Star Trek Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Jul. 21, 2009

Star Trek

Release Date: Friday, May 8, 2009 Nationwide

Chris Hemsworth, Tyler Perry, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, J.J. Abrams, Eric Bana, John Cho, Winona Ryder, Clifton Collins Jr., Leonard Nimoy, Anton Yelchin, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk, Zachary Quinto, Bruce Greenwood, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof, Jimmy Bennett, Ben Cross

PG-13 Action 2 hrs, 6 m

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Plot

What's the story about?

From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci ("Transformers," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise.

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi Prequel

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Star Trek.

Zachary Quinto
What's Your Number?, Tallulah
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Leonard Nimoy
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Anton Yelchin
Green Room, The Smurfs 2
Zoe Saldana
Elio, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Karl Urban
Mortal Kombat 2, And Soon the Darkness
Chris Pine
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Unstoppable
John Cho
Afraid, Star Trek Sequel
Simon Pegg
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two, Inheritance
Eric Bana
Memoir of a Snail, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Chris Hemsworth
Transformers One, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
C
Clifton Collins Jr.
Red, White & Royal Blue, Triple 9
Winona Ryder
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Haunted Mansion

Crew Behind the Film

The Star Trek behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director J.J. Abrams last directed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The film's writer J.J. Abrams last wrote Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Director: J.J. Abrams
Screenwriters: J.J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Producers: J.J. Abrams
Bryan Burk
Damon Lindelof

Studios: Paramount Pictures
Production Company: Bad Robot; K/O Paper Products; Rick Berman Productions

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content
Runtime: 2 hrs, 6 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Star Trek XI, Star Trek: Corporate Headquarters, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek Prequel
Language: English

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Official Star Trek movie trailers and clips.

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Production Details

What we know about the Star Trek movie production.

Key Facts

One of the most popular film and television franchises of all time, "Star Trek" has encompassed 726 total episodes for television in six different series, beginning with the original 1966-1969 series created by Gene Roddenberry. The 10 "Star Trek" films have grossed in excess of $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The original characters have been named among the 50 greatest TV characters of all time and the Enterprise has lent its name to two proposed spacecrafts.

Production Updates

May 2009

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Dec 2008

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Oct 2008

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Star Trek was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 8, 2009. in around 3,849 theaters There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Next Day Air, Powder Blue and Julia.

Movie Theaters

2009-05-08 Nationwide

United States

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