By
GustavoLeao /
11:34, 5 November 2012 /
Star Trek: Nemesis
In a recent Yahoo! video interview, J. J. Abrams. the director/producer of
"Star Trek Into Darkness" spoke about his current movie and television
projects, and briefly mentioned the new Star Trek movie.
When asked generally about "Star Trek Into Darkness", Abrams
replied that it "comes out next May, and we're just editing now. It is
obvioiusly a little to early to be talking specifically about the
movie, but we're editing the film now. It has been a blast working with
the same cast, and some new amazing actors, including Benedict
Cumberbatch, who is this British actor who is mind-blowing great, and we
are putting the movie together now."
Abrams went on to clarify the nature of Cumberbatch's role in the
movie. When the interviewer asked, "And, he (meaning Cumberbatch) is
the villian?", Abrams replied, "Uh huh", meaning "yes". While it is
generally known that Cumberbatch is playing a villian, this is the first
official word from Abrams', himself, that Cumberbatch was the villian
of "Star Trek Into Darkness".
Abrams finished his comments on "Star Trek Into Darkness" by
talking about the fans who won walk-on roles in the film. Just before
the start of production on "Star Trek Into Darkness", the DVD version of
Abrams' movie, "Super 8", was released, which included the opportunity
to get a chance to win a walk-on role in "Star Trek Into Darkness".
Abrams said, "We ended up putting a couple of fans into the film in
a background capacity. When there's a... when the studio approves this
kind of thing, it is really fun because there are fans that would pay
to be a part of a movie like that even in the background ... and when it
benefits a good cause, it's an obvious win for people who say I would
pay good money to be part of a Star Trek movie. It is one of the things
you can't do too much of because it becomes this slippery slope of when
do you stop it. At a certain point you don't want to be offering
people walk-ons and then not giving them something where you don't
actually get seen, or having a shot of getting seen. But when it is for
a good cause, it is a great thing."
The link to the video interview can be found
here.
Special Thanks to TrekWeb Reporter John Morton
