They (paramount) have dropped Nicholas Meyer as director and the Earth vs. romulan wars plotline in favor of a film set in the academy days of Kirk and spock. They wanted abrams becasue they liked the job he did on MI:3, and also like his shows alias and Lost.
They have yet to announce the actors or any possible candidates for the roles of James T. Kirk or Mr. Spock.
Obviously shatner and nimoy are too old.
when i read the headline it was about another original star trek movie, but then after reading the article i realized it was a prequel and not a return of the original crew.
Anyway, the doctor and scotty being dead theres only the rest of them still alive.