Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American
science fiction film released by
Paramount Pictures. It is the first
Star Trek film and stars the cast of the original 1966–1969
Star Trek television series. The film is set in the twenty-third century when a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as
V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral
James T. Kirk (
William Shatner) resumes command of his previous starship—the recently refitted
USS Enterprise—to lead it on a mission to save the planet and determine VGers origins.