Star Trek 3 casts Sofia Boutella, who played in the Kingsman: The Secret Service as Gazelle, a super-fast, super-hot, blade-legged assassin, for a lead role in the popular sci-fi franchise. The movie is being directed by Justin Lin, known for the Fast and Furious movies, with a script written by both Doug Jung (Dark Blue) and Simon Pegg.
Simon Pegg, who will also reprise his role as Scotty, a role he’s owned since 2009’s re-imagining of Star Trek (directed by J.J. Abrams,) is not a stranger to screenplays, as he wrote the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy – Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End – as well as a handful of other British movies and TV series, including Spaced, Run, Fatboy, Run, and Paul. This, however, might be the first time he’s written something that’s not comedy-based, so it’ll be interesting to see what they come up with, since they also have a new director in Lin.
READ MORE: Our review of Kingsman: The Secret Service
Algeria-born Sofia Boutella made herself known in the U.S. after her memorable appearance in Kingsman. It seems she’s also an accomplished dancer, and may also be known for her appearances in StreetDance 2 and Monsters: Dark Continent.
It hasn’t been stated yet as to who exactly her character is.
via Deadline.
