Hours after director JJ Abrams confirmed Benicio Del Toro as the villain in the upcoming Star Trek sequel, Deadline reports Star Trek 2 will be released on May 17, 2013 and is being shot in 3D.
Concerning Toro’s role in the follow-up, it’s unclear whether he’ll play a Klingon, Romulan, or just a regular human. Abrams shared some details with MTV during a press junket for the Blu-ray release of Super 8 and said the following:
“Well, we’re just in negotiations, we’re in discussions. It’s not even negotiations, just discussion. But I would love to work with him. I’ve wanted to work with him for years, it felt like a good opportunity. As soon as we know who it’s going to be and I’d love it to be him that’ll be of course public knowledge…”It’s too early to talk about what the role is, but he’s such an amazing actor. He’s so versatile. He could sort of do anything. Except play Uhura, I wouldn’t buy that.”
Great addition to the already awesome cast, but something gotta give with the release date. Way too far.
