Article By Elena Torres
The pimples, the tacky fashion, the embarrassing haircuts. Imagine if Steven Spielberg saw YOU during that painfully awkward high school phase.
In a way, that's kind of what happened to actor/writer/director Vin Diesel eleven years ago at the Sundance Film Festival. Spielberg saw the star's first film "Strays" and went on to cast the man who would be Riddick in "Saving Private Ryan," jump-starting the actor's career.
"You look back to the beginning and your first work…I think it's like looking at a high school yearbook," Diesel laughed of the new-to-DVD "Strays." Read more...
Article By Elena Torres
Batman, Indy, Hulk, Rambo and Bond are just some of the favorite action heroes coming back to theatres in 2008. But audiences will have to wait until 2009 for the greatest of all...
Well, at least according to Vin Diesel.
"I think doing the cameo in 'Tokyo Drift' confirmed a lot of things for me. It confirmed that if you create a role that the world kind of identifies with, or the world adopts, sometimes you have that responsibility to revisit that role," Diesel enthused of his character Dominic Toretto from the "Fast and the Furious" franchise, which he will revisit in the series' upcoming fourth installment. Read more...
Sit back, relax, and enjoy a hot, steaming cup of our links of the day, back again with news on "Bond 22," "Star Trek," Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel, and more.
- Tom Cruise is a fat, bald, hairy chested shlub in new pictures from the set of "Tropic Thunder." (JoBlo)
- "Munich" actor Mathieu Amalric named as next Bond villain? (Fox News)
- "Chariots of Fire" actor Ben Cross to play Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock, in new "Star Trek." (StarTrek.com)
- This calls for a little dance, half MC Hammer, half "Flashdance" fusion. Jennifer Garner in final negotiations to play opposite Ricky Gervais in "This Side of Truth." (Variety)
- Bruce Willis to star in "The Surrogates," a futuristic thriller about a society that's most meaningful interactions take place between more attractive surrogate robots. (Variety)
- David Twohy wants more Vin Diesel: Director talks possible indie future for "Riddick" franchise. (ComingSoon)
Any day that brings news on Wallace and Gromit is already a good day, but add in Guillermo Del Toro and Natalie Portman and, well, if this isn't nice, what is? Also news on Vin Diesel and Kevin Dillon below.
- A new Wallace and Gromit short film coming next year! (Wallace and Gromit)
- 4-tune smiles on Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, who are both set to star in 4th "Fast and the Furious" flick. 4-get it. This is ridiculous. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Natalie Portman joins Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire in "Brothers." (Hollywood Elsewhere)
- Guillermo Del Toro tackling H.P. Lovecraft’s "At the Mountains of Madness" (Latino Review)
- Kevin Dillon brings his entourage to ancient Greece to star in Nation Lampoon's spoof film "301." (Variety)
