STXfilms, a division of Robert Simonds’ STX Entertainment, announced today that Vin Diesel will star in its new action-comedy franchise Muscle.
Diesel has starred in and produced the five highest-grossing films in the massively successful The Fast and the Furious franchise.
Diesel and One Race Films’ Samantha Vincent will also serve as producers on Muscle, along with producers Reginald Hudlin and Byron Phillips who brought the project to STX.
He voices ‘Groot’ in both the Guardians of the Galaxy films and appears in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War.