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Beyond the darkness, lies greatness.
A series of terrorist attacks on Earth places Captain James T. Kirk on a mission to deal with the culprit. Nothing is as it seems, as the Starship Enterprise is entangled in covert machinations to ignite war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, with an ancient enemy in the mix. With alliances tested, relationships strained and differing motives clashing, how costly will the thirst for vengeance prove?
Summary
Act One
The temple raided by Kirk and McCoy
During early 2259, on the Class M planet of Nibiru, Captain James T. Kirk is being chased away from a temple located at the base of an active volcano by native Nibirans. He is startled by an animal, and stuns it with his phaser. Behind the animal is an upset Leonard McCoy; Kirk has just stunned their "ride", forcing the two of them to flee on foot. Kirk had stolen a scroll sacred to the Nibirans.
Meanwhile, Hikaru Sulu is piloting a shuttlecraft into the volcano, with Spock and Nyota Uhura on board. Spock, protected by an environmental suit, and preparing to detonate a cold fusion device inside the volcano that would stop a cataclysmic eruption from extinguishing life on the planet. Kirk tells them of their plight by communicator. Spock reminds Kirk about the Prime Directive, as the Nibirans are a primitive civilization. Kirk assures his first officer that he and Dr. McCoy were disguised; they were merely leading the natives further away from the volcano. With the shuttlecraft's thruster choked by ash, Spock has to act fast. After a kiss from Uhura, he is lowered by cable into the volcano. During the descent, the shuttlecraft takes too much damage, and Sulu attempts to abort the drop. The cable Spock is hanging by snaps, dropping him into the volcano. Surprisingly, he survives the fall in his protective suit, and the cold fusion device is still operational. Sulu and Uhura are forced to abandon the shuttle; Uhura promises they will get Spock out.
Harbinger of death
Satisfied they were far enough from the volcano, Kirk hangs the scroll he stole off a tree. The Nibirans cease their pursuit, allowing Kirk and McCoy to get away, jumping off a cliff into the ocean. Using miniprops and breathing apparatuses, they swim to the Enterprise[!] and board through an airlock. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott is still not happy that they are hiding at the bottom of an ocean, complaining that the salt water may impede their ability to launch. The officers return to the bridge. Spock arms the cold fusion device, which has a three-minute timer. The volcano has a small eruption, with pyroclastic ejecta destroying the temple in which the group of Nibirans had been worshiping. Nibiru has a very strong magnetic field that was jamming their transporters; the only way they can save Spock is by revealing themselves to fly above the volcano, which would violate the Prime Directive. Kirk asks Dr. McCoy what Spock would do if Kirk were the one deploying the device; Bones replies that Spock would let him die. Spock was indeed prepared for that likelihood. The cold fusion device would freeze and kill him, along with the volcano.
The Enterprise surfaces from the sea
The Nibirans are shocked when they see the Enterprise rising out of the ocean and above the volcano. Right before the cold fusion device is activated, Spock is beamed aboard the Enterprise, and they make their getaway. Kirk and McCoy join him in the transporter room. Spock is shocked that Kirk has blatantly violated the Prime Directive. Uhura tells them that the cold fusion device worked, but the crew is irked by Spock's apparent lack of gratitude. The native Nibirans begin to worship an image of the Enterprise they have drawn in the soil, accepting it as their new deity.
The stardate is 2259.55. Back on Earth, Thomas Harewood, a Starfleet officer living in London, goes with his wife to Royal Children's Hospital, where his daughter is currently in a coma with a severe illness. After visiting her, Harewood is stopped by an unknown individual. The man says he can save Harewood's daughter.
Pike dresses down Kirk
Meanwhile, back in San Francisco, Kirk is waking up in his apartment after a night spent with a pair of Caitian women. They are annoyed when he answers a call from Starfleet. He and Spock are summoned to the office of Admiral Pike. Kirk is convinced they are going to be given Starfleet's first five-year mission of deep space exploration, though Spock is doubtful. When they arrive, Pike reveals that there are discrepancies between the captain's log on Nibiru, and a report Spock filed about it; namely being, the former said that it was 'uneventful', while the latter detailed a breaking of the Prime Directive. Kirk is dismayed by Spock's apparent betrayal. After a brief argument, Pike dismisses Spock, and proceeds to dress Kirk down for his lack of humility and respect for the chair. Kirk counters that Pike convinced him to join Starfleet because of his maverick attitude. However, Starfleet Command saw it differently. The head of Starfleet Command, Admiral Alexander Marcus, formed a tribunal that did not include Admiral Pike. They relieved Kirk of his command, and ordered him to return to Starfleet Academy. Pike tells Kirk pointedly that one day his reckless leadership is going to get his entire crew killed.
The Kelvin Memorial Archive
Back in London, the unknown man extracts a vial of his own blood, and places it in a package along with a ring. The package goes to Harewood, who adds the vial's contents to his daughter's IV. As it begins to enter her bloodstream, her vitals return to normal. Harewood kisses his daughter's forehead in relief, knowing she will now be all right. Not long after, he goes to work at the Kelvin Memorial Archive, catching sight of the unknown man before entering, and takes a long elevator down below the archive. He goes to his workstation with a glass of water. After sending a message to Admiral Marcus, he drops the ring into the water, which quickly fizzes, then causes a massive explosion at the Kelvin Archive.
Kirk is drowning his sorrows at a local bar in San Francisco. He is about to talk to another woman when Admiral Pike sits between them. Kirk is surprised he found him; Pike simply says he knows Kirk well, recalling the bar fight back in Iowa before Kirk enlisted. He reveals that Starfleet gave the Enterprise back to Pike. Kirk suggests keeping Spock as first officer isn't a good idea, but he's been transferred to the USS Bradbury anyway. Pike pulled some strings, and got Kirk assigned to be his first officer on the Enterprise. Kirk is speechless, something Pike says is a first. He then gets a call from Starfleet. They are summoned to a meeting in the Daystrom Conference Room at Starfleet Headquarters.
Admiral Alexander Marcus, the head of Starfleet
On their way up to the conference room, Kirk meets Spock and tells him about his demotion. Spock is relieved the punishment was not more severe. Kirk is still upset that he was betrayed. Spock admits he should have warned Kirk beforehand that he would file a truthful report about the Nibiru incident. After a brief meeting with Frank Abbott, captain of the USS Bradbury, Kirk admits he'll miss Spock, though is irked when Spock is left speechless. Admiral Marcus opens the meeting. The message he received from Harewood was a confession, and informed him of who put him up to the attack: John Harrison, a Starfleet officer that has gone rogue. The officers present look over images taken of the scene after the attack, where 42 people were killed. Kirk notices Harrison in the images with a bag, and asks Pike about it. Admiral Marcus notices and asks Kirk what the problem is. Kirk begins to express confusion as to why Harrison would target just an archive. Kirk says Harrison must have known that a terrorist attack on a Starfleet facility would result in this kind of meeting.
Before Kirk can elaborate on his concerns, a jumpship appears outside their conference room, and opens fire, killing Captain Abbott. The officers take cover, and security personnel enter to combat the jumpship.
Pike is killed by Harrison
Kirk takes up a phaser rifle and attacks it from the side to little effect. He sees the jumpship's engine intake, and gets an idea. He opens one of the firehose units and ties it around his rifle. As he works, Admiral Pike is fatally shot, and Spock pulls him to safety. Kirk throws the rifle and fire hose, which get sucked into the jumpship's intake. It takes the entire hose, then yanks its base out of the wall and through the engine, disabling the ship. Kirk gets a look at Harrison as he beams out of the falling jumpship. In the meeting room, Spock does a mind meld with Pike right before he dies. Kirk then arrives, and breaks down at the death of his mentor.
Meanwhile, Harrison materializes on a completely different planet, lifts up the hood of his longcoat and walks away.
Act Two
Kirk and Spock meet with Marcus
Kirk is recovering emotionally from the attack alone in his apartment, when he gets a call from Spock. Scotty was investigating the wreckage of Harrison's jumpship, and found a portable transwarp beaming device on board. Its destination is set somewhere they normally cannot follow. Kirk and Spock head to Starfleet Headquarters, and they tell Admiral Marcus where Harrison ended up: Qo'noS, the homeworld of the Klingon Empire. Marcus was afraid this would happen. Spock notes Harrison materialized on a nominally uninhabited province of the planet, and Kirk says he is not afraid to go after him. Marcus comes clean about the true nature of Harrison and Harewood's target. They bombed a secret facility of Section 31, Starfleet's black ops division, which was researching weapons and tactics for a potential war with the Klingons. As far as he is concerned, the war was already beginning. He has a new variety of advanced long-range torpedoes that Kirk can use to covertly take out Harrison. He gives Kirk back the Enterprise, and Kirk insists Spock be his first officer again.
Dr. "Carol Wallace" joins the crew of the Enterprise
As they prepare to return to the Enterprise, Spock expresses his misgivings with killing Harrison without a trial, and insists Kirk take some of the time on the way to reconsider. Dr. McCoy joins them, telling Kirk he missed his check-up, which he does on the shuttlecraft. They are joined by Doctor Carol Wallace, a weapons expert who was assigned by Admiral Marcus as an extra science officer. Spock is alarmed by this turn of events. Kirk is just as surprised, but (as always with Kirk) noticing that Wallace is a very attractive young woman, welcomes the extra help. When they get on board, Spock heads immediately to the bridge, while Kirk talks with Scotty in engineering. Scotty is unwilling to allow the photon torpedoes on-board, because he cannot examine the shielded devices, and the Section 31 personnel refuse to tell him what they are fueled by. He does not want to risk firing unknown weapons around the warp core; any instability could wreck it and kill everyone on board. He is also upset that his transwarp equation was appropriated by Starfleet Command, ending up in Harrison's hands for his crime spree. When Kirk insists the torpedoes be loaded in, Scott resigns, with Keenser following suit. Scotty begs Kirk not to use the torpedoes before he departs.
"Sometimes I want to rip the... bangs off his head."
Kirk returns to the bridge with Uhura. He tells her of Scotty's resignation, and his recent issues with Spock. She lets on that she and Spock have been having problems recently as well. Before they can discuss it in more detail, they arrive. Kirk promotes Pavel Chekov to chief engineer, since he had been shadowing Scotty recently, and tells him to put on a red shirt and head to engineering. They depart and proceed to Qo'nos. Kirk issues an all-call with his general orders for the mission. When they arrive at the edge of Klingon space, they will take a craft to Qo'noS and apprehend John Harrison on the planet. If he refuses to go quietly, then they will use the missiles. Spock is relieved that he reconsidered Admiral Marcus's original orders, and suggests he could join him on his mission. He then goes back to engineering, where he confronts Carol Wallace. The identity she presented Kirk was fake; Admiral Marcus is her father, and Wallace is her mother's maiden name. Her real name is Carol Marcus. He demands to know why she is really on the ship.
Before she can give her reasons and before the Enterprise can reach Qo'noS, the ship drops out of warp. Chekov found a coolant leak in the warp core, and stopped it manually. They are still twenty minutes away from Qo'noS. Kirk recruits Uhura, who knows Klingon, to join him and Spock. He gives Sulu command for the first time, with orders to contact Harrison before they arrive to demand his surrender. Dr. McCoy is concerned, but Kirk is sure Sulu is up to the task. They use a vehicle that they had confiscated a month before in the "Mudd Incident". He orders two other officers, including Hendorff, to remove their red shirts and change into more casual clothing; they cannot have any obvious connection to the Federation on this mission, lest they start an interstellar war. Chekov assures Kirk he will try his best to repair the engines before they return.
Spock and Uhura quarrel
As Kirk pilots their vehicle to Harrison's location, Sulu sends his message, giving Harrison two minutes to surrender, or he will be wiped out with new advanced weapons. His message is assertive enough that it startles the previously sceptical Dr. McCoy. While flying around Qo'noS, Uhura and Spock begin to argue, much to Kirk's dismay. Uhura is upset at Spock's apparent lack of feelings recently, especially after his rescue at Nibiru. She also tells Spock that Kirk is upset with him too. Though Kirk doesn't want to be dragged into it, he admits that she's right. Spock tries to assure her and Kirk that they are mistaken by his attitude. He recalls his mind meld with Admiral Pike, and how he felt Pike's final emotions before his death. They reminded him of how he felt when Vulcan was destroyed. He assures Uhura that he simply does not want that kind of despair anymore, and his feelings for her are still as strong as ever.
"Why should I care about a Human killing Humans?"
Their relief is short-lived as their ship comes under fire from a D4 class Klingon vessel, apparently on a random patrol. Without any offensive capabilities, Kirk is given access to all the ship's fuel cells to evade the patrol's fire and try to outrun it. He finds a narrow space and squeezes the ship through it, evading capture. Kirk thinks they have escaped, but Uhura suggests they may be jamming sensors. They are soon surrounded by three more D4 ships, ordering them to land. Uhura tells them they will be tortured, interrogated and killed. She insists she be allowed to try to reason with them. They land, and Uhura leaves the shuttle, confronted by about fifteen Klingon warriors in full-face armored helmets. Spock warns Kirk not to interfere, lest he incur their wrath and Uhura's. Still, Kirk gets some phasers ready just in case. Uhura tells the Klingon patrol that they are on the planet to arrest a criminal who has put both their planets in danger. The leader of the patrol, who removes his helmet, tells her he has little concern for Humans killing Humans. She counters that the criminal has no honor, hoping to play on the Klingons' strong traditions. However, the unimpressed Klingon leader grabs Uhura and draws a knife, prepared to kill her.
Harrison rescues the Enterprise party
Suddenly, somebody shoots down the Klingon patrol: it's Harrison, armed with a rapid fire rifle and a larger beam cannon. The Enterprise officers attack, in a mix of phaser fire and hand-to-hand combat. Kirk has little luck physically, but is able to shoot several Klingon warriors armed with disruptors and various blade weapons, including daggers and bat'leths. Harrison proves to be very adept with his phaser cannon as well as hand-to-hand. Other Klingon ships drop reinforcements, but they are killed as well. Harrison kills the last few Klingons with their own knives. He turns his cannon on Kirk, and asks how many of those torpedoes he has. Spock replies after Kirk doesn't saying that they have 72. Harrison immediately surrenders unconditionally. Kirk accepts, then attempts to knock Harrison out by punching and beating him repeatedly, none of which has any effect on him whatsoever.
