Vin Dieselthe first look at directorDave Wilson’supcomingBloodshotmovie—based on the Valiant Comics character created in 1992 byKevin VanHook,Don PerlinandBob Layton—and yupp, that is most definitely a photo of Vin Diesel. There is 100%, no denying that Vin Diesel is in that photo. On the set ofBloodshotor casually strolling to the gym? Hard to say! But oh yeah, that’s Vin Diesel alright.
TheFast & the Furiousactor will, presumably, look a bit different by the end of the film. The character—one of the more popular in Valiant Comics' shared universe—used to be named Angelo Mortalli, a soldier who was subjected against his will to the experimental Project Rising Spirit. With nano-computers injected into his blood and his memory completely wiped, Mortalli becomes the pale-skinned Bloodshot, an anti-hero with regenerating powers and the ability to shape-shift who can also mind-meld with most computers. Bloodshot is usually depicted on the hunt for those who wronged him; he’s a bit like Marvel’s The Punisher if the skull on Frank Castle’s chest was just what the character looked like overall.
Despite the Extreme Genericness of that first image,Bloodshotis actually a pretty promising project. When the film wasfirst announced, Sony described it as an R-rated adaptation “that will be tonally and aesthetically influenced by high-concept sci-fi blockbusters of the late 80s." ThinkRoboCop,Terminator, andTotal Recall. The script also comes courtesy ofEric Heisserer, who penned the Oscar-nominatedArrivaland, most recently, the massively successful Netflix horror flickBird Box.
Check out the image below.Bloodshot—which also starsSam Heughan,Eliza Gonzalez, andToby Kebbell—is slated for a 2020 release date.
