It seems that lukewarm reviews for the Wheelman game hasn’t discouraged Vin Diesel, as he and director John Singleton and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura are teaming up for a film adaptation of the game for Paramount Pictures.
The game followed an expert driver who comes out of retirement to protect a woman from his past. Diesel produced, voiced and let the developers use his likeness in the game.
He will play the role in the film and will produce alongside Bonaventura and Samantha Vincent.
Directed by John Singleton, The Biggest Movie Event of the Year trailer for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. This version from YouTube is, I am guessing, one second short of the official trailer at Hollywood Reporter.
Word over at Aint it Cool News is saying that the forthcoming A-Team movie, based on the popular 80’s action show, has been pushed back to 2010 at the earliest. And if that doesn’t sound like a good sign for the project, attached director John Singleton (Boyz in the Hood, Four Brothers) has backed out, possibly due Fox’s official announcement that they’re developing and rewriting the script even more. The film is rumoured to star Bruce Willis as Hannibal, Ice Cube as BA, and Woody Harrelson as Murdoch.
To be honest, it looks as if Fox are backing away from the project, and rightly so. Nostalgia doesn’t necessarily mean people are going to fork out good money for a revival. Look at the diminishing ratings for the new Knight Rider TV show, for example. And, already this month we hear that a planned He-Man film got the axe. Will the A-Team movie go the same route? It’s probably best for all if it does.
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