Chris Pine is the Male Star of the Year

Chris Pine
Chris Pine - Photo © Richard Chavez

So says CinemaCon… Actor Chris Pine has been named the CinemaCon Male Star of the Year as announced by the convention managing director Mitch Neuhauser. Pine will be honored during the event’s CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony on April 18, 2013. The annual gathering of motion picture theater industry professionals will take place April 15-18 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Announcing Pine as the Male Star of the Year award winner, Neuhauser stated: “With this summer’s Star Trek Into Darkness, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2009’s Star Trek, and then at year-end, the release of Jack Ryan, without a doubt, 2013 is going to be Chris Pine’s year,” noted Neuhauser. “Chris Pine has emerged as one of Hollywood’s hottest and most accomplished young actors and CinemaCon is thrilled to honor him as its 2013 ‘Male Star of the Year.’”

Pine will be reprising his role as Captain Kirk in Paramount Pictures’ Star Trek Into Darkness coming to theaters on May 17, 2013. Jack Ryan, based on the popular book series by Tom Clancy, arrives in theaters on Christmas Day.