I’m not exactly sure why, but Vin Diesel’s film history annoys me greatly. Maybe it has something to do with the ten different Fast & Furious films, I don’t know. I feel like I hate every movie he’s in.
And I don’t see this just announced title breaking the trend. It was reported today that Diesel will star in a film based on the tabletop game, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em.
The production comes from Mattel’s film division. Diesel had this to say about the project:
To take the classic Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em game, with Mattel as my partner, and align it with the kind of world-building, franchise-making success we have had with Universal, is truly exciting.
He did not predict an Oscar nomination for this movie, which is a nice change of pace for him.
Of course, this isn’t the only film Mattel has in production.
The growing list of properties in development include ‘Wishbone,’ based on the ’90s TV show about the well-read Jack Russell terrier; ‘Barbie’ starring Margot Robbie and written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; and ‘Uno,’ a heist comedy centered on the card game led by rapper Lil Yachty.
So yeah, exciting things happening over there at Mattel.
