'24' Actress Nazneen Contractor is the latest to join the cast of the upcoming "Star Trek 2," which will be directed by J.J. Abrams.
According to Entertainment Weekly, which first broke the news of Contractor's casting, she will play the wife of former Doctor Who actor Noel Clarke's character.
The news of Clarke's casting was announced earlier this week by Variety, which said he will be playing a "family man with a wife and young daughter." No other details about either of the new characters are available at this time.
They will join fellow newcomers Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock"), Alice Eve ("Sex and the City 2") and Peter Weller ("Robocop") for the film, which will be a sequel to Abrams' successful 2009 "Star Trek."
That film starred Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock, along with Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, John Cho as Hikaru Sulu and Anton Yelchin as Chekov.
Meanwhile, Collider is reporting that Abrams, speaking during today's Television Critics Association winter press tour panel on his upcoming "Alcatraz" series for Fox, said filming on "Star Trek 2" will begin Thursday.
The screenplay for "Star Trek 2" is from Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. The sequel is set to hit theaters May 17, 2013.
The first film grossed $257 million domestically and $385 million worldwide.
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| Nazneen Contractor |
The news of Clarke's casting was announced earlier this week by Variety, which said he will be playing a "family man with a wife and young daughter." No other details about either of the new characters are available at this time.
They will join fellow newcomers Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock"), Alice Eve ("Sex and the City 2") and Peter Weller ("Robocop") for the film, which will be a sequel to Abrams' successful 2009 "Star Trek."
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| Noel Clarke |
Meanwhile, Collider is reporting that Abrams, speaking during today's Television Critics Association winter press tour panel on his upcoming "Alcatraz" series for Fox, said filming on "Star Trek 2" will begin Thursday.
The screenplay for "Star Trek 2" is from Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. The sequel is set to hit theaters May 17, 2013.
The first film grossed $257 million domestically and $385 million worldwide.
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