Over at Bad Ass Digest a source is spilling the beans most likely to disappoint anyone looking to see Trek's infamous bad guy....
"I have an informant placed close to the production of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek 2, and this informant got in touch with me to reveal that it looks like the storyline of the film has been decided. This person says that until the script is turned in anything could change, but right now there are two things that look to be set in stone:
1) Khan will not be the villain. You would think this would go without saying, but people keep speculating. In fact, my source says that the film won’t be focused on a traditional ‘villain’ type at all. Which leads us to:
2) The story will focus on a classic Trek character. And when I say classic, I mean a character who appeared in season one of the original series, when Gene Roddenberry was in charge."
Hmmmm, can't say that I wasn't expecting that. When everyone is expecting you to zig, you should always zag. JJ seems to know this. The article continues to speculate on which character it could be:
"Some sources give you all sorts of info, but this source likes to play games. I couldn’t get the exact character from them, but I got an email that reads:
'It’s definitely a character that will make fans of TOS excited. Think along the lines of Harry Mudd or Trelane or Gary Mitchell or the Talosians or the Horta. Actually it’s one of those that I named.'"
So there you go, NO KHAN, but someone from the original series. I'm glad. Let's see what they can do with something else, something not so expected. What say you?