J.J. Abrams Says Star Trek Into Darkness Klingons Are Different from the Previous Klingons

Feb 19, 2013 by Brian Gallagher

Star Trek Into Darkness to feature adversarial Klingons, according to J.J. AbramsBefore J.J. Abrams gets to work on Star Wars: Episode VII, the filmmaker will roll out what will surely be one of this year's biggest box office hits, Star Trek Into Darkness. The director recently spoke about the addition of the Klingons to this highly-anticipated sequel, who were initially set to appear in 2009's Star Trek before the scene was cut. "Their role in this is definitely adversarial, and you'll see how that plays out. You don't need to know any preexisting stories to watch this film. We had shot some stuff that had Klingons in [our first Star Trek film], and we cut the scene. It's a deleted scene on the DVD. But they're back in this one."

Another new addition in this highly-anticipated follow-up is Carol Marcus, portrayed by Alice Eve, a character who has been rumored to be a love interest of Chris Pine's Captain Kirk. While the director wouldn't confirm or deny whether or not sparks will fly between Kirk and Marcus, he revealed that a romance will not come at the expense of the overall story.

"He meets her fairly early on and again she plays a science officer, she's someone who is a part of the adventure. I think Chris is right, because it's very much an action adventure movie and once that gets going it's a difficult thing to park the story and say, 'Let's do a romantic interlude.' Her role is important, she wouldn't be in the movie otherwise."

Star Trek Into Darkness comes to theaters May 17th, 2013 and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban, Chris Pine, Alice Eve, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin. The film is directed by J.J. Abrams.

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