vin diesel played the iron giant in the iron giant.
vin diesel played the iron giant in the iron giant.
who does vin diesel play in the iron giant?
the iron giant
the iron giant is a 1999 american animated science fiction film produced by warner bros. feature animation and directed by brad bird in his directorial debut, who would later script and direct the pixar film "the incredibles" (2004). it is based on the 1968 novel "the iron man" by ted hughes (which was published in the united states as "the iron giant") and was scripted by tim mccanlies from a story treatment by bird. the film stars the voices of vin diesel (voicing the titular character), eli marienthal, jennifer aniston, harry connick jr., christopher mcdonald and john mahoney. set during the cold war in 1957, the film is about a young boy named hogarth hughes, who discovers and befriends a gigantic metallic robot who fell from outer space. with the help of a beatnik artist named dean mccoppin, hogarth attempts to prevent the u.s. military and kent mansley, a paranoid federal agent, from finding and destroying the giant.
the iron giant
screenwriter corey goodman was largely influenced by talks with vin diesel, specifically about his "dungeons & dragons" witch hunter character. initially timur bekmambetov was to direct but was later replaced by breck eisner and goodman's script was re-written by d.w. harper before melisa wallack was brought on to work on the film's script. both were uncredited. the production filed for a film tax credit in pennsylvania and was allocated a tax credit of $14 million. in february 2014, vin diesel posted a photo of the film's concept artwork to his facebook page and lionsgate ceo jon feitheimer commented that if successful, "the last witch hunter" could become a film franchise. in march 2014, lakeshore entertainment boarded the film as co-financier with lionsgate, but lakeshore quietly left the project. in july 2014, it was announced that rose leslie would be joining the cast as vin diesel's co-star, and in august, elijah wood, michael caine, and ólafur darri ólafsson were also announced as attached to the film. julie engelbrecht and lotte verbeek will also star. in february 2015, steve jablonsky was hired to compose the film's score.
the last witch hunter