After nearly two months of no updates and the impending closure of the site Chris-Pine.org has decided to stay. I didn’t really know if I had wanted to continue running the site and I honestly believe I let myself be influenced by the current surroundings around me which lead me to think I no longer cared to run the site as I use to. Though (obviously) you can see that I did indeed change my mind. No more than a week or more ago I asked for the loyal visitors of the site and newcomers to cast their vote and let me know if they wished for C-P.org to stay, and I have to say having receiving over 400 votes I’m extremely pleased to see that my hard work had not gone unnoticed despite the lack of input and activity the site lacked from it’s visitors (which I hope soon changes =]).

To those of you who voted “No” for the return of C-P.org I want to thank you because though seeing how many people wanted me to continue the site seeing the few No’s made me want it just that much more.

Moving on, obviously you can also see the site has a new name. Same domain of course and that isn’t about to change, but the name I thought suited so as Chris and his acting career expands and grows so can The Chris Pine Network. I’ve made sure to really put my heart into re-designing every page on the site, very much so for the News Center and Image Archive, which I hope everyone likes.

I love Chris and believe he is truly one of the many young actors set to take over Hollywood in the next few years as the top ranks of Tom Hanks, George Clooney and Brad Pitt slowly step aside to make room for these bright stars. I hope to have everyone’s support as I really want to give this one more go around before totally giving up on something I worked so hard to put together in the first place.

If you’ve read this far than I want to thank you for caring, because I know this has been a impossibly long post, but I think the site deserves it and so do his fans. I’m going to continue to catch up on past news and photos that I’ve collected since my last update, so be sure not to miss any of those. I also want to mention, as I believe this to be just as important, but from this moment forward I WILL NOT be tagging my photos in the gallery, unless forced too by uncooperative visitors who refuse to credit and/or because of exclusivity to the site. I hope you guys appreciate that, and as I wish I could replace all the photos already in the gallery untagged sadly I can’t as I lost everything back in October.

I hope everyone finds the site easy to access and fast loading, to better improve your visitor experience. Please do not hesitate to let me know if there are any errors or problems you may come across.

PS. – If anyone is interested in applying for Elite or Top Affiliate spots feel free to drop me a line as I’m gladly accepting. Thanks!

Okay so I know the last post I made just short of a month ago about how I didn’t think I could give the site what it deserves but as of late I’ve been giving it some more thought and in many ways I don’t want to throw away all my hard work, not with out atleast giving it another go. So my question for those of you who still visit the site and for those who maybe just found the site, I want to ask one simple question…

This is extremely important to me so even if you only visit every now and then or just visited for the first time please, please vote on the poll below.

Kevin Smith is just about the luckiest guy on the planet and I’m pretty sure he’s aware of it. His filmmaker buddies have always seemed more than willing to share their upcoming works well in advance of their release dates. He saw “MI:III” early as well as “The Dark Knight,” and here in mid-September of ‘08 he’s already seen two must-sees for ‘09! That would be “Watchmen” AND “Star Trek.”

When I met up with Kevin in Toronto this week to chat about “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” (a mature flick that’s actually most reminiscent of “Chasing Amy” despite what you may assume) I just had to pick his brain about “Star Trek” and he told me quite a bit.

“It’s really strong,” said Smith. “[J.J. Abrams] was rejiggering the opening few scenes. It’s one of those things where you first heard about it and were like no they’re not going to redo ‘Star Trek’! And then you see the movie and you think, wow he did pull it off! He turned it into a viable renewed franchise.”

Who stood out among this new cast, I asked him. “Chris Pine is fantastic,” he gushed. “It is a star-making performance. From his first scene forward, this dude is not doing an impression of Shatner. He is doing young Kirk. He doesn’t have the slow delivery mannerisms of Shatner but it’s totally James T. Kirk, the bravado, the self-assuredness. It’s such a great performance. You can’t take your eyes off the guy. Anytime he’s not on the screen you’re waiting for him to get back. And the chick [Zoe Saldana] who plays Uhura is really great. They made Uhura really interesting.”

TrekMovie previously reported that JJ Abrams has completed a first rough cut of his Star Trek movie and now it appears that he is showing it off. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back director Kevin Smith was a guest on KROQ’s Kevin and Bean show this morning and the subject of the new Star Trek movie came up with Smith giving a positive review of the movie, but in a roundabout way.

Kevin talks about what he can’t talk about
Although it was never said explicitly, it appears Kevin Smith was given an early viewing of Star Trek, but he was very much trying to deny that he had, or at least not come out and say anything that would break the ‘cone of silence’ around JJ Abrams ultra-secret project. Early in the show when Kevin joined in, one of the hosts said “somebody’s seen the new Star Trek movie, I understand?” At which point Smith sardonically dismissed the question. Then much later in the show, after recounting his thoughts on his early screening of the Watchmen movie, Smith was asked if he has seen anything else. Here is the exchange: