Even earlier than Barbie grew to become one in every of 2023’s largest movies, Mattel made very clear it want to give its different numerous toys the large display remedy. Subsequent in line to hit theaters is the Matchbox toy vehicles, whose adaptation picked up John Cena as its fundamental lead again in September, and now has some extra stars coming into the fray.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Marvel’s Teyonah Parris and I Suppose You Ought to Go away’s Sam Richardson have joined the movie’s solid, ditto Arturo Castro (Highway Home), in line with Deadline. The trio are the latest solid additions following Jessica Biel signing on again in November. Manufacturing’s anticipated to kick up in January, and in line with the outlet, the movie shall be an “action-packed, globetrotting journey” helmed by Extraction director Sam Hargrave. Plot-wise, it facilities on a bunch of childhood associates who’ve reunited as adults to avoid wasting the planet from a possible worldwide catastrophe, which can assist assist them rekindle these outdated bonds. May the purpose of all this be that…the actual Matchbox was the chums we raced alongside the way in which?
Jokes apart, this may’t assist however sound a bit like Quick & Livid, even with out Cena possible being the top-billed star. Perhaps that’s simply unavoidable; Matchbox toys have taken on numerous kinds over the many years, from slot vehicles and huge die-cast fashions to plastic package and motion figures, however there isn’t a strong core identification past “vehicles.” As such, a film based mostly on it could possibly be about mainly something, together with a rival franchise with a bit extra of a catastrophe film bent. Nonetheless, you gotta marvel what this implies for the Sizzling Wheels film Mattel’s making an attempt to get going with J.J. Abrams. Is it additionally going to crib from the Quick films, or take a brand new monitor?
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