Chris Pine has joined the cast of Wonder Woman.

The Star Trek actor will play Steve Trevor opposite Gal Gadot in the DC comic book movie, The Wrap reported.

Monster director Patty Jenkins is due to direct the highly anticipated movie, while Man of Steel director Zack Snyder will serve as a producer.

Chris Pine
Chris Pine (David Crotty/AP)

The Wonder Woman character will first be introduced to audiences in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and she features prominently in the trailer recently unveiled at Comic Con in San Diego.

Her solo movie will then be released in cinemas in the summer of 2017.

Israeli actress Gal will also later star in The Justice League parts one and two.

Chris is currently resuming his role of Captain Kirk in Star Trek Beyond and will next be seen in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.

He also stars in post-apocalyptic drama Z for Zachariah, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and will be released in American cinemas in August.