'Star Trek 3' News & Spoilers, Cast Rumors, 2016 Plot Details: 'Luther' Star Idris Elba Is Movie's Villain?

If the latest casting rumors regarding the 2016, Justin Lin film, Star Trek 3 are speculating that Idris Elba has been in talks with Paramount Pictures to portray the villain of the next chapter of the franchise. Elba, who is currently filming season 4 episodes of his hit series Luther, has apparently met with producers and is the top name in casting rumors this week. What do you think of this news? [Possible SPOILERS to follow!]

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Before this news, the latest casting rumors we heard involved Bryan Cranston. Could these two actors be up for the same role? Check out our previous coverage on this news here!

If Elba were in fact the villain of this new movie, would we see him in makeup like we saw Eric Bana in the 2009 J.J. Abrams film? Perhaps he'll portray a Klingon!

What do you think of this new casting rumor (via Slash Film)? Would you like to see Elba as the villain in the new Star Trek film? Let us know in the comments section below!

Meanwhile, star and writer of Star Trek 3 Simon Pegg recently spoke to Collider about working on the new script and starting production.

"Come hell or high water [I'll be done in], June. I'm busy writing it. It's an ongoing thing. I'm sure we'll be finessing it, right through the shoot," the actor explained. "You never really, truly start writing a movie until the edit. There's a whole new lexicon that you're confronted with, when you've shot the movie, which is the visual language that you don't have on the page. And then, you start to realize, 'Hang on, we don't need that speech because that look says it all.' So, it will be an ongoing thing, right until next year."