Star Trek Sequel: The Search For Khan
Sat, December 3, 2011 
When it got out General Zod was the heavy in The Man of Steel, Zack Snyder issued strong denials saying, "It's just wrong" and "The Internet has no idea what’s going on." Remind me again, folks, who's that Kryptonian warmonger Michael Shannon is playing opposite Henry Cavill?
When stuff like this gets out, you can't believe the filmmakers at face value when they run to the microphone assuring everyone there is no fire. Not that they want to be assholes lying to your face and playing you for a schmuck. But nobody wants these things getting out before everything is finalized taking away from their chance of making a big splash announcement themselves on their own terms.
So when Latino Review reported the villain role of Benicio del Toro's in the highly-anticipated sequel to J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is Khan earlier this evening, guess what happened next? Abrams himself publicly denied it to Hit Fix stating with two simple words, "Not true."
I want to believe Abrams. From a pure ego stand-point, no Khan backs the info we received. More importantly, I want to believe Abrams knows how Goddamn lazy it is to throw that character into the equation this soon after the 2009 reboot brought the franchise back from the dead and, for the first time in its history, made it cool to like Star Trek.
The best commentary I've seen, so far, came from Scott Mendelson:
"New STAR TREK 2 news would be like Sony/MGM following up CASINO ROYALE (rebooted, restarted 007 franchise) by loosely remaking GOLDFINGER."
Yeah, I'd like to believe Abrams...but sadly this looks more like he's covering his ass.
Reader Comments (8)
But isn't it possible guys that the villains are Klingons AND Khan?
I mean I don't see how your sources heard Klingons and nothing about Khan.
I figured you guys might want to read this. Some dude in the SlashFilm forums about Khan as the main villain posted this:
"I was speaking to a friend who works for major creature shop in LA today. He is working on tests for the Klingons for the new Star Trek movie. Now, this doesn't mean that Kahn isn't in the film but I can confirm that there will be Klingons. In my opinion, Klingon's make more sense to be the central villains in the next Trek movie rather than Kahn."
Despite what we were told, I always thought that Kahn was in the movie. I've been saying it from the get go. I think it is definitely possible that Kahn is some type of puppet master and the Klingons are the heavier villians.
So then it's possible that Latino Review is right AND wrong. Khan is in Star Trek 2 but Benicio isn't playing him, he's playing a Klingon villain. And Latino Review heard from their sources that Khan is in it period and assumed that Benicio is playing him. I could definitely see that as a possibility. I think regardless Klingons are definitely in it.
Its already been debunked from jj. If anything toro will likely be a klingon per latest rumors.
I don't know why they even bother to get a comment from JJ when you know he wasn't going to tell the truth. I remember the exact same thing with Snyder and zod who wasn't in the film either, guess that changed.... then again its funny watching all these movie websites get all pissy with eachother.
@Rob: Anything is possible, but Latino Review has a solid track record at breaking these types of stories. I think both Kahn and the Klingons are going to play a role, I think the Klingons will have a bigger role.
@MovieFan: I would never take what Abrams is saying at face value, he has to protect their investment. That is part of his job. Mike Dougherty flat out told me that Jason in Superman Returns would not throw a piano in the film, happened. As @SolidSnake, said, you know he isn't going to tell the truth. Thomas Tull came out and "debunked" Goyer writing Man Of Steel.
We'll see.
@SolidSnake: Exactly