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The news media was patting itself on the back just as "Star Trek 2" was wrapping principal photography. One of the biggest mysteries of this new film had been answered: Who the hell was Benedict Cumberbatch playing in the film. The answer, it seemed, was the one that many had speculated in the ...

Just hours after word seeped out that a popular "Doctor Who" face was joining "Star Trek 2," he was joined by yet another popular actor from across the pond. Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Steven Moffat's modernized "Sherlock" series, has joined the cast of the upcoming "Star Trek" sequel, joi ...

It's not easy choosing the top newsmakers on Airlock Alpha every year. The entire GenreNexus of sites (which also include Rabid Doll and Inside Blip) publish hundreds of stories each year, and it's sometimes tough to decide which was the most important, and which are worthy of forgetting. As w ...

Sorry, Star Trek fans. There won't be any Benicio del Toro a part of this universe. At least not for "Star Trek 2." The long-awaited "Star Trek" prequel seemed to have a lock on del Toro, the actor who won an Oscar in 2001 for "Traffic." However, del Toro and Paramount Pictures could not come to ...

Paramount Pictures thinks it's time Star Trek enters the 3-D age. Even if 3-D becomes a non-starter by 2013. The studio has pegged May 17, 2013 as the release date for its sequel to 2009's "Star Trek," creating what will now be a four-year gap between the two films. It's the longest wait Trekkies ...

"Star Trek 2" writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman like Hawaii (see: "Hawaii Five-0") as does writing partner Damon Lindelof (see: "Lost"). So why not put Star Trek there as well? J.J. Abrams is set to put Capt. Kirk and crew back in front of the cameras beginning in Jan. 15 not only on Para ...

Star Trek has long been known for putting in some pretty big names as bad guys in its films. Who can forget Ricardo Montalban as Khan? Christopher Lloyd as Kruge? Christopher Plummer as Chang? Alice Krige as the Borg Queen? All of us as the people who killed the humpback whales? OK, so maybe not ...

This story could contain spoilers for the upcoming "Star Trek 2." There have been a number of names circulating over who exactly Benedict Cumberbatch is playing in the upcoming "Star Trek 2." And while it seems that Khan Noonien Singh has been dismissed, there is a new name in play: Gary Mitchell ...

If Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Khan Noonien Singh in the upcoming "Star Trek 2," no one is willing to admit it. Not even film star Chris Pine or one of the film's writers, Alex Kurtzman, who talked about Cumberbatch's performance in recent interviews. "Sequels are about your bad guy," Kurtzma ...

Well, maybe it won't be Khan after all (if so, we still insist J.J. Abrams consider an Indian actor). But it appears that Abrams has set his sights on another Latino actor to take on the Big Bad role in "Star Trek 2." Trade publication Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures is now trying to ...