Benedict Cumberbatch gained many awards for his performance in this film Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction film produced by Bad Robot and Skydance Productions, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

It was written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof,[1] and was produced by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk in addition to the three writers.

[3] The film follows Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and the crew of the USS Enterprise as they seek to prevent Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller) from starting a war with the Klingon Empire, and Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch) from getting his revenge on Starfleet.

[4] Star Trek Into Darkness was made on a production budget of $190 million.

This was for the various films he appeared in during 2013, including 12 Years a Slave, August: Osage County and The Fifth Estate as well as Star Trek Into Darkness.