Vin Diesel’s ‘xXx’ Will Return Again
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage only made $44 million in the U.S. last January against a reported $85 million budget. But it also grossed an incredible $301 million overseas, where star Vin Diesel remains an even bigger draw than he is here in the States. Weird belly tattoos, it seems, are the international language of love.
And it appears that Mr. Diesel will need to begin reapplying those weird belly tattoos sooner rather than later. TheWrap reports that a new film company called The H Collective is coming together, with a slate of eclectic projects in development that includes a fourth installment of the xXx franchise.
There’s basically no other details than that at this point, but TheWrap’s articles includes plot descriptions of some of the H Collective’s other movies in development. This one is far and away my favorite:
White House Chef — A Chinese chef working in the White House must save the first family after he becomes unintentionally involved in a secret terrorist plot targeting an important state dinner. [Mark] Johnson is producing the action-comedy.
A White House Down about a heroic chef? Yes. Yes, this will work quite nicely.
I just hope White House Chef and xXx 4 are both monster hits, and that someday we get the crossover xXx vs. White House Chef we all deserve. The xXx-verse is underway. (We might need to change that name, it could give some people the wrong impression.)