Cruise not Pike
Tom Cruise and his amazing new haircut won't be in the new Star Trek film, Empire gets the scoop from the bewildered star.
Empire cornered Tom Cruise on the red carpet at the Lions For Lambs premiere in London and asked him about his rumoured involvement in JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Those who've been following the mill will know that original Enterprise skipper Christopher Pike is slated to feature in the film and Cruise's name has been mentioned in connection with the part.
"What? No, I'm not in that." said Cruise. "Nope. It's just rumour."There you have it. I don't think Cruise would be seen dead in a Star Trek movie, let alone one that is backed by Paramount. I think this new film needs some much needed star power to get bums on seats. JJ Abrams is spending a lot of money on this new version of Star Trek and, as much as I love Abrams, the film just has box office turkey written all over it. You can get away with a no name cast for things like Spider-Man and Batman because the character is the star of the show... but Star Trek really, really needs that something extra to persuade people to see it. Even if it's the greatest movie ever made I doubt it'll break even. The idea of Matt Damon as Kirk, Adrien Brody as Spock and Gary Sinise as Bones was a lot more tempting to me.