- Paramount wanted JJ Abrams to shoot the movie in 3D format, but JJ Abrams wanted to shoot in IMAX format. In the end, the director and producer each compromised. Therefore, the film was shot in IMAX format and converted into a 3D movie in the later stage.
- Benedict Cumberbatch’s audition material was recorded on a mobile phone in the kitchen of a good friend of his own.
- During the film's script creation, there were countless candidate titles for the film, including some joking titles. Among these titles, screenwriter Damon Lindelof’s favorite is the title "Star Trek: Transformers 4".
- Michael Dorn was invited to play a commander when the film started. But the crew believes that the old version of the actors should not be mixed with the new version of the actors, so they cut all his scenes.
- The screenwriter of the film once looked at the works of famous science fiction writers Arthur Clarke and Larry Niven in the stage of writing the script as a source of inspiration.
- Some scenes of the film were shot in Iceland. This is also the first time the "Star Trek" series has been filmed outside the United States.
Star Trek Into Darkness behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
Star Trek Into Darkness quotes
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Bones: You were barely dead, it was the transfusion that really took its toll. You were in a coma for two weeks.
James T. Kirk: Transfusion?
Bones: Your cells were heavily irradiated. We had no choice.
James T. Kirk: Khan?
Bones: We synthesized a serum from his... super blood. Tell me, are you feeling homicidal, power-mad, despotic?
James T. Kirk: No more than usual.
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Spock: Carol Marcus, your new science officer, concealed her identity to board this ship.
James T. Kirk: When were you going to tell me that?
Spock: When it became relevent, as it just did.