Vin Diesel to star in 'Wheelman'

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

Paramount Pictures is accelerating its efforts to put "Fast and Furious" star Vin Diesel back behind the wheel of a fast car.
Studio has set John Singleton to direct and Lorenzo di Bonaventura to produce "The Wheelman," a live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft vidgame "Wheelman." The videogame launched last month, with Diesel as its main character and the game's producer.

Diesel will play an expert driver who comes out of retirement to protect a woman from his past.

Rich Wilkes wrote the script; the writing team of Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell did a rewrite.

Di Bonaventura will produce with Diesel and his One Race Films partner Samantha Vincent.

Paramount first got involved in the project in 2006; at the time, the partnership was hailed as one of the biggest between a vidgame publisher and a studio. Sumner Redstone owned both Midway Games and Paramount, and the plan was to launch the "Wheelman" game and movie in close proximity. Redstone unloaded his 87% stake in Midway late last year in a debt restructuring move, and the vidgame moved to Ubisoft.

Singleton knows his way around a car chase, having directed "2 Fast 2 Furious," the sequel that Diesel skipped.

Di Bonaventura produced Paramount's summer pics "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," set for June 24 release, and "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," opening Aug. 7. Di Bonaventura is currently shooting the Angelina Jolie starrer "Salt" for Columbia Pictures.

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[Diesel]

i'll watch it

....shocker right?

I don't expect TOO much though
maybe a death race quality film
which is good enough for me, I enjoyed Death Race

[PH3AR]

I played the game and it was ok, but i will see this depending on how good trailers look!

[Monkey]

I'm down, I usually like VD. Babylon A.D. is one of the rare movies that just didn't work, not really his fault though.

[Evangelion]

Yes, Vin Diesel is cool, especially in Pitch Black

[95pgtproject]

btw the game is kinda fun and it is on sale this week at bb for $30 for anyone interested

[ckent22]

The originality lacking in Hollywood never ceases to amaze me.

[assydingo]

Originally Posted by 95pgtproject

btw the game is kinda fun and it is on sale this week at bb for $30 for anyone interested

The car part is really fun... but I just got some games so I should be good for now. Still, thanks for mentioning it.

[WyldeMan45]

I downloaded the demo and found it to be so completely ridiculous that I stopped playing a FREE DEMO within 5 minutes. So every time you ram a car once it explodes and when you shoot one tire an entire road block explodes in the air and you drive under....WTF Vin Diesel! Go make the third XXX or the third Riddick and leave this piece of crap alone!!

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

I downloaded the demo and found it to be so completely ridiculous that I stopped playing a FREE DEMO within 5 minutes. So every time you ram a car once it explodes and when you shoot one tire an entire road block explodes in the air and you drive under....WTF Vin Diesel! Go make the third XXX or the third Riddick and leave this piece of crap alone!!

+1 i rather see third xXx or third riddick than wheelman