Chris Pine Talks ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ and Playing Captain Kirk

Chris Pine was among the Star Trek Into Darkness cast members who took part in this year’s CinemaCon, presenting footage from the film and discussing the latest Star Trek project with members of the National Association of Theatre Owners in Vegas. And in addition to showing off clips from Star Trek Into Darkness, Pine was on hand as the winner of CinemaCon’s Male Star of the Year Award.

Before taking the stage to accept the honor, Pine spoke to us about how Captain Kirk is different in this second film from director J.J. Abrams and how Kirk earns the captain’s chair in this outing.

The Star Trek Into Darkness Plot: In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice.

As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.