‘No,’ is the word from the man himself. Shatner said as much during a Q&A session hosted by Canada’s SPACE channel at last weekend’s Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. He was answering a fan’s question about whether he thought he would be in the next movie.
“I’ve become an acquaintance of J.J. Abrams—what a talented guy—and he never mentioned, ‘Get yourself ready; you’re going to be in the next movie,’… [So] no.”
Earlier in the session Shatner commented on his experiences on the CBS sitcom $#*! My Dad Says. He expressed his surprise at the cancellation of the show but said it had been a positive experience.
“I’d never done this sitcom thing with an audience and I had no idea what it was like until I did it,” Shatner said. “It is something totally unique in show business. You either can do it or you can’t. The audience, like yourselves, are there and you’re trying to be funny and the audience immediately tells you that you are or you’re not. And the writers come in and rewrite. The only protection I had was to come out in front of the audience and say, ‘Hey, everybody, look, we don’t know what we’re doing here and we hope you’ll teach us what to do. So here we are. We’re at your mercy,’ and bring them in, encompass them and embrace them so they became part of the making of the show. And it was a joyous three or four hours every Wednesday night for me. I had the best time with the best people I’ve ever met.”
Back on the topic of Star Trek, Shatner also discussed his upcoming documentary, The Captains, in which he interviews each of the actors who have played the lead role in a Star Trek series or the movie reboot (with the exception of Jeffrey Hunter, presumably).
“[It's] an hour and a half of insights into the guys including Chris Pine, who have played the Captains ofStar Trek,” said Shatner. “I have focused on themes like love and hate, divorce and work, intertwining their lives, and I think you will enjoy it. It will be debuting in the States July 22nd and shortly thereafter in Canada.”
EPIX, the premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service announced today that it will preview The Captains on July 22 at Comic-Con in San Diego. In Canada it will air on Movie Central, which co-produced the documentary with Shatner’s production company Melis Productions and Ballinran Productions Limited.
SPACE’s regular genre news show InnerSPACE will feature a segment on the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo this Friday at 11pm ET (8pm PT). We can’t confirm that Shatner will appear but yours truly did witness presenter Teddy Wilson being dragged away from the Expo floor to interview the actor.
Shatner is currently filming the USA Network series Psych in Vancouver.
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