{"id":62191,"date":"2012-01-04T14:18:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/01\/04\/noel-clarke-joins-star-trek-2\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:16:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:16:39","slug":"noel-clarke-joins-star-trek-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/noel-clarke-joins-star-trek-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Noel Clarke Joins Star Trek 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noel Clarke Joins ‘Star Trek 2’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson<\/p>\n

January 4, 2011<\/p>\n

Source: Variety<\/a>‘s Jeff Snieder<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Brit actor-director Noel Clarke<\/strong>, who has a recurring role on the BBC’s hit series “Doctor Who,” has been cast in J.J. Abrams’<\/strong> Paramount tentpole “Star Trek 2.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

He joins newcomers Alice Eve <\/strong>and Peter Weller<\/strong> in the sci-fi sequel, which is skedded for release on May 17, 2013.<\/p>\n

Paramount had no comment on the casting.<\/p>\n

While the details of Clarke’s role are being kept under wraps, he will play a family man with a wife and young daughter.<\/p>\n

Abrams is directing from a script by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci <\/strong> and Damon Lindelof<\/strong>. That quartet will also produce the “Star Trek” sequel with Bryan Burk<\/strong> and David Ellison<\/strong> through Bad Robot and Skydance Prods.<\/p>\n

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A major star in the U.K., Clarke is the third high-profile Brit to join the ensemble, following Eve and returning thesp Simon Pegg. Clarke wrote and co-starred in the 2006 pic “Kidulthood”<\/strong> and went on to write, direct and star in its 2008 sequel, “Adulthood.” In addition to writing, directing, producing and starring alongside Emma Roberts in the heist film “4.3.2.1,” <\/strong>Clarke has appeared in Neil Marshall’s “Centurion” and the Andy Serkis-starrer “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.<\/p>\n

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