Star Trek: Trailer, IMAX Fan Preview Tickets, Showtimes

Star Trek: Into Darkness opens in theaters this Friday, but the highly anticipated sci-fi sequel will beam into IMAX theaters on Wednesday for two "fan sneak premieres."

One of those premiers is at our own AMC Hoffman Center 22 & IMAX in Alexandria.

A 2009 reboot by director J.J. Abrams has inspired a new generation of trekkies. The 2013 Star Trek sequel stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as Kirk and Spock, with Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch as the mysterious villain.

In a special IMAX promotion, audience members at the 8 p.m. showing May 15 will get a limited edition Star Trek: Into Darkness print by artist Mark Englert.

• Take a look at the special Star Trek premiere giveaway at the IMAX blog.
• Here's the Star Trek: Into Darkness trailer and a behind-the-scenes Into Darkness feature from our partners at Moviefone.

Several IMAX locations in the area are expected to have the memento on hand:

• AMC Hoffman Center 22 & IMAX – Alexandria
• AMC Tyson Corner 16 & IMAX – McLean
• Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX – Ashburn
• Airbus IMAX, Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center - Chantilly
• Regal Manassas 14 & IMAX – Manassas
• AMC Loews Georgetown 14 & IMAX – Washington DC
• AMC Potomac Mills 18 & IMAX – Woodbridge

Need more Into Darkness scoop?  The Star Trek Facebook page has the highlights from Star Trek Into Darkness movie reviews.

Variety says "equal or better" than Abrams' 2009 film. Writes Scott Foundas in his review, "Into Darkness may not boldly go where no Trek adventure has gone before, but getting there is such a well-crafted, immensely pleasurable ride that it would be positively Vulcan to nitpick."

The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy disagrees, calling the new Star Trek film, "engineered rather than directed, calibrated to deliver sensation on cue…" And that isn't a compliment.