Paramount Pictures is teaming up with Revolution Studios, Roth Kirschenbaum Films, and Vin Diesel’s One Race Films on the action sequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. The next entry in the xXx franchise has Vin Diesel back as Xander Cage with D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia) set to direct.
“We are extremely pleased to be working with Vin, Samantha, Joe, Kirsch and Paramount to bring this fan-favorite franchise back to the screen,” stated executive producer Revolution CEO Vince Totino. “xXx is one of the jewels in Revolution’s rich library of commercially successful and acclaimed films, and now with Vin on board, a great script and director D.J. Caruso on hand, we are poised to deliver a worthy successor.”
“It’s great to be reteaming with Vin and Revolution on a long-anticipated sequel to this highly entertaining film,” added producer Joe Roth. “Kirsch and I are looking forward to collaborating with Vince and Scott on this project and we’re all excited to be able to bring the fans what they’ve been asking for.”
Filming will take place in Toronto and at Lantica Media’s Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios.
xXx directed by Rob Cohen and starring Vin Diesel was released in 2002 and pulled in $277+ million in theaters. xXx: State of the Union followed in 2005 with Ice Cube in the lead role. The sequel didn’t come close to the first film’s box office numbers, ringing up just $71+ million during its theatrical run.
The xXx: The Return of Xander Cage Plot:
The third explosive chapter of the blockbuster franchise that redefined the spy thriller finds extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Diesel) coming out of self-imposed exile and on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
