Vin Diesel will reprise his role in the long running Fast and the Furious franchise with the fifth installment entitled, Fast Five. After the unprecedented success of last year’s Fast & Furious we shouldn’t be surprised that another sequel is in the works. Diesel has been updating fans via his official Facebook page about the latest film’s progress and he recently dropped a bomb about its location.
Was anyone out there losing sleep over whether or not Vin Diesel would make another movie in the Pitch Black-Riddick franchise? It didn’t seem like something that was on top of anyone’s must see list, considering how subpar the second film was. But according to Variety, the actor has found his way back to his Riddick roots and we’ll all have to sit and suffer through it.
The success of last year’s Fast & Furious has caused Universal to greenlight another sequel in the racing franchise entitled, Fast Five. The film has been put on the fast track and will feature the return of co-stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and director Justin Lin, as well as producer Neal Moritz.
Vin Diesel burst onto the scene back in the late nineties with supporting roles in Saving Private Ryan and Boiler Room, before making his mark as a leading man in 2001 with The Fast and the Furious. From that point on he was a box office success, headlining such films as 2002’s XXX, which spawned another action packed franchise. Even though he didn’t return for the second film in the series, there had been word that the actor would reprise his character, Xander Cage for the third. According to CineFOOLS, that might not be the case.
The second XXX sequel is moving forward as scheduled. Earlier we reported that Vin Diesel planned on reprising his role as extreme sportsman Xander Cage in the follow up to Ice Cube’s stint in 2005’s XXX: State of the Union. According to Yahoo, the actor will be joined by a new director to helm the feature, which will be amply titled XXX: The Return of Xander Cage. More on the film below.
One of the biggest films of the year hits shelves this weeks as Fast & Furious roars onto DVD and Blu-Ray. There’s also some SciFi TV on DVD to check out and three worst DVDs of the week.
Check it all out below…
I know this may sadden millions of XXX fans around the world, but I’ve got bad news to report. Rob Cohen, the man who directed the 2002 hit starring Vin Diesel will not be returning for the third film. In an attempt to forget the abomination that was XXX: State of the Union Sony plans on producing a second sequel to the original entitled, XXX: The Return of Xander Cage. Yep, Diesel’s ready to return, but Cohen has opted to back out in favor of Medieval, a period piece for New Regency.
After the successful weekend that Fast & Furious spawned for actor Vin Diesel, it’s no surprise he wants to stick to that winning formula.Vin Diesel plus fast cars equals box office gold. According to Rope of Silicon, the actor has signed on to star in the video game adaptation The Wheelman. John Singleton is attached to direct the film, which will mark his first time working with the actor.
Below are this week feature film, TV, special edition and horrible straight-to-DVD releases. Check them out below…
FEATURE FILMS
Twilight
Starring: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Okay. So the phenomenon is finally on DVD. Let the 13-year-old girls and those whose brains are still stuck in adolescence rejoice. Really, this DVD release is about as exciting as a film of a tree growing finally hitting the video store shelves. Come on. Why do we all feed this insipid beast that is built purely on hype and not quality at all? Stephen King really said it best when he pointed out the difference between “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” is that J.K. Rowling can write and Stephanie Meyers cannot. This is the movie equivalent.
Though no amount of bad press will ever stop people from buying this two-disc set.
Check out the full list of DVDs below…
