Yesterday, Latino Review got our nerd hearts aflutterin' with a report about some possible Star Trek: The Next Generation cameos in J.J. Abram's upcoming Trek film. It would be great to see Picard, Data or even Riker rubbing elbows with Spock in the new flick, but sadly it's not happening says TrekMovie.com.

Here's how the confusion apparently started: There's currently an IDW Star Trek movie prequel comic series out called Star Trek: Countdown that mostly takes place in the Next Generation era. That comic is billed as a direct prequel to Abrams' film and it features TNG favorites like Picard and Data interacting with Bana's character, Nero, and Nimoy's Spock. Apparently, the new movie will start out with Spock and Nero living in the TNG era and time traveling back to the era of Kirk, Scotty and young Spock. But, according to TrekMovie's sources, no TNG cast members will show up in the film.

At a recent IDW Comics panel at Wondercon, one of the writers who worked on Countdown was asked if any TNG crewmembers would show up in the movie. The writer's response was: "I really cannot say anything about that," according to Latino Review. And with that, the rumor was born.

So far, this is the first we've heard of possible TNG cameos in Abrams' Trek, and most sources seem to be saying the same thing: Don't expect to see Captain Picard or any of his buddies on the big screen come May 8, the movie's premiere date.

Truthfully, I never really expected to see any of the TNG crew in the new movie. The film franchise is obviously going in a completely different direction. I'm looking forward to picking up the TNG-era heavy Countdown comics, though. Anyone get their hands on those yet?