Star Trek's William Shatner is slowly changing from a starship captain into the captain of documentaries. He brought us The Captains (about all six Star Trek, er, captains), and then Get a Life (about the Trek fans). After setting his lofty sights on Trek, the Shat is now planning to do a documentary about a certain warrior princess.
In an interview with Mania, the once and future captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, James Tiberius Kirk—William Shatner himself—has revealed that he's now looking to make a documentary about our favorite kick-ass warrior princess ever, Xena (Lucy Lawless), and about the fans who attend these conventions.
(For our younger readers here, Xena: Warrior Princess was a spinoff of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and ran on TV between 1995 and 2001. During its six years on the air it gathered a very strong following, principally among female viewers.)
But why is he? This is what The Shat said:
So are you guys excited about Bill Shatner doing a documentary about Xena and her fans?
(Mania via Trek Web) LINK
In an interview with Mania, the once and future captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, James Tiberius Kirk—William Shatner himself—has revealed that he's now looking to make a documentary about our favorite kick-ass warrior princess ever, Xena (Lucy Lawless), and about the fans who attend these conventions.
(For our younger readers here, Xena: Warrior Princess was a spinoff of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and ran on TV between 1995 and 2001. During its six years on the air it gathered a very strong following, principally among female viewers.)
But why is he? This is what The Shat said:
I am a news-oholic. I love watching the news. I love watching the stories. I love the human history that is exposed on CNN, CSPAN, and all that type of thing. I love the humanity behind what is going on and the discovery of it. I love the concept of making documentaries, but what would I make a documentary of that people were going to buy? So, faced with that, in the market place and the curiosity, I was able to combine the first half and make a documentary about Star Trek. Now, they see I can make a film. My ideas are being met with more approvals. I've got a couple of docs in the pipeline. For example, I went to a Xena Convention. Who goes to a Xena Convention? People in need. People who are so in need that they cling to each other because of the mutuality of what they are. It is a love fest. It is an embracing of like-minded people. That's what I discovered. I am editing it right now and it is a fascinating documentary.Right. Please excuse us now while we go dust off our chakram for, you know, the next Xena convention.
So are you guys excited about Bill Shatner doing a documentary about Xena and her fans?
(Mania via Trek Web) LINK
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