Kahn for Trek Sequel?


JJ Abrams in a recent interview said there still is no script for the follow up to Star Trek which recently came out on DVD.

Rumor on Coming Soon.net has the genetically engineered tyrant of the Eugenics Wars ready to make a comeback.

Who do they think could portray the character made famous by Ricardo Montalban
in the 1967 “Star Trek” episode “Space Seed” and 1982 feature Star Trek: The
Wrath of Khan? 

Nestor Carbonell, who plays Richard Alpert on the J.J.
Abrams-executive produced ABC series “Lost.”

 

Batmanuel from the short live action Tick and the mayor in Dark Knight? Nestor does resemble Montalban, I’ll give him that, but I don’t think he can pull off a surprise act like Chris Pine did in the first film.

In my opinion, Noonien Sigh is the arch enemy of Kirk just as The Joker is to Batman. You have the natural born leader against the artificially-created leader.

But it seems more likely the Klingon Empire will make their reappearance first due to the deleted scene on the prison planet shown here:

The decision to make them like orcs as opposed to barbarians is a step in the right direction as far as reimagining goes.