TV Article 'Star Trek Into Darkness' trailer: Cumberbatch pulls a Zod By Darren Franich Darren Franich Darren Franich is a former critic at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2023. EW's editorial guidelines Published on April 19, 2013 05:22PM EDT The newest Star Trek Into Darkness trailer is remarkably similar to the Man of Steel General Zod/Static trailer. Reconstituting various bits from other Into Darkness adverts, the video adds in Benedict Cumberbatch narrating a weird biographical poem about the life of Captain Kirk. “Life for him is one big adventure,” purrs maybe-Khan, “But he is alone. Born into battle. The heir to legend…AND I LOVE HIM.” Actually, he doesn’t say that last part. Anyhow, this looks menacing. Follow Darren on Twitter: @DarrenFranich Read more: Geek Deep Dive: 4 surprising things about the ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ poster ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Read the official synopsis, plus some theories ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ to debut first nine minutes in IMAX sneak preview