Variety is reporting that Vin Diesel has decided to return to the character that helped lauch his career. Reteaming with Pitch Black and Chronicles writer and director David Twohy, this third chapter in the franchise is said to be returning to the tone that Pitch Black set for the character. A shooting date hasn’t been set yet as Diesel is trying to workout a shooting schedule for the fifth Fast and the Furious movie and this one.

Is this going to be a good thing for Vin’s career or is he just admitting that he can’t make it in other roles? I liked him in Find Me Guilty, Knockaround Guys, xXx and A Man Apart – but when you look at most of his upcoming movies, they’re all sequels. xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, FF5 and Riddick 3 tell me that he’s set on making money after critically striking out on smaller roles (and that whole sellout to Disney for a few years… yeeck…). My thinking is this might be a good thing for him. Get back to what put you on the radar and start building the “Hollywood heat” all over again.

What do you think?