Poor old Vin Diesel, he tries so hard (and seems so convinced of his own genius), but people only seem to want to see him alongside Paul Walker, driving about in cars. However he has to find something to do between Fast & Furious movies – which he seems to have now accepted he’ll have to keep doing in order maintain his profile, despite ditching the series for a while – and while he already has another Chronicles Of Riddick movie in the works (which start shooting in September), it appears he’s now got an action thriller as well.
According to Variety, Diesel is attached to star in and produce an untitled thriller, based on a pitch by Unknown scribes Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell. Unfortunately though, the plot is being kept top secret (as obviously the world would fall over if we knew what a potential Vin Diesel movie was about).
Perhaps this will be the movie that finally makes Diesel the all-round star he so obviously wants to be, but which audiences have seemed reticent to accept outside Fast & Furious flicks. We’ll have to wait and see.