In case you haven’t forgotten, J.J. Abrams has another sci-fi blockbuster hitting theaters before Star Wars: Episode VII and Paramount is here to remind us with a batch of new stills. Featuring our Star Trek Into Darkness crew and baddie (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), they don’t reveal too much, but do show Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) in peril.
Revealed over on EW, they do discuss a bit of the plot, saying, “This time around the headstrong Kirk violates Starfleet orders and jeopardizes his command in order to take the Enterprise on the trail of a terrorist who launches spirit-crushing attacks on London and San Francisco. Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch plays the bad guy in question, a man called John Harrison who’s described by co-writer Alex Kurtzman as a ‘member of Starfleet who turns on Starfleet.'” Check out the new images above and below.
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.
Star Trek Into Darkness opens on May 17th, 2013.