This is going to be...wait for it.....wait for it....

[T.G]

Originally Posted by T.G

Khan is a possibility, or at least the long-time speculated favorite, and it's all rumors right now, but word is that's actually Gary Mitchell, Kirk's long time (best?) friend and fellow SF officer. He was the one who, in the first episode of the original series "Were no man has gone before", developed psychic powers, went nuts and tried to kill everyone aboard and destroy the Enterprise.

So, it looks like they announced the name of Cumberbach's character at a press conference about a month ago, and it's "John Harrison".

Yeah, I never recall hearing that name before either.

Either J.J. Abrams is still trying to throw everyone off or the writers created a new villain, which, considering these aren't remakes, but rather reboots, they can basically do whatever they want. After all, the Romulan commander from the first movie was a new character too.

Anyway, you can read more at the following link. [WARNING: SPOILERS]
http://movieline.com/2012/12/11/star...iman-spoilers/