Just the idea of Vin Diesel playing a bearded badass that hunts down witches is enough to sell me on Breck Eisner's THE LAST WITCH HUNTER, which Lionsgate has just dated for an October 23, 2015 release. Watching the muscle-bound star whip up on some supernatural baddies should be a blast, and with a release date set for next Halloween it should pull in some major bank.
We've already seen some pics of Diesel as Kaulder, the titular witch hunter, and he, of course, looks pretty badass. Peep those HERE and HERE. It could be quite some time before we see a trailer for this one, so pics will have to suffice for now. But Lionsgate can already consider my ticket bought for this ride!
Rose Leslie, Julie Engelbrecht, Elijah Wood and Michael Caine all star in THE LAST WITCH HUNTER, which has the following (long) synopsis:
Five hundred years ago, war raged between humankind and witches, vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe, including KAULDER (Vin Diesel), a valiant warrior who managed to slay an all-powerful QUEEN WITCH, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments before her death, the Queen exacted her revenge by cursing Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Kaulder has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones.
Today, he is the only one of his kind–the last witch hunter. With the help of FATHER DOLAN, a Catholic priest, and a mystical arsenal hidden beneath New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, he continues to pursue the renegades and outlaws who endanger humanity. Chief among their adversaries is BELIAL, a powerful rebel witch who Kaulder believes has found a way to restore the Queen Witch to power and reignite her campaign to destroy the human world.
With the help of CHLOE, a goodhearted young witch, Kaulder sets out to stop Belial before he can set his plan in motion, but allies in unexpected places keep the evil witch one step ahead in a cunning cat-and-mouse pursuit that will determine the survival of the human race.
Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann and Diesel are producing the movie, while Diesel's One Race partner Samantha Vincent will executive produce with Adam Goldworm.
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER arrives to slay evil on October 23, 2015.