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Even though J.J. Abrams’ upcoming gig as the director of Star Wars: Episode VII is on everyone’s radar right now, his next film, Star Trek Into Darkness, is only a few months away, so let’s at least give this other little film of his a little more time in the spotlight, shall we?

Paramount Pictures has just released a behind-the-scenes featurette for the film, which highlights the IMAX and 3D formats of the movie, and discusses how this film will up the ante in terms of visuals and storytelling. We can definitely expect a bigger film this time around. Hopefully it’ll be even better than the first. Hit the jump to watch!

Official Synopsis:

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.

With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Star Trek Into Darkness, directed by J.J. Abrams, stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Bruce Greenwood. The film is slated to hit theaters nationwide May 17th!