Peter Weller Joins Star Trek Sequel

While fandom holds its collective breath on "Is he or isn't he Khan?" question on Benicio del Toro, there remain other roles to be cast for the Star Trek sequel.

Variety reports J.J. Abrams has recruited Peter Weller (genre favorite for Robocop, of course, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8^th Dimension and in a case of small-world syndrome, as I call it, guest-starred on the last iteration of the Trek brand-name before Team J.J. made it cool the prequel series Enterprise – cue speculation he's reprising that role) to join fellow newbies del Toro and Alice Eve.

Way to lure back good will with us nerds after that Khan bullshit, Abrams.

Funny thing is Weller would fit perfectly in the role of the sequel's secondary villain, from the plot details we'd heard, as a figure who helps supply the Klingons with advanced technology (read: warp-drive) to fuck the Federation. But everything's up in the air (although I trust our sources immensely) after that Khan development Friday night.

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[moviefan]

Sweet news of weller joining the cast. I liked him in the guest spot he had in enterprise. No need to play same. Role again. So many folks played different roles in trek. So can't wait to see what they have him do.