EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms has set F. Gary Grey to direct Vin Diesel within the action-comedy Muscle, which will likely be Grey’s subsequent movie and can shoot later this 12 months. Reginald Hudlin and Byron Phillips are producing alongside Diesel and Samantha Vincent for One Race Movies. Grey will likely be government producer via his Fenix Studios banner.
Diesel and Grey developed a rapport making 2017’s The Destiny of the Livid, a movie that grossed greater than $1.2 billion in international field workplace. The newest draft of Muscle is by John Swetnam and Malcolm Spellman. The unique script was written by Scott Taylor & Wesley Jermaine Johnson. The movie’s log line is being saved beneath wraps.
“There are few administrators who can match Gary’s ability with character, comedy and massive action, which is why he is among the most achieved and in-demand administrators working right this moment,” mentioned Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms Movement Image Group. “Over time, Vin and I’ve labored collectively on various hit movies, and it’s a thrill to reteam Vin and Gary after their billion-dollar success on The Destiny of the Livid. It will grow to be one of the vital eagerly anticipated movies on our slate.”
Muscle will likely be overseen by STX’s Drew Simon and Kevin Sauer. Straight Outta Compton helmer Grey, who can also be creating to direct Saints Row, and M.A.S.Ok. for Paramount and Hasbro, is repped by UTA and legal professional Nina Shaw; Diesel, who’ll subsequent be seen starring within the ninth movie within the Quick & Livid franchise and is coming off Bloodshot, is repped by CAA and Linden Leisure.
Muscle provides to an STX slate that features the Kristen Bell-Vince Vaughn-starrer Queenpins, a brand new action movie directed by Man Ritchie and starring Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, and Aubrey Plaza; The Marsh King’s Daughter, starring Daisy Ridley and directed by Neil Burger; American Sole, starring Pete Davidson, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Unhealthy Bunny; the Jennifer Lopez starrer Godmother; the Dave Bautista starrer Universe’s Most Wished; and the Chris Pine starrer Violence of Motion.

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