New Trek Flick Beams Up House's Morrison
Jennifer Morrison by Art Streiber/Fox
J.J. Abrams has snatched up another tube star for his forthcoming
Star Trek reboot. Abrams confirms that
House's
Jennifer Morrison has joined the cast of his as-yet-untitled
Trek pic. "She is indeed in the movie," he tells me, "and she is most excellent!"
Last week, Morrison was
spotted outside one of
Trek's Hollywood soundstages, sparking rumors that she had quietly come aboard the ensemble, alongside Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban and
Heroes' Zachary Quinto. Although Abrams isn't divulging specifics about her character, he is denying Internet chatter that she's playing the
Enterprise's glorified secretary (and Kirk's crush),
Yeoman Rand - the role originated by Grace Lee Whitney. "She is not [playing Rand]," he says.
Abrams, meanwhile, tells me that the current writers' strike is not affecting production. "Our script is locked," he says.
Thoughts on Morrison's casting? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Thumbs in between? And got guesses as to who she
is playing? (Uhura, perhaps? I kid.) Sound off below!
