"STAR TREK Into Darkness" - 2013

[stonut]

Well they have confirmed the imax version as well now. They start shooting soon so the rumours will be flying

[turtlesrock]

shooting soon? whoo! =D

[Meds]

Some cool  :tardis casting news.

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With details very, very scarce about J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 2, even as it gears up for production this spring, we can only rely on the handful of new cast members to make guesses about what the sequel has in store. Now we've got our first casting announcement for the film this year; according to Variety, Dr. Who star Noel Clarke has taken a role in the film. Naturally, the part is fairly under wraps, but Variety hears he "will play a family man with a wife and a young daughter." Star Trek cynics may assume a guy with love for his family is a doomed redshirt with a target on his back, but really, there's no telling where they might go with this.

Clarke is familiar to Who fans as Mickey Smith, but he also had a small role in Neil Marshall's Centurion and the Andy Serkis-starring biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. The Trek role, if it turns out to be significant, could be a huge break for the British actor, who won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2009. He joins the Trek 2 as a newbie without too much company-- though Alice Eve and Peter Weller are both confirmed for unspecified new roles, there's still no official word on whether Edgar Ramirez will in fact play the villain, as was rumored last December after Benicio del Toro left the project.

The movie is set for release on May 17, 2013, which is already enough to have some of us looking straight past the summer of 2012 and wondering when next summer will get here already. Even without knowing how big a role Clarke will have, this cross-over between geek-friendly franchises should already be enough to have people even more excited.

[Feathers]

OK... That does surprise me... Not in a bad way though.

[Meds]

I'm a huge fan of Noel, i've been really impressed with not only his acting but hos writing and directing skills are amazing.

[bevs_plaything]

Gosh, that suprises me...but in a good way.  :)

[Rico]

I think it's great casting!  They sure are trickling the news out on this.  Less than 2 weeks away from the start of production.

[Meds]

I think we are going to get some great surprises over the next few weeks. I love the fact that Noel has been cast. I'd love to know if he will be playing a human or a alien.

[ChrisMC]

That's cool. He made a potentially unlikeably goofy-type character cool on Doctor Who. Just makes you wonder if that alternate universe he and Rose end up in is the JJ verse...

[X]

That's cool. He made a potentially unlikeably goofy-type character cool on Doctor Who. Just makes you wonder if that alternate universe he and Rose end up in is the JJ verse...

Nope, he came back and left here there pining after another guy.

[Dangelus]

Hmmm of the top of my head, could he be playing a younger Richard Daystrom?

That might be interesting! :)

[Meds]

More sleuthing casting news (see what I did there)

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Already set to play the evil Smaug the dragon in The Hobbit, up-and-coming British actor Benedict Cumberbatch looks to have landed another huge villainous role: the main baddie in Star Trek 2. Deadline got the scoop that he had been cast in a "a lead role," and Variety adds that it is indeed the villain role that Edgar Ramirez auditioned for last month. At the time Ramirez was considered the top choice, but for whatever reason things have changed, and Cumberbatch is now the guy.

You can see Cumberbatch practically everywhere these days, from a pivotal supporting role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to a crusading soldier in War Horse to playing the lead character on BBC's Sherlock, which just premiered for its second season. While he's undeniably well-qualified to play the Trek villain, and his British snootiness should make an excellent contrast to Chris Pine's cocky American Captain Kirk, his casting seems to belie the recurring rumor that the film's major villain is Khan. As played by Ricardo Montalban in the original TV series and Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, Khan was Indian and played by a Mexican-American actor; the rumors that del Toro and Ramirez, both Spanish-speaking actors, seemed to confirm that Khan was the guy.

[Dangelus]

Ha you beat me to it! :)

[Meds]

Lol hee hee geek racing

[Feathers]

This should be a fun film!

Are they casting anyone not associated with a current Moffatt BBC show?

(yes, I know Mickey Smith was an RTD creation) ;)