Benedict Cumberbatch Channeling JOKER & HANNIBAL LECTOR For STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Villain Role

He should be the next Joker.

Could care less who he is. Not a Trekkie but enjoyed the first film and looking forward to the second.

An evil Sherlock?



Oh god the horror...

^ THANK YOU.

@TheRedHood- Yeah and "John Harrison" has the exact same amount of letter as "Gary Mitchell"

Coincidence?

Look, we can pick this sh!t apart piece by piece but...my biggest proof, or at least to me is the biggest proof came from Simon Pegg. When he blatantly denied Khan is the villain. Pegg aint a liar, ok? He's a geek just like the rest of us. He used to do the very same things as us.

He's not into [frick]ing with our minds about who this villain really is. Simon Pegg is more about the BARE FACTS. And he FLAT OUT blasted the Khan rumors as "myth"

There is no Khan in this film. MAYBE Cumberbatch is an augment. MAYBE. That's fine with me. But is he actually "Khan" ? THE Khan? No. He is not.

And if I were to be a betting man. My bet is Abrams will never bring Khan into these films. Did you also know that back when Orci and Kurtzman were working on the screenplay for this film, the original idea was to have GARY MITCHELL as the villain.

See? I can pull out coincidences too.

Or...the fact that this guy is a member of Starfleet. Or...the fact he's a white guy.

Or...the fact that in this timeline, Khan IS STILL INDIAN. He was affected by the altered timeline.

Besides, Khan already appeared in the 2009 Trek film. Remember? Nero :)

Nero=Khan. They matched each other in terms of goals, motivations, right down to the classic "Khaaaan/Spoooock" screams.

Oops in my above comment i meant to say Khan was NOT affected by the altered timeline.

Anyway Mark, I wasn't trying to bully you. But i have noticed...i mean you're one of the junior editors here on CBM...you should be a bit more subtle...more neutral. Not saying your opinion shouldn't or doesn't matter but if in every article you want to shove down people's throats that he's Khan then you're simply leading the sheep astray and irritating those who want a fresh, new villain or at least one who hasn't even HAD a movie yet.

Just saying.

This guy had his day in the sun. This is a new timeline. Time for people to move on.

Now let me be clear IF Khan were to appear in the films at some point (which i kinda doubt) but if he did, that is ...'ok'

What gets me upset is when everyone keeps insinuating that CUMBERBATCH is Khan. That's what i don't want. I don't want Cumberbatch to be Khan. I don't want to see Khan as the main villain in this film.

Now if they wanted to maybe put a post-credits scene of the Botany Bay floating through space, that's fine. That's a nice little tease for the fans and could lead into the 3rd film.

But for THIS film. With THIS actor- Benedict Cumberbatch. I really hope and pray he isn't Khan.

I'm partly against the Khan thing too because we already have General Zod as the villain in Man of Steel. So if they were to bring back Khan as the villain for this movie too. It would just seem like Hollywood has gotten lazy. Lazy to the point where we have to brand, spanken new REBOOTED film universes yet of all the many villains Superman has or the Starship Enterprise has, they seem to only be able to bring back Zod and Khan?

Lame.

The point of a rebooted universe for a film is to not CLING to the old stuff of the past. Man of Steel wants to cling to Zod (who already had a movie- Superman II) I hope and pray, Abrams is a little more creative and doesn't dig up Khan (who already had a movie- Wrath of Khan) and coincidently both films came out the SAME EXACT YEAR- 1982 LMAO

I think he is going to do a great job. I think he can also make a good riddler in the batman movies.

Bring it Cumber-bitch :P



Can't wait!

I like the part where Khan raised the genius ape who grew up to take over the world for ape-kind. Are they putting that in the movie;)? Maybe they'll show the Khan who lived on a magical island with his diminuitive sidekick, granting wishes (that teach moral lessons) to people? x)

Maybe he's not Noonien Khan. Maybe he's Ghengis Khan? Maybe he's Shaka Khan?

Remember: Those who Khan, do. Those who Khan't, get banished to Ceti Alpha V.

Lord Loki has spoken

Ever since I heard Cumberbatch do an Alan Rickman impersonation, I hear Rickman through BC every interview.

On another random note, that STID Japanese one sheet looks pretty cool...because of the Japanese characters.

ENOUGH please why does it matter who the villain is everyone knows what I think that it's definitely not Gary Mitchell or khan. JJ Abrams always does this its just a ploy for us to go and see it.

I'll give JJ and the crew credit for keeping his role a mystery... in this day and age with technology and everyone knowing everything about a movie before its released....