xXx 2
 

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xXx 2: In a surprising turnaround not long after Director Rob Cohen confirmed he won't be back, action hero Vin Diesel has also confirmed he's now out of the athlete-turned-spy franchise he helped create. Already though a replacement has been found. The Hollywood Reporter indicates actor Ice Cube will take on the lead role whilst "Die Another Day" helmer Lee Tamahori will direct the feature which begins shooting Summer 2004 for a release in 2005. The new casting has affected Revolutions plans for the series - instead of one recurring character, each "xXx" movie is "best served by the introduction of a new "XXX" character in each film" thus Cube's role won't be the Xander Cage character. The tone is also more dramatic thriller in tone as its set in Washington - rather than the Europe-crossing action of the first film. Diesel and Cohen will remain executive producers on the project. Diesel's reasoning was that he didn't want to reprise another character right after working on "Riddick". Instead he's set to work on "Hannibal".

xXx sucked more than anything I saw in the theatres last year, xXx2 will be far worse, Ice Cube'll make this film sink and Tamahori is a fucking hack-ass sell-out.

What he said.

It's funny they are calling xXx a franchise. After xXx2 bombs I wonder if they will change their minds.