Vin Diesel Continues To Mess With Marvel Fans By Teasing ‘The Inhumans’
Just when you thought the saga betweenVin DieselandMarvelwas over, he pulls us back in. Who can forget last summer when Dieseltold the world he’d been calledinto Marvel Studios for a meeting?He then teasedvariousdifferent announcementsculminating in the revelation he wasvoicing the tree characterGroot inGuardians of the Galaxy. All questions seemed to be answered.
But now, the actoris at it again. Diesel took to his Facebook page to thank his fans for the Marvel opportunity and then said they think he’s “Inhuman.” Of courseThe Inhumansis a Marvel movie thathas long been in developmentwithvery few updatesof late. Marvel has many untitled movies coming in the next few years. Does Diesel’s quote suggestsThe Inhumansis back on? Read more of the Vin DieselInhumansstory below.
TheInhumansquote was posted, with a photo of Groot,on his Facebookover the weekend:
Vin and Marvel… you all made it happen! I get the strange feeling that Marvel thinks I’m Inhuman… Haha.
Oh Vin, you crazy cat you. Now, of course Groot isn’t human, so maybe that’s what he’s referring to. But the specific use of the word “Inhuman,” followed by the laugh is an obvious tease to mess with the fans and start chatter.
Last year, Diesel teased he was up fora 2017 Marvel moviebased on a “Fresh IP.” Plus, the Inhuman character Black Bolt doesn’t speak. It’s a role that would require Diesel’s physicality, but not his voice. (So: the exact opposite of Groot.) That shines an interesting light on this new quote from Diesel viaComicBook:
When I first got the call from Kevin Feige, he prefaced the call by saying ‘This is the strangest character Marvel has ever attempted.’ He said ‘Don’t answer me now, but instead of making the fans wait until 2017, there’s something that would be a brilliant idea, we think you could be the only person who could bring the emotion to this very challenging task. Don’t answer me Vin, don’t answer me, let me send over my conceptual art.
Which, of course, was Groot. But why mention 2017? Is he already cast in another movie? We know Marvel Studios has two untitled movies scheduled for 2017 and the new superhero team experiment worked pretty well this year. MaybeThe Inhumansare next.
In conclusion, it’s an interesting discussion. Could Diesel be teasing he’s in anInhumansmovie? Yes. Would it make sense? Yes. Could he totally be screwing with us? Undoubtedly. What are your thoughts?
