It looks like that super-secretive J.J. Abrams has finally decided now is the time for us to actually learn something about Star Trek Into Darkness. The film has been kept under lock and key for months as eager fans tried to figure out who the villain would be, and just how Abrams planned to upstage his 2009 hit. As we're only a couple of weeks away from the trailer and 9-minute preview preceding showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the official plot synopsis is finally here, and it sounds like Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise will be battling a threat from within.
PLOT: 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.
Well that certainly sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing Gary Mitchell, a former member of Starfleet who goes a little nutso and gains telekinetic powers. That would also explain why Cumberbatch was sporting a Starfleet outfit in those set photos.
Star Trek Into Darkness reunites Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin. They'll be joined by newcomers Alice Eve, Peter Weller, Noel Clarke, and Cumberbatch when the film opens on May 17th 2013.