Kirk confronts his mysterious prisoner
Harrison is returned to the Enterprise and taken to the brig. Dr. McCoy takes a blood sample, to try to figure out the prisoner's physiology. Harrison insists that he be allowed to speak with Kirk. Spock thinks he wants to get into Kirk's head, but Kirk agrees. Harrison somehow knows about the damage to the warp core, suggesting something is amiss. He tells Kirk two things. First, Harrison gives Kirk a set of coordinates: 23-17-46-11, a point near Earth. Harrison says Kirk can find some answers there. He then insists they open one of the photon torpedoes to find out exactly what is inside. Back on Earth, Scotty is at a bar with Keenser. Scotty is upset that Keenser allowed him to go through with resigning. Kirk contacts Scotty and gives him the coordinates Harrison gave him. He admits Scotty was likely right about the torpedoes, which he accepts as an apology, though he cuts the conversation short. Though Scotty is in no mood to do Kirk any favors, Keenser insists they help anyway.
"Why is there a man in that torpedo?"
The Enterprise is still hobbled, but has enough power to go to a nearby planetoid, where they can safely examine one of the photon torpedoes. Kirk assures Chekov that the engine issues are likely not his fault. They sent a message to Admiral Marcus that they captured Harrison, but have received no reply. Spock reveals the true identity of Carol Marcus, and suggests she and Dr. McCoy can try to open a photon torpedo. Marcus directs the surgeon in cutting a necessary wire. The moment he does, the compartment slams shut on his arm, and the torpedo arms with a thirty-second timer. Marcus disarms it with 2.57 seconds to spare, and it opens, revealing a cryotube with a frozen person inside.
"My name is... KHAN."
The coordinates take Scotty to Jupiter, where he finds a large shipyard. Following a sortie of similar shuttlecraft, what Scotty (but not the audience) sees alarms him. Back on Enterprise, Dr. McCoy examines the cryotube. The body preserved inside is still viable, but Humans have not needed cryogenic technology since they became warp-capable. The person inside is three hundred years old. Kirk and Spock return to Harrison for answers. He says all the torpedoes contain his old crew. He reveals himself to be Khan, a genetically-engineered Human. He and his crew were exiled into space at the end of the 20th century. His cryoship was found by Admiral Marcus after the destruction of Vulcan, and he alone was awoken. Marcus wanted his savagery as well as his intellect to prepare for potential war with the Klingons. He also reveals that Marcus wanted Kirk to fire those torpedoes on Qo'noS and purposely sabotaged the Enterprise's warp core, leaving them stranded for the Klingons to find, igniting the war Marcus desires. Kirk refuses to accept it and condemned Khan's actions. Khan states that Marcus held his crew hostage to force him to do his bidding. He put his crew in the torpedoes for their protection, but had no idea they would be found. He escaped alone. Khan says he committed his terrorist acts on the assumption that his crew had been killed.
The Enterprise is confronted by the USS Vengeance
A ship approaches the Enterprise, but not from Klingon space. Kirk has Khan moved to medbay under heavy guard. The ship is an enormous unmarked Starfleet vessel, the USS Vengeance. Kirk is hailed by Admiral Marcus; he has the communication broadcast throughout the ship and recorded. He tells Admiral Marcus that engine issues had prevented him from killing "Harrison", revealing he knows the man's true identity. He also suggests Marcus knows what's going on. In turn, Marcus accuses Kirk of being affected mentally by Khan, and insist he be killed immediately. He then orders Kirk to turn Khan over, but the Enterprise's transporters are down. He falsely tells Marcus that Khan is in engineering, before breaking communication, and asking Chekov if they can go to warp. Chekov says they can, but the warp core is still hobbled, so it's risky. They go to warp anyway, and head to Earth.
The Vengeance fires on the Enterprise...
...with devestating results.
While on their way, Khan reminds Carol that they are not safe at warp speed. Carol runs to the bridge, and warns Kirk that the Vengeance has the ability to engage other ships at warp speed. Indeed, Vengeance catches up, and proceeds to fire upon the Enterprise; its first volley causes a major hull breach in engineering, killing dozens of crewmembers, before the second volley cripples the Enterprise's starboard warp nacelle, causing it to drop out of warp speed between Earth and its Moon. Carol tries to contact Admiral Marcus, not believing her father would destroy the Enterprise if he knew she were on-board – he simply beams her aboard the Vengeance. Marcus then accuses Kirk and his crew of being in league with "Harrison" and sentences them all to death; Kirk attempts to plead for the life of the Enterprise crew, but Marcus admits that he intended to destroy the Enterprise with all hands from the very start, and cuts communications.
Before it can destroy the Enterprise, though, the Vengeance's systems are reset. Kirk immediately gets contacted by Scotty, who had sneaked on-board Vengeance. It will take time for its systems to restart, so they have an opening to stop Admiral Marcus. Kirk puts Spock on the comm. Spock is resistant, but Kirk insists the Enterprise needs somebody who "knows what they're doing" at its command. Kirk heads to sickbay, and asks Khan about the Vengeance's capabilities. It is a Dreadnought-class, twice as big, three times as fast, and far more heavily armed than the Enterprise. At the same time, McCoy injects Khan's blood into a dead tribble to examine his blood's effects. Kirk asks for Khan's help, assuring him this is only opportunity to save his crew.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
The two will traverse space to board Vengeance. The ship maneuvers enough to line up their waste exhaust with one of Vengeance's airlocks, and have Scotty stationed to open it manually. Kirk and Khan don thruster-powered spacesuits and navigate the debris field to Vengeance. During the flight, Kirk's helmet is hit by a piece of debris, knocking out his heads-up display. Khan is also knocked off course, but reestablishes himself and encourages Kirk to align himself with his course and enter the airlock together. Inside Vengeance, Scotty is caught by a lone security officer, but he is able to actuate the airlock, allowing Khan and Kirk in, while also blowing out the security officer.
Spock Prime warns his younger self about Khan
Spock asks Uhura to patch him through to New Vulcan and reaches his counterpart, Ambassador Spock. He asks about Khan and if his elder self had encountered him before. Although he did not want to alter his younger self's destiny, he makes an exception in this case. He reveals that Khan is none other than Khan Noonien Singh and was the most dangerous adversary ever faced by the crew of his Enterprise; he is brilliant, ruthless and will not hesitate to kill everybody aboard. The elder Spock says they defeated Khan, but at a terrible cost.
Act Three
On the bridge of the Vengeance, Admiral Marcus confronts Carol, who simply slaps him, and expresses her shame for being his daughter. Khan, Kirk and Scotty head toward the Bridge on foot, with Khan navigating them through the engine compartments where weapons cannot be safely used. They succeed in one fistfight with Vengeance crew. Khan jumps ahead of them briefly. Kirk tells Scotty to stun Khan the moment they secure the Bridge. Spock orders all his medical personnel to engineering, and asks Dr. McCoy to work on arming the torpedoes. Right when the Vengeance's weapons come back online, Kirk and his crew make it to the bridge, and stun everyone except Admiral Marcus and Carol. Scotty then stuns Khan as ordered. Kirk places Admiral Marcus under arrest, and orders him out of the chair, not wanting to take him by force in front of his daughter. However, Khan is not as stunned as they had hoped - he gets up and attacks Scotty and Kirk. He then breaks Carol's leg, and crushes Admiral Marcus's skull, prompting a horrified scream from Carol.
The Vengeance detonating
Khan hails the Enterprise, and orders Spock to give him the photon torpedoes. Spock refuses, but Khan says he can get them himself without his help by disabling the Enterprise's life support system and wait for them to suffocate before retrieving them himself. Since his crew is frozen, they don't need the air anyway. Spock complies, and assists Khan in locating the torpedoes. He beams them safely aboard, then beams Kirk, Scotty, and Carol Marcus onto the Enterprise, before attacking it again. However, unbeknownst to him, Spock had the photon torpedoes armed before beaming them to the Vengeance. They explode, hopelessly disabling the ship and leaving Khan anguished over the apparent loss of his crew. Dr. McCoy then tells Kirk that Spock had the cryotubes removed, and they are now safely in medbay.
The Enterprise begins to spiral down to Earth
At that point, the engines go completely down, and main power fails, with backup power severely crippled. With the ship having been station keeping over Earth, it promptly begins to fall toward the planet. Spock orders all personnel to abandon ship, but the crew refuses, willing to go down with him. Kirk and Scotty make their way to engineering, a difficult trip with the ship tumbling. While there, they end up hanging from the walkways when the ship is upside down, but are saved by Chekov. When they reach the warp core, they find the injectors broken. Kirk decides to fix it himself. However, the chamber is loaded with lethal radiation. Kirk overrides Scotty's objections by knocking him out, then enters the warp core chamber. He manages to knock the dislocated side of the injector back into place, and it fires back up. The ship enters Earth's atmosphere, but stops falling just below a cloud deck and stabilizes.
"I'm scared, Spock..."
"Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!"
The Enterprise's systems gradually return online. When he wakes up, Scotty calls Spock urgently to engineering. He goes to the door to the chamber, where Kirk is lying against it. They cannot open the chamber until it is decontaminated. Spock tells Kirk he saved the ship. Kirk commends Spock's action of using what Khan wanted against him; Spock replies that it's what the captain would have done. Kirk offers that sacrificing himself to save the crew is what Spock would've done. Knowing he's going to die, Kirk tells Spock he's scared, and asks him how he is able to not feel. Spock, himself in tears, admits he doesn't know, and is failing to hold his emotions. Kirk then begins to tell Spock why he saved his life on Nibiru, but Spock knows - "because you are my friend." Kirk reaches out to Spock as the Vulcan presses his hand against the partition in the salute of his world. Kirk then succumbs to radiation poisoning and dies. In Spock, all the rage and hate felt towards the man he now blames for his friend's death erupts to the surface in a primal scream of Khan's name.
The Vengeance going down
The Vengeance falls past the Enterprise, out of control. Khan, now bent on revenge for his crew, targets his ship on a suicide run at Starfleet Headquarters. The Vengeance crushes Alcatraz and skims across San Francisco Bay and through the city, leveling everything in its path.
The Vengeance crashing into San Francisco
Spock, returning to the bridge, orders Sulu and Chekov to find Khan, believing him to be capable of surviving the crash. Sensors locate him, but, there is too much interference to beam him up to the Enterprise. Instead, Spock elects to beam down to Earth and take Khan out. After a chase through the chaos that has now engulfed the heart of Starfleet, Spock catches up with Khan on-top of a moving rescue vehicle. Khan quickly relieves Spock of his phaser, leaving the two to struggle hand-to-hand.
In medbay, Kirk's body lies in an open body bag, surrounded by Dr. McCoy, Carol Marcus and Scotty. Feeling deeply the loss of his friend, McCoy dejectedly resigns to his desk... only to notice the dead tribble he tested Khan's blood on beginning to purr. Realizing the effects of the genetically enhanced blood, he orders one of Khan's people removed from its cryotube, reanimated and held in a medically-induced coma. He freezes Kirk to preserve his brain function, but he doesn't have any more of Khan's blood - he needs Khan back alive.
Khan proves to be Spock's physical equal
Spock continues to fight with Khan in an evenly matched battle. Khan tries to jump to another transport vehicle, but the Vulcan follows, proving physically to be Khan's equal. The crew cannot get contact with him, so Uhura beams to the transport vehicle. She opens fires on Khan with a phaser set to stun. Although he is not knocked out, he is distracted enough for Spock to turn the tide. He breaks Khan's arm and starts to beat on him in a rage. Uhura screams for Spock not to kill Khan; that they need him to save Kirk. Upon realizing that Kirk could be saved, Spock regains his emotional control and finishes Khan with an uppercut, knocking him out.
Khan is returned to stasis
Two weeks later, Kirk wakes up in a hospital bed in San Francisco. Dr. McCoy had created a serum from Khan's blood to revive the captain. Kirk thanks Spock for saving his life. In turn, Spock expresses gratitude that Jim is alive. Elsewhere, it is shown that Khan has been returned to his cryotube, and he and his crew lay frozen at an unknown location.
The five-year mission begins
Nearly a year after the events, Kirk addresses a gathering at the rechristening ceremony for the rebuilt USS Enterprise. He says that Starfleet should not let enemies pull them away from their true mission of exploration. Soon after, Kirk returns to the Enterprise, where all is in order to begin their five-year mission in deep space. He relieves Sulu from the captain's chair; Sulu admits the power is addictive. Dr. McCoy is dismayed by the length of their mission. Scotty, who has returned as chief engineer with Keenser, reports the engines are "purring like a kitten". Kirk welcomes Carol Marcus aboard as part of their crew and family. Spock expresses his trust in Kirk's "good judgment" on where to begin their exploration. With that, Kirk orders Sulu to take the ship out.
Memorable quotes
"If Spock were here, and I were there, what would he do?"
"He'd let you die."
- - Kirk and McCoy, prior to rescuing Spock from the volcano on Nibiru
"Oh, come on Spock. They saw us. Big deal."
- - Kirk, on his decision to save Spock and violating the Prime Directive
"Tell me more about this volcano. The data says it was highly volatile and if it were to erupt it would wipe out the planet."
"Let's hope it doesn't, sir."
"Something tells me it won't."
- - Pike and Kirk
"Had the mission gone according to plan, Admiral, the indigenous species would never have been aware of our interference."
"That's a technicality."
"I am Vulcan, sir, we embrace technicality."
"Are you giving me attitude, Spock?"
"I am expressing multiple attitudes simultaneously. To which are you referring?"
- - Spock and Pike, discussing the Nibiru mission
"Do you have any idea what a pain in the ass you are?"
"I think so, sir."
"So tell what you did wrong. What's the lesson to be learned here?"
"Never trust a Vulcan."
- - Pike and Kirk, on Kirk's mistakes during the Nibiru mission
"You think the rules don't apply to you, because you disagree with them."
- - Pike, informing Kirk of his demotion
"You don't respect the chair. You know why? Because you're not ready for it."
