Shatner Added to Everest 82

According to the Calgary Sun, William Shatner (Star Trek) has been added to the cast of Everest 82:

Shatner, 75, will play a journalist following the attempt by Laurie Skreslet and Pat Morrow to become the first Canadians to scale the highest mountain peak on Earth.

Everest 82 is a co-production of Ontario’s Screen Door Productions and Calgary’s Alberta Filmworks Inc.

The four-hour, two-part TV film which began shooting in Banff, Jasper and Kananaskis in April is set to wrap June 19.

Edmonton-born Eric Johnson stars as Skreslet.

Jason Priestley is currently in town shooting a cameo as John Laughlin, a climber who helped organize the expedition, but was killed in an Alberta climb months before it began.

The official story is located at the Calgary Sun website.

William Shatner photo from this link.