New ‘STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS’ image identifies Benedict Cumberbatch as “John Harrison.” Yeah, okay.

A Khan by any other name, right? I’m willing to bet at this point that regardless of what is name is in the movie, Benedict Cumberbatch is going to play some sort of Khan analogue in the next Star Trek movie. So yeah, go ahead PR department. Call him “John Harrison”, you’re not fooling me.

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The first teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, from director J.J. Abrams, was oriented towards establishing a tone of menace and danger, but in general it was fairly light on classic Trek icons. The well-known Starfleet uniforms, and the USS Enterprise, for example, were barely seen.

Reports of the 9-minute IMAX preview that will be seen later this week in front of The Hobbit suggest that audiences will soon get a bit more classic Trek imagery from the new film. But for the time being, we’ve got a shot featuring Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) in classic uniform, flanking the new villain (or is he old?) played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

And there’s a bit of new info here, too, as the official caption for the photo finally gives as an ID for Cumberbatch’s character: his name is John Harrison. Er, who?