- - Pike to Kirk about his recklessness
"That was an epic beating... you had napkins hanging out of your nose."
"Yeah, that was a good fight."
- - Pike and Kirk recalling their first meeting
"I said if anyone deserves a second chance, it's Jim Kirk."
"I don't know what to say."
"That IS a first... it's gonna be all right, son."
- - Pike, telling Kirk that he wants him as his first officer on the Enterprise
"You got something to say Kirk, say it. Tomorrow's too late."
- - Marcus to Kirk about his outburst.
"CLEAR THE ROOM!"
- - Kirk, just before Harrison's attack.
"All-out war with the Klingons is inevitable, Mr. Kirk. If you ask me, it's already begun. Since we first learned of their existence, the Klingon Empire has conquered and occupied two planets that we know of, fired on our ships half a dozen times. They are coming our way."
- - Marcus to Kirk about the tensions between the Federation and the Klingons
"Jim, for the love of God, do not use those torpedoes."
- - Scotty, warning Kirk about the dangerous cargo the Enterprise is taking on
"Wait, are you guys... Are you guys fighting?"
"I'd rather not talk about it, sir."
"Oh, my God! What is that even like?"
- -Kirk and Uhura discussing about Spock
"Ears burning?"
- - Kirk, to Spock referring to the conversation between Kirk and Uhura.
"Go put on a red shirt."
- - Kirk, promoting Chekov to chief engineer
"Alright, Let's go get this son of a bitch. Kirk out."
- - Kirk, to the crew of the Enterprise about their mission.
"Mr. Chekov, did you break my ship?"
- - Kirk, asking Chekov what happened when the Enterprise violently drops from warp
"Jim, you're not actually going down there are you? You don't rob a bank when the getaway car has a flat-tire."
- - McCoy to Kirk about his mission to apprehend John Harrison.
"Jim, wait, you just sat that man down a high-stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff. Now Sulu's a good man, but he is no captain."
"For the next two hours he is. And enough with the metaphors, all right? That's an order."
- -McCoy and Kirk about putting Sulu in Charge.
"Attention John Harrison. This is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the USS Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently locked on to your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. If you test me, you will fail."
"Mr. Sulu... remind me never to piss you off."
- - Sulu and McCoy on Sulu's speech
"We’re outgunned. We’re outnumbered. There’s no way we survive by going out shooting. You brought me here to speak Klingon. Let me speak Klingon."
- - Uhura to Kirk on Kronos
"I am here to help you. With respect, there is a criminal hiding in these ruins. He has killed many of our people."
"Why should I care about a human killing humans?"
"Because you care about honor. And this man has none."
- - Uhura speaking in Klingon, to the Klingon commander on Kronos
"Let me explain what's happening here. You are a criminal! I watched you murder innocent men and women; I was authorized to end you! And the only reason why you are still alive is because I am allowing it; so shut... your... mouth!"<br\>
"Captain are you going to punch me again over and over till your arm weakens? clearly you want to so tell me: Why did you allow me to live?"
- - Kirk and John Harrison
"23-17-46-11, coordinates not far from Earth. If you want to know why I did what I did, go and take a look."<br\>
"Give me one reason why I should listen to you"<br\>
"I can give you 72. And they're on board your ship, captain. They have been all along."
- - John Harrison and Kirk
"Well now, if it isn't Captain James Tiberius... Perfect Hair. Did you hear that? I called him 'Perfect Hair!'' Ha!'"
- - An intoxicated Scotty, speaking on the communicator to Kirk after his resignation as engineer
"What, you don't think I can remember four numbers? (chuckling) You of little faith! ... What was the third one?"
- - Scotty, posturing to Kirk
"'John Harrison' was a fiction created the moment I was awoken by your Admiral Marcus to help him advance his cause - a smoke screen to conceal my true identity. My name is Khan."
- - John Harrison, revealing the truth
"My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?"
- - Khan
"We both know who it is."
- - Khan, to Kirk upon hearing that the Enterprise is being intercepted
"Per Starfleet regulations I'm planning on returning... Khan... to Earth to stand trial."<br?>
"Well... shit... you talked to him..."
- - Kirk, exposing the plans of Marcus
"Sir, my crew was just following my orders. I take full responsibility for my actions but they were mine and they were mine alone. If I transmit Khan's location to you now, all I ask is that you spare them. Please, sir. I'll do anything you want. Just let them live."
"That's a hell of an apology. But if it's any consolation, I was never gonna spare your crew. Fire."
- - Kirk and Marcus, with the former pleading for his crew, and the latter coldly refusing.
"I'm sorry..."
- - Kirk to his crew as the Vengeance prepares to destroy the Enterprise
"You're a miracle worker!"
- - Kirk to Scotty as the latter sabotages the Vengeance
"It’s not easy! Will ya give me two seconds, ya mad bastard!"
- - Scotty, responding to Kirk’s request to open the USS Vengeance's air lock
"Mr. Spock."
"Mr. Spock."
- - Spock Prime and Spock greeting each other on the Enterprise's viewscreen
"I will be brief. In your travels, did you ever encounter a man named Khan?"
"As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk and yours alone. That being said, Khan Noonien Singh is the most dangerous adversary the Enterprise ever faced. He is brilliant, ruthless and he will not hesitate to kill every single one of you."
"Did you defeat him?"
"At great cost, yes."
"How?"
- - Spock asks Spock Prime about Khan
"The minute we get to the bridge, drop him."
"What, stun him? Khan? I thought he was helping us!"
"I'm pretty sure we're helping him."
- - Kirk and Scotty on the Vengeance
"You... you should have let me sleep!"
- - Khan, crushing Admiral Marcus's skull
"You betrayed us!"
"Oh, you are smart, Mr. Spock."
- - Spock and Khan
"Your crew requires oxygen to survive, mine does not. I will target your life support systems located behind the aft nacelle and after every single person aboard your ship suffocates, I will walk over your cold corpses to recover my people. Now... shall we begin?"
- - Khan, delivering the Enterprise his ultimatum
"Well Kirk, it seems apt to return you to your crew. After all... no ship should go down without her captain!"
- - Khan to Kirk before returning him to the Enterprise.
"The ship's dead, sir! She's gone!"
"No, she's not!"
- - Scotty and Kirk, on the Enterprise's precarious situation
"I'm scared, Spock. Help me not to be. How do you choose not to feel?"
"I do not know. Right now, I am failing."
"I wanted you to know why I couldn't let you die... why I went back for you..."
"Because you are my friend."
- - Kirk and Spock
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!"
- - Spock, experiencing rage at Kirk's death
"Go get him."
- - Uhura, to Spock, before he beams down to San Francisco to pursue Khan
"Spock, stop! STOP! He's our only chance to save Kirk!"
- - Uhura, trying to stop Spock from killing Khan
"Don't be so melodramatic. You were barely dead."
- - McCoy after Kirk regains consciousness
"Are you feeling homicidal, power-mad, or despotic?"
"No more than usual."
- - McCoy and Kirk
"Thanks."
"Uhura and I had something to do with it, too, you know."
- - Kirk (to Spock), with McCoy piping up
"It's hard to get out of it once you've had a taste, isn't that right Mr. Sulu?"<br\>
""Captain" does have a nice ring to it. Chair's all yours, sir."
- - Kirk and Sulu
"Scotty, how's our core?"
"Purring like a kitten, captain. She's ready for a long journey."
- - Kirk and Scotty, as the Enterprise prepares to embark on a five-year mission
"Five years in space... God help me!"
- - McCoy
"Where should we go?"
"As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, I defer to your good judgement, captain."
- - Kirk and Spock
Production
Development
The sequel's development was announced on March 30, 2009, over a month before the first film was released. Writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof were aiming to deliver the script to Paramount by December 2009 for a possible summer 2011 release, but the release changed to 2012 as no script had been written when that initial target neared. [1] [2] Orci attributed the initial delay to other projects they wanted to do; then deciding if the initial story they thought of was the best one; and the "scary" notion of a new timeline where they had absolute freedom. "Since we freed it from the original timeline we had narrative freedom, which is sometimes worse. Absolute freedom is sometimes scarier than what you have to do," he said. [3]
Lindelof said the jumping off point for the story was deciding whether Khan Noonien Singh would be the villain, and they weighed the pros and cons of him appearing. [4] Abrams felt "It'll be fun to hear what Alex and Bob are thinking about Khan. The fun of this timeline is arguing that different stories, with the same characters, could be equally if not more compelling than what's been told before. [...] Certain people are destined to cross paths and come together, and Khan is out there... even if he doesn't have the same issues." [5] Lindelof added another important decision was deciding whether to dedicate the film entirely to the fallout of Vulcan's destruction, or letting it simmer for another film. [6] He stated the planet's destruction "cast a pallor over this entire Federation that needs to be reconciled. So I think, in a lot of ways, Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise is fighting for the soul of Starfleet in this movie." [7]
Alex Kurtzman commented, "Sequels are about the bad guy. [...] In a second movie, the reason the bad guy is so important is because he tests them. And that is always the joy of the best sequels." [8] He added Kirk has "never sent men and women to their deaths before, so what's going to happen when that kind of question comes up for him?" [9] Chris Pine said that "I'd say the threat is even greater in this one. The force [the crew] are met with is much more frightening." [10]
Abrams and Orci told the Los Angeles Times they heard that fans would like modern, relevant issues to be explored in the sequel. [11] At the Blu-ray/DVD launch for Star Trek, Lindelof indicated some of the film may be set during the time frame of the previous film, which was from 2233 to 2258. Orci told Anthony Pascale he was looking at novels by Arthur C. Clarke or Larry Niven - such as The Mote in God's Eye, in a reply made on Pascale's forum - for inspiration. He also rewatched the original episodes, examining how they would unfold in the alternate reality, [12] and looked for Star Trek novels he hadn't read yet for further inspiration. [13]
In February 2011, Orci and Lindelof announced they were in the process of writing the script for the the film and had relocated themselves to a hotel room for five weeks in order to better do it without any distractions. They also asked for fan input on what the general consensus is for the "proper" name of the main deflector dish that has been an integral part of starship design throughout Star Trek. [14] Orci indicated that filming would begin in fall 2011. He added the film would build on the previous one, but it still had to attract new fans and stand by itself without relying on its predecessor. [15]
The film's pre-production or "prep" began in April 2011, based on a detailed seventy-page outline of the story. Orci stated they were awaiting Abrams' approval on a completed script, as he was preoccupied with completing Super 8. [16] After that film's release, Abrams estimated that making Super 8 had put the Star Trek sequel "probably six months behind". [17] Orci, Kurtzman, and Lindelof added that while Abrams could begin filming that September and have the film out the following June as he did on Super 8, ultimately it may not be best for the film, as Star Trek would naturally require more intensive post-production. [18] After the release of Super 8, it was announced Abrams would direct in September 2011. [19]
According to Lindelof, originally the climax would've included a Klingon fleet heading to Earth, "only to be turned around via diplomatic intervention by Uhura. We dropped it pretty early on, as it didn’t feel intimate, cool, or earned."[20]
Casting
Benedict Cumberbatch as "John Harrison"
All of the major actors in the first film – namely, those portraying the command officers of the USS Enterprise (John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, and Anton Yelchin) – returned for the sequel. [21] Bruce Greenwood reprised his role as Admiral Christopher Pike. [22]
On November 4, 2011, Variety reported that Academy Award-winning actor Benicio del Toro (Traffic, Che) would be offered the role of the villain in the sequel. [23] Latino Review reported that Del Toro would play Khan Noonien Singh, a report which Abrams said was "not true." [24] Soon thereafter, it was revealed that del Toro's deal fell through and that he would not be appearing in the film. [25] Edgar Ramirez and Jordi Molla were named as possible replacements, [26] but on January 4, 2012, Variety announced Benedict Cumberbatch would be playing the villain. [27]
On November 30, 2011, it was announced that Alice Eve had been selected for a lead role in the film. [28] On December 5, Peter Weller was announced as having joined the cast in an unknown role. [29] Weller previously played John Frederick Paxton on Star Trek: Enterprise. Following press screenings of the film's first half hour in Brazil, it was confirmed he was playing Admiral Marcus. [30] On January 4, 2012, Variety reported British actor Noel Clarke will be joining the cast as a family man with a wife and young daughter. [31] Two days later, Entertainment Weekly announced that Nazneen Contractor will be playing the wife of Clarke's character. On 10 December 2012 it was reported by TrekMovie.com that Eve's character would be Carol Marcus. [32]
On April 30, 2012, it was reported that Cumberbatch's role in the film is that of Khan Noonien Singh, [33] [34] but Simon Pegg shot down this report, calling it "a myth." [35] Karl Urban stated "He's awesome, he's a great addition, and I think his Gary Mitchell is going to be exemplary." [36] He later said, though, that "I did that interview after a 22-hour flight from New Zealand. I literally hopped off the plane into the interview." [37] Orci reiterated Urban's latter statement, while confirming Cumberbatch and Eve's characters had appeared in Star Trek canon. [38] When interviewed himself, Cumberbatch continued the secrecy by merely pointing to a promotional image and stating he played "that person there." (The One Show BBC One, broadcast 24th August, 2012) On December 10, 2012, StarTrek.com released a photo featuring Cumberbatch's character in a holding cell with Spock and Kirk looking on from the other side. The site also reported that Cumberbatch's character is named "John Harrison", in apparent contrast to Orci's previous comment that his character had previously appeared in Star Trek canon. Star Trek Into Darkness at StarTrek.com Cumberbatch's real character was revealed in late April 2013. [39]
Leonard Nimoy has stated that he did not expect to return as the original Spock in this movie, [40] but, alongside the Khan report, it was claimed that he would indeed be returning for the sequel. [41] [42] It is unknown at this time why Ben Cross chose not to reprise his role as Sarek for the twelfth installment since he had reportedly expressed interest in doing so.
