So it looks like Vin Diesel is headed back to science fiction after his attempts at drama and family friendly comedy met with middling success. Teaser footage from Diesel's new sci-fi flick Babylon AD has hit the net with behind-the-scenes video and a glance at some "money shots" -- i.e., stuff blowing up. The footage was shown on the French TV station Channel Four when director Mathieu Kassovitz (whose last directorial attempt was the slightly limp supernatural thriller Gothika, so here's hoping that he can do better with sci-fi than what he did with horror) and co-star Michelle Yeoh were in Cannes to promote the film. The script, written by Eric Besnard, centers on a mercenary for hire (Diesel) who is hired to escort a woman carrying the genetic material for a new messiah. Yeoh also stars as an ass-kicking nun who is along for the ride.

There are a few more behind the scene looks at the film on Vin Diesel Video, but it seems that we are going to get a full trailer sometime soon, since the film is already trying to drum up a little business. Diesel had been spotted filming in the Dominican Republic last year, and while the smart bet was that Diesel was finally getting to work on his long promised film about Hannibal, in retrospect, it was probably for Babylon. The last we heard out of the Hannibal project was the promise that it was about to made "very, very, soon" -- albeit in a slightly different form, but that was almost a year ago, maybe Diesel's definition of "soon" is a little different from the rest of us.

Odds and ends from Tuesday:

• Seems like Michelle Yeoh is a busy girl as of late: Just the other day, we reported her signing on to star in True North for director Asif Kapadia. Now, it appears Yeoh will also hitch a ride alongside Vin Diesel in Babylon A.D. In the pic, she'll play a nun who takes care of a young girl that might be infected with a deadly virus. And no, I don't believe it's a case of Diesel-itis.
• Rolling Stones frontman (aka the guy with the groovy lips) Mick Jagger is set to co-produce an animated film (along with EuropaCorp) called Ruby Tuesday which, according to the Hollywood Reporter, will include 12 songs from the band. Pic is set to begin production later this year and will revolve around a "single mother searching for happiness in New York." I don't know about you, but an animated flick featuring a ton of music from the Rolling Stones makes me the brown sugar in my blood boil with excitement.
• We've talked so much about the flick Jumper here on Cinematical, I figured it was only right to share with you the first set pics from the film. Directed by Doug Liman, pic stars Samuel L. Jackson as an NSA agent put in charge of tracking a kid (Hayden Christensen) who has the ability to teleport places. Pictured above: Sam Jackson ... from the future! That's right, even in the future he's still a cool dude.