Now that final casting of “Lost” and “Alias” creator J.J. Abrams’ Christmas 2008 Star Trek prequel has been announced, one former “Trek” star is none too pleased that he is not included in the mix.

Emmy-winning “Boston Legal” actor William Shatner, who played Captain of the Starship Enterprise James Tiberius Kirk on the Original Series from 1966 to 1969 and in seven feature films between 1979 and 1994, told TV’s “Extra” last week, “How could you not put one of the founding figures into a movie that was being resurrected? That doesn’t make good business sense to me! I’ve become even more popular than I was playing Captain Kirk. I’m good box office and I get publicity… But, they are going in a different direction and it’ll be a wonderful film.”

The only original “Trek” star who is due to appear in the new film, which will hit theatres on December 25, 2008, is Boston native Leonard Nimoy, who played the iconic Vulcan, Mr. Spock. The rest of the cast is as follows:

•James T. Kirk - Chris Pine [age 27] (Smokin’ Aces)
•Mr. Spock (the younger) - Zachary Quinto [age 30] (Sylar on “Heroes”)
•Montgomery “Scotty” Scott - Simon Pegg [age 37] (Hot Fuzz)
•Leonard “Bones” McCoy - Karl Urban [age 35] (Pathfinder)
•Hikaru Sulu - John Cho [age 35] (Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle)
•Pavel Chekov - Anton Yelchin [age 18] (Alpha Dog)
•Nyota Uhura - Zoe Saldana [age 29] (Drumline)

Also starring are Bruce Greenwood (Deja Vu) as the Enterprise’s previous captain, Jeffrey Pike, Winona Ryder (The Ten) as Spock’s mother, Amanda Grayson and Eric Bana (Lucky You) as the villain, Nero.

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