Chris Pine hasn’t had a huge amount of luck outside the Star Trek franchise, with the likes of This Means War and Jack Ryan failing to find success at the cinema. However he’ll hoping for better with The Line, as THR reports he’s set to headline the thriller for director David Gordon Green.
The movie is about a patrol agent (Pine) whose begins to spiral out of control after his wife and son die. He reluctantly ends up having to look after a young child who was orphaned when a criminal cartel killed his parents. Pine’s character is forced to go on the run to protect the boy, after he realises he has enemies on both sides of the law.
David Gordon Green is directing from a script by Sang-kyung Kim (The Walking Dead).