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Scots film star James McAvoy will reportedly play Scotty in a new Star Trek film.
The 28-year-old from Glasgow has won the role of the Starship Enterprise's famously dour chief engineer, says the Scottish Sunday Mirror.
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, now both 76, have signed up to play Captain Kirk and Mr Spock once again in flash-forward scenes in the film.