FIRST LOOK: Benedict Cumberbatch As ‘Star Trek 2’ Villain. PLUS! IMAX.

Reposting after the great Malware Occurrence of February 2k+12 is a few pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain in Star Trek 2, plus confirmation that some scenes will be in IMAX glory.

Hit the jump to check it out.

Slashfilm:

In December we learned that J.J. Abrams would be shooting the Star Trek sequel on film, and sending the footage to be post converted into 3D. At the time, Abrams said that he was talking about shooting in IMAX, but was noncommittal: “I would love to do it,” he said. “IMAX is my favorite format; I’m a huge fan.” Of course, Abrams produced Brad Bird‘s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol which shot nearly 30 minutes of the film using IMAX cameras. Everyone who saw the film in IMAX praised the 65mm sequences.

Well now we have a confirmation that some part of the film is being shot using IMAX cameras. The confirmation comes via a set photo on TrekMovie, so we don’t know just how much Abrams plans to shoot or how they will be presented.

I can’t imagine they are going to digitally post convert the IMAX-shot footage to 3D in a close-to-native resolution for the eventual IMAX presentation. If that is the case, than maybe the IMAX release will be released completely in 2D with IMAX-shot sequences as the added bonus. Again, I could be wrong. I’m not sure how much trouble it would be to work with the images if they were scanned at such an incredibly high resolution.