The Star Trek dream team made up of Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Zachary Quinto feature in this first and high-res still from Star Trek Into Darkness.

In the photo we see Cumberbatch’s bad guy character, identified as John Harrison, in a holding room and being looked upon by James T. Kirk (Pine) and Spock (Quinto).

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Last week the first poster and teaser trailer for the teaser trailer was released and features Cumberbatch. A new synopsis released last month says that “our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.” Stars Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch, and director J.J. Abrams were in Tokyo last week to screen some of the film’s footage. It was their first appearance together to promote the film.

December is an exciting month for Trekkies. In addition to this week’s full trailer, the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness will run in front of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (in IMAX 3D theaters only) on December 14!

Any theories as to what could be taking place here? May we see this scene in the prequel arriving with The Hobbit this Friday?

Star Trek Into Darkness opens May 13, 2013. It is the sequel to the wildly successful 2009 Star Trek which was also directed by Abrams.

Thanks to Omelete via Collider.