A good barometer for one’s success level in Hollywood is if you have enough money to get all of your best buds together, write a screenplay then produce it into a feature film. Star Trek star Chris Pine must be at the top of his game, cause he has done just that for a new independent comedy.
Deadline reports that actor will be making his producing and writing debut in a film titled Mantivities, which he wrote with his friends Will Greenberg, Drew Howerton, Robert Baker, Ian Gotler and Tony Liebetrau. Pine will also star in the film that doesn’t seem to stray far from their real lives, as it follows a group of best buds in their 30s, who are “all in various stages of permanent adolescence.” The plot follows them attempting to assist one in their group to grow up.
Frequent director of The State and Reno 911! , Michael Patrick Jann, will helm the feature and Pine is not hiding the seemingly fun nature of this development process. He admitted, ” I couldn’t be happier to begin the adventure of making Mantivities knowing how much fun we all had writing it. Somehow I get to laugh with my friends and call it work.”
Pine is a great commodity in Hollywood, one of the few with actual charisma. This was clearly proven in his last film; along with Tom Hardy, the actor was the only barely bearable element of This Means War. I wouldn’t mind seeing him screw around with his friends for about 90 minutes. He’ll next be seen in J.J. Abrams‘ currently untitled Star Trek sequel, as well as the drama People Like Us this summer.
What do you think about Pine stretching his talents with this project?