{"id":168676,"date":"2025-12-05T01:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168676\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T01:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:12:08","slug":"vin-diesel-to-write-and-star-in-rock-em-sock-em-robots-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168676\/","title":{"rendered":"Vin Diesel to Write and Star in \u2018Rock \u2018Em Sock \u2018Em Robots\u2019 Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vin Diesel<\/a> will write and star in the \u201cRock \u2018Em Sock \u2018Em Robots\u201d movie for Mattel Studios<\/a>, Variety has confirmed.<\/p>\n

It was previously announced that the \u201cFast and Furious\u201d star would star in the movie based on the classic tabletop boxing game, but now Diesel will pen the script. He will also produce with his production banner One Race Films<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not much else is known about the film, but it will \u201cbring the legendary Red Rocker<\/a> and Blue Bomber to life in an all-new live-action adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to expand the Mattel<\/a> universe by bringing this classic toy from my childhood to a modern audience by telling a story that examines the role of competition in a world often measured by strength and dominance that dares to reveal the power of compassion at its core,\u201d Diesel said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cVin is a powerhouse storyteller with an unmatched understanding of action,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vin Diesel will write and star in the \u201cRock \u2018Em Sock \u2018Em Robots\u201d movie for Mattel Studios, Variety…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6946,6947,430,6948,156,434,4223,409,111,43,139,69,5436,417,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-168676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-actresses","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-directors","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-films","14":"tag-hollywood","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-stars","21":"tag-television","22":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}