Benedict Cumberbatch is the undoubted star of the first trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, beaming down today.
The Sherlock star is the villain in the new film, the sequel to the 2009 Star Trek reboot. Once again written and directed by JJ Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Simon Pegg, Star Trek Into Darkness tells the continuing adventures of the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they boldly go in 3D and on IMAX screens.
There's a Japanese version of the trailer with an intriguing moment added to the end -- press play below to energise the Japanese trailer and see Cumberbatch aiming his best gravell-y trailer voice at Kirk and crew, including another Brit, Alice Eve.
The first Dark Knight Rises-style poster shows Cumberbatch standing over a ravaged London -- you can see the Gherkin and St Paul's as well as various future-y skyscrapers. But the burning question among fans is the identity of Cumberbadguy: rumours linger that he plays Khan, the genetically engineered dictator who troubled William Shatner in the original series and Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan.
But with his icy eyes, Starfleet uniform and apparent city-toppling power, we could be looking at a big-screen outing for Gary Mitchell. Mitchell was an old friend of Captain Kirk who acquired telekinetic powers in the second pilot episode of the original series, Where No Man Has Gone Before (the first pilot episode was titled The Cage and featured Spock but not Kirk, trivia fans).
Star Trek Into Darkness is released in May. If you can't wait to get your darkness on, you can start trekkin' with the first nine minutes of the film playing on IMAX screens before screenings of the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, released on 13 December.
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anonymous 6 December, 2012 11:37
No way its going to be Gary. The same team was involved in the comic books of this crew, and Gary has been dealt with.
As for wearing uniform, duh, Khan also wears it at some point.
There.
Rich Trenholm 6 December, 2012 11:41
Ah, but how canon are the comics?
Nick Hide 6 December, 2012 11:44
If he's Khan, there needs to a whole lot more backcombing and chest exposure.
John Lee Griffin 6 December, 2012 14:59
omg, cant wait
anonymous 6 December, 2012 15:06
This whole series of movies can't really be help to Trek cannon as the have already seriously messed with it by destroying Vulcan. the producers have wide leeway to re-imagine the entire Trek universe.
Late8 6 December, 2012 20:15
Just some observations....
Bad guy BACK for Revenge & Human (appears to be super human jumping around) .... Khan?
Weapon of mass destruction ... genesis device?
Hands separated by glass... spocks death ?
Blond science officer .. Dr Carol Marcus ?
Are they doing a slight re-wright ?
Peter Hudson 6 December, 2012 20:51
Anon, these films aren't considered cannon. The are considered to be running in a universe parallel to the 'proper' star trek universe.
Late8, I never thought about that, maybe it's not a remake of the second one in the more traditional sense.
CaptainPicard 6 December, 2012 22:42
I didn't really like the 2009 Star Trek film, it really pissed many fans off, just soo many lights flashing. In fact all Star Trek films are crap, except The Undiscovered Country. The TV series are quality! I would really like to see a film in the proper universe made, perhaps a storyline set in DS9 or Voyager for a change.