Anyhew...while I've been not blogging I've not been too far away from the news of all things movie, music and celebrity as if I hadn't had anything to do with music, films or contact with the internet I would definitely be climbing the walls of my bedroom whilst I've been bedbound and unable to do anything whilst I am ill.
Anyhew...Just as I have decided to blog today ComicBook.com has come up with this piece of exciting news that has definitely brightened up my day. I have to say though I was not that surprised to finally hear this piece of news being announced as the other day I was on Facebook and on my dashboard it came up from Vin Diesel's Facebook page I saw this photo:
That was posted on August 21st as the pages' updated cover photo, so you can imagine that when I first saw this I had a sneaking suspicion that there was something lurking under the radar and that that something would have to do with XXX.
And it looks like thanks to ComicBook.com that this sneaking suspicion was right...or it could just be me.
Anyway....according to ComicBook.com Vin Diesel has now officially announced via his official Instagram account:
"While I was filming XXX, guys on set called me Air Diesel...The time to return has come."
He go's on to say:
"Filming starts December in the Philippeans".
Might just be me but this turn of phrase "The time to return has come" reminds me of the old PlayStation Lion King game where the baboon character would say in the part of the game where you had to swing on the monkey's tail and it would have in the background the song "I just can't wait to be king" "The King Has Returned".
Anyhew... according to ComicBook.com this would be the third film in the XXX franchise,- with the second "XXX: The Next Level" which starred Ice Cube as the new XXX and ex soldier that was serving time in prison and is then contacted by Samuel L. Jackson whilst in prison so as he can go on a secret mission to stop a inner agency power struggle where William Defoe plays Secretary of Defense George Deckard who plans to use some of his task force friends to help him kill the president at a particular meeting with all the world leaders at a major conference about passing a bill in congress that would stop gangs from getting money into the country and then he would step into taking over the United States, this in my opinion wasn't nearly as good as the first XXX with Vin Diesel as Xander Cage the adrenaline junkie who is internationally recognised for performing out there stunts from stealing a car then crashing it over a bridge and then jumping out of it whilst the car is nearly going to hit the water below but with a parachute but still good family fun watchable action adventure-, which bombed at the box office and only made $71m globally or as Google has just converted for me £45116891.07, which was well below the $131m budget for it.
And as well as this there was the classic one liner from the first XXX "Welcome To The Xander Zone".
But saying this though, ComicBook.com did say that this original film was budgeted at $70m or £44490630.10m and made at the world wide box office $277m or £176106708.33m.
And looking at IMDB.com the working title or the actual title for this film I'm not sure for this film is "The Return of Xander Cage", with the story of Xander being left for dead after an incident but comes back for a secret tough mission with his handler Augustus Gibbons who in the other two films was played by Samuel L. Jackson.
This could all change though by the time it comes out though so your guess is as good as mine in what the title, story and release date is for this new film...but for now it will be good to see Vin Diesel back in the Xander zone,-I'm sorry I just couldn't resist!
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