What do you think of this.

http://badassdigest.com/2014/09/22/theres-a-part-for-william-shatner-in-star-trek-3/

Personally it feels like a gimmick to try and draw older fans in to me. I mean I thought having Spock in the new time line gave the character a little too much information about what was in their future but now Spock and Kirk?

I know Into Darkness was the highest grossing of the Star trek movies but I also know that for what it cost it Paramount was expecting to make more money off of it. A movie has to make double it's budget to break even for the studio so with a budget of $185 million Into Darkness got past the break even point by a bit but I think for that amount of money they were expecting it to make more then it did and the suits know that it was bad word of mouth by fans that caused a drop off at the box office after the opening weekend and this is there way to try and get the fans back on board without having to change writers or how the films were shot.

Personally I had very little interest in this movie before and Shatner being in it doesn't make me any more likely to spend $12 to see it in theaters. I will rent it when it comes out on video but Shatner being in a movie doesn't make it a must see for me and I am pretty sure there will not be that good of a character or plot reason for him to be there,it's just they want someone from the old crew and Nimoy has retired so they are giving Shatner a shot.

What do you think?