Idris Elba’s big bad leads off new Star Trek Beyond IMAX posters

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by Phil de Semlyen |
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Like a flock of tribbles, Star Trek Beyond's posters seems to be travelling in large batches. Warping online is a pretty nifty collection of character promos, showcasing – if that’s the right word to use about a psychotic space bastard – Idris Elba’s big bad Krall. Cast an eye down the page for the full gallery, also including Zoe Saldana’s Uhura, Sofia Boutella's Jaylah and Simon Pegg’s Scotty.

Star Trek Beyond finds Kirk (Chris Pine), Bones (Karl Urban), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and co. in the middle of their five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new... you know the drill. Despite the excitement and adventure of deep space exploration, the routine of charting the unknown has started to weigh on the captain, who is beginning to question his choices.

But he'll be confronted with more than existential malaise when a brand new race, led by the driven Krall (Elba) seriously attacks the ship, leaving the crew separated, stranded and facing their biggest challenge yet.

With Saldana, Pegg, John Cho and Anton Yelchin (who also co-wrote the script with Doug Jung) and Shohreh Aghdashloo in the cast, Star Trek Beyond, directed this time by Justin Lin, reaches UK and US cinemas on July 22. Here's the latest trailer...

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