'Alias' creator warns that early 'Trek' rumors were 'not entirely accurate'

Maybe the fanboys and Hollywood trades were a little fast to jump on the J.J. Abrams-Starfleet Academy "Star Trek" rumors.

Last week ending with great jubilation in the "Star Trek" universe as Variety announced that "Alias" and "Lost" guru J.J. Abrams would produce and possibly direct the next "Star Trek" film and that the plot would revolve around Young Kirk and Young Spock in their earliest days as friends and colleagues.

Just hold your horses, partners.

In an interview with England's Empire magazine, Abrams said that what you've heard may not actually be entirely accurate. Then, like an "Alias" cliffhanger or an unresolved "Lost" mystery, he didn't say much else to clarify.

"The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation," Abrams told Empire. "People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate."

It's at this point, that you'd think Abrams, promoting his feature directing debut "Mission: Impossible III," would want to set the record straight. He doesn't.

"We've made a pact not to discuss any specifics," is the only other enlightening statement reported in Empire.

Otherwise, the biggest scoop is that Abrams likes the characters in the universe saying, "Those characters are so spectacular. I just think that... you know, they could live again."

Yup. That's pretty meaningless. But we thought you'd like to know.