Pine "Apparently Confirmed" as Kirk

[Franklin]

trekmovie.com reports that Joe Carnahan's blog spills the beans that Chris Pine has opted for "Star Trek" over "White Jazz."

From the blog:

The young man playing Junior Stemmons has opted to ‘go where no man has gone before’ and thus, had to bow out of WHITE JAZZ.

And,

I’ve been talking to him this past week and knew how tough the decision had to be for him. I don’t envy ever being in that spot but I gave him my full support, even if it meant he didn’t do JAZZ. I get it. You don’t get opportunities like that often and I told him as long as he could control as much of that process as possible and not get sucked into doing lesser sequels as a result of taking this gig, then good luck and God bless.

ETA: trekmovie.com is trying to get independent confirmation of this.

 

[Kokomo]

I really hope that this is true! I think that Pine would be an awesome Kirk and a great addition to the already stellar cast! :thumbsup:

 

[CaptainDonovin]

More importantly, can he play a young Denny Crane?

Seriously I'm looking forward to the offical news.

 

[Flake]

Never seen him in anything, so I'm just gonna trust Abrams on this one, well done Chris Pine!

 

[Franklin]

My oldest daughter fell in love with Chris Pine in "The Princess Diaries 2" (2004). If this doesn't make her a "Star Trek" fan, nothing will.

 

[seigezunt]

Congrats. Oh, and Mr. Pine? Your normal life has ended.

 

[EyalM]

Wow. Captain Kirk is now only two months older then me. That weired...

 

[KennyB]

Is Trekmovie.com down this afternoon? Anyone else having trouble getting on?

 

[Mordock]

Yes, and what a lousy time for it to go down...

Of course, the minute I type that, it comes back up.

 

[Kokomo]

KennyB said:
Is Trekmovie.com down this afternoon? Anyone else having trouble getting on?

It sure is, and I totally agree - this is the worst time for it to go down. I have been checking back like, every two minutes. PTM - we need yooooou!!!

EDIT: Nevermind

 

[Plum]

^^^
Yea, they have so much traffic they have to do a server move... again! Success has it's downtimes.

Don't worry, it's sure to be flowing the packets normally by tomorrow or even later today.

 

[KennyB]

Mordock said:
Yes, and what a lousy time for it to go down...

OK--well at least it's not JUST me then!

 

[Corran Horn]

I'm sorry, but the official Star Trek site should be able to get better info than this.

 

[mr.peany]

seigezunt said:
Congrats. Oh, and Mr. Pine? Your normal life has ended.

Totally was gonna post the exact same thing.

 

[Borgminister]

Is there a joke about "pining" for Kirk to be found in any of this?

 

[Dale]

seigezunt said:
Congrats. Oh, and Mr. Pine? Your normal life has ended.

Yeah, you gotta wonder if these people really know what it is they're signing up for...

Zach Quinto may already have an inkling, but the rest of these guys are in for a shock!

 

[CaptainDonovin]

You sure Pegg-ed that one. Trekmovie was up long enough today for me to see the story we're chatting about now but was down about five minuets ago. Maybe we're about to get a big update?

 

[Dale]

I think the media has discovered trekmovie.com... every time some sort of news comes out, that site (and to a lesser extent, this one) either crashes or slows way down.

 

[Kelso]

It's up right now.

EyalM said:
Wow. Captain Kirk is now only two months older then me. That weired...

And only 4 months older than me. It does seem a bit strange.

 

[Dale]

Kelso said:
It's up right now.

EyalM said:
Wow. Captain Kirk is now only two months older then me. That weired...

And only 4 months older than me. It does seem a bit strange.

You guys have got it backwards... I am now more than a decade older than Captain Kirk! That feels weird...