'Star Trek 2': Scribe Struggles to Find Title, Karl Urban Pulls Prank at Comic-Con

Though it's already in the middle of production, J.J. Abrams' hotly anticipated "Star Trek" sequel remains untitled. One of the sequel's scribes, Damon Lindelof, recently opened up to MTV News that finding a perfect name for the upcoming sci-fier was not as easy as it might seem.

"There have been more conversations about what we're going to call it than went into actually shooting it at this point," Lindelof said. He said that the problem in finding a name for the sequel was that he couldn't simply use "Star Trek 2" as the title since there's already "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".

Lindelof explained, "That was the genius of [Director Christopher] Nolan. There was 'Batman Begins', and now they're just going to be the 'Dark Knights' and not going to have 2's. It's hard to do movies without colons. I'm not talking about the colon that's in my body that I use for digestion."

The "Prometheus" scribe went on stating that he's actually avoiding the use of a colon for the sequel's title. "There's no word that comes after the colon after 'Star Trek' that's cool," he gushed. "Not that 'Star Trek: Insurrection' or 'First Contact' aren't good titles, it's just that everything that people are turned off about when it comes to 'Trek' is represented by the colon."

The title talk aside, Lindelof weighed in on Karl Urban's recent statement that there would be a "secret" video from "Star Trek 2" on YouTube that was set to be dropped before the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con ended. "I think Karl is off the reservation, as they say in the CIA," said the writer.

"I love him, and he is a genius, and I heard 'Dredd' paid huge," he added. "This is the thing about keeping secrets, which is sooner or later, it's going to come out because somebody said something and hopefully that doesn't happen on camera or formally in an interview. I don't begrudge Karl or anything that he said because this is his story too, but I will not confirm or deny anything that he said."

Urban had previously dished that first footage of "Star Trek 2" would be revealed in a foreseeable future. As fans have been anticipating for the said video, the actor fulfilled his promise by unveiling a "Comic-Con 2012 Sneak Peek" of the much awaited movie on his own YouTube chanel.

The video opens with an introduction of a "Star Trek" symbol. However, the rest of it might disappoint the fanboys since it features nothing but Urban having fun while surfing alone on the ocean.

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Karl Urban Says First 'Star Trek 2' Footage to Come Out Before Comic-Con Ends

When will fans have a chance to see the first footage of J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" sequel? According to one of its actors Karl Urban, it will happen in a foreseeable future. The Bones depicter spills to Coming Soon that though the sequel is a no-show at the convention, it will screen its first footage before the annual event is over.

"I can promise you that before the end of Comic-Con, some exclusive Star Trek footage, it's going to come out. You're going to find it. It's going to come out," says Urban, who served as the host for the Master of the Web panel on the Day 1 of Comic-Con. He also teases that there will be a "secret" video from "Star Trek 2" on YouTube that is set to be dropped soon.

This is not the first time the "Dredd" actor reveals a detail about the highly-secretive movie. A few days ago, he also let slip that Benedict Cumberbatch's long-speculated villainous character was none other than Gary Mitchell.

"He's awesome, he's a great addition, and I think his Gary Mitchell is going to be exemplary," so he revealed when asked by SFX how he felt to work with the "War Horse" actor. After sparking controversy over the revelation, the New Zealander admits that he was jet-lagged when doing the interview.

"I'm really not at liberty to discuss anything about Star Trek. All I can say is that I did that interview after a 22-hour flight from New Zealand," he confesses to Coming Soon. "I literally hopped off the plane into the interview."

Due to open in the U.S. on May 17, 2013, the untitled Star Trek sequel will also bring back Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg and John Cho as Spock, Uhura, James T. Kirk, Pavel, Scotty and Hikaru Sulu respectively.

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