Good news and bad news.

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Courtesy of terri_osborne:

The Starship Enterprise finally has a new captain.

After months of speculation, J.J. Abrams has signed on to direct the next installment of the "Star Trek" feature franchise, sources said late Friday. "Star Trek XI" revolves around a young James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, chronicling their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and their first space mission.

Abrams, the prolific co-creator/executive producer of "Lost" and director of "Mission: Impossible -- 3" has been developing the project through his Paramount-based Bad Robot shingle as a producer and writer. But Abrams never committed to directing the project until Friday evening, when the deal was finalized, sources say. Abrams reps at WMA declined comment on the matter.

(From The Hollywood Reporter)

While I'm not unhappy that Abrams will be directing the movie, I'm ticked that the rumoured plot is true. Now, it may never have been said on screen that Kirk and Spock didn't meet until Kirk took command of the Enterprise, but it's still fairly well-accepted fanon. Abrams better have a damned good justification in his script for changing this long-held belief. And he better be extremely careful about casting. I suspect that many fans will be so put out by the plot that they'll only see it twice each. ;)