Not Khan! I know I tricked you there with that awesome Khan poster above, but Simon Pegg himself stated no on the Khan issue in a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph in the UK. Here are the important paragraphs...
This time, Pegg isn’t the only Brit in the world of Starfleet. Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as a villain. Pegg is full of praise for Cumberbatch’s baddy, whom he describes as “not just another disgruntled alien. It’s a really interesting… sort of… thing,” he squirms. “Obviously I can’t talk about it.” Given internet rumours that Cumberbatch has been cast as Kirk and Spock nemesis Khan, will this be a very different “wrath of Khan” from the 1982 film of the same name? “It’s not Khan,” replies Pegg, annoyed. “That’s a myth. Everyone’s saying it is, but it’s not.”
Is that misinformation from the famously secretive Abrams camp? “No, I think people just want to have a scoop. It annoys me – it’s beyond the point to just ferret around for spoilers all the time to try to be the first to break them,” says Pegg, a fanboy’s fanboy who wrote an autobiography called Nerd Do Well and who seems to have forgotten that part of the thrill of being a comic book/film/sci-fi fan is about getting as many details as possible in advance. “It just spoils the film,” he complains. “It masquerades as interest in the movie but really it’s just nosiness and impatience. You just want to say, ‘Oh f--- off! Wait for the film!’”
Now I call bullshit on this one. Mr. Pegg, while a nice, fairly trustworth bloke, is having alittle fun here. I think he has more of a problem with spoilers coming out on films prior to their release than he does with people speculating that the villain is Khan. Sadly, spoilers are the way of the modern world of film. Whole websites exist with the sole purpose of spoiling films. Are we better for it as film lovers? Probably not, but that is a discussion for another time.
As far as Khan is concerned, I would take it to the bank that he is indeed the villain in this film. He is highly marketable and is a safe (read: profitable) choice as far as the studio suits are concerned. Abrams and company aren't going to reinvent the wheel here. Khan is safe. These guys play things safe.
Plus, JJ and company mention that Nolan's Batman films serve as inspiration for this series. Nolan reinterpretted The Joker to great success, I can see JJ trying to do the same here with Khan.
The villain is Khan, period. Now let's speculate how this Khan may be different and what the story of Star Trek 2 could be.
Source: aintitcoolnews
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