Related: Will The Last Witch Hunter 2 Happen? Here's What We Know Diesel has previously stated his character was a modified version of his D&D character, Melkor, who also happened to be a witch hunter. The film's supporting cast was rounded out by Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Julie Engelbrecht, Rena Owen, and Michael Caine. The film followed a witch named Kaulder, played by Diesel, who, after being cursed with the gift of immortality by an all-powerful Witch Queen, is the last left of his kind and must stop her evil schemes once she is resurrected.

“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 Last Witch Hunter was released in 2015 and was a surprise global hit, raking in an impressive $146 million on a budget of $90 million. 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: 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.

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