If you make a Vin Deisel film, you can’t sequel it without Vin Diesel. Despite his shakey career and poor movie choices, it seems the only salvation left for Vin would be the franchises that made him popular. Every Diesel flick to sequel without him has been a flop, and if there is one thing for sure, the fans WANT to like Vin.
So he returns to Fast and Furious? Good move. Another Chronicles of Riddick? Yes please. How about xXx? Why not.
Afew months ago, a new xXx movie was announced, with Vin Diesel attached to star. I do find it humorous that Diesel had three potential franchises on his hands on chose to focus on the Riddick movies. Now he’s back with all three.
Collider talked screenwriter Michael Ferris about xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, who brought up Rob Cohen’s name without a hint of embarrassment:
“We’re actually delivering a draft next week. So far the studio seems very enthusiastic about it. Rob Cohen is really excited. I think Vin Diesel is tentatively committed pending script approval. With any luck at all, we’ll get a green light in the immediate future and have something by next year.”
I think this is a good move for Vin. Some people are criticizing him saying he can’t do anything new and is falling back on his hit franchises. But I think this is a wise move for him.
See with any celebrity their careers are carefully and strategically planned. He gets a few hits under his belt and he can write his own ticket and set his own path. But once he got away from those action hits, his career seemed to evaporate? So is he falling back? Not at all. He is rebuilding. If sports teams can use the strategy then why not movie stars?
I like Vin Diesel flicks, but I have to admit some of his recent efforts outside his trinity of hits have stunk it up pretty badly. This is a solid move for him and I hope that while he returns to deliever more movies we loved him for, that he stays the course and becomes the action star I knew he would always be.
Just no more kiddie flicks kay?
