And the "Star Trek 2" villain is Benicio Del Toro playing - Stop Right There, Director J.J. Abrams Says

J.J. Abrams has seen the future.

Space may be the Final Frontier, but the Internet is the Never-Ending Frontier when it comes to movie rumors.

We know "Star Trek 2" will be released in the summer of 2013.

We know it will be in 3-D (groan).

We know Benicio Del Toro will play the villain. Now, thanks to the usually reliable El Mayimbe of Latino Review.com, we know the identity of the villain (spoiler after the jump).

Except, director J.J. Abrams is saying it ain't so.

Confused enough yet?


Writes El Mayimbe: 

Although heavily debated online as to who Benicio del Toro might be playing in Star Trek 2...

I’m here to tell you guys that according to my sources...

Benicio Del Toro is playing none other than...

KHAN NOONIEN SINGH

or better known as...

KHAN!!!

Yes, Khan my fanboys.

The genetically engineered superhuman who rocked the hottest deep v-neck t-shirt in space!

Played back in the day by Ricardo Montalban in both the television episode “Space Seed” and in the only Star Trek movie I own – STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN.

Score an exclusive for El Mayimbe.

Maybe.

Because Abrams, who has successfully rebooted the Trek franchise, had two words for the Khan report, according to Drew McWeeney of HitFX: "Not true."

Speculate all you want, but you read it here first. Or second ... or ...