After a few years spluttering his way through movies like A Man Apart and The Pacifier, Vin Diesel is trying to get his career back in a forward gear with two spanking new projects.
The shiny-bonced former doorman has signed up to star in Black Water Transit, an actioner from newbie helmer Samuel Bayer, based on the novel from Carsten Stroud. Currently in pre-production and working from a script by Hostage scripter Doug Richardson, Vin will share the set with Kevin Bacon, Spiderman star James Franco and Hotel Rwanda’s Sophie Okonedo.
The story centres on a gang of criminals and cops as they collide over a shipment of illegal firearms and a bout of homicides – the movie is set to begin shooting in Chicago in July.
Diesel is also prepping for Player’s Rules, a romantic comedy being scripted by Ron Bass and Jen Smolka - the gang behind the typewriter for xXx and The Fast And The Furious. The V-Man will also hold the purse strings for the flick, with his company One Race Films working alongside Touchstone Pictures.
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