I was pretty hopeful for a "Quest for Kirk" movie. I'm probably in the minority, but the idea of similar yet different parallel movies was incredibly interesting to me.
Nah, they can't follow the other movies step by step. I think war with the Klingons will be the main theme in the next movie, but there was a reason they showed Khan back in his cryo-tube. He'll rear his maniacal but superior head again.