With the announcement of the sequel, fans once again began a campaign to bring Christopher Doohan back to the Enterprise, stating that the Enterprise needs a Doohan. IMDb states that Christopher Doohan did indeed get a role as a Transport Officer. Chris noted on his twitter page @chrisdoohan that he would not have got the part without the help of Simon Pegg and thanked fans on their Facebook page. [43]
Michael Dorn was contacted for a role during the start of filming, and was asked to play "an officer – a soldier." Eventually it was decided that "they didn’t want to mix the old with the new": Dorn had played Worf and his grandfather in the previous films and television series. [44]
Title
Abrams noted that if they make a sequel, "it would have a subtitle instead of a number." [45] At the end of the Star Trek audio commentary, Damon Lindelof jokingly refers to the sequel as Pineapple. By 2012, the writers had not settled on a title. Lindelof commented Star Trek 2 was taken by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and did not want a colon in the title. "Not that Star Trek: Insurrection or First Contact aren't good titles," he said, "it's just that everything that people are turned off about when it comes to Trek is represented by the colon." [46] During production, the film was codenamed Project HH. [47] Star Trek Vengeance was considered, but Abrams vetoed it because of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, although it was used as the film's title in Russia. [48]
On 7 September 2012, it was announced that a title had been chosen for the sequel. [49] Later that day, the title was rumored and then confirmed to be Star Trek Into Darkness. [50] [51] Abrams acknowledged the title was "odd", but declared "It definitely feels like the title's appropriate: this is a story about these characters being challenged and tested and taken to a place that's about sacrifice and life and death." Additionally, Into Darkness was ambiguous enough to not spoil the story. "I remember there was a movie, An Innocent Man, and I was like, doesn't that kinda ruin everything?!?" Abrams joked. [52]
Filming
On November 23, 2011, it was reported that the sequel would be shot in 3D for a 17 May 2013 release. [53] Abrams later clarified the film will be shot in 2D and converted into 3D during post-production. [54] It will be the first official 3D Star Trek production. Abrams was convinced to convert the film to 3D after watching converted footage of the scene in Star Trek where the USS Enterprise arrives at Vulcan. After shooting each scene, Abrams did a pass with a 3D camera which replicated the original camera moves, to help the conversion process. [55] Filmmaker Edgar Wright visited the set and got to direct a shot for the film. [56]
TrekMovie reported that shooting of the sequel started on January 12, 2012. Due to the permanent sets of NCIS: Los Angeles on Paramount Stage 8 and 9 the production will also be filming at the Sony Studios in Culver City. The larger sound stages enabled the filmmakers to build interconnected interiors for the Enterprise, similar to the original television show. [57] It also appeared that Hawaii was not chosen for "jungle scenes" but a location in Southern California. [58] Paramount officially announced the start of principal photography on 14 January 2012. [59] Other filming locations include Budweiser Brewery, Dodger Stadium, Long Beach City Hall, MCAS Tustin, and the Vasquez Rocks [60] as well as the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. [61] Leonard Nimoy's cameo was filmed at the offices of Bad Robot. [62]
On Thursday 2 February 2012 and Tuesday 7 February 2012, Headquarters Casting, owned by Carla Lewis, sought background talents for the Trek sequel. According to the casting note they were searching for "attractive / refined / upscale or exotic talent ages 35-55 who are well postured / athletic to thin. Men should be in good shape, ladies must not be overly busty or curvy. The wardrobe is fitted so we need performers who are in great shape and/or on the thin side. Seeking a wide array of different ethnicities for this group, including ethnically ambiguous talent. The work date(s) are TBD, but could be numerous depending on the scene you are selected for. Would require at least one wardrobe fitting. We are submitting additional photos and the photos MUST be current and representative of how you look NOW. Some of the spots that will be picture picked will be quite featured. This is background work and we are seeking both SAG & Non-Union talent. It's possible that non-union performers may need to work SAG (depending on the work day(s) they are ultimately fit for and the number of performers working that day.)". The open call was held at 3108 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California 91505. [63]
In the final week of January 2012, NASA astronaut and engineer Gregory Chamitoff visited the set of the Star Trek sequel. Following the appearance of several images from the filming, [64] a short video clip also appeared on the web showing a fight scene between Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch. [65] [66] More pictures from behind the scenes appeared on the web showing Zoe Saldana and Chris Pine. [67] [68] In addition, OnLocationVacations confirmed the filming location of the previously seen images. The large green screen and the fighting scenes were filmed in Marina del Rey, California, along Jefferson Blvd. and near Grosvenor Blvd. on 23 February 2012. [69]
On 16 April 2012 a new photo from the filming went online showing Zachary Quinto in a Starfleet space suit on a wire in front of a green screen. According to the description from On Location News a volcano is somehow involved. [70] On 17 April 2012 Go for Location reported that the Star Trek sequel is filming exterior and interior scenes all week in Downtown Los Angeles, especially Bunker Hill and the historic core areas [71] [72] and at Flower and Olympic. [73] They're also filming on multiple units at Raleigh Studios PlayaVista lot. [74] On Friday, 20 April 2012 production filmed at 710 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles (7:00 am – 10:00 pm). [75]
On 21 April 2012 the cast and crew filmed scenes at 710 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles (4/21 - 4/22/2012, 7:00 am – 10:00 pm), 650 S. Spring St. (4/21/2012, 7:00 am – 10:00 pm), in the Grand Ave. Crosswalk, between Cal Plaza and Wells Fargo Plaza (4/21 6:00 am – 10:00 pm) 350 S. Grand Ave. (4/21 6:00 am – 10:00 pm), 333 S. Grand Ave. (4/21/2012 6:00 am – 10:00 pm), 523 W. 6th St. (4/21, 7:00 am – 10:00 pm). Base camp was set up at Grand and 8th Ave. [76]
Several photos from the set in Marina del Rey, California appeared on the web showing red prop trees which were used for the surface of a red planet and a storm scene. According to a crewmember the production will wrap in Los Angeles this week and heading to the San Francisco area for the final week of filming. According to On Location Vacations there was a radio casting call in San Francisco for a big motion picture and shooting will start on 1 May 2012. [77] Just a few days later, On Location Vacations reported that an anonymous source reported about a location filming at National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California prior to the filming in San Francisco. [78] [79] They will also film in Pleasanton. [80]
Pegg and Quinto tweeted that filming wrapped on May 8, 2012. [81] Afterwards, second unit filming began in Iceland for visual effects shots. Abrams previously considered filming Delta Vega exterior sequences in Iceland for the previous film: this marks the first time a Star Trek film has shot outside the United States. [82]
Design
At the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, Roberto Orci hinted at changes to the Enterprise design and the opening credits. [83] He commented upon commencement of filming that the engineering designs have been altered. [84] Designer Neville Page has said if there were Klingons, he would have to explore a rationale for their appearance such as their long hair, and give their species a varied appearance, perhaps with different races. [85] Industrial Light & Magic began working on visual effects in November 2011, starting with shots of outer space that would not require live-action elements. [86] In an October 2012 interview on the talk show Conan, Abrams stated that the film was in the editing process, and debuted a three-frame clip of Spock in a volcano. [87]
Music and sound
Michael Giacchino confirmed he would return to compose the film's music score before filming began. [88] Giacchino composed new themes for Harrison, Admiral Marcus, and the Klingons, as well as a more "personal" arrangement of Kirk's theme. The Klingon music incorporates Klingonese lyrics sung by a choir, which was written by music editor Alex Levy. [89] Giacchino also incorporated a theme from the TV show: "I had just finished writing and shut off my computer and said I'm done done. I went downstairs and went on Twitter and someone tweeted to me 'Can you please use one of the themes from one of the old series in the new movie'... and I thought 'OK, OK' and so I went back upstairs and there was one I always particularly loved... so that will be there for you to find." [90] The theme in particular is the "fight to the death" music from TOS: "Amok Time" heard during the climactic fight between Spock and Khan.
Depending on where the film was screened, a different song was played in the scene with Scotty and Keenser at the bar. For example, the UK edition used "The Rage That's In Us All", by Bo Bruce, while the Australian version was "The Dark Collide" by Penelope Austin. [91]
Business Wire announced that Star Trek Into Darkness would be released with Dolby Atmos "to deliver a more natural and realistic soundtrack that moves sound around and above audiences, transporting them into the outer regions of the universe". [92] [93]
Continuity
- Admiral Pike, last seen in a wheelchair at the end of Star Trek after his ordeal with Nero, has regained his ability to walk and is now seen using a cane.
- Star Trek Into Darkness continues to use the same stardate system devised by the screenwriters for Star Trek. According to Roberto Orci, in that system, stardate 2259.55 would be February 24. 2259. [94]
- Admiral Marcus's model collection includes the Ares V, the Phoenix, the USS Enterprise XCV 330 the Enterprise NX-01, the USS Kelvin as well as the Vengeance.
- Spock tells McCoy that "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few". Spock Prime told Kirk this in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- Admiral Marcus reveals that the Kelvin Memorial Archive was really a base of Section 31, the Starfleet Black Ops division that existed as early as 2151, when a young Malcolm Reed was recruited by them. Section 31 was first introduced during the later seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but Section 31 agent Luther Sloan claimed that the organization has existed as a secret black ops division of Starfleet Intelligence since the founding of Starfleet. The prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise later established that this did not simply mean the beginning of the "Federation Starfleet", but the foundation of the predecessor United Earth Starfleet, which later grew into the Federation Starfleet after that organization's creation.
- Chekov, established as a "whiz kid" at the age of 17 in Star Trek, continues to demonstrate his proficiency by learning enough about Engineering systems to be Kirk's choice to replace Scotty as chief engineer.
- The dialogue in the scene where Kirk dies in the radiation chamber uses some verbatim quotes from a very similar scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- The number of torpedoes containing Khan's old crew - 72 - is the same number of Augments that had survived with Khan nearly three centuries of suspended animation when Kirk discovered the SS Botany Bay in TOS: "Space Seed".
- Starfleet Command meets in the Daystrom Conference Room. Richard Daystrom was introduced in TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" and mentioned in other Star Trek episodes as well.
- Christine Chapel is mentioned by name as one of Kirk's former conquests, having told Carol all about him. She has apparently transferred and is now working as a nurse.
- In the previous film it was revealed that Uhura speaks "all three dialects" of Romulan; in this film it is revealed that she also speaks Klingon.
- The Klingon homeworld, Kronos (Qo'noS), features the remains of an exploded moon in its orbit. This may be a homage to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in which the Klingon moon Praxis was destroyed by over-mining and insufficient safety procedures.
- "Cupcake" – Security Officer Hendorff – who Kirk met in the bar fight in Iowa, is still serving aboard the Enterprise and accompanies Kirk to Qo'noS.
- John Harrison takes refuge on Qo'noS in the Ketha Province. In the "Prime" reality, Ketha lowlands was the birthplace of Chancellor Martok.(DS9: "Once More Unto the Breach")
- The Vengeance destroys Alcatraz as it crashes to Earth. In VOY: "Endgame", a future version of Kathryn Janeway from the year 2404 told her past self in 2378 that one could see Alcatraz from USS Voyager's ready room on a clear day, because Voyager was a museum located on the Presidio in that timeline.
- In the film, McCoy calls John Harrison as a superman. In "Space Seed" Spock refers to Khan and his people as supermen.
- As Kirk wakes from his coma near the end of the film, he can hear his mother and father speaking about him moments after his birth.
- At the San Francisco bar, among the other drinks on Scotty's table is a Budweiser. Uhura ordered a Budweiser Classic in the previous film, and both this film and the previous film used a Budweiser plant for scenes in engineering.
- McCoy uses his medical skills to assist Carol Marcus in performing "surgery" on a torpedo, something he also assisted Spock with in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
- Scotty sabotages the Starfleet prototype USS Vengeance to help save the Enterprise. He also sabotaged the prototype USS Excelsior to help the Enterprise escape in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
- In San Francisco, trolley cars are still in use, and were seen as early as 1986 in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
- In the film's London scenes, the "London Eye," a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames, built in 1999, is clearly visible and still in use.
- Among the pedestrians in San Francisco is an Orion woman.
- Pike tells Kirk that Starfleet Command returned the captaincy of the Enterprise to him by saying "They gave her back to me", which is also what Kirk told Scotty when he regained command of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- Kirk risking his life to save the Enterprise is something his prime counterpart did in Star Trek Generations.
Deleted scenes
Khan in a shower
Responding to criticism that the scene in the Enterprise shuttlecraft in which Kirk catches a glimpse of Carol Marcus in her underwear could be viewed as sexist, J.J. Abrams revealed during an interview on Conan on May 23, 2013 a segment of a deleted scene from the film in which Khan is seen taking a shower. [95]
Carol Marcus is highlighted in a deleted scene explaining that her parents had separated, thus leaving Carol to be raised by her mother alone in England. The scene thereby addresses why Carol has a different accent from her prime-reality counterpart. [96] The explanatory deleted scene is the only one involving Carol Marcus. Star Trek Into Darkness at StarTrek.com
Several deleted, expanded and alternate scenes appear exclusively through the film's Xbox SmartGlass second-screen app. [97] The opening scene at Nibiru originally ended with Kirk at the bridge recording a captain's log entry, untruthfully stating that the crew never set foot on the planet's surface and that the mission was "uneventful". In an alternate cut of the scene where Kirk loses his command, Pike personally demoted him and took control of the Enterprise, immediately relegating Kirk to first officer. According to the iTunes commentary track of the film, this was changed to help maintain the father/son dynamic between Pike and Kirk.
The scene where Thomas Harewood sits as his station at the Kelvin Memorial Archive originally included a video chat in which Harewood explains to Admiral Marcus that "He [Harrison] said you'd know why he did this", right before activating the explosive device disguised as his Starfleet Academy ring. The sequence where Harrison fires upon several Starfleet officers from a jumpship was recut: in the earlier version, Kirk witnesses Pike get shot and is by his side as Pike dies; Harrison swoops back to the scene and resumes fire, prompting Kirk to take down the ship.
Uhura's exchange with the Klingons originally involved her lying to them by stating that she was seeking out a lone Klingon who was her lover and had stolen from her. Uhura's ruse is interrupted when Kirk decides to exit the K'normian ship and attack the warriors with his crew members. The ensuing fight halts when two Klingons hold Kirk to the ground and put a rifle to his head. As Kirk's crew comes out from behind cover, the Klingon commander shouts an order and a redshirt is shot in the chest. The commander also orders Kirk to be killed, but the Klingons are shot by Harrison as he appears.
