Star Trek sequel casting; the sequel

If you've been following the goings on over at the Star Trek sequel you've probably heard that Benicio Del Toro was being courted to take an unnamed major role in JJ Abrams production that begins shooting next month. The hot rumor had it that he was going to play arch villain Khan. Well, forget it. Abrams has quashed the Khan rumor and now it appears Del Toro is out too. Apparently Abrams didn't want to pay him what he wanted so that's the end of that.

The new rumor is that Abrams has signed Peter Weller (aka Robocop) for yet another as yet unspecified role. I guess we can only wait and see if that report has legs.