Vin Diesel won't be slowing down anytime soon. The star of "Fast & Furious" is set to star in Paramount Pictures' upcoming big-screen adaptation of Ubisoft's "The Wheelman," a videogame that already features the actor as its main character. Variety says John Singleton, who also helmed "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Four Brothers," will direct a screenplay by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell. Rich Wilkes wrote the original script.
Diesel is playing a talented driver who kisses retirement good-bye to protect a woman from his past. His return to the "Fast & Furious" franchise proved to be quite lucrative, because the fourth installment in the series has already collected $150.9 million domestically. I've never played "Wheelman" and don't know if the game's plot is worth it, but Diesel is certainly the right guy to play this role. Okay, Jason Statham would probably perfect too.