Idris Elba in Talks to Play Villain in ‘Star Trek 3′ 

Idris Elba in Talks to Play Villain in ‘Star Trek 3′

“Luther” star Idris Elba is early negotiations to play the villain in director Justin Lin’s “Star Trek 3,” Variety reports.

The “Thor” actor, who will next be seen in “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” would join returning cast members Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho and Anton Yelchin. The film is set for release July 8, 2016.

Details of Elba’s roles are of course under wraps. However, the website notes the Klingons have long been rumored as the antagonists in the sequel, written by Pegg and Doug Jung .

Elba has a busy schedule ahead of him, including a “Luther” miniseries, the Discovery Channel’s “The Idris Elba Project,” “Beasts of No Nation” and “The Jungle Book.”

Idris Elba, Parmount Pictures, Star Trek 3

Idris Elba would make an AMAZING Klingon. His voice and presence would add palpable menace to the role. Please make this happen.

I hope Doug Jung and Simon Pegg will stop the trend of underwritten villain roles in this series. http://filmcutting.com/idris-elba-in-talks-to-play-star-trek-3-villain/

Into Darkness was a incoherent mess of a movie that got too cute with the Khan reveal. And the “magic blood” thing was just stupid. Lousy writing and lazy diection.

Cool, a menacing, brawny villain. Cumberbatch could only do so much. ;)

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