Chris Pine, the talented young man who took on the daunting task of replacing William Shatner as the famed Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” earlier this year, will likely assume another prominent role, this time as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.

Variety reports that Pine, nearing final negotiations with Paramount, would get top-billing as the daring CIA analyst made famous by Tom Clancy’s popular novels.

Paramount Film Group president Adam Goodman told the pub, “Tom Clancy created an unforgettable character with Jack Ryan. With Chris in this role, we’ve taken our first step in creating a re-boot that lives up to the successful lineage of the franchise.”

Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld are set to produce, and are actively working on an original concept with screenwriter Hossein Amini.

As of yet, there is no projected release date which means Pine may shoot Abram’s “Star Trek” sequel before the Ryan project goes into production.

Pine would be the fourth actor to portray the iconic character in a feature film following Alec Baldwin’s maiden performance in 1990’s “The Hunt for Red October,” Harrison Ford’s run as Ryan in 1992’s “Patriot Games” and 1994’s “Clear and Present Danger,” and Ben Affleck’s turn in 2002’s “The Sum of All Fears.”