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FW: Christopher Plummer Signs on for Star Trek: Klingon Academy


Got this over the PR newswire, thought it might be of interest here.

--Holtej

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Subject: Christopher Plummer Signs on for Star Trek: Klingon Academy


Christopher Plummer Signs on for Star Trek: Klingon Academy

The Two-Time Tony Award-winning actor reprises his `Star Trek VI' role

 IRVINE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Interplay Productions just signed
one
of theatre and motion picture's most distinguished actors, Christopher
Plummer, to appear in the space combat simulation game, STAR TREK(R):
Klingon
Academy(TM).  Plummer will reprise his motion picture role in "STAR TREK"
VI(TM)" as General Chang, one of the greatest warriors in the Klingon
Empire.
As commandant of the Klingon Defense Forces' Elite Command Academy, General
Chang is a living legend and brilliant warrior within a society that esteems
warriors above all others.  STAR TREK: Klingon Academy, for Windows(R) 95
and
Sony PlayStation(R), is expected to hit retail shelves Winter, 1998.

"It's an honor to have Mr. Plummer on board for this role," said Producer,
Raphael Hernandez.  "He created this character in "STAR TREK VI" and we knew
if we were going to do this game right and stay true to the Star Trek fans,
we
had to get Christopher Plummer for the role of General Chang."

Cast along side Plummer, is David Warner, another original STAR TREK VI
character, who will appear in the game as Chancellor Gorkon.  Nine other
supporting cast members were hired just last week at a casting call held on
April 27, 1998 at Paramount studios under the direction of veteran casting
director, Ron Surma.  Filming for the game is taking place in Los Angeles.

Plummer is one of the entertainment industry's most distinguished actors
earning two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, three New York Drama Desk Awards,
the Theatre World Award, two Outer Critics' Circle Awards and an Edwin Booth
Award.  The National Arts Club of America's Gold Medal, Great Britain's
Evening Standard Award and Canada's Genie Award, in addition to numerous
other
nominations.

Plummer has worked continuously over the years in film in more than 70
motion
pictures which include the Oscar winning "The Sound of Music" and "The Man
Who
Would Be King" as well as on television and stages all over the world. A
native of Montreal, Canada, Plummer has worked under the direction of such
theater greats as Sir Laurence Olivier, Elia Kazan  and Sir Tyrone Guthrie,
and on film under Orson Welles, John Huston and Mike Nichols.

Among his many honors, in 1968 Plummer was sanctioned by Elizabeth II, he
was
made Companion of the Order of Canada, an honorary knighthood.  In 1993, he
was made Doctor of Fine Arts at New York's famous Juliard School and he was
elected into the Theatre's Hall of Fame.

Viacom Consumer Products merchandises properties on behalf of Paramount
Pictures, Paramount Television and Simon & Schuster as well as third-party
properties.  Viacom Consumer Products, a unit of Viacom Entertainment Group,
is a division of Viacom Inc.

Founded in 1983, Interplay Productions is a leading developer and publisher
of
award-winning entertainment and educational software designed by gamers, for
gamers.  Interplay releases products through Interplay, Tantrum, Black Isle
Studios, VR Sports, Flat Cat, Tribal Dreams and its affiliated labels for
personal computers as well as leading console game platforms.  More
comprehensive information on Interplay and its products is available through
its worldwide web site at http://www.interplay.com.

Note: All trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective
owners.

SOURCE  Interplay Productions

CO:  Interplay Productions

ST:  California

IN:  ENT MLM

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