Kirk, Spock and Uhura face a new threat in new 'Star Trek Into Darkness' poster

Benedict Cumberbatch has been up to no good

By Dave Lewis Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 2:21 PM

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J.J. Abrams is at it again.

The latest international trailer for the marketing-savvy director-mogul's upcoming "Star Trek Into Darkness" was reportedly filled with hard-to-spot URLs, which led to multi-lingual variations of the film's newest poster.

It features Enterprise crew members Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) striking ballte stances in different directions as a tiny Benedict Cumberbatch ("John Harrison" = Khan?) triumphantly walks away from some fiery wreckage. We think they can take him.

Check it out here:

The fan site Trek Movie cracked the codes, but we think it may have been an inside job.

The sequel also stars Simon Pegg, Bruce Greenwood, John Cho, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve and some Klingons.

"Star Trek Into Darkness" opens May 17 in the U.S., and one week earlier in the U.K.

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Dave Lewis has been a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer and editor for nearly ten years. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he moved to L.A. in 1996 to attend USC, before working for various periodicals and web sites including a lengthy stint at Variety.com. He joined the HitFix staff in 2011.