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> "Steven L." earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:9peth.14251$yx6.8152@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...

>> According to Scottish tabloid The Sunday Mail, Last King Of Scotland star
>> James McAvoy is set to play Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the upcoming
>> Star Trek XI prequel to be produced by J.J. Abrams.
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>> According to the site, Paramount Pictures said: "We are very excited
>> about the film. Casting is in the early stages - we cannot comment on any
>> names yet."
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>> But an insider revealed: "The producers are keen to have a Scottish
>> Scotty and James is the No.1 choice."
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>> "They think he could form a brilliant double act with Matt [Damon].
>> James' star is on the rise after The Last King of Scotland. He's Scottish
>> and has box office appeal so he fulfils both criteria."
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>> http://trekweb.com/articles/2007/01/22/James-McAvoy-to-Play-the-New.shtml
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>> James McAvoy:
>> http://www.narniaweb.com/img/mcavoy5.jpg
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>> Steven D. Litvintchouk
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> Huh? Never heard of James McAvoy. But what is this reference to Matt
> Damon? Certainly not with regard to playing a "young" Jim Kirk? If the
> idiots at Paramount are sticking with their premise for the proposed new
> Star Trek movie, they need to find an actor who is OBVIOUSLY in his
> twenties. And closer to his early twenties, at that.
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