Vin Diesel comes out Michael Caine from his retirement to make the last witch hunter 2

The English actor has been removed from the sets for a few months. But he will already regain service, to follow up on a completely forgotten fantasy film, released 10 years ago …

After Daniel Day Lewis, it is Michael Caine who takes a few hours from his time as a young retiree to make another film.

And if he decided to return briefly on a film set, it was to please his dear friend Vin Diesel.

Because the 92 -year -old English legend and the‘Action Hero 58 -year -old American is very close. “”He’s a bit like my son“Said Caine one day.

So which film will it be for? Not for the last part of the saga Fast & Furious (it was a question at one point that he plays the patriarch of the Shaw family), but for … The last witch hunter 2 !

Have you forgotten the existence of this fantastic saga? It’s normal. The first part of The Last Witch Hunter was a “passion” project of Vin Diesel, vaguely inspired by its own parts of Dungeons & Dragons. He played an original character, Kaulder, witch hunter (everything was in the title). Released in October 2015, the feature film had only reported $ 27 million in North America and 140 million worldwide. It’s little and therefore logically, Lionsgate had decided to bury the franchise. But 10 years later, Melkor resuscitates.

The Last Witch Hunter was one of the most watched films of the year on Netflix. Sufficient to intrigue Hollywood and set up the production of a suite that no one had requested.

Vin Diesel will therefore resume the sword to play, Kaulder the immortal in The last witch hunter 2. And although no agreement has not yet been finalized, Michael Caine should resume the role he played in the first opus, namely that of Dolan, an assistant priest Kaulder in his fight against a queen-sorcière responsible for a terrible plague.

This return is also part of the Lionsgate strategy aimed at developing deductibles with high potential, mixing spectacular of science fiction and fantasy, capable of performing in the additional markets and constituting a long-term catalog value. The last witch hunter In fact, imposed itself as a regular title of derivative markets and has experienced a revival of popularity in streaming this year, rising among the five most watched films on Netflix. Technological advances should today make it possible to produce, moreover, a suite with a better controlled budget.

“”The Last Witch Hunter has since released a worldwide favorite in theaters, with an audience that has continued to discover it and see it again on all platforms in the last decade” explain Adam Fogelson, from Lionsgate. “”This lasting craze clearly shows that there is an appetite for new stories in this universe. Wine and I have collaborated many times over the years, and it is a real strength in our industry. I am delighted to find it in this emblematic role, and enthusiastic about the possibility offered by technological advances to deliver an even more ambitious suite, and this in an economically viable way. “

And so, The last witch hunter 2 may be the latest film in which the huge Michael Caine will have played …