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Cast Idris Elba (Luther, The Jungle Book) in everything. Seriously, that man can do no wrong. Today we’re hearing that Elba is in talks to play the villain in Star Trek 3. Fine by me. He can play the villain, the hero, Spock and a tribble if you want. According to Variety, Elba may be joining Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho and Anton Yelchin in the film, which will be directed by Justin Lin (Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6). As you know, the first two films were directed by J.J. Abrams who is currently directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Elba, who will next be seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron, might just play a Klingon, if the early rumors are true and the universe is good to us. The script is written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung and Star Trek 3 will hit theaters on July 8, 2016.

 

 

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Jenna Busch

Jenna Busch is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Legion of Leia and has hosted and written for sites like Nerdist, ComingSoon.net, Metro, Birth. Movies. Death., IGN, AOL, Huffington Post and more. She co-hosted Cocktails With Stan with the legendary Stan Lee and has appeared on Attack of the Show, Fresh Ink, Tabletop with Wil Wheaton, in the documentary She Makes Comics, on NPR and Al Jazeera America, and has covered film/TV/gaming/comics for years. She's currently a co-host on Most Craved. She's been published in the comics anthology Womanthology, is a chapter author for Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind, Game of Thrones Psychology and Star Trek Psychology and more, and owns a terrifying amount of swords and 20-sided dice. There are also those My Little Pony trailer voice overs that give one nightmares.