I am – Hercules!!

IESB.net says it has learned a few key details regarding J.J. Abrams’ upcoming “Star Trek” movie from sources who gave that site accurate scoops on that film's casting.

Are they spoilers or foilers? Bullet-points are cloaked in Super-Secret Romulan Invisotext just in case:

* Romulans from the future find and use the Guardian of Forever (address: City on the Edge of Forever) to go back in time to kill the ruinous Romulan nemesis, James Tiberius Kirk.

* Old Spock (Leonard Nimoy) then travels back through time to warn Young Spock (Zach Quinto) of the plot to kill Kirk.

* When the two Spocks first meet, it is before Young Spock has met Young Kirk (Christopher Pine).

* When we first meet Young Kirk, he is dealing with Starfleet’s no-win Kobayashi Maru test.

Read all of IESB’s story on the matter here.

As Mr. Ellison uses no invisotext below, I point out one last time:

POSSIBLE,


PERHAPS


EVEN


LIKELY,


MAJOR


SPOILERS


AHEAD!!!

Remember that episode of "Star Trek: The Animated Series" in which Spock traveled back in time via The Guardian of Forever to meet his younger self on Vulcan? Good times!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. We got an email in from Mark Goldberg that has words from Mr. Harlan Ellison himself, who wrote the original Trek episode CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER, which apparently serves as a jumping off point for the new film. I don't know if this confirms IESB's rumor or denies it, but as with anything written by Ellison it's sure a damn fine and fun read. Enjoy!

HARLAN ELLISON
- Monday, November 12 2007 10:19:47
THAT STAR TREK BUSINESS

MARK GOLDBERG or ANYONE ELSE:

Would someone go to that site, and suggest to those people there, that "City" and all its elements EXCEPT specific Star Trek characters, belong to Harlan Ellison--author of that much-lauded episode--by terms of the Separation of Rights clause of the Writers Guild's Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA), and if Mr. Abrams--with whom I'm currently on strike--or anyone else, at Paramount or elsewhere, thinks they're going to use MY creations--whether the City, the Guardians, Sister Edith Keeler, or any other elements CREATED BY HARLAN ELLISON...they had damned well better lose the unilateral arrogance, get in touch with me, or my agent, Marty Shapiro, and be prepared to pay for the privilege of mining the lode I own.

Thank you, and thank Peter David, who just called to alert me, as have you, Mark, to yet another gimmegimme grab by Paramount and the Star trek francchise that makes billions, but withholds recognition or recompense to the artists who labored in that vein.

Yr. Pal, Harlan