get someone unknown to play the role instead of a famous name.
Scots film star James McAvoy will play Scotty in a new Star Trek film, it has been reported. The 28-year-old from Glasgow has won the role of the Starship Enterprise's famously dour chief engineer, according to the Scottish Sunday Mirror. Scotty was played in the iconic TV series by Canadian James Doohan and was immortalised in Captain Kirk's phrase "Beam Me Up, Scotty". McAvoy, star of the Oscar-winning The Last King of Scotland and the forthcoming Atonement, will appear in the 11th film of the hit Sci-Fi series, the paper said. The movie reportedly takes the crew back to Starfleet Academy. A film insider told the paper: "McAvoy had to go through a full casting process - and was up against famous names and total unknowns. "He was called back a couple of times before getting the phone call from one of the producers to say he had won the role." I do think he is a good choice....they really did need someone who was Scottish and young looking enough to suit too.....
Director and executive producer J.J. Abrams has announced that Zachary Quinto - one of the stars of Heroes - will play Spock in his upcoming eleventh Star Trek film, and confirmed that Leonard Nimoy will play the older Spock as well!!
