Vin Diesel gave a recap on what he’s engaged on in 2025 and hinted that he may reprise his position as Groot from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
The Fast & Furious actor gave a rundown of his work and talked about a standalone challenge starring the extraterrestrial sentient tree-like creature.
“Disney wants their Planet X! Which some say is Marvel’s most anticipated movie, haha. The film where Groot returns to his home planet,” Diesel posted on Instagram.
Diesel voiced Groot for 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised the position in 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. The actor additionally made a cameo in Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet, which was launched in 2018.
It was not till 2022 when Diesel voiced the character once more for 2022’s Thor: Love and Thunder and 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Groot additionally appeared within the Disney+ collection I Am Groot, with Diesel reprising the Baby Groot character, similar to in 2022’s The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
The different tasks that Diesel stated he was engaged on this 12 months included Fast X: Part 2, a Rock’em Sock’em adaptation based mostly on the Mattel toy, and new installments of xXx, Riddick and The Last Witch Hunter.
Diesel additionally hinted that he was persevering with “the fight to bring Fast X2, the finale, back to LA this summer.”
The actor had beforehand expressed his want to movie the newest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise in LA to assist the native economic system following the devastating wildfires.
“Last week, during the fires that displaced LA… my sister Jordana [Brewster] reached out to me and said… Please have Universal film the rest of Fast X Part 2 in LA,” Diesel stated.
He continued, “Los Angeles needs it now more than ever… Los Angeles is where Fast and Furious started filming 25 years ago… and now Fast will finally return home. All love…”