The scene where Scotty approaches the secret hangar containing the Vengeance included a sequence where he bluffs his way in by stating he was delivering "hull plating and the coffee cells for the food synthesizers". The end of the film originally contained a scene at the commemoration ceremony where Kirk speaks with Rima Harewood and her daughter Lucille; the latter of whom appears to have been restored to good health.
Release
The film premiered at the George Street Event Cinema in Sydney, Australia on April 23, 2013. Additional premieres took place in Moscow (April 25), Berlin (April 29), and London (May 2), before wide release in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK on May 9. It premiered in Los Angeles on May 14, [98] before its release in the Philippines and North America on May 16. [99] IMAX 3D preview screenings in North America took place on May 15. [100] Paramount announced that the film will join its World War Z in an one-week-only "Ultimate Double Feature" from August 30th to September 5th. [101]
Marketing
The first image released from the film
IDW Publishing solicited a four-issue prequel comic book to the film titled Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness. Like the previous film's comic book prequel, Star Trek: Countdown, it was written by Mike Johnson and drawn by David Messina. Johnson also wrote the ongoing comic book and said the first, fourth, and twelfth issues contained hints of events in the film. "They are more retroactive, in the sense that after you see the movie you can go back and see where things were set up. Some are very direct; others are more thematic." [102] [103]
Hasbro released Kre-O and Fighter Pods toys to promote the film. Mattel released three new Hot Wheels Star Trek Into Darkness starship models, and Quantum Mechanix announced plans to release a number of prop replicas based on historical flight models that were seen in Admiral Marcus' office. [104]
A video game, Star Trek, was released before the film. Its story and development cycle was independent of the films, but its release was delayed to promote Into Darkness.
Alan Dean Foster wrote the novelization of the film. Star Trek Into Darkness at StarTrek.com
The soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande Records.
The first nine minutes of the film was shown before IMAX 3D screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on 14 December 2012. [105] The first trailer was shown before non-IMAX screenings of the film. [106]
While showing scenes from the film at CinemaCon on April 15, 2013, members of the cast and crew expressed discomfort at promoting the film just hours after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Chris Pine acknowledged the parallels between the film's plot and the real world: "Terrorism is a huge part of our lives, and we all know the effects of that." [107] Before the film's Australian premiere, Abrams commented the parallels were "horrible and unfortunate and heartbreaking [...] but I would argue that it is also one of the reasons we go to the movies - to look at our lives, to ask questions about things we are trying to figure out, to find ways to make some sense of these things." [108]
Posters
Box office
Within hours of tickets going on sale in the UK on April 9, 2013, the London IMAX's website crashed due to heavy traffic. [109] Following its opening in the UK, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Austria, and German speaking Switzerland, Into Darkness set international records for the series with a gross of approximately $31.7 million. [110] Reports indicated ticket sales were 70% higher than for the last film. [111]
After tickets to the US IMAX previews sold out, the film's wide release was moved up a day from its initial May 17 date. [112] The film grossed $81.1 million over its four-day opening, lower than Paramount's expected $100 million, but the film also already outgrossed its predecessor in markets such as Russia, Taiwan and Mexico. [113] The film's North American opening (three-day) weekend was actually less than the $75 million opening of the first film, while attendance by audiences under the age of 25 dropped ten percent to 25%. [114] The film dropped to third place during the subsequent four-day Memorial Day weekend, but grossed $47 million. [115]
The film has grossed a total of $458.7 million worldwide, with a domestic gross of $228.7 million, which places it as the 11th highest-grossing film in North America for 2013; and $231.3 million internationally, ranking it in 14th place worldwide, and making it the highest-grossing film of the franchise.[116] The film was less successful than its predecessor in North America but exceeded it in other countries such as Russia and China, overall bringing the worldwide total to a larger amount than the first film a month after its release. [117] [118] Forbes argued that Into Darkness's disappointing performance in North America was due to Abrams' refusal to spoil that John Harrison was Khan, so Paramount was "forced to craft a generic campaign based around Benedict Cumberbatch as 'Generic Bad Guy', so the excitement never took hold [...] it made fans and general moviegoers less excited about Star Trek 2 than they were four, three, or even two years ago." [119]
Reviews
The film has an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 7.5/10. [120] The film has a "generally favorable" score of 72/100 on Metacritic. [121]
Among cinemagoers, the film earned an "A" rating from those polled by CinemaScore. [122]
On his twitter account, former Star Trek showrunner Rick Berman reviewed the film, saying, "Very exciting, great production and VFX. Fabulous acting. But is it a Star Trek film? Maybe. Only time will tell." He also contemplated how Gene Roddenberry might have reacted to the film, commenting, "At its soul, is it a movie that Gene would have given his blessings to? He very well might have. I really don't know." [123]
Merchandise gallery
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Awards and honors
Star Trek Into Darkness received the following awards and honors.
| Year | Group | Award | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | California on Location Awards | Location Team of the Year - Studio Feature Films | Supervising Location Manager: Becky Brake, Location Manager: Steve Woroniecki, Key Assistant Location Managers: Taylor Boyd, Leo Fialho, Peter Gluck, Kathy McCurdy, Golden Robert Swenson, Scott Trimble, Assistant Location Managers: Shelly Armstrong, Christina Otteson | Won |
| 2013 | Golden Trailer Awards | Best Summer 2013 Blockbuster Poster | Empire Design, Paramount Pictures | Nominated |
| Best Summer Blockbuster 2013 TV Spot | The AV Squad, Paramount Pictures | |||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Movie Star: Female | Zoe Saldana | ||
| Choice Summer Movie Star: Male | Chris Pine | |||
| Britannia Awards | British Artist of the Year | Benedict Cumberbatch (For Star Trek Into Darkness, 12 Years a Slave, The Fifth Estate, August: Osage County, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) | Won | |
| Hollywood Film Festival | Hollywood Movie Award | J.J. Abrams | ||
| Key Art Awards | Best Sound Design | Paramount Pictures, The AV Squad (For "Return:30 - Superbowl") [124] | Nominated | |
| Best Spot | ||||
| Best Trailer | Paramount Pictures, Transit (For "Illusion") [125] | |||
| Paramount Pictures, mOcean (For "Moments") [126] | ||||
| Best Audio/Visual Technique | Paramount Pictures, Pusher Media (For "Trailer 2") [127] | Won - Silver | ||
| Best Trailer - Audio/Visual | Paramount Pictures, The AV Squad (For "Destiny Trailer 3"/"Assume the Position") [128] | Won - Bronze | ||
| Best Innovative Media | Paramount Pictures (For the Star Trek App) [129] | |||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Visual Effects | - | Nominated | |
| Best Stunts | - | |||
| BAFTA Children's Awards | BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film | - | ||
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | Best Visual Effects | Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton | ||
| 2014 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | - | |
| Favorite Movie Duo | Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto | |||
| Favorite Action Movie | - | |||
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards | Actor of the Year | Benedict Cumberbatch (For Star Trek Into Darkness, 12 Years a Slave, The Fifth Estate, August: Osage County, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Visual Effects | - | ||
| Best Action Movie | - | |||
| Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | - | |||
| Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Animated Effects in a Live Action Production | Industrial Light & Magic: Ben O'Brien, Karin Cooper, Lee Uren, Chris Root | ||
| Industrial Light & Magic: Dan Pearson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Grebe, Amelia Chenoweth | ||||
| ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards | Fantasy Feature Film | Production Designer: Scott Chambliss, Supervising Art Director: Ramsey Avery, VFX Art Director: James Clyne, Art Directors: Lauren Polizzi, Kasra Farahani, Michael E. Goldman, Harry E. Otto, Andrew E.W. Murdock, On Set Art Director: Jason Baldwin Stewart, Assistant Art Directors: Natasha Gerasimova, Steve Christensen, Illustrators: Andrea Dopaso, John Eaves, Nathan Schroeder, Ryan Church, Christopher Ross, Victor Martinez, Steven Messing, Set Designers: Karl Strahlendorf, John Chichester, Tex Kadonaga, Kevin Cross, Andrew Reeder, Anne Porter, Jane Wuu, Richard F. Mays, Allen Coulter, Karl Martin, Scott Schneider, Lorrie Campbell, Easton Smith, Tammy Lee, Tim Croshaw, Lead Graphic Designer: Clint Schultz, Set Decorator, SDSA: Karen Manthey | ||
| VES Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossmann | ||
| Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture | Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, Thomas Fejes | |||
| BAFTA Film Awards | Best Special Visual Effects | Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett | ||
| IFMCA Awards | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Michael Giacchino | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Overall Blu-ray | Paramount Home Entertainment | Won | |
| Academy Awards | Best Achievement in Visual Effects | Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | Best Science Fiction Film | - | Nominated (tba) | |
| Best Director | J.J. Abrams | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | |||
| Best Costume | Michael Kaplan | |||
| Best Special/Visual Effects | Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton | |||
| Empire Awards | Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | - | ||
| MTV Movie Awards | Best Villain | Benedict Cumberbatch |
Links and references
Credits
Uncredited
Cast
- Kraisit Agnew as Nikicha Tomser
- Tom Archdeacon as Ensign Spyke
- Alexandra Aristy as Starfleet HQ staff #2
- Noah Arrue as visitor
- Melissa Baldridge as Enterprise operations division officer
- Susana Basanty
- Paris Benjamin as Enterprise crew engineer
- Manu Bennett as Klingon
- Bill Blair as Chelsea civilian
- Jon Lee Brody as Enterprise security officer
- Mitch Clark as Nibiran
- Geryh Hurricane Curtis as Starfleet instructor
- Mike Dalager as Enterprise security officer
- D'Anna Dettore as "First in Command, Cadet, Civilian"
- Gerald Donaldson as admiral
- Jaycie Dotin as Enterprise shuttle crewmember
- April Marie Eden as Orion Enterprise crewmember
- Diana Emuge as engineer
- Chris Fabregas as Enterprise security officer
- LaRaine Fisher as Chelsea civilian
- Leni Ford as Cosmoe
- Gary-7 as Nibiran elder
- Aurelien Gaya as ship engineer
- Jonathon Grant
- Virginia Hankins as Enterprise crewmember
- Mark Alexander Herz as Enterprise security officer
- Ellen Ho as Starfleet cadet
- Ryan T. Husk as Starfleet officer
- Coy Jandreau as Nibiran
- Britanni Johnson as NYU Nurse
- Mike Kalinowski as Starfleet officer
- Robert Kane as civilian
- Elly Kaye as Starfleet officer
- Germany Kent as Starfleet captain
- Hina Khan as cadet
- Dave Kim as Starfleet Enlisted Soldier
- Ariel D. King as Starfleet civilian
- Kasia Kowalczyk as alien Enterprise engineer
- Shaun Kyser as security guard
- Bryan Lee as Starfleet cadet
- Xuelian Lei as civilian
- Andrew Maiorano as Starfleet HQ staff #3
- Brent McGee as Enterprise crew engineer
- Teebone Mitchell as Starfleet Headquarters officer
- Peet Montzingo as bar patron #2
- Chris Morris
- Hiram A. Murray as bar patron
- Morocco Nevlin/Reggie Melvin as civilian
- Westley Nguyen as civilian
- Brendan Norman as Enterprise crew engineer
- Celeste Octavia as nurse
- Jen Oda
- Laura Parker as Enterprise crewmember
- Salomon Passariello as medical technician
- Preston Queen as bar patron #3
- David Rodriguez as Starfleet cadet
- Tristin Rupp
- Joel Shock as security officer
- Michael T. Stewart as Starfleet officer
- Thomas W. Stewart as Enterprise crew engineer
- Nora Sullivan as Enterprise science officer
- Vijay Suzuki as red shirt/mechanic
- Nilayana Sy as Starfleet officer
- John Tomkins
- Fawn Tran as civilian
- Xavier Truesdell as Enterprise security officer
- Kyle Valle as Starfleet civilian
- David Whitaker as Starfleet officer
- David C. White as USS Enterprise crew
- Ali Williams
- Felicity Wren as Starfleet officer
- Unknown performers as
- Alien bar patron
- Alien Enterprise crewmember
- Enterprise command division officer
- Enterprise operations division officer
- Enterprise nurse
- Nibiran baby
- Nibirans
- Orion civilian
- Six Starfleet officers
- Six USS Vengeance security officers
- Starfleet officer
- Ten bar patrons
- Three ceremonial guards
- Three Enterprise security officers
- Three Royal Children's Hospital staff members
- Two Ayt
- Two Enterprise medical staff members
Stunt performers
- John Ashker - stunts
- Maryellen Aviano - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Krista Bell - stunts
- Fernando Chien - stunt actor: Starfleet official
- Ilram Choi - stunt actor: Chelsea civilian
- Brian Christensen - stunt rigger
- Doug Coleman - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Eugene Collier - stunt double: Beau Billingslea
- Tim Connolly - stunt double: Karl Urban
- George Cottle - utility stunts: ND Enterprise crew
- Brycen Counts - stunts
- Sam Creed - stunts
- Jahnel Curfman - stunts
- Max Daniels - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Eddie Davenport - stunt actor: USS Vengeance security officer
- Mark DeAlessandro - stunt actor: Frantic Pedestrian
- Steve DeCastro - stunts
- Cory DeMeyers - stunts
- Kevin Derr - stunts
- Shauna Duggins - stunts
- Wade Eastwood - utility stunts: ND Enterprise crew
- Katie Eischen - utility stunts
- Robert C. Escobar - stunts
- Marie Fink - stunt double: Berit Francis
- Mark Ginther - stunt rigger/utility stunts
- Jessica Harbeck - stunts
- Zedric Harris - stunts
- Nick Hermz - stunts
- Antal Kalik - stunts
- Zero Kazama - stunt actor: USS Vengeance bridge officer
- Matthew S. Kennedy - stunts
- Bobby C. King - stunts: ND crewmember
- Henry Kingi, Jr. - stunts
- Hiro Koda - stunts
- Kim Koscki - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Cheryl Lewis - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Michael Li - stunts
- Brian Machleit - stunts
- Tara Macken - stunts: Enterprise science crewmember
- Tom McComas - stunts
- Cassandra McCormick - stunt double: Alice Eve and utility stunts
- Rene Mousseux - stunts
- Caryn Mower - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Mike Mukatis - stunts
- Eric Norris - stunts
- Lin Oeding - stunts
- Eddie Perez - stunts
- J.J. Perry - stunts
- Peewee Piemonte - utility stunts
- Denney Pierce - stunts
- Mark Rayner - stunts
- Kevin Reid - stunt double: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Simon Rhee - stunt actor: USS Vengeance security officer
- Larry Rippenkroeger - stunts
- Jimmy N. Roberts - stunts
- Tracey Ruggiero - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Todd Schneider - stunts
- Courtney Schwartz - stunts
- Ray Siegle - stunts
- Caine Sinclair - stunt double: Anton Yelchin
- Paul Sklar - stunt double: Peter Weller
- Scott Sproule - utility stunts
- Aaron Toney - stunts
- Frank Torres - stunt rigger / utility stunts
- Tierre Turner - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- April Weeden Washington - stunts
- Kofi Yiadom - utility stunts: Starfleet official
- Merritt Yohnka - stunt double: Bruce Greenwood
- Omid Zader - stunt actor: Meter Maid
Stand-ins
- Ryan Babbs - stand-in for Simon Pegg
- Caleb Grant - stand-in for Benedict Cumberbatch
- James Henderson - stand-in for Chris Pine
- Jessica Hickam
- Peter Jang - stand-in for John Cho
- Linden King
- Chris Morris
- Brandon Stacy - stand-in and photo double for Zachary Quinto
- Michael T. Stewart - stand-in for Zachary Quinto
- Wilson Wang - stand-in for John Cho
- Evan Wecksell - photo double
Crew
- Nico Abondolo - Musician: Double bass
- Eri Adachi - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Brian Adler - Digital & Visual Effects Executive Producer: Gentle Giant Studios
- Rose Adler - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Beatriz Aguilar - Intern/Production Assistant
- Daniil Alikov - Texture Artist: ILM Singapore
- Nicole Alkire - Hair Stylist
- Patrick L. Almanza - Stereoscopic Compositor/Painter
- Tom Altobello - Property Assistant
- Miriam Alvarez - Stereo Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Michael Amato - Stereoscopic Artist
- John Amorelli - Rigging Draftsman
- Pedro Andrade - Digital Compositor
- Tor Andreassen - Digital Compositor
- Tovonaina Andriamampionona - Stereoscopic Roto Artist: Stereo D
- Beverley Joy Ang - Assistant Technical Director
- Dave Anglin - Second Unit Camera Production Assistant
- Carlos Anguiano - Pipeline Developer: Pixomondo
- Jason Apperson - Additional Electrician
- Erick Aragon - Rotoscope Artist
- Ian Armstrong - Stereoscopic Depth Artist
- Shelly Armstrong - Location Coordinator/Assistant Location Manager
- Aitor Arroyo - Nuke Artist: Pixomondo
- Gustaf Aspegren - Electronic Prop Assistant
- Florian Ast - Compositing Intern: Pixomondo
- Lauren Astore - Coordinator: Digital Caliber Inc.
