Chris Pine is definitely in to play Kirk in the new Trek movie, reports /Film.  Pine has dropped out of the Joe Carnahan-directed "White Jazz," which was apparently the final thing standing in his way of saying yes.

On his blog, Carnahan said, "The young man playing Junior Stemmons has opted to 'go where no man has gone before' and thus, had to bow out of WHITE JAZZ. I've been talking to him this past week and knew how tough the decision had to be for him. I don't envy ever being in that spot but I gave him my full support, even if it meant he didn't do JAZZ. I get it. You don't get opportunities like that often and I told him as long as he could control as much of that process as possible and not get sucked into doing lesser sequels as a result of taking this gig, then good luck and God bless."

Meanwhile, Karl Urban, late of Lord of the Rings, is definitely in as McCoy, baring a scheduling problem.  A good casting day for everyone.

(Additional source: TrekMovie.com)