Chris Pine in Talks to Join DCCU

Learn what role he is slated to play.

Story by Matt Cummings

It's pretty clear that Actor Chris Pine makes everything he's in that much better. He's been a great Captain Kirk in the Star Trek reboots, a very good Jack Ryan in the recent Shadow Recruit, and even made Horrible Bosses 2 a livable experience. So it was bound to happen that the star would join either the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the DC one; the question was which one would be smart enough to get him. It now looks like we know what universe he will join and what role he might play.

According to Variety, Pine is in negotiations to play a major role in Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman, that being none other than Colonel Steve Trevor. In the comics, Trevor is the human liaison and love interest to Wonder Woman who crashes his WWII plane on Paradise Island, the isolated home of the Amazons. He was rescued by Diana and brought back to America, where the two worked for the US government. In the more recent DC Animated Universe, Trevor is part of a love triangle involving Diana and Superman, and was last seen in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis.

Pine wasn't the first choice: that offer originally went to Scott Eastwood, who apparently had a choice between playing in next year's Suicide Squad or in Wonder Woman. He took the former, although he took the former, we don't know what role Eastwood will play in that mash-up, slated for a August 5, 2016 release. Gal Gadot will play Wonder Woman, although we don't know if the Diana Prince alter ego will appear. The movie will be directed by Patty Jenkins, with a script by Jason Fuchs.

Should Pine be signed, this means we will probably see him in follow-ups outside of the WW origin story, which could include Justice League Part Two, slated to be released on June 14th, 2019. For now, Gadot will debut as Wonder Woman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opens on March 25, 2016. Wonder Woman will be released on June 23, 2017.

Photo Credit: Adriana M. Barraza

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