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26 Nimoy/Quinto to split Spock

J.J. Abrams scored the first big movie surprise at Comic-Con by announcing that both Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto (Sylar, of "Heroes") will play Spock in his upcoming film "Star Trek." Abrams says he's desperately trying to find a way to get William Shatner into the film as Kirk, but there's a major continuity snag if the Nimoy scenes are set after 1994's "Star Trek: Generations," a film in which Kirk dies and Shatner appeared significantly younger. (Of course, dying in 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" was only a temporary setback for Nimoy's Spock.)

In discussing "Cloverfield," Abrams was tight-lipped, but hinted that the picture — for which a very cool but unnamed trailer has been screening — will be some kind of modern monster pic.

Also at Par's screening, was a presentation on the fourth "Indiana Jones," with a video shown of director Steven Spielberg interviewing cast members Harrison Ford, Shia LeBeouf, Ray Winstone and Karen Allen, who will be reprising her role of Marion Ravenwood from the original and still-to-be-topped "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Variety's Marc Graser and Pam McClintock have the details here.