The Federation is the enemy in the eyes of Krall, Idris Elba's character in Star Trek Beyond. Ahead of the film's July 22nd release from Paramount Pictures, a new featurette explores Krall and his intense motivation to bring down the Enterprise and her crew.

“Star Trek Beyond,” the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, created by Gene Roddenberry and reintroduced by J.J. Abrams in 2009, returns with director Justin Lin (“The Fast and the Furious” franchise) at the helm of this epic voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her intrepid crew. In “Beyond,” the Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.”

Directed by Justin Lin from a screenplay written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, Star Trek Beyond stars Idris Elba, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, and Karl Urban.

The film hits theaters nationwide on July 22nd following its premiere on Wednesday, July 20th in select cities as part of the Star Trek Marathon event. The movie will also be shown at San-Diego Comic-Con on July 20th during an outdoor IMAX screening at Embarcadero Marina Park, complete with a live performance of the movie’s score by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.

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