The First Teaser Poster
The teaser poster features the sequel's villain, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, surveilling damage through a hole torn out of the side of the building in the shape of the familiar Starfleet insignia.
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The Captain and the Doctor
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Chris Pine reprises his starmaking lead role as Captain James T. Kirk, seen here with Alice Eve, who plays Federation scientist Dr. Carol Marcus — a part orginated by Bibi Besch in 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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In Shatner’s Shadow
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Pine says stepping into Kirk's shoes was more daunting than taking over as Jack Ryan — a part played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. "Obviously, William Shatner put an iconic stamp on [Kirk]," he told Digital Spy.
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Logically Perturbed
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Zachary Quinto, back as Mr. Spock, peers from inside a geometric spacesuit at a wall of fiery wreckage.
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Set Your Phasers to Kill
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Mr. Spock holds his weapon at the ready as danger looms.
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When Uhura Attacks
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Zoe Saldana plays Uhura, the USS Enterprise's chief communications officer, but she'll be called upon to perform action-hero heroics in this Star Trek sequel.
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Good vs. Evil
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Benedict Cumberbatch's character — who, according to Paramount, is named John Harrison — faces his foe from inside a holding cell.
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Who is John Harrison?
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures BAFTA and Emmy-nominated Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch looms large in the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. But the true nature of his character and his destructive mission has been kept under wraps.
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Stuck Inside Space Jail
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Cumberbatch features heavily in the movie's trailer, shattering what he calls their "illusion of safety."
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A Part Won Over iPhone
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Cumberbatch shot his Star Trek into Darkness audition on iPhone. A day after New Year's 2012, he received an e-mail from director J.J. Abrams reading, "You want to come and play?" It was the director's way of telling Cumberbatch he got the part.
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Giving Her All She’s Got
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Back again is Simon Pegg as Montgomery Scott — also known as Scotty, the ship's fiesty chief engineer.
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Opening Doors is For Klingons
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Despite the dark imagery, director Abrams insists the movie is ultimately "about hope, about love, about romance, and about facing something that is truly terrifying and finding a way through the connection of your family and surviving and being stronger afterwards."
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Passing the Mantle
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Chris Pine's Captain Kirk has a heart-to-heart with Captain Christopher Pike, his predecessor on the Enterprise, played by Bruce Greenwood.