Chris Pine surprised by Star Trek announcement

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Chris Pine was taken by surprise by the news that a new Star Trek movie is in development.

A fourth โ€˜Star Trekโ€™ film was confirmed by J.J. Abrams at Paramountโ€™s Investor Day last month and Chris โ€“ who portrays James T. Kirk in the sci-fi franchise โ€“ was caught unawares by the revelation.

Chris told IndieWire: โ€œWell, whatโ€™s going on with โ€˜Star Trekโ€™ is frankly, I donโ€™t know. When the announcement was made at the shareholdersโ€™ thing, I didnโ€™t know that they were doing that. I donโ€™t think anybody did.โ€

Despite his shock, Pine revealed that he is looking forward to working with director Matt Shakman.

He said: โ€œI met Matt Shakman, the director. Heโ€™s a super-cool guy, very smart, I like him a great deal.โ€

The script for the new โ€˜Star Trekโ€™ movie will be written by Josh Friedman and Cameron Squires and Pine is looking forward to reading it.

The โ€˜Wonder Womanโ€™ star said: โ€œI know thereโ€™s a script out there somewhere and Iโ€™m waiting to see it. Looking forward to it. I love the group. I love the team. I love the world. Happy to go to work.โ€

Pineโ€™s latest role is in the thriller โ€˜All The Old Knivesโ€™ and he revealed how he got to work with an intimacy coordinator for the first time on the film.

He explained: โ€œI had never done that before. Youโ€™re doing a sex scene in a bedroom and you have this older woman thatโ€™s watching and giving you notes on how to do the sex scene and Iโ€™m thinking, โ€˜Who is the person telling me how to have sex?โ€™

โ€œBut it was wonderful. She was lovely. It just takes the pressure off. Thereโ€™s just no discomfort, because you have someone like a referee making sure itโ€™s all above board and everyone is comfortable.

โ€œSheโ€™s also like a choreographer making sure it all translates well on screen like, โ€˜Move your neckโ€™ or โ€˜Arch your back moreโ€™.โ€