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posted on November 28th, 2011, 12:45 am

interesting, it only holds true if jj has to obey the rules of sense. which i would never bet on.

An Abrams-version of The Wrath Of Khan can't ever be worse than Star Trek Nemesis, which ripped off the plot from TWOK anyways.

Since it's a reboot, I see no problem with redoing an already existing movie in a new way (hell, I wished someone would rewrite Voyager in a way that changes the screenplay like it happened to BSG).

All in all I'd say Abrams won't do a new wrath of Khan, because he will do his own movie like before. Since the first movie dealt with Kirks future reputation alot, a klingon villain would be the next logical step, because Kirk will hate klingons lateron.

posted on December 7th, 2011, 7:10 pm

Del Toro is out and Alice Eve(ooohhh yyyeeeaaahhh) is in. Caroll Marcus maybe? Would be the right time for her and Kirk to meet.

posted on December 21st, 2011, 1:05 am

Report: No Original Star Trek Actors In Sequel

http://trekmovie.com/2011/12/20/report-no-original-star-trek-actors-in-sequel/

posted on December 21st, 2011, 7:03 pm

Good call there.

posted on December 23rd, 2011, 8:02 pm

It will be shot in 2D then converted to 3D. Though JJ says IMAX pwns all. Its good news for me since I can't wear 3d glasses anyways.

We’re shooting on film, 2-D, and then we’ll do a good high-end conversion like the ‘Harry Potter’ movie and all that. Luckily, with our release date now we have the months needed to do it right because if you rush it, it never looks good…. "We were talking about [shooting in IMAX] and I would love to do it. IMAX is my favorite format; I’m a huge fan," he added.

JJ Abrams Gives Star Trek Sequel Update – To Be Shot in 2-D & Converted | TrekMovie.com

A part for Pike has been written in but Greenwood still needs to say yes. I really hope that his part eventually gets a bit bigger. Something more like Riker's former captain in Pegasus.

Orci: Bruce Greenwood Written Into Star Trek Seqeul Script | TrekMovie.com

The villian will be "original, unique and different". Though the main villian roll does appearently call for a latin male actor with an older mentor baddie thats not so weak himself and may be more dangerous than the main(like a Vader and Palpatine style relationship).

What is exciting about it is, unlike the last film where we were restarting and resetting up all the characters, we are going to jump right in and we don’t have to set up everyone again and we can go right into it. For those who haven’t seen it, go get it right now. We are kind of in a mad dash at the beginning of the film.  In all of our conversations we reference our favorite films and in Empire Strikes Back it is spectacular how they were able to pick up immediately and carry on from the last one.

There are amazing villains throughout the Star Trek universe, as well as new villains as we did in the last film. There are a lot of directions we can go in the film and in this particular case we chose to do something that would be original and unique and different and again on paper I think we made the right choice.

Star Trek Sequel Producer Talks “Mad Dash” Beginning & “Original” Story | TrekMovie.com

posted on January 5th, 2012, 6:55 pm

JJ turning to the BBC for actors it seems since hes added to more Uk'ers to the cast.

Benedict Cumberbatch of the Sherlock series fame is to be the main villian.

TrekMovie has learned Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the hit BBC series Sherlock, has been tapped to play a major role in the 2013 Star Trek sequel.

Following the first posting of this article Variety confirmed the TrekMovie report and also reported that Cumberbatch will be playing the villain. TrekMovie has followed up and confirmed this report as well.

JJ Abrams and his team originally were considering Benicio Del Toro for the role of the villain, but talks broke down about a month ago. Following that the team began looking at other actors including Edgar Ramirez. A source tells TrekMovie that Cumberbatch "blew them all away" with his audition.

Exclusive: Sherlock Star Benedict Cumberbatch Cast As Star Trek Sequel Villain | TrekMovie.com

I'll just repeat what others have said(if you havn't read already)...Lazarus much?

Secondly, Noel Clarke(Doctor Who) will be playing a supporting character playing "a family man with a wife and young daughter".

Variety is reporting that director JJ Abrams has cast another actor for his 2013 Star Trek sequel. Brit Noel Clarke, best known for a recurring role on BBC’s Doctor Who, has joined the cast. There is no name given for the role, but Variety reports that Clarke will be playing "a family man with a wife and young daughter."

Clarke (36) has an acting career dates back to the late nineties. In addition to his recurring role as Mickey Smith on Doctor Who, Clarke has appeared on many UK TV series as well as some films. He has also written and directed a couple of independent films and in 2009 won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Clarke joins the previously cast Alice Eve and Peter Weller, along with the returning main cast led by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. There is still no word yet on who will be playing the villain for the film. Talks broke down a month ago with Benicio Del Tor and since then there has been discussion of other actors auditioning for the role.

Brit Actor Noel Clarke Joins Star Trek Sequel Cast | TrekMovie.com

A young Tyrell? Daystrom? Klingon?

Either way, I wonder if they will both be keeping their British accent or not.

posted on January 5th, 2012, 7:17 pm

Getting a Brit to play the baddie is common enough occurrence to have its own TV Tropes entry.

Good to see he's been cast though; I thoroughly enjoy his work in Sherlock. So does my wife.

posted on January 13th, 2012, 2:10 am

http://trekmovie.com/2012/01/12/star-trek-sequel-begins-shooting-exclusive-production-update/

Star Trek Sequel Begins Shooting + Exclusive Production Update

posted on January 13th, 2012, 8:55 pm

So it seems that the Brits will still be Brits afterall since they just keep on comming.

