Bear in mind that the identity of the villain was slipped inadvertently some months ago; Gary Mitchell. Karl Urban (who plays McCoy in the new films) stated (speaking of Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the villain) “he’s a great addition, and I think his Gary Mitchell is going to be exemplary.” The Internet then exploded with speculation that Urban's remark was a deliberate misdirection, planted by the ever-secretive J.J. Abrams to throw fans off the trail.
For those who aren't familiar with classic Trek canon, Gary Mitchell was the navigator of the Enterprise in the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before". An old friend of Kirk's from their Starfleet Academy days, he gains psionic powers of telekinesis and telepathy that appear to grow in strength at a geometric rate. Eventually Kirk is forced to kill his old friend to save himself and the ship.
Now, compare that with the official synopsis of Star Trek Into Darkness:
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.That certainly sounds like a good description of a Gary Mitchell with godlike psionic powers to me.
My thought is thus; Gary Mitchell, rather than having gotten his powers accidentally by contact with some deep-space phenomenon, is the result of some sort of experiment conducted by Starfleet (perhaps even Section 31). As his powers grow, they lose control over him, to the point where he destroys most of the fleet, ravages cities, and Kirk et al must deal with him once and for all.
All just speculation, of course, but it does fit, I think. We'll know in May!
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