{"id":71555,"date":"2015-03-25T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2015\/03\/25\/idris-elba-in-talks-to-play-villain-in-star-trek-3\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:47:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:47:32","slug":"idris-elba-in-talks-to-play-villain-in-star-trek-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/idris-elba-in-talks-to-play-villain-in-star-trek-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba In Talks To Play Villain In Star Trek 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idris Elba In Talks To Play Villain In Star Trek 3<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 25, 2015<\/p>\n

Source: Variety<\/a><\/p>\n

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Variety <\/a>is reporting that Idris Elba <\/strong>is in talks to play the villain in Star Trek 3<\/strong>, which J.J. Abrams<\/strong> will produce along with his producing partner Bryan Burke<\/strong> and Skydance\u2019s David Ellison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Justin Lin<\/strong> is directing the pic with Pegg and Doug Jung writing the script. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana <\/strong>and Anton Yelchin <\/strong>are set to reprise their roles.<\/p>\n

The site, going off rumors, suggests that Klingons would be the main villains in this movie, as they have not had a full presence in previous installments, but sources would not confirm if that was the case. Paramount and Skydance had no comment.<\/p>\n

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Elba, who’s currently on screen in “The Gunman,”<\/strong> recently play the villain opposite Taraji P. Henson in “No Good Deed.”<\/strong> He will next be seen in \u201cAvengers: Age of Ultron,\u201d <\/strong>followed by Cary Fukunaga\u2019s \u201cBeasts of No Nation,\u201d<\/strong> which Netflix recently acquired for distribution.<\/p>\n

He recently finished \u201cBastille Day\u201d <\/strong>opposite \u201cCinderella\u201d star Richard Madden and has Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Jungle Book\u201d<\/strong> and the indie \u201cA Hundred Streets\u201d<\/strong> set to bow in the near future. It was also announced yesterday that he will replace Jamie Foxx <\/strong>in Harmony Kormine’s “The Trap.”
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