Zachary Quinto in New Star Trek Movie

We've already professed our love of the legendary J.J. Abrams. Now it seems the Hollywood stud will produce the eleventh movie in the Star Trek series. This latest enterprising adventure will delve into the origins of the USS Enterprise, and we'll get a chance to follow members of the fledgling crew through the Starfleet Academy before they boldly went where no man had gone before.

As an added bonus, Abrams announced at Comic-Con that Zachary Quinto has been chosen to play the role of young Spock. Zachary is better known as Sylar, the super-villian in the hit television series, Heroes. Fans of Jack Bauer will also recognize him from the third season of 24, where he played CTU's Adam Kaufman. We can't argue with Abram's choice; Zachary Quinto could pass for a Vulcan any day of the week.

Trekkie purists will find comfort in knowing they can expect to see Leonard Nimoy employing the famous Spock nerve pinch, hinting at the possibility that the movie will be a series of flashbacks. Unfortunately, Captain James T. Kirk was killed off in Star Trek: Generations, so it will take some fancy footwork to write him into the script. Abrams stated that he plans to make it happen, though.

Will James T. Kirk and Spock cooperate and graduate from the Starfleet Academy, or will they spend their days at wild frat parties, drinking beer and chasing women, eventually failing out of school and winding up on a corner in New York City begging for change while playing Man of Constant Sorrow on an old banjo and harmonica? Star Trek XI is not scheduled for release until December 2008, so until then, your guess is as good as ours.