Chris Pine facing lawsuit from former talent agents

Chris Pine is reportedly facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit from his former talent agents.

The Star Trek actor's previous representatives are alleging that he owes them millions of dollars from his recent blockbuster roles such as This Means War and Unstoppable.

SDB Partners claim that Pine parted ways with the company via email in November, after ignoring requests to pay them their 10% cut from his Star Trek role among others, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Through this lawsuit, SDB seeks to not only recover its commissions on millions of dollars that Pine has already earned, but also the millions of dollars that Pine will continue to earn as a result of SDB's prior hard work and dedication to Pine's career," the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit explains that SDB took on the star in 2002 when he was an unknown actor and that "nobody was willing to touch Pine".

The legal papers also provide Pine's earnings for several of his recent roles, including Unstoppable ($3 million [£1.88 million]) and This Means War ($5 million [£3.13 million]).

He will also reportedly earn $4 million (£2.5 million) for the first of three film adaptations of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise. The sequel would earn Pine $8 million (£5 million) while the third instalment would give him $12 million (£7.5 million).

Chris Pine's latest film This Means War opens on February 17 in the US and on March 2 in the UK.

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