--- description: William Shatner is rumored to be reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk in Roberto Orci’s Star Trek 3, according to reports title: Shatner Cameo Rumored for 'Star Trek 3' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc2708da482cd28/6986a7483617605ef390e43e/24th-annual-simply-sh_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # William Shatner Rumored to Be Making a Cameo as James Kirk in _Star Trek 3_ by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2014 7:57 AM CUT  Cast member William Shatner arrives for the 24th annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of As You Like It in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2014 Cast member William Shatner arrives for the 24th annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of As You Like It in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2014Chris Pizzello—AP by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2014 7:57 AM CUT William Shatner is rumored to be reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk in Roberto Orci’s _Star Trek 3_, Badass Digest reports. The geeky movie site says that Shatner will [share a scene](http://badassdigest.com/2014/10/06/star-trek-3-shatner-update-hell-share-the-screen-with-chris-pine/ "undefined") with Chris Pine, who played Kirk in the previous two _Star Trek_ movies in 2009 and 2013. Shatner played the captain in the famed television series from 1966 to 1969, and will play a “future Kirk” in the scene, Badass Digest claims. It adds that the scene will also involve the current Spock, played by Zachary Quinto, and a future Spock, played by the original actor, Leonard Nimoy. The Wrap reports that a “studio insider” has confirmed a [cameo](http://www.thewrap.com/william-shatner-to-return-as-captain-kirk-in-star-trek-3/ "undefined") is on the cards, but that no deal had officially been reached, since the script is not yet finalized. Indeed, Shatner anything but confirmed the role reprisal on his Twitter account: “I’m amazed that folks find all these things to write about on what I didn’t say,” he tweeted late Monday night. “Can’t wait for full moon on Weds when the craziness peaks!” > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/519337444550774784) He also pinned a tweet from Sept. 23: “Let’s talk ST. I don’t know anything about the current gossip. Nobody has contacted me. Right now it’s just rhetoric to cause hype.” _Star Trek 3_ is expected to open in 2016, the Wrap reports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3476947/william-shatner-star-trek-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3476947/william-shatner-star-trek-3/"},"headline":"William Shatner Rumored to Be Making a Cameo as James Kirk in Star Trek 3","datePublished":"2014-10-07T07:57:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:37:35.458Z","description":"Or maybe not, according to Shatner himself","url":"https://time.com/3476947/william-shatner-star-trek-3/","keywords":["movies","Star Trek"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc2708da482cd28/6986a7483617605ef390e43e/24th-annual-simply-sh_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bc2708da482cd28/6986a7483617605ef390e43e/24th-annual-simply-sh_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"William Shatner","caption":"William Shatner","creditText":"Chris Pizzello—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3476947/william-shatner-star-trek-3/","name":"William Shatner Rumored to Be Making a Cameo as James Kirk in Star Trek 3"}}]}] ```