'Star Trek 3' 2016 News, Spoilers: Idris Elba Cast As Movie's Klingon Villain? Simon Pegg Adresses Rumors

We recently reported on one of the latest casting rumors concerning Star Trek 3, revealing that Luther actor Idris Elba was apparently meeting with producers to play the 2016 film's main villain. With this bit of information, fans of the popular sci-fi series started wondering if Elba would portray a Klingon in the upcoming movie from director Justin Lin. This week, star and screenwriter Simon Pegg addressed this speculation!

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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!

We should mention that Simon Pegg was one of the actors to deny that Benedict Cumberbatch was portraying Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness. We found out that this was indeed the case, making us a little wary to trust Pegg, who is denying the Klingon rumors this week!

"That's not true. No, no, no," Pegg said in a new interview with Absolute Radio, according to Slash Film. "I heard there's a rumor he's been spoken to about stuff, so he may be in the film but he won't be a Klingon."

Pegg wasn't done there, though. He added some more fuel to the fire by laughingly exclaiming, "Or maybe he will!" Clearly, we'll have to wait for more official casting news and maybe even a trailer to see if and who Elba is in this movie.

You can check out the clip of Pegg denying this new rumor during his Absolute Radio appearance right here:

What do you think of what Pegg has said about this new rumor? Are you hoping he's lying? Would you like to see Elba as a Klingon in the new Star Trek movie? Let us know what you think of this movie news in the comments section below!