Landing the role in ‘Farragut North’ adaptation would be Pine’s ‘dream come true.’
With all the high-speed Internet connections and mobile devices out there, we receive breaking news at blistering speeds these days. And in movie news, one rumor can spark a million stories. Case in point: when New York magazine’s Vulture blog reported that George Clooney was planning to follow through with his plans to adapt the play “Farragut North” into a feature film, with Chris Pine attached to star.

But we here at MTV News like to take every possible opportunity to clarify or confirm rumors. And when the very pleasant Pine called to chat about his upcoming thriller “Unstoppable” a few days after the Clooney news surfaced, we had to ask his thoughts about it.

“I have, I mean, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said with some hesitation.

So, we told him the short version of the story.

“Wow!” he responded, sounding genuinely shocked. “Um … that would be another dream come true,” he said, having mentioned earlier that working with Denzel Washington and Ridley Scott on “Unstoppable” was just that.

“Farragut North,” written by former Democratic political operative Beau Willimon, revolves around the shady tactics a young presidential campaign wunderkind named Stephen Myers uses to get his candidate the nomination against a rival senator.

“I love that part, I love the story,” said Pine, who received rave reviews in the lead role of “Farragut” onstage last year. “I think it’s a wonderful, wonderful story about a really intelligent young guy who’s kind of hyper-articulate, and spinning a bunch of plates at once, that’s obviously hiding a lot of trauma and a lot of insecurity and a lot of hurt. And to work with George Clooney, that would be pretty f—ing awesome.”

We then mentioned the report that Clooney is eyeing Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti as Pine’s potential co-stars.

His reaction? He laughed out loud in disbelief.

“Jesus Christ! Well, you can’t get better than that,” he said. “I hope it works out. That would be a lot of fun.”

Source: MTV News

Check out the new Unstoppable trailer!!!

Oscar-winner Denzel Washington and Star Trek’s Chris Pine team with action maestro Tony Scott in this non-stop thriller. A massive unmanned locomotive, nicknamed “The Beast” and loaded with toxic cargo, roars through the countryside, vaporizing anything put in front of it. A veteran engineer (Washington) and a young conductor (Pine), aboard another train in the runaway’s path, devise an incredible plan to try and stop it – and prevent certain disaster in a heavily populated area. Out November 12th!!!

Source: Just Jared

With one massive Hollywood summer Blockbuster under his belt (that kind of sounds dirty, actually) “Star Trek” star Chris Pine is reportedly in talks to appear alongside Denzel Washington in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming “Unstoppable.” Scheduled for release next summer, the film is set to be directed by the legendary Tony Scott (“The Taking of Pelham 123,” “Top Gun”) with shooting to begin this August.

According to Variety.com, the film will feature Pine as “A young conductor who jumps into a locomotive with an experienced engineer (Washington) in chase of a runaway train that carries a cargo of toxic chemicals.” The story is described as being “loosely inspired” by real events.

Pine is said to have decided on “Unstoppable” over many other offers after a dinner meeting with Washington and Scott last Tuesday.

MTV, in the home stretch of planning for Sunday’s 2009 Movie Awards, has announced another group of presenters for the show, including Chris Pine, Kiefer Sutherland and the Sacha Baron Cohen character Brüno.

Also joining the list are Leann Rimes, Ed Helms, Anna Faris, Justin Bartha and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, MTV tells PEOPLE exclusively Thursday. Other stars, announced earlier this month, who will bequeath the Golden Popcorn trophies include Will Ferrell, Cameron Diaz, Vanessa Hudgens, Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Leighton Meester, Jonah Hill and Lil Wayne.

The show is being hosted by Saturday Night Live funnyman Andy Samberg. Eminem and Kings of Leon are among the musical performers scheduled to appear.

Twilight leads the film hopefuls with seven nominations, including best movie, best female performance (Kristen Stewart) and male breakthrough performance (both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner). Slumdog Millionaire earned six nominations, including best movie, female breakthrough performance (Freida Pinto) and male breakthrough performance (Dev Patel).

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