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(CelebNMusic247-News) Is Vin Diesel Joining The Marvel Universe

Word is, Marvel has requested a meeting with Vin Diesel and this is coming from Vin himself.

The Fast & Furious 6 actor, who is always active on social media, posted a picture of himself flyboarding yesterday.

Underneath the picture, Diesel teased:

“Marvel has requested a meeting… no idea what for… haha, you probably know better than me.”

Haha, indeed! Marvel Studios didn’t have a comment on the supposed meeting — and this is when we point out that, at this point in the process, the whole idea of Vin Diesel doing anything with Marvel is predicated on a meeting that hasn’t happened yet, which technically means that it’s equally likely that Ben Affleck will reprise his role as Daredevil or that you will play Dr. Strange.

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With that said, it sounds like Vin may be heading into a mega franchise opportunity since the two highest-grossing movies of 2013 are Marvel’s Iron Man 3 and Diesel’s Fast & Furious 6. We would also like to point out that the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Fast 6 aren’t as different as you might think – they’re both long-running series with tonally dissimilar tonal spinoffs that combined a disparate cast into a high-grossing team-up movie. Fast Five = Avengers. 2 Fast 2 Furious = Thor. Agent Coulsen =Han.) And with their marketing and sequel lead ins hints to the future of each movie franchise with a perfected the post-credits sequel-villain tease: Avengers ended with a brief look at a Death-Obsessed Purple Guy, while Furious 6concluded with a brief visit from the Transporter.

So bottom line Marvel is looking to fit Diesel into their next phase of Hollywood domination.

Which superhero will he play? Which part of the Marvel Universe will he take over?

Rumors are already pointing to Avengers post-credits villain: Thanos, the super-powerful nihilist Titan who will supposedly feature in both next year’s Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers sequel.

And what makes perfect sense of the rumor is Diesel certainly has the build for Thanos, who’s been musclebound since the ’80s, and Diesel’s slo-mo baritone voice seems like a natural fit for the larger-than-life cosmic villain.