Captain Kirk, leaving behind his Federation uniform, is in talks to join the cast of upcoming action-thriller Unstoppable for 20^th Century Fox.

Being directed by Tony Scott, the film centers on an experienced train engineer (Denzel Washington) about to be laid off as part of company cutbacks and the newbie – played by Chris Pine – conductor hired to replace him.

However, before the transition happens, they find themselves in a race against time to stop an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train carrying enough combustible liquids and poisonous gas to wipe out a nearby city.