A few weeks back rumours surfaced that "Star Trek" star Chris Pine might be in the running to play power-ringed superhero The Green Lantern in the forthcoming film of the same name (well, I imagine it'll have the same name - unless Warner get ambitious and go with 'Orbiting Green : The Green Lantern Chronicles' - I, of course, just made that title up; copyrighted and all.).

Seems there was an ounce of truth to the Pine/Lantern rumour - cinema's new Captain Kirk is indeed under consideration for the role of the DC hero.

Though Pine isn't signed for the film - set to lens in Australia later this year under the direction of "Casino Royale" helmer Martin Campbell - he tells MTV that he has had talks.

“I had a meeting with [casting director] Pam Dixon and [executive producer] Donald De Line, but a meeting was all it was,” Pine told the site. “I have not been offered squat. I do not have the part and haven’t read a script.”

Meanwhile, Vin Diesel told MTV that he was in talks to play another superhero, Marvel's 'The Sub-Mariner' in a film at one stage.

“I talked to [Director] Jonathan Mostow about ‘Sub-Mariner,’ which could be interesting because of its World War II-New York connection", Diesel tells the site. But, he says, “I would be more apt to play a villain. [I'd like to play] the protagonist of a story that is also like a Marvel villain — like Doctor Doom or something.”