There is some information leaking out about Star Trek XI.

In the new issue of Star Trek Magazine, JJ Abrams finally breaks his silence….a tiny bit. Trek XI's producer/director tells the official Trek mag “James T Kirk appears in the movie.” Although this has been the rumor and essentially working assumption, it is actually the first time that anyone associated with the film has officially disclosed any plot detail about the film. Still no word on who will actually play Kirk in the film or any other official details from Paramount, but Abrams did offer this…

I have heard rumors before, thought, that this movie will be about the early days of the crew of the Enterprise, before Enterprise. There could be lots of stuff about how the crew members meet for the first time, although Chekov and Sulu were 10 or more years younger than Kirk while Bones and Scotty were a dozen years older. I read one of those dreadful Trek novels that had Spock in it as a boy, while his father brokered a diplomatic settlement. Spock would be old even as Kirk graduates from Star Fleet Academy. It will interesting to see who is in the movie and how they reconcile ages.

They say “Kirk”, but I pray to the God of Trek that they don’t mean Shatner!