William Shatner has reportedly agreed to return to Star Trek.
According to Badass Digest, Shatner will share a scene in the series' next movie with the current Captain Kirk played by Chris Pine, as well as Spocks of present and past played by Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy.
The 83-year-old was apparently approached by the movie's producer JJ Abrams about making the return.
He also posted a tweet saying: "I'm baaaaccckk!!!" leading many to believe it was related to the news, although the actor has since deleted the tweet in apparent denial.
Shatner and Nimoy last appeared in a Star Trek movie together in 1991's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, while Shatner's last appearance as Kirk was in 1994's Star Trek: Generations.
Abrams's 2009 Star Trek movie, which rebooted the series with Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto and Nimoy playing Spock across two timelines, originally featured a cameo for Shatner's Kirk in the script that was removed in rewrites.
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