With her dying breath, the enchantress cursed him with immortality, so that he may never reunite with his loved ones in the afterlife. The Last Witch Hunter features Diesel as Kaulder, an ancient witch hunter who slew the Queen of the Witches in medieval times. (Though, to be fair, there was a lot more than Diesel’s presence drawing moviegoers to the theaters.) Still, the studio will pretty much let this guy star in whatever he damn well pleases if he continues to make bank for them. He rode his latest film, the seventh Fast & Furious movie, to box-office glory. Although the actor’s popularity went through a rough patch around the early days of Riddick, he has since revived his fanbase into a diehard following. ' Though it may seem shocking, Diesel’s star power should not be underestimated. (I’m not kidding.) As he wrote, The Last Witch Hunter doesn’t even hit theaters until October 23, but Universal wants him 'to commit and already block out the time to film. In typical Diesel fashion, the Furious 7 star made this announcement on his ever-popular Facebook page, amid the Photoshopped ethereal images of him standing in the warming embrace of an elephant’s trunk.
