William Shatner to cameo on the latest Star Trek

James T. Kirk fans rejoice! Shatner is back in the Star Trek universe for a cameo role in the upcoming third "new" Star Trek movie series. Shatner's appearance in the rebooted franchise has long been talked about several times but have often been dismissed as rumors or unconfirmed, unfinalized plans. Now, plans have been clear that Shatner will indeed be onboard. And as Shatner himself tweeted on his twitter account: "I'm baaaaccckk!!!" [hit the jump to check out the spoilerrific details of this cameo]

According to several insiders, Shatner will share the screen with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy, which will be an interesting mirror image of the past and the present. The scene will have him meeting Pine. Also in that scene: Quinto and Nimoy. But if the sources are clarifying that this won’t be original timeline Spock – it’ll be future alt-timeline Kirk and Spock. Basically the scene will have Kirk and Spock interacting with their future selves.

This should be something awesome to look forward to, because a well-made Star Trek storyline and script will be able to pull off anything involving time, space, and alternative versions of reality... Just like the reboot. Let's just not count the awful "Star Trek Into Darkness" though.