A one-minute “announcement trailer” for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness was released in the middle of the night, so of course we’re awake at 3 AM writing about it. Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot aren’t putting the full two-minute trailer out until December 17th. You can also catch the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness before showings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at select IMAX theaters starting next Thursday.
The teaser shows a montage of destruction of the type we saw in the poster of Benedict Cumberbatch standing before a destroyed London in the shape of a Starfleet medallion. The teaser’s voiceover is Cumberbatch delivering the typical villain soliloquy. (“Enjoy these final moments of peace, for I have returned to have my vengeance.”) We still don’t know for certain which character he’s actually portraying although we have some ideas.
As for Benedict Cumberbatch’s baddie, the actor is being coy, seeming to suggest he’s not all that he seems, even if he stands in front of a ravaged London in the poster. “He is very ruthless,” he told a Tokyo press conference via RadioTimes. “He is not a clearly good or evil character. He is a villain but the actions he takes have intent and reason.” [The Playlist]
Is the reason that his parents gave him a name like “Benedict Cumberbatch”, thus ensuring he would engage in nefarious misdeeds?
Star Trek Into Darkness opens May 17, 2013. The teaser is below, with HD available at Apple. Also, Ryan Gallagher at CriterionCast noticed the subtitled Japanese version is 15 seconds longer, and we’ve embedded that below as well.
But before we get to the videos, can I just say this scene ripped my heart out and stomped on it?
“Is there anything you would not do for your family?”
[Sources: io9, /film, ENI, The Playlist, Joblo]
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So, anybody else get the very clear message that this is a Wrath of Khan remake, and that they’re essentially keeping it under wraps hoping to limit the fan torches and pitchforks? Because that’s the message I got, and I’m pissed.
I think there will be plenty of allusions to Wrath of Kahn but my money is still on it being Gary Mitchell. At least I hope so. Ain’t nobody should remake Kahn, yo. I wouldn’t be surprised if the ending was a reversal of the Wrath of Kahn ending though. Kirk sacrifices himself rather than Spock. Besides if it was a Kahn remake they’d have to know we’d find out sooner or later and to prolong the announcement would just piss off the Trekkies more. I don’t think they’re that stupid.
I agree with MrFroggie, that blonde girl looks exactly like Elizabeth Dehner, and that “I have returned” line give me the chills like this is some sort of secuel to that episode but not really because it has a lot of Khan stuff.
Guys, the blonde is Nurse Chapel. Or at least that’s what I’m assuming. Dehner would make sense as well, but I’m assuming Paramount is cramming in as many recognizable characters as possible.
I sense this will be Wrath of Khan but with someone not named Khan…so probably Gary Mitchell. Also, i think they are jumping around to different places and doing different things so i sense that the enterprise will get the task of hunting down a dangerous fugitive. Did anyone else notice the enterprise crashing into San Fransisco Bay?
It was a starship crashing into the bay, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was the Enterprise. Little early in the game to bust out 1701-A.
You can’t say they are keeping it under wraps when they make so many references to that very story.
I’m with MrFroggie. I think there will be many allusions and hat tips to Wrath of Kahn, but I also happen to think that a lot of these references are red herrings.
Wasn’t Khan, y’know, Asian and doesn’t Kirk have to maroon him on that planet first for him to start bitching about his vengeance? These vengeful villains, so vindictive. have a cup of tea or something.
Wasn’t Khan supposed to be pan-racial, like, the perfect man? You don’t cast Ricardo Montalban as an Asian.
I always thought that was just quirky ’60s casting. They couldn’t get Mickey Rooney so they went for the next best thing.
Montalban was Mexican god dammit!
“Star Trek: Into DarkKnight” …but that’s not necessarily a criticism. I will see the sh*t out of this.
Wouldn’t it be great if Cumberbatch was Ben Finney and this whole thing is just a smoke screen for a big budget “Court Martial” remake.
Also I’m pretty sure that blonde is going to be Carol Marcus and this is going to lead into Star Trek 3 : The Search for Khan.
It can’t be Khan, because Mickey Rourke wasn’t available. Who else could destroy spaceships while quoting Shakespeare to a bird?
I think it’s actually a full-length “Trouble With Tribbles”, only now they’ve taken on human form and ridiculous names like “Benedict Cumberbatch”.