Vin Diesel Talks Sub-Mariner, Fantastic Four’s Doom
Comic Book Movie News, Fantastic Four 3 (Reboot) Movie, The Sub-Mariner Movie — By Nix on April 6, 2009
Not all that long ago, Vin Diesel probably could have gotten a “Sub-Mariner” movie made if he wanted to. That time is long gone, but with the sudden re-emergence of the man’s career (a $72 million dollar opening weekend for one of your movies will do that), maybe Diesel has the pull once more to get Namor on the big screen. And failing that, how about joining a reboot?
In an interview with MTV to promote “Fast & Furious”, Vin Diesel talked about which comic book characters he’d like to tackle. He mentions Doctor Doom from “The Fantastic four” (not a bad choice, considering that The Powers That Be are giving out rumblings about rebooting the franchise), and also his long-standing desire to make a “Sub-Mariner” movie:
“I have some superhero favorites,” Diesel admitted. “I talked to ['The Surrogates' director] Jonathan Mostow about ‘Sub-Mariner,’ which could be interesting because of its World War II-New York connection.”
Okay, so nothing solid or anything, but you know, it’s a pretty slow news Monday.
In any case, it probably won’t happen, since I doubt Universal is going to let Vin Diesel run off and do a fish movie when he’s got “The Fast and Furious 5″ lined up. What, you didn’t know? After $72 million at the box office for part four, you bet your ass Universal will be cranking up a part five very soon. Just wait for the official announcement…
Below: Those bubbles? Not what you think. Ol Namor was always a little gassy in the mornings.
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hell yeah. we need a namor movie,let him do it.
God, if you love comic book movie fans, you won’t let Vin Diesel make this movie. Why, you may ask? One simple fact: I DON’T CARE HOW MANY WOMEN, MEN, WHATEVER FIND VIN DIESEL ATTRACTIVE HE CAN NOT ACT!!!!! I don’t care how many people go to see the Fast and the Furious (I’ve seen the first two, and Paul Walker was a lot better than Vin) that’s no reason why Vin Diesel should be put into a comic book movie. Personally, if he does appear in ANY comic book movie, I know tons of people who agree with me and will boycott the movie. Also, I know the Sub-Mariner is Marvel’s first mutant, and one of their first characters, but I really also don’t want to see ANY actor running around for two hours in a green fish scale speedo. Anyone with me?
If Vin had to play any Marvel character, let him play D-Man. A big homeless guy with little brainpower and a nasty funk. Let him grow out the beard and call it a good cast.
If anybody should play Namor, it should be Jude Law. Think about it.