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Wheelman Movie Hits the Road

Added by Ryan Davis on May 13, 2009

30 comments

Like this, but fleshier.

You know, after the miserable and 100% deserved failure of The Chronicles of Riddick, and the continued downward spiral of The Pacifier and Babylon A.D., I was pretty sure Vin Diesel's time in the spotlight was done. It seemed like he was transitioning smoothly into the second phase of his Jean-Claude Van Damme/Stephen Seagal-style career around the time that Midway first announced that Wheelman was being developed as both a movie and a video game simultaneously, a venture that I figured would go the same way as the aborted Spy Hunter movie that was going to star The Rock. The game got released, complete with a digital Dwayne Johnson, but the movie never got past the teaser poster.

Then, last month, Vin somehow pulled the hat-trick with Fast and Furious, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and Wheelman, three properties that performed well enough to put him back in the good graces of people who like gruff, stoic one-liners and mindless entertainment in general. Now Variety is reporting that Paramount is ramping up production of The Wheelman the movie, with John Singleton, a director best known for his work on Boyz n the Hood and, uh, 2 Fast 2 Furious, attached to direct.

So you've got the star of The Fast and the Furious, the director of its sequel, and a premise that basically sounds like The Fast and the Furious Gaiden. Sounds like a winner to me!

Filed under : Vin Diesel, Wheelman

30 Comments

Scooper
on May 13, 2009

So who's playing the role of the Wheelman in this movie.

Vinchenzo
on May 13, 2009

Lol.

Chaser324
on May 13, 2009

I look forward to seeing some air-jacking on the silver screen.

RedSox8933
on May 13, 2009

My first thought that the game was based on the movie, weird.

Kou_Leifoh
on May 13, 2009

There better be some air-jacking scenes.

giyanks22
on May 13, 2009

Vin Deisel's Best performance, though short, was in Saving Private Ryan..

AniMoney
on May 13, 2009

At least its not the guy who directed Tokyo Drift.

systech
on May 13, 2009

What is the point? Really.

TheKidNixon
on May 13, 2009

giyanks22 said:

"Vin Deisel's Best performance, though short, was in Saving Private Ryan.."

Did you ever see Find Me Guilty? Great flick, and Vin is surprisingly good in it. In fact, Vin isn't that bad of an actor. He's just kinda...dull as an action hero.

PureRok
on May 13, 2009

Wait... Babylon A.D. a bad movie? That's news to me. I really liked it.

TheKidNixon
on May 13, 2009

PureRok said:

"Wait... Babylon A.D. a bad movie? That's news to me. I really liked it."

I never saw it, but I know the director basically comepletely disowned it and talked crap about it whenever someone was willing to give him their ear.

Fr0Br0
on May 13, 2009

I heart Vin Diesel (no homo). He's the one guy in Hollywood I would love to meet and hangout with. And since I kind of look like him, I'm going to be Riddick for next Halloween.

theMcNasty
on May 13, 2009

Wait... so the movie hasn't even been FILMED yet? Why release the game so early?

They should've used that downtime like the Dark Athena folk. Polish. Polish. Polish.

RetroIce4
on May 13, 2009

WHHHHAATTTT?!?!? Lol... prepare for fail. Well he wasn't terrible in fast and furious (4).

AsKo25
on May 13, 2009

Vin Diesel wrote and directed an awesome short film called Multi-Facial, this is what got Spielberg interested in him and how he got a part in Saving Private Ryan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXAPWSybacg

That's a short clip from the 20 minute film. The whole thing is on YouTube, but if you wanna just get a preview, check this out. It's a good monologue.

Maxszy
on May 13, 2009

Oh man, this is going to be awesome. Probably in a horrible way, but it will be great!

But Vinny D is awesome! And everything he touches TURNS TO GOLD!

Cerza is online
on May 13, 2009

While I never saw Boyz n the Hood, I liked 2 Fast 2 Furious. It wasn't as good as it's predecessor, but it was fun movie none the less. Here's to hoping that this will be an equally solid flick and better than the mediocre game it's based on. Cheers.

teh_destroyer
on May 13, 2009

Chaser324 said:

"I look forward to seeing some air-jacking on the silver screen."

and watching cops get up and walk away after being thrown out of a car after the car itself exploded.

Ozeki
on May 13, 2009

For Jean-Claude Van Damme haters out there, I propose you watch JCVD (no really that the name of the movie).

The storyline is basically real-life Jean-Claude Van Damme is in Belgium basically going back home when he is mixed-up in a bank robbery for which he is blamed.

Its likes Being John Malkovich, although with more drama (being JCVD pas marital problems, acting problem, drug uses, etc.).

DukeEdwardI
on May 13, 2009

Aw, I kinda liked Chronicles of Riddick. It still wasn't nearly as awesome as Pitch Black though.

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