James McAvoy cast as Star Trek's Scotty
Scottish actor James McAvoy is to take the role of Scotty in a new 'Star Trek' film, according to the Scottish Sunday Mirror.

The 28-year-old Glaswegian has been acclaimed for his role in Kevin MacDonald's 'The Last King of Scotland'.

He also had roles in 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' and 'Inside I'm Dancing'.

AdvertisementIn the classic television series Scotty was played by Canadian James Doohan.

According to the newspaper reports, McAvoy will play Scotty as a young man in a prequel taking the crew back to Starfleet Academy.

The 11th film in the sci-fi series, it will be directed by the creator of 'Lost', JJ Abrams, with release planned for Christmas next year.

McAvoy will next appear on Irish cinema screens in 'Atonement', to be released on 7 September.

Haha, I was just going to post this and you beat me to it!

Here's the link:
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1317522007

Thanks, someone is doing well for themselves./

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Originally posted by davedub:
Thanks, someone is doing well for themselves./

I am glad he has done well out of shameless.I adore james macavoy.And another plus he is scottish.Its always nice to have a talented scot

Was Shameless his big break?

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Originally posted by missacorah:
Was Shameless his big break?

i THINK so , i dont know him from anything else before shameless

He was in "Wimbledon"

Cant remember if that was before or after he appeared in Shameless.