This is a surprise to many, as the film received poor. “As an artist, the more experienced I get, the more I am appreciating just the fact that my work somehow finds you and that you get to experience it at your own time and at your own pace, and I’m less concerned - and maybe it’s because of accolades. The actor spoke to Collider ahead of the release of Bloodshot, sharing that The Last Witch Hunter 2 is currently being written at Lionsgate. If getting eyes on your finished product is the main concern, box office receipts aren’t the be all, end all:
But Diesel does make a good point when you consider how accessible movies become thanks to streaming and VOD platforms after their big screen runs. “When a Last Witch Hunter comes out and it doesn’t destroy the box office you, under the old thinking, would go, ‘Well, maybe I should focus on something else.’ But nowadays what’s fascinating is that movies find you somehow.”įrom the distributor perspective, big budget movies finding an audience kind of has to happen during the theatrical rollout to justify the expense. Using The Last Witch Hunter as an example, Diesel explained: To get the rare ingredient to create another memory spell, they visit another witch, Danique. While chatting with Diesel for his March 13th release Bloodshot, I asked him how he forges forward when a passion project doesn’t pan out as hoped. After Miranda is killed by Belial, Chloe agrees to help Kaulder get what he needs to kill him.
