Edgar Ramirez Might Kick Kirk & Spock's Asses as the New Khan

Not been subtle the last few days with my hatred of the inclusion of Khan for the villain in Star Trek 2. But why are some of my movie-news loving colleagues still referring to his lead heavy position as a rumor at this juncture? Latino Review has too good a track record and J.J. Abrams was too quick to respond for it to be a case of the bullshits.

As talks collapsed for Benicio del Toro and production set to commence next month, everyone is scrambling for the new Khan and Variety reports Edgar Ramirez, next seen in Wrath of the Titans and most known for his villainy turn in The Bourne Ultimatum, is the front-runner. What he lacks in audience familiarity as del Toro had (A casting call that feels more like a Paramount call than a J.J. one given his track record), he makes up for in the intimidation field. Check out Carlos for proof.

This is a customer one doesn't want to fuck with, and could easily see him causing serious shit against the Federation. Assuming his Skype screen-test (which sounds so strange me reading and typing that) goes over well, we might have our new adversary for the U.S.S. Enterprise locked and ready to go before Christmas.