Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
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Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
https://www.thewrap.com/vin-diesel-sony-bloodshot/
Vin Diesel is in talks to join Sony’s “Bloodshot” movie based on the Valiant comic, TheWrap has learned.
Sony revealed it would be moving forward with its five-film shared universe plan for joint franchises based on the Valiant comic books “Harbinger” and “Bloodshot.”
“Bloodshot” is about a mortally wounded soldier resurrected with cutting-edge nanotechnology and tasked with rounding up superpowered outcasts known as “harbingers.” “Bloodshot” was created by Kevin Van Hook, Don Perlin and Bob Layton in 1992.
The film will also reunite Diesel with “Fast and the Furious” mega-producer Neal Moritz, who is producing alongside Valiant’s Dinesh Shamdasani.
Dave Wilson, who is “Deadpool” director Tim Miller’s partner at Blur Studios, is attached to direct. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer (“Arrival”) is writing the screenplay.
According to insiders, Sony and Wilson plan to follow in the footsteps of the recent success of “Logan” and “Deadpool” with an R-rated take on the comic adaptation that will be tonally and aesthetically influenced by high-concept, sci-fi blockbusters of the late ’80s including “Robocop,” “Terminator,” and “Total Recall.”
“Bloodshot” will be a return to Diesel’s roots — he launched to international fame as a hard-hitting action star in “xXx” and “Pitch Black” before locking into “The Fast and the Furious” series. Diesel was also 2017’s top-grossing actor at the box office. According to Forbes, Diesel topped the list with $1.6 billion in global ticketing receipts, thanks to the success of “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” and “Fate of the Furious.”
Diesel is now locking down a superhero franchise to call his own — one that Sony is targeting as a hard-R, big-budget tentpole for 2019.
Valiant’s library is truly one of the great and as-yet untapped wells of intellectual property. The publisher’s bench of more than 2,000 superhero characters (with lifetime sales of more than 80 million copies) makes it the third largest library of superheroes behind Marvel and DC — and the only one not currently owned by a major conglomerate.
Diesel is repped by CAA. Sony had no comment.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
Now that's a big name
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
Will he grow hair? Can he grow hair? I don't think I've ever seen him with hair.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
When you put all the ingredients together, it seems to have great potential:
Diesel in the lead. Dave Wilson directing. Eric Heisserer writing. Moritz and Dino producing.
Now it's time to fire up the grill and start cooking.
Diesel in the lead. Dave Wilson directing. Eric Heisserer writing. Moritz and Dino producing.
Now it's time to fire up the grill and start cooking.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
This is probably enough...geocarr wrote:Will he grow hair? Can he grow hair? I don't think I've ever seen him with hair.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
I'm a big fan of Riddick, so I'm happy with this casting. It also means that there is much more chance of success. Glad they're going the R-rating route as well.
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geocarr wrote:Will he grow hair? Can he grow hair? I don't think I've ever seen him with hair.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
"Hard-R" in the article. That's appropriate for Bloodshot, but won't end up with any Bloodhound toys in Happy Meals.SlyTrooper wrote:I'm a big fan of Riddick, so I'm happy with this casting. It also means that there is much more chance of success. Glad they're going the R-rating route as well.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
Awesome news. R rating, and Vin. Hopefully this becomes a 10 film franchise by the time Vin is done...greg wrote:"Hard-R" in the article. That's appropriate for Bloodshot, but won't end up with any Bloodhound toys in Happy Meals.SlyTrooper wrote:I'm a big fan of Riddick, so I'm happy with this casting. It also means that there is much more chance of success. Glad they're going the R-rating route as well.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
Vin Diesel is a good choice for Bloodshot.
The only question that remains is whether he would make a better Ray Garrison or Angelo Mortalli?
Personally, I would rather have him play Angelo.
The only question that remains is whether he would make a better Ray Garrison or Angelo Mortalli?
Personally, I would rather have him play Angelo.
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I think it's more about the Angelo Mortalli backstory, which was that he was involved in mafia hits... which is a very 1990s thing (Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs).jxm640 wrote:Vin Diesel is a good choice for Bloodshot.
The only question that remains is whether he would make a better Ray Garrison or Angelo Mortalli?
Personally, I would rather have him play Angelo.
Having Bloodshot's backstory as an injured veteran is a better match for 2001 to present than the mafia stuff.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
Now that's a big-name star.
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It would be hard to imagine one bigger.David_Cody wrote:Now that's a big-name star.
He's at #10 on worldwide grossing movies.
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I like it, but "in talks" means nothing at this point. I am cautiously optimistic.
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Holy *SQUEE*!
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It means more than nothing. Yesterday, we had nothing. Today... more.FormerReader wrote:I like it, but "in talks" means nothing at this point. I am cautiously optimistic.
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My initial reaction was, “Meh.”
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Oh how jaded we are. Valiant comics is still less than 1% of the comic market, right? The idea that our actors are going to be anyone who have been in anything outside of Iowa community theater is kinda ridiculous.BugsySig wrote:My initial reaction was, “Meh.”
We're the true fans. We're going to hate all the studio changes to the movies no matter what. That's a given. But at least we get to hate big names.
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
This is really good news!
Are there other actors who could play the part? Absolutely. But this is true for many roles in Hollywood.
This casting is not bad.
Are there other actors who could play the part? Absolutely. But this is true for many roles in Hollywood.
This casting is not bad.
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greg wrote:Oh how jaded we are. Valiant comics is still less than 1% of the comic market, right? The idea that our actors are going to be anyone who have been in anything outside of Iowa community theater is kinda ridiculous.BugsySig wrote:My initial reaction was, “Meh.”
We're the true fans. We're going to hate all the studio changes to the movies no matter what. That's a given. But at least we get to hate big names.
I've been thinking about what they might change. ...I'm thinking maybe the red meat diet,might be to rough on ppl with weak stomachs
And never ever did I think they could get a big name as big as Vin diesel
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Re: Vin Diesel in Talks to Join Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’ Movie
It's a hell of a lot better than Jared Leto.DirtbagSailor wrote:This is really good news!
Are there other actors who could play the part? Absolutely. But this is true for many roles in Hollywood.
This casting is not bad.
I never even thought about him (Vin) playing Bloodshot... But the more I think about it and look at him and think about his attitude and personality.... I'm like... This could work.
....add in Sony wants a HARD R movie with a big budget
Hell yea!
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