Zachary Quinto May Ask Leonard Nimoy to Come Back as Spock

I recently talked on my blog about Leonard Nimoy's plans for retiring his Spock character as well as his acting career after Fringe.

Well, if new Spock actor Zachary Quinto has is way, Leonard Nimoy wont be able to hang up his Vulcan ears just yet.

Leonard Nimoy: from Spock to Transformer

Actor Leonard Nimoy may have given up playing Spock forever on the big or small screen, and he may retire from acting altogether after Fringe, but in the meanwhile the actor will be providing his voice for the character of Zeta Prime in the upcoming game Transformers: War for Cybertron.

Zeta Prime is the predecessor of Optimus Prime, leader of the autobots, still voiced by Peter Cullen (in both the series and the new movies).

Leonard Nimoy also voiced a Decepticon called Galvatron in 1986's Transformers: The movie. Nimoy also provided some voice work as Spock Prime for the recently released Star Trek Online MMORPG game.

Transformers: War for Cybertron will be released June 22 for PS3, Wii, XBox 360 and PC

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Leonard Nimoy No Longer Playing Spock?

Talking to the Calgary Herald this past monday, actor Leonard Nimoy who played Spock on Star Trek for more than 46 years, told that he was doubtful that he would ever play the beloved Vulcan again.

"I don’t see it happening," says Nimoy, in an interview from his home in Los Angeles. "I’m comfortable. I’m not glad, I’m not sad. I feel like I’ve had a great ride with the character. . . we started making Star Trek pilots in 1964. I’ve been involved in Star Trek for 44, 45 years. It’s been a wonderful ride for me and it’s been great for my family. We got to do some very interesting work outside of Star Trek because of Star Trek and I’m very satisfied."

Basically he is more than happy to have passed the mantle to actor Zachary Quinto who played Spock in the 2009 rebooted Star Trek movie and who also plays popular villain Sylar on NBC's Heroes. Mr. Nimoy also appeared in the movie as Spock Prime.

Mr. Nimoy, who is currently playing the mysterious William Bell on the popular FOX Sci-Fi series Fringe, claims that this too will most probably be his final role.

Go here to read the article.

Nimoy Not Coming Back as Spock in the Star Trek Sequel

During this weekend's Dragon*Con, Leonard Nimoy has announced that he will not be reprising the role of the famous Vulcan for the Star Trek sequel which is still in the writing stage.

During the Panel, Nimoy said:

There are no plans for me to return for the second movie. I think the Spock character is very well established as portrayed by Zachary Quinto. And I think if you saw the movie Bill, you'd say the same of Chris Pine.

This is sad news but it doesn't mean that he could not appear in another sequel. However, it is certain that there will be no Spock Prime in the next Star Trek movie.

You can go HERE to view the story and videos of the Shatner/Nimoy panel taken at Dragon*Con

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