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Vin Diesel returning for XxX 3?

Desperate times call for Desperate measures.

Hot on the heels of his return to the “Fast and the Furious” franchise, Vin Diesel has announced his interested in returning to the “XxX” franchise (wasn’t his character supposed to have been killed? Isn’t that how they explained Ice Cube’s appointment to spydom in the sequel?).

IESB chatted to “Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” director Rob Cohen, also the director of the first “XxX” movie, who had some interesting things to say about a possible Diesel-fueled second sequel.

“Joe Roth came to the dubbing stage just last week and sat down and said, I own all the rights to XxX. Vin wants to do another one would you be interested”, says Cohen, “and I said, Yeah, if I can sit down with everybody and make sure the rules are set”.

At one stage, producers mulled with the idea of having a woman play the new “XxX” in the next film.

Thanks to bereitsgesehen.de for the heads up!

So what’s it gonna be, Spike?

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