Since Joss Whedon and JJ are considered the new generations Lucas and Spielberg i can understand Abrams being selected as a director. But no plot and no announced cast make me very wary at this point.

I mean none of the oot actors have seen a script and what if Mark Hamill says no i won't do it, if he is even supposed to be in it. Remember when Sean Connery turned down the last indiana jones picture.

As far as i know Mark is pretty much retired as an actor. And has even retired as the voice of the Joker.

He was Luke Skywalker for ten years and 20 years as the voice of Joker.

As for trek fans i can understand a bit of anger trek 09 was supposed to come out in 2008, and the huge wait for the sequel and JJ was not even committed to very late to star trek darkness and now can not be available for the third new film outing whether you call it star trek 3 or 13. That and the proposed tv reboot for trek still has not happened. They never even could come to a consensus if it would be animated or live action, and they probably nixed the idea as killing the golden goose.