"Lost" Creator Working on Trek Prequel

According E! News report by Joal Ryan plans have been reenergized for a Star Trek Prequel.

Young Kirk. Young Spock. Mr. Lost.
Those are the components Paramount Pictures has assembled to revive its sputtering Star Trek franchise.
A new big-screen movie, apparently featuring the early adventures of Trek forefathers James T. Kirk and Spock, and boasting the handiwork of Lost creator J.J. Abrams, is being primed for a 2008 release.

Bad news is young Spock runs around shouting "Yippee" and will befriend Jar Jar Binks. "Yousa Vulcans not'ta like us Gungans, me'sa thinks."