If seeing a report that Benedict Cumberbatch has been added to the cast of a film isn’t exciting, you probably haven’t been watching the BBC series Sherlock, in which he plays an absolutely wonderful version of Sherlock Holmes. (Cumberbatch also had notable roles recently in War Horse, as the British officer with whom Tom Hiddleston’s character had a friendly rivalry, and in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, where he played a character who provided some aid to Gary Oldman’s lead.)
The good news here is that Cumberbatch has been added to the cast of J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek sequel.
Update: And he’s the main villain! Read More »
.
Please Recommend /Film on Facebook
Briefly: Details remain skimpy on J.J Abrams‘ sequel to Star Trek, though the film should be shooting soon. But we’ve got one more name to add to the roster of new actors, which also includes Alice Eve and Peter Weller. Noel Clarke, the high-profile British writer/director/actor perhaps best known in the US for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who, has joined the cast.
Variety says he’ll play “a family man with a wife and young daughter,” which doesn’t tell us much at all about his role. I’m sure some will speculate that he’ll play as part of a flashback to Uhura’s past, but that seems like such obvious speculation that it can’t possibly be correct.
We’ll probably have to wait for a trailer to get a really good idea of what the film is all about. The Star Trek sequel will be post-converted to 3D and released on May 17, 2013.
Everything gets a sequel now: big tentpole event films, popular TV shows, and low-rent horror films. Especially low-rent horror films. After the break you’ll find:
- The latest minor rumblings on J.J. Abrams’ sequel to Star Trek,
- Word on a new version, a ‘requel’ if you will, of Killer Klowns From Outer Space,
- Assurance that Piranha 3DD isn’t getting dumped on video in the US,
- Turtle’s comments about an Entourage movie,
- and the first image of Jemaine Clement in Men in Black III.
Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 by Angie Han
With all the Star Trek 2 rumors floating around it’s almost easy to forget we don’t actually know a whole lot about the story at this point. That hasn’t changed, and likely won’t in the near future, but producer Bryan Burk and co-writer/producer Roberto Orci have revealed a couple tidbits of information sure to get fans speculating wildly. (Not that it takes much.)
While doing interviews for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Burk revealed that they’d be doing something “original and unique and different” with the villain. Meanwhile, Orci has confirmed that Bruce Greenwood will be reprising his role as Christopher Pike in the sequel. Read more after the jump.
Read More »
J.J. Abrams is a producer on Mission: Impossible, and as the new film in that franchise hits theaters he’s been out doing the standard promo push. Some questions are naturally being lobbed his way about the sequel to his 2009 Star Trek revival. The new Trek film should shoot early next year and has been adding cast members as rumors swirl about who the villain will be, and what actor might play the role.
We don’t have any new info on that side of things, but Abrams is talking about some other aspects of the movie. One is that he’ll shoot the movie on film and post-convert to 3D, and another report says that there won’t be any more appearances from classic Star Trek cast members. Read More »
Over the past few weeks, a few online videos made the rounds pitting Star Trek alum William Shatner in a nerdy battle of words with Star Wars alum Carrie Fisher over whose legendary sci-fi franchise is better. Well Trek star George Takei has now stepped in to be a “broker of star peace” and band fans of both franchises together against a common enemy: Twilight.
Check out the video after the jump. Read More »
The casting for J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek sequel is going strong, with Peter Weller and Alice Eve being the high-profile additions of late. Benicio Del Toro was said to have a lock on the key villain role (possibly Khan) but ended up passing on the part last week.
The combination of interest in Del Toro and the rumor of Khan as villain — originally played by Ricardo Montalban — led some to wonder if Del Toro’s replacement would be another Latin actor. That seems to be the case, as the latest report is that Venezuelan actor Édgar Ramírez, so very good in the Olivier Assayas miniseries Carlos, is the current front-runner for the role. Read More »
Here’s the downside to trying to develop a highly-anticipated movie in secret, as practiced by J.J. Abrams: rumors will always poke holes whatever shroud producers, directors and studios try to draw around a film. For the last few weeks we’ve been under the impression that Benicio Del Toro would be in the Star Trek sequel that Abrams is prepping right now, and the persistent speculation has been that he would play Khan. That speculation gained steam, evolving fully into rumor last week, thanks to a report from Latino Review, and despite a denial Abrams provided to HitFix.
Now we might have some context for that denial, as Vulture reports that Benicio del Toro won’t be in the film after all, because his deal talks broke down last week. Read More »
