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‘Don’t talk to me, talk to Spock’

Director J.J. Abrams and his collaborators have taken on the daunting task of resurrecting the once glorious ‘Star Trek’ franchise from recent television and box office failures

By Dave Itzkoff  /  NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , LOS ANGELES

But after immersing himself in the rich characters and boundless universe of a once unfamiliar space epic (and having committed himself to producing, with Burk, a Star Trek sequel that Kurtzman, Orci and Lindelof will write), Abrams was ready to make another confession to his team.

“I now consider myself a Trekkie,” he declared, “which I literally could not have ever imagined saying to anyone.”

Burk feigned a cough and, under his breath, said a single word. It sounded like “nerd.”

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