Vin Diesel & Rob Cohen return for XXX 3

by Matt Holmes

Vin Diesel, who eventually decided to return to the FAST AND FURIOUS franchise for a princely paycheck earlier this year (due out in 2009), has agreed a similar deal to return for a third XXX movie. Diesel originally spurned the opportunity of starring in the first sequel to the 2002 Columbia Pictures $277 million worldwide hit three years ago. You may remember it was Ice Cube who took over the reigns for what was one of the worst movies of that year. Rob Cohen, the director of the original has also agreed a return and the movie even has a title... XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE, it's just they don't have a script yet say Variety. The original which was dubbed "Bond for the new Millennium" starred Diesel as Xander Cage, an extreme sports enthusiast who gets drafted by the government for a dangerous mission. Samuel L. Jackson and Asia Argento co-starred in the original and Jackson even returned for it's sequel. Now if I remember rightly, didn't they mention that Diesel's character had unceremoniously been killed as a way of spiting the actor for not returning for it's sequel?

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.