- Alan Au - Art Director
- Ando Avila - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Arin Babaian - Personal Trainer: Alice Eve, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg
- Paul A. Baccam - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist
- Joseph Bailey - Digital Compositor: ILM
- Justin Ball - Compositor: Pixomondo
- James Ballard - Compositor
- Frank Willis Balzer - Special Effects Assistant
- Gretchen Bangs - Stereoscopic Roto Artist: Stereo D
- Zheng Bao - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Jennifer Barnes - Musician: Alto
- K.C. Barnes - Senior Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- David Baronoff - Associate Producer
- Fernando Barrios - Rigging Grip
- Jose F. Barrios - Rigging Grip Foreman
- Vatsche Barsoumian - Vocal: Bass
- Steven Barthen - CG Intern: Pixomondo
- Brandon Bartlett - Division CG Supervisor: Pixomondo
- Mark Battle - Finaling Artist: Stereo D
- Chris Basso - Generator Operator/Driver, Production Van Operator
- Fritz Beck - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Julian Beeston - Utility Sound
- Harald Belker - Concept Designer
- Todd Bennett - Plasterer
- Frank Berbert - Digital Compositor: ILM
- Carina Berlin - 2nd Unit Art Department Assistant
- Jeff Berrington - Special Effects Welder
- Maxime Besner - Stereo Compositor
- James Betteridge - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Michael Binczek - Special Effects Model Maker Gang Boss
- Adam Binder - Production Assistant
- Brian Bishop - Rigging Grip
- Anton Bitzer - Compositor
- Edward Blackford - Rotoscope Artist
- Bill Blair - Digital Double Lead
- Margaret Blakemore - Production Assistant
- Neale Blase - Driver
- Chris Bleth - Musician: Clarinet
- Daniel Blöcher - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Ioan Boieriu - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Jason Bomstein - Stereoscopic Artist
- Konstantin Borchert - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Cris Borgnine - Visual Effects Rigging Supervisor
- Chloe Bostian - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Frankie Bourne - Production Assistant
- Cindy Bourquin - Musician: Alto
- Jason Bowers - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Taylor Boyd - Key Assistant Location Manager
- Chris Bramante - Production Assistant
- Troy Bridenstine - Driver
- Maxwell Britton - Set Dresser
- Laura N. Brooks - Production Assistant
- Matt Brooks - 3D Database Developer
- Michael Broom - Conceptual Designer
- Belinda Broughton - Musician: Viola
- Elisabeth Brown - Sculptor/Model Builder
- Darlene Brumfield - Hair Stylist
- Dorothy Bulac - Specialty Costumer
- Jonathan Burdeshaw - Sculptor
- Aaron Burnitt - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Alex E. Burns - Driver: Day Player
- Chris Burr - Rigging Electrician
- Daniela Cabrera - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Moises Flores Cabrera - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Adam Camacho - Grip
- Sue Campbell - Animator: Pixomondo
- Kevin A. Canamar - Supervising Set Medic
- Nicholas Canavan - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Jay Cannavo - Splinter Unit Production Assistant
- Jake Capistron - Eclipse Technician
- Roberto Cappannelli - Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Deborah Carlson - FX Technical Director: ILM
- Clint Carney - Concept Artist/Prop Maker
- Steve Casa - Visual Effects Photographer
- Kyle Cascadden - IT Trainee: Pixomondo
- Laura Caulfield - Production Legal
- Snata Chakraborty - Stereo Roto Artist
- Steven Chapman - Lidar Technician
- Matt Chase - Craft Service Assistant
- Peter Chase - Craft Service
- Zhongwei Chen - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Cheng Cheng - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Tagui Chilyan - Stereo Production Assistant: Stereo D
- Christopher Chinea - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Paul Churchill - Digital Artist: ILM
- Joseph Civitate - Senior 3D Generalist
- Sam Claitor - Compositing Trainee: Pixomondo
- Darrell Claunch - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Art Clever - Special Effects Welding Foreman
- James Clowater - Stereo Artist
- Michael Coady - Driver
- David Cohen - Mold Shop Supervisor
- Joshua E. Cohen - Visual Effects Artist
- Brian R. Cole - Sculptor
- Gus Comegys - Visual Effects Prep Colorist
- Kit Conners - Production Assistant
- Steve Constancio - Specialty Costumer
- Elliot Contreras - Senior Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Jeremiah Cooke - Special Effects Hydraulic Foreman
- Elissa Cordero - Stereoscopic Animator
- Matt Cordero - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Jack Cornelius - Set Dresser
- Matt Corrigan - Special Effects Artist
- Trent Cotner - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Daniel Cotroneo - 2nd Unit Lighting Technician
- Glenn Cotter - Digital Artist: ILM
- Erik Coutts - Transportation department
- David Cowles - Stereoscopic On-Line Editor
- Maurice Cox - Senior Stereoscopic Compositor
- David Crane - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Thomas Crow - 3D Artist: Stereo D
- Davide Curletti - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Brian G. Curtis - Animator: Pixomondo
- Xu Dai - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Adam Dale - Aerial Director of Photography
- David Dame - Digital Artist
- Nicholas Daniels - Compositor
- John Daro - Senior Digital Intermediate Colorist: FotoKem
- Brad Darrow - Team Leader
- Gilbert Dawson-Kesson - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Curtis Decker - Special Effects Machinist
- Gabe de Kelaita - Set Production Assistant
- Alfonso De La Torre - Concept Designer
- Brian Deming - Key Assistant Location Manager
- Michelle Denering - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Mark DeSimone - ADR Mixer
- Rustin Devendorf - Stereoscopic Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Leslie Devlin - Makeup Artist
- Harish Devnani - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Amit Dhawal - Visual Effects Artist
- Allison Dillard - Production Safety Director
- Matt DiNardo - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Doris Ding - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Lucas di Rago - Digital Compositor: Pixomondo
- Matt DiSarro - Special Effects Technician
- Gus Djuro - Senior Stereoscopic Compositor
- George Doering - Musician
- Maren Dolzmann - Visual Effects Coordinator: Pixomondo
- Hugo Dominguez - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Don Domino - Rigging Grip
- Sebastian Domula - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Christopher Dooly - Specialty Costumes
- Andrea Dopaso - Illustrator
- Dennis Drozdowski - Special Effects Technician
- Mayur Duchakke - Render Wrangler
- John Dutcher - Confidentially Production Assistant
- Gregory M. Edgar - Property Assistant/Assistant Property Master
- Glen Eisner - Makeup Sculptor
- Nino Ellington - Technical Assistant
- Daniel Emmerich - CG Intern: Pixomondo
- James England - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Rob Engle - Stereoscopic Consultant
- Juan Antonio Espigares Enriquez - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Bryan T. Evans - Matchmove Artist
- Garrett Eves - Depth Artist
- Benjamin Ey - Division Visual Effects Producer: Pixomondo
- Maeve Eydmann - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Paul Faeldo - Stereo Compositor: Stereo D
- Devin Fairbairn - Layout Artist: ILM
- Hsuanyi Fang - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Salina Farkas - Accounting: Pixomondo
- Junaid Farooq - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Dean Faulder - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Ryan Faulkner - Stereoscopic Artist
- Phylicia Feldman - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Robin Pierce Ferber - Stereoscopic Conversion Artist
- Mariano Fernandez - Metal Shop Foreman
- Lauren Fernandez-Morrell - Stereo Artist
- Francesco Ferrara - Painter
- Giovanni Ferrara - Paint Foreman
- Judith Ferrer - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Mark Ferrer - Stereoscopic Roto Artist: Stereo D
- Dawn Fidrick - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Claire Finbow - Assistant to Simon Pegg
- Chad Finnerty - Visual Effects Supervisor Consultant/Animator: Pixomondo
- Felix Fissel - IT Manager: Pixomondo
- Bridgette Foo - Digital Artist: ILM
- Brian Fortune - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Lucia Foster Found - Aerial Operations Coordinator
- Clayton Fowler - Grip
- Elizabeth Frank - Set Costumer
- Layne Friedman - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Josh Friz - 2nd Unit Second Assistant Camera Operator
- Maxi Fröhlich - Compositing Intern: Pixomondo
- Christopher Fulmer - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Doug Gagan - Special Effects Technician
- Patrick Gagné - Visual Effects: Modeling and Texturing
- Stephen A. Gall - Stereo Rotoscope Artist
- Rick Gamez - Prop Fabricator
- Matthaeus Gamroth - Animator: Pixomondo
- Liwei Gao - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Mark Garbarino - Special Makeup Effects Artist: Kasia Kowalczyk
- Adam Garnier - Stereoscopic Compositor: Digital Caliber Inc.
