Is Matt Damon the new Captain Kirk?

Insider TV has said Matt Damon is being considered for Captain Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek prequel.

I had heard the next Star Trek was going to have the familiar characters from the original series in their younger days.

Personally I think this concept is unnecessary. They could just create a new story and new characters if they want to do a new movie and have it not be a Next Generation movie.

I do kind of like that idea, but why use the same characters? It will be interesting to see if Trek fans want to see the adventures of young Captain Kirk or not.

As far as Matt Damon? I don't know. I think he is a good actor, I have no problem with him, but it seems like he is too well known to take over the part. I really think they would be better off going with an unknown actor.

That is if any of this is true, which I'm still very skeptical about right now.