Vin Diesel is Hannibal

Vin Diesel tells Details magazine that he is still determined to do a trilogy based on the life of Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps on elephants and came as close as any foreign general ever did to defeating Rome. Diesels production company has set up offices in Spain, where he is retracing Hannibal’s steps, hiking into the Alps, and visiting the ruins in Cartagena and Saguntum. And if you thought you had a hard time understanding diesel in English, his plan is to film all three movies in Punic, a dead language no one has spoken for 2000 years. Diesel seems understandably nervous about what the studio would think of such an ambitious project. He says:

“You can’t say anything – you’ll ruin me! If Hollywood finds out I’m planning a trilogy I’ll be buried! It’ll be like, ‘you motherfucker!’ Whack! Whack! WHACK!”

Diesel has been talking about this for at least 5 years, and he tried to get it rolling at a time when he had a lot more heat than he does now. And he