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9.12.11 # Sequel # 10 Comments
With Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol looking like a bit of a dull dud-in-barely-waiting, it is hardly surprising that the name producer of that movie, J.J. Abrams, is already looking ahead to his next outing as director, that being the Star Trek sequel, due summer 2013. And like the 1982 follow-up to the original Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the villain is apparently set to be cult bad guy Khan. But who will play him?
With J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek having rebooted Kirk and company into a new continuity, the assumption was that the sequel would offer a fresh take on the most enduring individual foe faced by the Enterprise crew, that being Khan Noonien Singh, originally played both on the big and small screens by Ricardo Montalban.
However rumours have persisted that Khan was being circumnavigated by Abrams and his collaborators, in favour of reviving another character from the source TV show (see this piece from September for a full list of then-suspects). Now though, Khan would seem to be very much back in the picture, with Benicio Del Toro having been tipped to take the role just a few days ago.
Negotiations with Del Toro have apparently since come to naught, but two other names have drifted into the frame – Jordi Mollà, who has had roles in Blow, Bad Boys II and Knight and Day amongst others, and Edgar Ramirez, who made a big impact playing the title role in Oliver Assayas’ epic fact-based miniseries/movie Carlos, and who will be seen next spring as Ares, God of War, in Wrath of the Titans, a role originally offered to Javier Bardem.
For the record, Abrams and Star Trek parent studio Paramount have both denied the Khan rumour, so let’s momentarily focus instead on some confirmed Trek II casting: British actress Alice Eve is set to feature in an as-yet unnamed role, while veteran Robocop and Naked Lunch star Peter Weller is apparently playing a CEO.
Star Trek II is due for release on 17 May 2013.
Sources: Variety, Latino Review
I believe PARAMOUNT made a HUGE mistake when they released II in 1982
The beginning of the movie should have been a black screen and the pulsing of the scanner/video monitor…next cut to the KHAN episode from the 60′s replaying the trial scene with Spock’s line how he’d like to visit in the future to see what seed was sown; THEN cut to 1982 KHAN…The fans would have ripped the theater apart; I know *I* would have
A lot of Star Trekkers object to bringing back Khan as did Batman fanatics equally object to bringing back “the Joker” , but look what happenned. Everyone had second thoughts of JJ Abrams doing justice to rebooting the Star Trek franchise , but he did a great job and still everyone has a problem with the rumors of re-intoducing the Khan character. If he does, It will be great!! If he doesn’t , it will be great as well ! Rumor has it the new cast is signed on for 2 new movies. Maybe he will do something different and set up the Khan reboot for the third installment to follow? That also would be extra COOL !! Then maybe, It would be possible to get Javier Bardem to be Khan! He would be Ricardo Montalban on Steroids ! Regardless, I trust JJ with the Star Trek franchise in his hands! He deserves credit for the awesome job he did with Star Trek 2009 !!
I’m completely oblivious to who Khan is (not that I’m a massive fan anyway). I think nowadays people are more familiar with The Next Generations bad guys like Romulans, Borg and Klingons.
So on one hand it would be nice to see a good classic character re-introduced (like they did with the whole original crew) but on the other hand I want to see pure evil, dalek-mentality Klingons!
Gene Roddenberry was a great researcher into what the future might be like. For example: Medical tricorders, cell phones, and the concept of warp-speed and the transporter. Also computers ( W/floppy-disks and I-pods) He also entertained prophets and the visions they projected. Nostrodamus mentioned the rise of an Asian prince that would rise to power in the late 20th to 21st century to usher in World War 3. That is where the story of ” Space Seed ” Might have come from! ( just an educated Guess on my part that happens to fit nicely ! ) He was the Greatest ( Gene R.) I always thought Star Wars was unrealistic with ” the force” and Luke Skywalker running around in space with a white-belt Karate robe seeking advice from a green deformed Frog! I know that the younger Trekkers are not looking towards the reboot of Space Seed, But if it happens, They will love it!!
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. If it is a reboot of ” Space Seed ” , Gene Simmons of Kiss would be GREAT for the part of Khan !! He is very intelligent and has that Middle Eastern / Indian look down packed !! Plus , he wouldn’t demand the money that Benicio was asking !!
It WOULD be cool if they directed Gene Simmons in the role. I think he may surprise us.. though I believe you meant to write he has that middle eastern thing “down PAT”, not “down packed” haha. Just teasing but it’s an old expression. Simmons has Israeli roots I believe. But yes I would like to see him if they can’t get someone like Javier Bardem or a new actor we don’t know. There must be others with all those actors waiting for a shot.
Khan!………Khan!…….. Iam all for this if it turns out to be true.
For those unfamiliar with Khan, and thinking the Romulans and klingons were pure evil, watch the original show with Ricardo, and the movie in ’82. Khan is worse. The Klingons at leas were outwitted more easily, and the Romulans of the new movie got some of their nastiness (use of the truth-inducing earwig animal) from Khan. Khan was also genetically altered as a superior human, yet another foresight from the endlessly underestimated Star Trek show. Ricardo was great in the role; convincing that he really wants revenge, and has truly forgotten he is acting in a movie. I agree that Javier Bardem would be a great Khan.
Can’t wait for this movie!
I think Jonathan Goldsmith should play Khan.He plays “the most interesting man in the world” in the Dos Equis commercials. he would be awesome.
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