Editing Spock (section)

====''Star Trek'' (2009)====
[[File:Spock Zachary Quinto.jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[Zachary Quinto]] as Spock in the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' film]]Spock's next appearance in the live action ''Star Trek'' franchise is the 2009 ''Star Trek'' film. Nimoy was given approval rights over Spock's casting and supported Quinto being cast as the role.<ref>John Hiscock, "''Star Trek'': J. J. Abrams Interview [2009]", in Brent Dunham, ed., ''J. J. Abrams: Interviews'' (Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2018), 41-43.
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books.google.com/books?id=-fl0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41</ref> During the film's flashback, set 19 years after the events of "[[Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Unification]]", and as depicted in the comic miniseries ''Star Trek: Countdown'',<ref name="countdown" /> Ambassador Spock (Nimoy) promises the Romulans he will use Vulcan technology to save them from a rogue supernova that threatens to destroy their Empire. He pilots an advanced starship equipped with red matter, a powerful substance able to create artificial [[black hole]]s. The mission is only partially successful, and in the aftermath, Spock is pursued into the [[Timeline of Star Trek|past]] by Nero ([[Eric Bana]]), a Romulan driven mad by the loss of his homeworld and family, setting into motion the events of the film.

In the film's opening act, Nero's ship emerges in the year 2233, and through its interaction with the inhabitants, inadvertently creates an "alternate, parallel 'Star Trek' universe".<ref name="bglobe1">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/ |title=Star Trek |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=May 6, 2009 |date=May 5, 2009 |first=Ty |last=Burr |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130041629/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ewcover4">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502,00.html |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |title='Star Trek': New Movie, New Vision |access-date=January 21, 2009 |page=4 |first=Jeff |last=Jensen |date=October 18, 2008 |archive-date=November 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104040237/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Twenty-five years later, in the new reality, Spock's ship emerges and Nero captures him and the red matter. Stranded in the alternate past, the [[Earth prime|prime version]] of Spock helps the [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate]], younger version of himself and Kirk ([[Zachary Quinto]] and [[Chris Pine]], respectively) thwart Nero's attempt to destroy the Federation.

The film also features [[Jacob Kogan]] in several scenes depicting Spock's childhood, including his abuse at the hands of other Vulcan children due to his half-Human heritage, and his relationship with his parents ([[Ben Cross]] and [[Winona Ryder]]). The film also depicts Kirk and Spock's initial clashes at Starfleet Academy, and the gradual development of their friendship based on shared mutual respect,<ref name="bglobe1" /> what the elder Spock calls "...{{nbsp}}a friendship that will define them both in ways they cannot yet realize."<ref name="2009film">{{Cite video | people = Abrams, J.J. (Director) | title=Star Trek | medium=Film | publisher=Paramount Pictures | location=United States | date=2009 }}</ref> A major change in characterization from the primary timeline is alternate Spock's involvement with alternate [[Uhura]] ([[Zoe Saldana]]), his former student. At the end of the film, the young Spock opts to remain in Starfleet while his older self stays in the altered universe to aid the few surviving Vulcan refugees, as Nero had destroyed Vulcan, Spock's home planet.