Actors William Shatner, back in the day, and Matt Damon, more recently. According to Marc Malkin’s Insider, on-a-roll director JJ Abrams is hot to cast Damon as Captain Kirk in the latest branch of Star Trek, the movie franchise that won’t die. With Abrams directing, perhaps a Will Robinson character and some “others” could be added to the crew of the Enterprise and the movie could be called Lost in Space, get it? Shatner has already given a vigorous thumbs-up to the idea of Damon playing him; now somebody has to tell Damon.