The Star Trek sequel just got a lot more fascinating. Benedict Cumberbatch — who's been rocking our screens as the BBC's Sherlock Holmes and voicing Smaug in The Hobbit — will play a villain in Trek 2. (Or Trek 12.) Which means he'll probably have a lot of scenes with Peter Weller, who's playing the main villain's older sidekick. Robocop and Sherlock, together at last. NuKirk and friends don't stand a chance.
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