After enjoying monumental success with this summer’s Fast & Furious 7 ($1.51 billion so far), Vin Diesel looks like he might be stepping back into another old familiar with word from his official Instagram that xXx 3 is on the horizon.
xXx 3 has long been touted as a potential future vehicle for Diesel, moreso after he ressurrected Riddick in 2013. Set to be entitled xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, it looks like the third installmenet will go before the cameras this Christmas, with Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines writer Michael Ferris and John Brancato working on the most recent version of the script. No director is yet attached.
xXx, directed by The Fast & The Furious‘ Rob Cohen, was released in 2002 and grossed over $277 million worldwide from a $70million budget; the sequel, xXx: State of the Union, which starred Ice Cube, replacing Diesel as the “new” XXX, grossed $71 million worldwide with Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day) in the director’s chair.
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