Two weeks ago Paramount gave us a first look at J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel Into Darkness with a grim poster and an announcement trailer that introduced us to the film’s big baddie played by the one and only Benedict Cumberbatch. Today the studio provides a new teaser trailer, the one that’s attached to screenings of The Hobbit. New footage is mixed with brief glimpses we’ve seen before, including that special moment between Kirk and Spock that was originally added to the ending of the Japanese version of the announcement trailer. In this go around, Bruce Greenwood’s Captain Pike takes over most of the narration duties in a plea to his Enterprise successor Captain Kirk. “There’s greatness in you. But there’s not an ounce of humility,” he says. “You think that you can’t make mistakes. But there’s going to come a moment when you realize you’re wrong about that and you’re going to get yourself and everyone under your command killed.”
To learn the film’s antagonist’s name, jump after the break.
In addition to dropping the new teaser, Paramount also released this image from Into Darkness. The caption reads:
(Left to right) Zachary Quinto is Spock, Benedict Cumberbatch is John Harrison and Chris Pine is Kirk in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
I added the emphasis there because it’s the first time Benedict Cumberbatch’s character is referred to by a name. Who is John Harrison? That name apparently doesn’t exist in Star Trek canon, so it’s very possible that Abrams and company are simply using it as a placeholder to keep his true identity under wraps. Kirk’s nemesis Khan is still the number one guess on people’s minds. All we know is that Harrison is a terrorist who is responsible for all the destruction we see in the poster and the announcement and teaser trailers. And so the speculation continues.
Star Trek Into Darkness hits theatres May 17, 2013. Don’t forget you can watch the first nine minutes of the film in IMAX 3D today; click here to see if your local theatre is showing it.