Saturday, December 31, 2016

I'm just thinking about Vin Diesel.

Celebrity Net Worth says that Vin Diesel is worth $160 million. That was a surprise to me. I thought he'd be worth at least $1 billion. Do you know that this guy is appearing in six active movie franchises? That has got to be a world record. And all of them are successful . . . which goes without saying, of course, as Hollywood is loathe to make movie franchises which consistently lose money.

So for the record, here are the franchises in which Vin Diesel plays a part--including upcoming movies which have been announced.

The Chronicles of Riddick:
Pitch Black (2000)
Dark Fury (2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

Riddick (2013)
Furia (?)

The Fast and the Furious:
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Fast Five (2011)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Furious 7 (2015)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Fast & Furious 9 (2019)
Fast & Furious 10 (2021)

XXX:
xXx (2002)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)


Guardians of the Galaxy:
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

The Last Witch Hunter:
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
At least it was supposed to be a series. The first film didn't do so well, though, so it's possible that it won't happen now.

Avengers:
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
and I'm guessing that means that he would have to be in
the second Infinity War movie as well, right? 

So hats off to Mark Sinclair, for sure.
(Did you know that his first movie role was in the Robin Williams film Awakenings? I didn't either . . . and I've seen (and loved) that movie. Ahmo have to go back and have another look at that one to catch a glimpse of young (23 years old) Vin.)

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