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A major leak may have just happened: according to Latino Review, Benicio Del Toro is playing none other than rogue superman Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek 2.

The character was first played by Ricardo Montalban in the classic Trek episode "Space Seed". Montalban later reprised the part in 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, considered by many fans to be not just the best Star Trek film ever, but one of the best sci-fi action movies too.

Latino Review stands by their source and points to their impressive record of breaking major casting news before.

Later that same evening, HitFix followed up on the scoop and contacted director J.J. Abrams. When the site asked Abrams if Del Toro was playing Khan, the filmmaker said, "Not true." [Full story]