Vin Diesel reprises his role as Xander Cage in the third film of the xXx franchise, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, and Paramount’s just released the first official trailer for the action film. Directed by D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia), the cast also include Deepika Padukone, Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Rory McCann, and Samuel L. Jackson. xXx: Return of Xander Cage is set to be released in theaters on January 20, 2017.
The first xXx film was released in 2002 and grossed $277 million during its theatrical run. The 2005 sequel, xXx: State of the Union, had Ice Cube in place of Vin Diesel and earned just $71 million while in theaters.
The 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.