- Edgar Garrido - Roto Artist
- Lynn Garrido - Prop Electronics Technician
- Meredith Garrison - VFX Production Assistant: Stereo D
- Mark Gasbarro - Musician: Pianist
- Nancy Gassner-Clayton - Score Vocalist
- Michael Geiger - Vocal: Bass
- Mike Gerzevitz - Electrician: Fixtures
- Jackson Gichuki - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist
- Adrien Saint Girons - Lead Lighting Technical Director
- Jan Glöckner - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Paolo Gnoni - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Christian Godzik - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Daniel Goertz - Pipeline Technical Director: Pixomondo
- Harris Goldman - Musician: Viola
- Matt Goldstein - Splinter Unit Set Production Assistant
- Jerardo Gomez - Electrician
- Antoine Goncalves - ENV/DMP: ILM Singapore
- Edgar Gonzalez - Rotoscope Artist
- Azzard Gordon - Digital Artist: ILM Singapore
- Russell Gorsky - Sound Effects Designer
- Joanna N. Goslicka - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Björn Gottwald - Compositor: Pixomondo
- A.B. Govardhan - Matchmove Supervisor: Botvfx
- Matthew Gowan - Production Assistant
- Kirk Gravatt - Visual Effects Artist
- Connie Grayson Criswell - Contact Lens Technician/Wig Maker
- Renee Greathouse - Production Assistant
- Elysia Greening - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Jerry Gregoricka - Rigging Electrician
- Ashley Gressen - Additional Production Assistant
- Peter N. Griffith - Property Assistant
- Quinn Grove - Rigging Grip
- Nathan Grubbs - Stereo Compositor
- Jonny Gu - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Pascal Guillemard - Fixtures Technician
- Phaneedra Gullapalli - Pipeline Developer: Pixomondo
- Benson Guo - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Mansi Gupta - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Sandie Hall - Vocal: Soprano
- Tyler Halle - Stereo Compositor
- Thierry Hamel - Lead Matchmove and Environment TD: Pixomondo
- Ramón Hamilton - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- John H. Han - CG Supervisor
- Josh Handley - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Aisling Harbert - Stereoscopic Lead Artist: Stereo D
- Rich Hardy Jr. - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Karen Harper - Off-Camera Singer
- Walter S. Harrah - Vocal: Tenor
- Jeffrey J. Hart - Additional Set Production Assistant
- Samantha Hatch - Additional Set Production Assistant
- Ayana Haviv - Ensemble Singer/Vocalist
- Dustin Hayes - Depth Artist
- Alex Heffner - Stereoscopic Lead Artist
- David Heimerl - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Árni Björn Helgason - Unit Production Manager: Iceland
- Kelly Valentine Hendry - Casting Search
- Namjin Heo - Digital Compositor
- Andrea Hernandez - Division Lead Compositor: Pixomondo
- Daniel A. Hernandez - Video Assist
- Veronica Hernandez - Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Jordan Heskett - Stereoscopic Painter/Stereoscopic Compositor
- Brent Heyning - Effects Engineer: Interior Engineering for Enterprise and Spacecraft
- Nicholas Hiegel - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Jason Hindman - Fixtures Technician
- Isaac Hingley - Animator: Pixomondo
- Sebastian Hirsch - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Ngoc Ho - Production Assistant
- Martin Höhnle - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Chris Holly - Confidentially Production Assistant
- Brian Holmes - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Matt R. Hopkins - Prop Fabricator
- Paul Hormis - Pipeline Technical Director: Pixomondo
- Scott Hosfeld - Musician
- Craig Hosking - Aerial Coordinator/Pilot
- Craig Houston - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Gábor Hoványi - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Xiaoyong Hu - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Gary Huang - Render Wrangler: Pixomondo
- Xiandeng Huang - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Natapon Huangsakuncharoen - Creature Technical Director: ILM Singapore
- Ryan Huestis - Production Assistant: ILM
- Paul Huston - Digital Matte Artist
- Ali Ingham - Senior Visual Effects Production Coordinator: Pixomondo
- Florian Jackl - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Robert Jackson - 2D Division Lead Compositor: Pixomondo
- Sean D. Jackson - Set Dresser
- Ryan Jacoby - Mold Shop
- Andrea Jamiel - Render Wrangler: Pixomondo
- Anine Jan - Stereo Compositor: Stereo D
- Srinivas Janapati - Production Coordinator
- Jeffrey Jasper - Technical Lead: New Deal Studios
- Jaime Jasso - Lead Digital Matte Artist
- Whan Je - i/o Coordinator: Pixomondo
- Henry Jefferson - Compositing Artist: Pixomondo
- Victor Jenkins - Casting Search
- Leo Jia - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Bess Johnson - Camera Production Assistant
- Erik Johnson - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Jeremy Jones - Stereoscopic Artist
- Nikolce Jovanovski - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Soyeon Olivia Jung - Rotoscope/Paint Artist/STereo Compositor: Pixomondo
- YeYoung Jung - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Greg Junovich - ADR Mixer
- Bruce Jurgens - Visual Effects Executive Producer: Legion Entertainment
- Corey Just - Stereoscopic Depth Artist
- Aleks Justesen - Depth Artist
- Jordan C. Kadovitz - Computer Video Playback: Rigger
- Christian Kalata - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Sandro Kath - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Prateek Kaushal - Stereoscopic Supervisor: Stereo D
- Michael Kelem - Aerial Director of Photography
- Pete Kelley - Special Effects Technician
- James Kells - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Clark Kelly - Sculptor
- Kolby Kember - Lighting and Shading Artist: Pixomondo
- Rolf John Keppler - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Douglas Kieffer - Set Lighting Technician
- Jin Yong Kim - Layout & Matchmove Artist
- Jun Young Kim - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Ted Moowon Kim - Hard Surface Modeler & Texturer: ILM Singapore
- Vedat Kiyici - ADR Mixer
- Dag Kjetsa - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Thomas Kleylein - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Lena Amanda Koch - Visual Effects Assistant/Visual Effects Coordinator
- Kristofer Kody - Stereo Compositor
- Alexander Köhl - Digital Compositor: Pixomondo
- Christian Korneck - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Justin Kosnikowski - Digital Artist
- Gumby Kounthong - Extras Casting
- Kyle D. Krajewski - ADR Recordist
- Sebastian Kral - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- David Krause - VP of Technology: Stereoscopic Conversion
- Denis Kravtsov - Pipeline Developer: Pixomondo
- Eryn Krueger Mekash - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Lon Krung - Modeling and Texturing CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Norman Krüsmann - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Nitesh Kumar - Stereo Roto Artist: Stereo D
- David Ladish - Set Dresser
- Steven Ladish - Set Dresser
- Dave Lajoie - Production Tools
- Heather Langenkamp - Makeup Artist
- Ruben Languren - Production Assistant
- Michael Lankes - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Don Lanning - Makeup Designer
- Chris Larsen - Set Dresser
- Daniel Lawson - Production Assistant
- Thang Le - Concept Artist: ILM
- Julius Lechner - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Jonathan B. Lee - Stereo Production Assistant
- Kenji Lee - Animator: Pixomondo
- Melissa Lee - Compositor: Pixomondo
- SeungJoo Lee - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Stephen Lefebvre - Visual Effects Artist
- Erik Lehmann - Texturing Artist: Pixomondo
- Ellexa Lemarie - Production Assistant
- Chris Lentz - Animation Supervisor: Singapore
- C.J. LePage - i/o: Pixomondo
- Jenny Leupold - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Mark LeVang - Musician
- Carla Lewis - Extras Casting
- Wenkang Li - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Zhunan Li - Visual Effects Coordinator: Pixomondo
- Jeff Lin - Animator: Pixomondo
- Kai Lin - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- YuanJing Lin - Assistant Technical Director
- Lisardo Liriano - Visual Effects Artist: Stereo D
- Benjamin Liu - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Heng Liu - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Sunyan Liu - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Adam Lo - Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Veronica Lorenz - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Son Lu - Stereoscopic Lead
- Doug Luberts - Production and Technical Support: ILM
- Jacob Lundmark - Roto/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Rob Lutz - Stereoscopic Compositor/Painter
- Lap Van Luu - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Chenchen Ma - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Zijun Ma - Roto/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Frank Macchia - Music Preparation
- Ali Magee - Makeup Department Production Assistant
- Michael C. Magno - Set Dresser
- Pravin Mahtani - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Uwe Majer - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Carson Majors - Stereoscopic Compositor/Painter
- Yael Majors - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Lee Philip Malin - Confidentiality Administrator
- Roy Vincent Mann - Lead Stereoscopic Compositor
- Fredrik Mannerfelt - Digital Compositor: Pixomondo
- Charana Mapatuna - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Pavan Maradia - Technical Assistant: Stereo D
- Artur Margiv - Compositor
- Jose Marin - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Chulev Marko - Modeler/Texture Artist: ILM
- Jeff Markwith - Set Designer
- Andrew Marquez - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Karl J. Martin - Set Designer
- Geordie Martinez - Creature Technical Director: ILM
- Emily Mason - Stereoscopic Assistant Editor
- Dale Matasovsky - Stereo Compositor
- Joe Matke - Hair Stylist
- Colin Mayo - Lighting Technician
- Richard F. Mays - Digital Set Designer
- Kindra McCall - Depth Artist
- BJ McDonnell - 2nd Unit Additional Camera Operator
- Edward McDonough - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Elizabeth McKinney - Stereoscopic Compositor: Digital Caliber Inc.
- David McMahon - Digital Compositor
- Christian McWilliams - Location Scout
- Jackie Medel - Production Assistant
- Shantel Medina - Finaling Artist
- Natalie Meffert - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Mike Mekash - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Kevin Melia - Stereoscopic Roto Artist
- Lau E.H. Melvin - Visual Effects Technical Assistant
- Mariscela Beatriz Mendez - 2nd Unit Lighting Technician
- Cris Mertens - Stereoscopic Assistant Editor: Stereo D
- Jason W. Mesias - Production Assistant
- Felix Messerschmitt - Animator: Pixomondo
- Steven Messing - Concept Designer/Digital Matte Painter
- Aaron Meyer - Music Preparation
- Philip Meyer - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Sebastian Meyer - Concept Artist
- Thomas Middleton - Digital Compositor: Pixomondo
- Karolis Mikalauskas - Depth Artist
- Michael Milano - Stereoscopic Depth Artist
- Brandon Miletta - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Becca Miller - Specialty Costumer
- Michael Miller - ADR Mixer
- Julie Minasian - Score Vocalist
- Ed Mirassou - Prop Maker
- Bart Mixon - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Tobias Moenninger - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Andrew Moffett - Previs Artist
- Sidhartha Mohanty - Production Assistant
- Robert Molholm - Color Science/Imaging R&D
- Michael John Mollo - Electronic Music Programming
- Jacki Moonves - 2nd Unit Camera Production Assistant
- Declan Moran - Stereo Compositor: Stereo D
- Joey Moran - Rigging Electrician
- Pat Moreira - Layour Artist: ILM
- Christopher Morente - Greensman
- Immanuel Morris - Stereoscopic Artist
- Shaun Morris - Production Assistant
- Erich A. Muller - Costumer
- Sven Müller - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Alexa Müller-Heyn - Animator: Pixomondo
- Andrew Mumford - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Carson Murdy - Stereoscopic Artist
- Brian Murphy - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Daniel P. Murphy - Construction Metal Fabricator
- Michael Murphy - Head of Quality Control: Stereo D
- Alex Murtaza - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Emmi Nakagawa - Stereoscopic Artist
- Mohan Narayanaswamy - Quality Manager
- Harindranath Narendran - Finaling Artist
- Hector Navarro - Depth Artist
- Ned Neidhardt - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Christopher Allen Nelson - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Rachel Elizabeth Nelson - Silicone Technician
- Zack Neuman - Production Assistant
- Christine Neumann - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Beauxregard Neylon - ADR Mixer
- Sheau Horng Ng - Digital Artist: ILM
- Giang T. Nguyen - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Kristin Nietzig - Division Accounting: Pixomondo
- Philip Nussbaumer - Division Lead Compositor: Pixomondo
- Timothy Oakley - Prop Fabricator
- David O'Brien - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Fedor Odegov - Pipeline TD Post Production: Pixomondo
- Viktorija Ogureckaja - Visual Effects Global Production Manager: Pixomondo
- Marc Okrand - Klingon language consultant
- William J. Olsen - Production Assistant
- Osni Omena - 3D Artist/Maya Generalist
- Woon Chi Ong - Compositor: ILM Singapore
- Akira Orikasa - Visual Effects Artist: ILM
- Maria E. Ortiz - Paramount Pictures Consultant
- Nick Ostrovsky - Rigging Electrician
- Sam Page - Set Designer
- Jordan Paley - Key Production Assistant: Reshoots
- Ken Palkow - Prop Fabricator
- Alexander Panov - Art Department
- John F.K. Parenteau - VFX Executive Producer: Pixomondo
- Steve Parsons - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Dana Passarella - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Jim Passon - Color Timer
- Phil Pastuhov - Aerial Director of Photography
- Yogesh Pathak - Senior Stereo Roto Annotation Artist
- Cristina Patterson Ceret - Contact Len Designer/Painter
- Lucas Paul - Set Production Assistant
- Bethany Pederson Onstad - Visual Effects Artist: Pixomondo
- Lyndsey Pendley - Stereoscopic Paint Artist
- Daniel Perez - Stereoscopic/Roto Artist
- Diego Perez - Depth Artist
- Samuel Perez - Animator: Pixomondo
- Michael Peter - Senior Texture/Lookdev Artist: ILM Singapore
- Betsy Peters - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Binoy Peters - Senior Production Coordinator
- Kiana Petersen - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Morten Petersen - Lighting Technician
- Hieu Phan - Roto/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- David Philogene - Compositor
- Sara Philpott - Set Decoration Buyer
- Teddy Phuthanhdanh - Motion Capture Assistant
- Philip Pickford - Aerial Unit
- Tom Piedmont - Finaling Artist
- Johannes Pink - Pipeline Technical Director: Pixomondo
- David Pinkus - Second Assistant Director: Aerial Unit UK
- Jerome Platteaux - Digital Artist
- Leszek Plichta - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Erik Ploneda - Stereoscopic Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Jason Pomerantz - Production Manager: IMAX
- Steven Porch - Specialty Costumer
- Nestor Prado - Digital Artist
- Roger Prater - Greens Gang Boss
- Margaret Prentice - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Eleonora Principi - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Daniel Profus - i/o: Pixomondo
- Edward J. Protiva - Set Dresser
- Steve Prouty - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Zhennan Quan - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Andy Quinn - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Melissa Quintas - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Sean Raffel - Animator/Modeler: Pixomondo
- Jack Rametta - ADR Mixer
- Antonio Ramos - Digital Compositor: Pixomondo
- Dan Randall - Foley Recordist
- Brody Ratsoy - ADR Engineer
- Salahuddin Razul - Compositor: Pixomondo
- William Reges - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Sebastian Reichhold - FX Trainee: Pixomondo
- Mick Reid - Stereo Compositor
- Ari Reisner - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Johannes Retter - Compositing Intern: Pixomondo
- Gerard Retulla - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereoscopic Conversion
- Todd Rex - Set Sculptor
- Aaron Richards - Set Lighting Fixtures Technician
- Grover Richardson - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Jason Richardson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Caliber Inc.
- Bruce Richter - Construction Carpenter
- Caroline Riess - Human Resources: Pixomondo
- Guy Riessen - Digital Matte Painter: Atomic Fiction
- Raj Rihal - Concept Illustrator
- Mike Rim - Stereoscopic Compositor: Digital Caliber Inc.
