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Vin Diesel to Star in Movie Version of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Game
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMattel, the popular toy company, intends to turn yet another children’s game into a big-screen extravaganza.The company’s film division has announced plans to develop Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em, the tabletop game featuring battling robots, as a live-action movie starring Vin Diesel.“To take the classic Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em game, with Mattel as my partner, and align it with the kind of world-building, franchise-making success we have had with Universal, is truly exciting,” said Diesel, whose production company One Race Films is working on the project with Universal Pictures.Mattel has several film adaptations in the works, some more curious than others.
