Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Chris Pine set to play Robert the Bruce in Netflix feature film Outlaw King

Chris Pine and director David Mackenzie (PA)
Chris Pine (left) and director David Mackenzie will team up again for Outlaw King (PA)

ROBERT The Bruce is set to come to life in a new feature film on Netflix.

Star Trek’s Chris Pine is thought to be in talks to play the role of the 14th century king, with Ben Foster in the frame to play adviser James Douglas.

According to Deadline, the pair will team up with director David Mackenzie for the project, having both starred in his film Hell Or High Water.

Mackenzie, born in Perthshire, will oversee filming in Scotland this summer, with tourism chiefs hoping that the production will boost tourism.

Outlander was shot in Perthshire and Fife and led to a boost in visitors to the area (Nick Briggs/Sony)
Outlander was shot in Perthshire and Fife and led to a boost in visitors to the area (Nick Briggs/Sony)

Jenni Steele, film and creative industries manager at VisitScotland, told our sister title The Courier: “Set-jetting, where people visit locations and other destinations associated with the movies, is a growing trend – with 40% of all people that come to UK inspired to come here after seeing it on film or television.

“Productions such as Braveheart, Rob Roy and more recently, Outlander, have helped highlight Scottish history’s most colourful characters and have undoubtedly inspired viewers to discover Scotland in person.”

She added: “We look forward to learning more about this exciting project and hope once again to see Scotland shine on screen.”


READ MORE FROM THE SUNDAY POST

Is this the face of Robert the Bruce? Reconstructed images reveal what ancient king may have looked like