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Beloved as they are, the Star Trek movies aren't exactly known for being action-packed -- but it looks like that's about to change in a big way. The new one-minute teaser for Star Trek Into Darkness has arrived, and it promises the sort of epic, wall-to-wall action/adventure that the franchise has traditionally forsaken in favor of a more cerebral approach to sci-fi -- as well as one of the nastiest villains any Trek movie's ever seen.

Before the ShoWest screenings for DreamWorks' drama The Soloist, exhibitors were given a special treat with an extended trailer for Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra , opening on August 7. One assume that the special footage shown would be close to what we'll see in front of either Star Trek and/or Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen this summer.

Two of the more anticipated panels at this year's WonderCon were the ones for J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek and McG's continuation of the "Terminator" saga with Terminator Salvation . The two movies have a lot more in common than the fact they're the return of popular and long-absent franchises opening in May that both happen to co-star soon-to-be 20-year-old actor Anton Yelchin in key roles. Both movies decided to take advantage of the Wonder-Con crowds to world premiere their new trailers, which will precede Zack Snyder's Watchmen next Friday.