‘Big Bang Theory’ Cast Penny Kaley Cuoco and William Shatner Reunite; Jim Parsons and Mark Hamill Remake ‘Elf’ [RUMOR NEWS]

The cast of Big Bang Theory are busy making a few extra bucks now that they've got plenty of Season 8 episodes in the bag. Despite being a multimillionaire, Ryan Sweeting's wife is reuniting with Star Trek's original Captain James T. Kirk, William Shatner for yet another Priceline commercial. While Penny in working with the sci-fi icon, Jim Parsons has teamed up with Star Wars great, Mark Hamill , for a stop motion retelling of Elf on NBC this Christmas.

There is no telling if it's going to be another Kill Bill spoof or if William Shatner is going to throw another of Kaley Cuoco's would-be suitors from an open window alla Mission Impossible style, but the Priceline negotiators are getting back to business once again.

According to the Inquisitr, both Shatner and Cuoco are already hyping the taping via Twitter and Instagram respectively.

While Kaley and T.J. Hooker looked like a couple of old friends on the set, Cuco reveled via INstagram post that getting her Priceline ready wasn't necessarily the easiest of tasks, but her talented hair and makeup crew pulled it off and then some.

Cuoco may get to spend her days with Caption Kirk, but Jim Parsons is collaborating this year with Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill -- perhaps the ultimate validation of nerd cred.

The NBC holiday stop-motion special, Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, has America's favorite North Pole employee trying to convince his long lost dad, voiced by Hamill, to change his ways before his place on the "naughty" list is unchangeable.

The best part about the new animated version is that if you drink enough egg nog, according to Entertainment Weekly, you can kind of see the new Elf as an allegory of the original Star Wars saga:

"If you think about it, it's kind of the reverse of Darth Vader trying to woo Luke Skywalker to the dark side.

"So it's extra fitting that the voice of the father is you-know-who."

So...when exactly did it become socially acceptable for science fiction nerds to also be raging stoners?

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