I think it’s safe to say that Benedict Cumberbatch won’t be playing a very nice person in Star Trek Into Darkness. Indeed this trailer suggests he’s going to be one of the biggest threats the Star Trek universe has ever seen.
It certainly looks like the film is going to be intense and explosive, with things getting personal between Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and Cumberbatch’s John Harrison, even if that means the Enterprise crashing to earth and Starfleet on the edge of all out war.
Here’s the synopsis: Here’s the film’s synopsis: ‘In summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
‘With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.’
The film is out May 9th in the UK and May 17th in the US. And as you may have noticed, there’s also a new Kirk character poster, which you can see above.