2026-07-05T02:33:24Z

2026, where reading entertainment industry news requires occasionally driving over a land mine of a sentence like “he gave a special shout-out to the ‘Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots’ movie, which he will star in and write for Mattel Studios”

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/vin-diesel-behind-the-scenes-fast-forever-1236801804/

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 13: Vin Diesel attends "The Fast And The Furious" 25th Anniversary photocall during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 13, 2026 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

VarietyVin Diesel Shares Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Fast Forever’: ‘We’ve Been Grinding’Vin Diesel shared a behind-the-scenes look at 'Fast Forever,' which hits theaters on March 17, 2028.

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2026-07-05T16:45:42Z

Ben Ramsey@ramsey@phpc.social

10h

Replying to @jalefkowit@hachyderm.io

@jalefkowit Another interesting tidbit about Vin Diesel is that he wrote the forward to the Thirty Years of Adventure book about the history of D&D (on its 30th anniversary). He’s a big geek, apparently.

2026-07-05T16:48:11Z

ben@benjamineskola@hachyderm.io

10h

Replying to @ramsey@phpc.social

@ramsey @jalefkowit I believe he introduced Judi Dench to D&D, too.

2026-07-05T16:50:34Z

Ben Ramsey@ramsey@phpc.social

10h

Replying to @benjamineskola@hachyderm.io

@benjamineskola @jalefkowit I had no idea she played!