Vin Diesel will be THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Vin Diesel is currently in talks with Lionsgate-Summit to join Breck Eisner's The Last Witch Hunter. Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov was attached to direct the film when it was first announced back in 2010. But I think Eisner will be a solid choice for the project as well. He directed a remake of The Crazies, which actually turned out really good. As for Diesel taking on the lead role... why the hell not? I could see him wreaking havoc on witches!
The story follows the last of the witch hunters, described as people that keep the population of witches and warlocks in check. Those witches and warlocks are about to repopulate in a major way unless Vin Diesel can can stop them. So if he's not cast in the role, we're all screwed. IESB has some more spoilerish details on the movie, and it sounds like it could be really awesome. Check out an excerpt from a description of the film below!
This all started long before our times, but for now we are starting in Manhattan, on a bus. An old woman wearing tattered clothing enters a bus and steals one strand of hair from the bus driver which she knots. The rest of the passengers can't take their eyes off her. Suddenly the driver grabs at his chest before falling forward. The bus veers into traffic on the opposite side of the street and explodes into a ball of fire. The only survivor the mysterious woman, now with eyes of black.
They have been walking among us since the beginning. They call themselves Haxen and are not the biggest fans of daylight. The witches abilities have brought a fear into the hearts of many Examples of this fear of witches can be found in historical events such as The Crusades and The Salem Witch Trials. This is why the Haxen have hid for many centuries and have broken up into what we know as covens. Each nationality has their own coven of witches, Hispanic "brujas" in the Bronx, and witches of African heritage in Harlem. The only one who has the ability to stop them is the immortal Nightshade.
To read the full movie description make sure to head on over to IESB.
Does this sound like a movie you'd be interested in checking out?! Do you think Diesel is the right guy for the role?