Joseph Gatt will be...someone.

First reported by our friends at ScreenRant, TrekMovie has confirmed that British actor Joseph Gatt has been tapped for an unspecified role in the Star Trek sequel. A spokesperson for the actor tells TrekMovie that Gatt will begin shooting some tests this week.

The 37 year-old actor and former model has a career going back to the late 90s. Most recently he has been seen playing a CIA agent on Chuck and playing Grundroth the frost giant in Marvel’s Thor movie. Gatt also has a lot of experience doing voice and motion capture work for video games, including recent titles "Gods of War 3" and "Star Wars: The Old Republic"

Thor Actor Joseph Gatt Joins Star Trek Sequel [UPDATED] | TrekMovie.com

Nazneen Contractor(Not British born but shes grown up there) will play the "wife of the family man"(Noel Clark).

EW is reporting that Canadian actress Nazneen Contractor has joined the Star Trek cast. She has been tapped to play the wife to the "family man with wife and daughter" played by British actor Noel Clarke (cast earlier this week).

The 29 year old actress was born in Mumbai, India and raised and educated in Nigeria and London, later immigrating to Canada at the age of ten. Contractor’s acting career dates back a decade and she is known to Canadians for a recurring role as Sgt. Layla Hourani on the CBC drama The Border and will best be known elsewhere for her regular role as Kayla Hassan in the 8th season of 24.

24 Actress Nazneen Contractor Joins Star Trek Sequel Cast | TrekMovie.com

And they've started filming.

Firstly Abrams gave some details on the nuts and bolts of the production:
•Shooting starts Thursday (actually 3 days earlier than TrekMovie’s previous reporting), and will last four months
•Will shoot on film with anamorphic lenses, with 3D version using a conversion
•Studio pushed for 3D version, 2D version will also be shown

Regarding the recently announced casting of Benedict Cumberbatch, Abrams would not confirm he was playing the villain, but did have this to say about the actor:

He’s a genius. Honestly, he’s just an incredible actor. If you’ve seen his work in Sherlock, he’s just got incredible skills. He’s an amazing stage actor. He did amazing work (on stage) in Frankenstein. He’s brilliant. You try to cast people who are great. We got lucky.

Abrams also appears to confirm previous reports that there will be no returning original series stars for the sequel.

JJ Abrams Gives Star Trek Sequel Production/3D Update + Talks Cumberbatch Casting | TrekMovie.com

Also new engeneering room!

boborci

I’ll tell you this. There are some cool improvements to engine room!

posted on January 16th, 2012, 8:59 am

Also new engeneering room!

Thank god.

posted on January 27th, 2012, 4:53 am

Quinto: Star Trek Sequel Script Still Evolving

For most of the time the last Star Trek film was in production, Hollywood was working under a Writer’s Guild strike. This time that isn’t an issue and, according to actor Zachary Quinto, the writing team is taking advantage of the opportunity to make changes as they are going along. More details below.

http://trekmovie.com/2012/01/25/quinto-star-trek-sequel-script-still-evolving/

posted on February 24th, 2012, 9:26 pm

Heres two pics from the set! Important and interesting parts in bold.

In this first look at director J.J. Abrams' currently shooting "Star Trek" sequel, we see quite clearly that Zachary Quinto's returning Spock and the newcomer played by Cumberbatch are very much not friends. The two are locked in battle on top of what's being described as "a Space Barge set."

During the battle and in the photo you can see here, Spock does his best to stop his foe using his famous Vulcan Death Grip, but the move fails; Cumberbatch's character is able to overpower the grip and regain the upper hand in his struggle against the Star Fleet officer.

Interestingly, Spock is not the only one wearing a Star Fleet uniform. Cumberbatch's unknown character is seen wearing a black version of the uniform under his silver overcoat. A sign that this man was a friend before he was a foe?

In another shot from the epic battle, Zoe Saldana joins the fight once again as Uhura. She's using a phaser to save Spock from Cumberbatch's villain, though whether or not she'll be successful is a completely different story altogether.

‘Star Trek 2′ Set Photos Show Benedict Cumberbatch Battling Spock

Clearly hes playing a very physically strong character that we may or may not already know. Reading comments here and there people are either saying its some twisted version of Capt. Tracy or Fennigan or Gary Mitchell or a revived non-Khan Eugenitcs War leftover or some random rouge SF captain. Or he may have just stole the shirt from someone to blend in perhaps? But then again the longer than regulation hair would give him away. Though im going with the "former SF connection" crowd. Some part of me has always wanted to see a full-on Federation on Federation standoff. Eitherway you look at it though this "space barge" does appear pretty.....dated. And remember that they were going for a latino actor for the main villain role so who knows.

posted on February 26th, 2012, 7:02 pm

Rumor Control: Cumberbatch Role NOT Confirmed By IMDB + Star Trek Sequel Locations NOT Tweeted | TrekMovie.com

Heres some more good stuff:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4xjfg3NNhp8#![/youtube]

posted on February 29th, 2012, 6:45 pm

^Thats from 2008 fyi.

posted on February 29th, 2012, 7:31 pm

Well its still cool any way :-)

^Thats from 2008 fyi.