Vin Diesel confirms a Marvel role, hints at ‘Avengers 2’ while working on ‘Fast & Furious 7’

Along with a photo on his Facebook page, Vin Diesel teased his fans over his rumored Marvel role.

The Riddick star posted “Marvel meeting today. Only the people in the room can tell you what was discussed…P.s. Thanks to Our page, for pushing to make it happen… you know I get tunnel vision with my work… and after that meeting today… wow!”

An early Avengers comic is displayed next to Diesel in the photo, fuelling rumors that he will join the upcoming sequel.

Diesel has previously been rumored to be playing the role of Thanos, while the Facebook photo shows Giant-Man prominently. The actor also includes the word ‘Vision’ in his post, sparking a debate that he may have signed up to play the android Avenger of the same name.

Vin Diesel is currently working on Fast & Furious 7 (Jason Statham joins the franchise and Dwayne Johnson returns once again in this 7th installment, which will return to LA as the location of the story), The Last Witch Hunter and The Machine.

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