There is big buzz today surrounding the news that J.J. Abrams will produce and direct the eleventh Star Trek feature film, with a tentative release date of 2008. The film will supposedly "center on the early days of seminal Trek characters James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, including their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer space mission."

Abrams is best known as creator of the television series Lost and Alias as well as the director of the upcoming Mission: Impossible 3. As much as I like his work, I'm not sure about this approach to the Star Trek franchise. Although that storyline might be interesting, it implies that we probably won't see any familiar Star Trek actors from any of the previous series, a big mistake in my opinion...