Star Trek is a 2009 science fiction film irected by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh Star Trek film and a prequel to The Original Series, featuring characters such as Kirk (played by Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), McCoy (Karl Urban), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin). The film will also show Kirk and Spock's childhoods. Leonard Nimoy reprises his role as the older Spock, and Eric Bana appears as the villainous Nero. Star Trek will be released on May 8, 2009 in North America.