Vin Diesel loves few things more than attempting to craft lucrative franchises for himself, but despite his insistence that the property wasn’t entirely dead, the radio silence regarding all things Bloodshot doesn’t paint an encouraging picture.
To be fair, part of the blame for the comic book adaptation’s failure can be laid squarely at the door of the pandemic, with Bloodshot‘s March 2020 release retrospectively proving to be the worst time in decades for any blockbuster to release. Shuffled onto VOD in an instant, the prognosis for profit was not ideal, but it didn’t help matters that the film wasn’t very good.