If this casting rumor from IESB pans out, Chris Pine is about to become a two-franchise man.
That's assuming the new Captain Kirk wouldn't turn down an offer to play Hal Jordan in Martin Campbell's GREEN LANTERN - which, per producer Donald DeLine, will begin shooting this September in Australia (in order to make a December 17, 2010 release date). According to IESB's source (and Patrick Sauriol of Coming Attractions has evidently heard likewise), Pine is at the top of a list of potential "under 30s" Jordans. This makes much more sense than previous rumors, which sounded like total fanboy inventions (especially Nathan Fillion).
I'm reserving judgment on Pine's Kirk until I see the finished film, but I did like him as the psychotic Darwin Tremor in SMOKIN' ACES. Can he do normal as convincingly as he does crazy? We're about to find out.