- Agustin Rios - Visual Effects Artist
- Rick Rische - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Duncan Rochfort - Visual Effects Editor: Pixomondo
- Arturo Rodriguez - Stereoscopic Depth Artist
- Raymond Rodriguez - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist
- Katherine Rodtsbrooks - Stereoscopic Conversion Lead: Stereo D
- Rob S. Rogers - Stereoscopic Depth Artist
- Carlos J. Rosario - Digital Artist
- Vincent Robert Rosas - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Marcus O. Roth - Division Visual Effects Producer: Pixomondo
- Anne Marie Rothfuss - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Ryan Roundy - Special Effects Office Supervisor
- Rachel Rubenstein - Stereoscopic Roto Artist: Stereo D
- Ryan Rubi - Creature Technical Director: ILM
- Joel A. Ruiz - Rigging Electrician
- Maury Ruiz - Concept Artist
- Robert Ruiz - Assistant Camera Operator
- Alexander Rumpf - Roto/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Shaun Russell - Sculptor
- Matt Ryan - Set Production Assistant
- Toshihiro Sakamaki - Animator: Pixomondo
- Juan Ignacio Salgado - Division Lead Compositor: Pixomondo
- Chris Samp - Set Painter Gang Boss
- Cara Samuels - Visual Effects Coordinator: Pixomondo
- Mike Sanders - Digital Supervisor
- German Sandoval - Stereoscopic Artist
- Lukas Sarralde - Stereo Compositor
- Stephen Saunders - Rigging Electric
- Geoff Sayer - Digital Compositor: ILM
- Kai Schadwinkel - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Sebastian Schäfer - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Bill Schaeffer - Digital Compositor
- Andrea Schermoly - Assistant Choreographer
- Katja Schmidt - Division Accounting: Pixomondo
- Roman Schmidt - Division CG Supervisor: Pixomondo
- Silam Schmidt - Global Talent Manager: Pixomondo
- Skylar Schmidt - Set Dresser
- Ric Schnupp - ADR Recordist
- John Schratz - CG Artist
- Brian Schultz - Digital Compositor
- Karie Schwabl - Production Assistant: Pixomondo
- Diane Schwebs - Human Resources: Pixomondo
- Kino Scialabba - Designer: Legion Entertainment/Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Anselm Seherr-Thoss - Visual Effects Artist
- Benjamin Seide - Division Visual Effects Supervisor: Pixomondo
- Dongjin Seo - Texture Painter/Look Development Artist: ILM Singapore
- Jack Serino - Grip
- Alex Sessing - Greens Foreman
- Daniel Sessoms - NextLab Operator
- Nick Sewatsky - Stereoscopic Artist
- Julie Shack - Set Costumer
- Shruti Shankar - Depth Artist
- V. Gouri Shankar Rao - Stereo Prep Supervisor
- Amit Sharma - Compositor: ILM Singapore
- Mark Sheffield - Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Varghese Sherin - Stereoscopic Supervisor: Stereo D
- Marcos Shih - 3D Matte Painter/Concept Artist: Pixomondo
- Emmanuel Shiu - Concept Designer
- Brooke Shoemaker - Casting Assistant
- Jason Shulman - Animator: Pixomondo
- Jason Shupe - Flying Camera Operator
- Isaac A. Silva - Model Maker Gangboss
- Marcus Silvera - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Alexandra Simmes - Motion Graphics Artist: Pixomondo
- Stacey Simmons - Production Technology Manager: Stereo D
- Pankaj Kumar Singh - Technical Operations Lead: Stereoscopic Conversion
- Miro Skandera - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Sven Skoczylas - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Brett C. Smith - Set Decoration Buyer
- Cameron Smith - Fixtures Technician
- Corey Smith - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Dane Allan Smith - Visual Effects Producer 3D Scanning: Giant Studios
- Tammy Smith - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Wee Lian Soh - Visual Effects Artist
- Simia Song - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Roger Sparwasser - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Mark Spindler - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Christopher Stack - i/o Manager: Pixomondo
- Ivory Stanton - Textile Artist
- Michael Stark - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Joe Steel - Digital Imaging Technician: Aerial Unit UK
- Rachel Steele - Extras Casting Assistant
- Andrea R. Stephens - Department Manager: Deluxe 3D
- Andy Stephens - Aerial Operations Manager
- G. Allen Stewart - Stereoscopic Compositor/Stereoscopic Painter
- John Stillman - Digital Compositor: ILM
- Tracy Stockwell - Plasterer
- Paul Stoll - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Rainer Stolle - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- George Streicher - Post Production Assistant
- Brent Studler - Electrician
- Frederick George Stuhrberg - 3D scanning
- Vladan Subotic - Animator: Pixomondo
- Haidong Sun - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Jenna Sunde - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Kamalakar Suryavanshi - Stereo Compositor
- Jason Sutton - Hydrascope Operator
- David Swift - Digital Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Ronald Tacsion - Stereoscopic Depth Artist
- Marc Tantin - Special Effects Technician
- Brandon Taylor - Compositor
- Randy R. Tecson - Stereoscopic Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Mike Tehrani - ADR Recordist
- Michael Teixeira - Production Assistant
- Nicholas Tey Kai Guan - Modeler: ILM
- Michael Thalmann - Head of IT: Pixomondo
- Kim Thio - Paramedic: Camera Test
- Cale Thomas - Painter: Film Illusions
- Jason Thomas - Stereo Compositor
- Brian Thomason - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Kevin Tiesiera - Fixtures Technician
- Eric Timm - Stereoscopic Artist
- Paul Tirone - ADR Recordist
- Robert Tobin - Senior Depth Artist
- Derek Tracy - Stereoscopic Compositor
- Duc Minh Tran - Animator: Pixomondo
- Mark Victor Trappett - Render Technical Assistant
- Michael T. Travers - 2nd Unit Best Boy Grip
- Daniel Trebac - Stereoscopic Artist
- Chris Treichel - Stereo Production: Stereo D
- Tom Truscott - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Denis Trutanic - Senior Layout Artist: ILM
- Ervin Tuazon - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Robert Tucker - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Ryan Tudhope - Senior Staff: Atomic Fiction
- Corey Turner - Executive Stereographer: Paramount Pictures
- Trey Turner - ADR Recordist/Assistant Sound Editor
- Jason Ullrich - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Claudius Urban - Senior Animator: Pixomondo
- Reuben Uy - Assistant Technical Director
- Dirk Valk - Animator: Pixomondo
- Tom van Dorp - Digital Compositor
- Jeremy Vanneman - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Valentina Vee - Post Production Intern
- David Vegezzi - Interface Art Designer: OOOii
- Ricardo Velez - Rotoscope Artist: Stereo D
- Aurelio x. Vera Jr. - Visual Effects Producer: Digital Caliber Inc.
- Anthony Vlastas - Production Staff
- Garrett Vosburg - Greensman
- Ghanshyam Waghela - Finaling Artist: Stereo D
- Adam Walker - Lead Assets Artist: ILM Singapore
- Dan Wallin - Music Score Engineer
- Juliane Walther - Motion Graphics Trainee: Pixomondo
- Bill Wang - Visual Effects Coordinator: Pixomondo
- Cuiling Wang - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Huida Wang - Matte Painter: Pixomondo
- Hui Sophie Wang - Pipeline Intern: Pixomondo
- Pablo Wang - Stereo Compositor 3D Version
- Steven Wang - CG Artist: Pixomondo
- Alexander Ware - Depth Artist
- Natsuko Watanabe - Finaling Compositor: Stereo D
- John Watkins - Digital Effects Supervisor: Pixomondo
- Anastasia Watson - Stereoscopic Artist: Stereo D
- Kaifeng Wei - Rotoscope/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Henry Weickert - Pipeline Technical Director: Pixomondo
- Claudia Weingärtner - Accounting: Pixomondo
- Phil Weisgerber - CNC Operations
- Shannon M.E. Weiss - A.C.E. Intern
- Jay Wejebe - Makeup Artist
- Florian Werzinski - Lighting Artist: Pixomondo
- Kelly Wescott - Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Jon Wesström - Roto/Paint Artist: Pixomondo
- Jack White - Food Stylist
- Faith Whitehead - Depth Artist
- Kenneth H. Wiatrak - Stereoscopic Artist
- Ryan M. Wilson - Stereoscopic Artist
- Steve Winsett - Special Makeup Effects Artist
- Dean Winton - Driver
- Patrick Wolf - Head of Pipeline: Pixomondo
- Sascha Wolf - i/o: Pixomondo
- Marc Wolff - Aerial Coordinator
- Lonni Wong - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Jamie Wood - Lead Compositor: ILM Singapore
- Leah Woodworth - Extras Casting Assistant
- Brian Woronec - Fixtures Technician
- Carol Wu - Compositor: Pixomondo
- David Wu - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Peter M. Wu - Stereoscopic Depth Artist: Stereo D
- Runlin Xiong - Animator: Pixomondo
- Tou Yeng Xiong - Animator: Pixomondo
- Umashanker Yadav - Stereo Roto Artist: Stereo D
- Tolga Yalkir - Systems Administrator: Pixomondo
- Zhao Yang - Compositor: Pixomondo
- She Fong Yap - Production Assistant: ILM Singapore
- Seda Yilmaz - Coordination Trainee: Pixomondo
- Ben Ying - Visual Effects Compositor: Pixomondo
- Long Yinghan - Digital Artist
- Kei Yoneoka - FX Artist: Pixomondo
- Kodai Yoshizawa - Special Makeup Effects Sculptor: Kasia Kowalczyk
- Walter Yuan - Stereoscopic Compositor: Stereo D
- Elana Zaklis - Stereoscopic Artist
- Jose Zamora - Hair Stylist
- Alessandro Zanforlin - Nuke Compositor: ILM Singapore
- David Zbriger - Technical Manager of Global Production: ILM
- Aiping Zhang - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Zhuotao Zhang - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Zihao Zhang - Matchmove Artist: Pixomondo
- Bin Zheng - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Carol Zhou - Animator: Pixomondo
- Jianghong Zhu - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Huajing Zhuo - Compositor: Pixomondo
- Xinguo Zou - Compositor: Pixomondo
Production companies
- Avon Studio Transport - Vehicle Rentals
- BT Industrial Supply - Expendables
- B2FX - Special Effects Makeup Company
- CBS Studios - Star Trek and related marks and logos are trademarks of
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment - Camera Dollies, Camera Cranes, Hydrascope Telescoping Crane Arms, Stabilized Remote Camera Systems
- Codex Digital - Digital Recording Equipment
- Digital Caliber Inc. - Special Effects Company (Stereoscopic Clean-up)
- Digital Media Services - Digital marketing asset management
- Direct Tools & Fasteners - Expendables
- Dolby Laboratories - Sound Mix
- Flying Pictures - Aerial Filming Services
- Giant Studios - 3D Scanning Special Effects Company
- Headquarters Casting - Background Talent Casting
- K/O Paper Products
- Legion Entertainment - Post Production Company
- Monster Picture Crane - Stunt Rigging Crane
- Movie Movers - Cast, Hair and Makeup Trailers
- New Deal Studios - Special Visual Effects Company
- Pictorvision - Eclipse Aerial Camera System
- POP Sound - ADR Recording
- Road Rebel - Production Travel
- Saga Film - Production Services
Media
- Star Trek Into Darkness (soundtrack)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (DVD)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (Blu-ray)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (Blu-ray 3D)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (iTunes)
References
208; 2259; 2 News; advanced long-range torpedo; AF; Air Defense Team; airlock; Alcatraz; Alpha Quadrant; Andoria Prime; Angel Island; antimatter missile; applied physics; Applied Sciences Division; Arab; Ares V; Armstrong-type; artificial gravity; ash cloud; auxiliary power; Ayt; BA-36; bank; Bay Area Rapid Transit; beach; Beastie Boys; Beta Quadrant; black hole; block 27; Body Movin'; boolean gun; Boyce, Philip; Bradbury, USS; brig; bus; cable car; Caitian; car; chancellor; Chapel, Christine; Chelsea; Coconut lotion; cold fusion; coma; Confederacy of Surak; Coridan; corn; Cormier, Roy; Corridor 67; C-section; cryotube; D4-class; Dreadnought-class; Daystrom Conference Room; DB-5; defibrilator; Delta Team; diburnium; Dock Command; Docking clamp; doctorate; dog; dynamite; Earth Sector 2; Earth Sector 45; Earth Sector 49; Enterprise NX-01; Enterprise (OV-101); Enterprise, USS (XCV 330); emergency lockdown; evacuation shuttle; evacuation shuttle bay; Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven; extractor; eye wash; ferry; fire hose; first aid kit; Fisherman's Wharf; Five-year mission; forklift; fuel cell; Galorndon Core; garbage barge; Gemini capsule; genocide; goggles; Golden Gate Bridge; Gorn; grid 09; hovercar; ice cube; internal manual override system; Io Facility; Ito, Stephanie; Jumpship; Jupiter; Kelvin Memorial Archive; Kelvin, USS; Ketha Province; King, Albert; Khitomer; kitten; Klingon; Klingon language; K'normian; K'normian trading ship; Kronos; Life support center; Life support system; lift cable; London; London Eye; Luna; Magustav Pachangara; manhunt; Mayflower-type; M-class; Menk; metaphysic shield; military shuttle; mooring; Mudd Incident; multidimensional radar; NCC-0718; Nelson's Column; Neutral Zone; news feed; news network; New Vulcan; Newton-type; Nibiru; NX Alpha; NX-class; Office of Special Plans; Organia; Organian Peace Treaty; Orion; Orion Union; osmium; oyster; Perspective Study of Mazzocchio; phaser rifle; Phoenix; planetoid; platelet; poker; popsicle; portable transwarp beaming device; Port of San Francisco; Port of San Francisco bar; Powerwall; Praxis; Prime Directive; prince; projection component; proximate coupling beam; proximity alert; proximity detonation; Qo'noS system; quad 68; quadrant; quadrant commander; Rapping; rescue shuttle; Rigel Beta; Risa Hedony; robot; Royal Children's Hospital; rust; San Francisco Bay; San Francisco Belle; San Francisco Ferry Building; San Francisco Metropolitan Area; seasick; seatbelt; Second Street; Section 31; sector; sector block; sector 001; sector 31; sector 34; sector 45; sector 70; sector 89; sheep; Sherman's Planet; Shuttle 1; Shuttle 7; Sol system; space region observer; Spirit of St. Louis; stabilizer; Starbase 1; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Headquarters; St Paul's Cathedral; Stuffed animal; Sue Bierman Park; Surak; Takayama; Takayama-type shuttlecraft; The Gateway; Theater Commander; thruster; torpedo technician; tram; trash exhaust; transwarp beaming; transwarp equation; trans warp network; Treasure Island; tribble; tribunal; Turner, Corey; type 2 phaser; type 3 phaser; UFP News; V-2 rocket; VD; VH-5; Vengeance, USS; volcano; Vostok 1; Vulcan; Vulcan mind meld; warp core; Warrant; weapons bay; weather report; Wright Flyer; wormhole; X-15; Yerba Buena Island
External links
- StarTrekMovie.com - official site
- Template:NCwiki-title
- Star Trek into Darkness at Wikipedia
- Template:IMDb-link
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