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Michael Caine, 92, Pulled Out of Retirement for Vin Diesel Movie

The knighted Cockney actor’s last movie might be a Vin Diesel action picture.

Hollywood just can’t leave Michael Caine alone. Caine, 92, is emerging from retirement (again) and returning to the screen for the sequel to the 2015 Vin Diesel fantasy action movie, The Last Witch Hunter. Caine has not finalized a deal but will likely reprise his role as Dolan, the priest who helps Diesel’s character, Kaulder, stop the plague unleashed by an evil witch, per Variety. It’s unclear in what capacity Caine’s character will return given that, in the first movie, he retires after choosing a successor and dies in his sleep. The original film, adapted from Diesel’s own Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, grossed $147 million worldwide, with just $27.4 million in North America. It was not well-received by critics, with a score of 34 out of 100 on Metacritic and just 18 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. But the movie gained a fan base after its release on streaming platforms. Caine, who has credits in over 130 films and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, made his latest retirement announcement in 2023, explaining to The Telegraph, “I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that. I sort of am retired now.” “Sort of” was evidently the key phrase.

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