Chris Pine Eyes Into the Woods, Stretch

With Star Trek Into Darkness warping into stateside theaters this weekend, its star Chris Pine is lining up some post-Trek projects.
Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal are negotiating deals to star in Into the Woods, based on the Broadway musical. "Gyllenhaal and Pine would play the musical’s two princes, Cinderella’s Prince and Rapunzel’s Prince, brothers who are pompous and self-absorbed," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Into the Woods also stars Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep. Filming begins this fall.

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Meanwhile, Pine will also reportedly reunite with his Smokin' Aces director Joe Carnahan for Stretch. TheWrap says Carnahan's A-Team actor Patrick Wilson will star "as a down-on-his-luck chauffeur looking to relieve his debt by driving around a mysterious billionaire who drags him to hell and back. Pine's role is being kept under wraps, though don't be surprised to see him pop up in Wilson's backseat."
Pine's role in the indie comedy-thriller is thought to be basically a cameo.

by Jim Vejvoda

May 15, 2013