It only took Vin Diesel about 15 years to reclaim his xXx throne. What can we say, the man’s been busy. In that hiatus there was a sequel which found a new lead in Ice Cube, but Diesel’s back for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. Audiences will be able to step into the Xander zone once again in 2017, Paramount Pictures has announced. Diesel will be dominating the box office next year with Furious 8, the first film of the final trilogy, premiering April 14, 2017, and the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel premiering May 5, 2017.
For the sequel, Diesel will come out of "self-imposed exile," reports Entertainment Weekly. In xXx: State of the Union, Samuel L. Jackson, reprising his role of National Security Agency (NSA) agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons, said Cage was killed. Did Cage fake his own death? We'll have to wait and see. EW also reports Cage will be up against a foe named Xiang as he tries acquire a weapon referred to as "Pandora's Box" in order to save the world. Y'know, the usual.
Jackson is coming back for the sequel which will also star series newcomers Nina Dobrev and Orange Is the New Black's Ruby Rose. Diesel's been posting behind-the-scenes photos of xXx and you best believe his iconic fur coat is returning.
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage will premiere Jan. 20, 2017.
