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"XXX: The Return of Xander Cage" Gets New Director

27 August 2009 10:51 AM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Columbia Pictures has hired Ericson Core to direct "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage," the third installment in the action franchise. Neal Moritz and Joe Roth are producing.

Vin Diesel will return as Xander Cage, an extreme sports athlete-turned-government agent. Rob Cohen directed the original "XXX," but both star and director decided to ignore the 2005 sequel, "XXX: State of the Union," which starred Ice Cube and was helmed by Lee Tamahori.

Cohen agreed to return as director last year, but dropped off and chose to work on "Medieval" instead.

The hiring of the new director must also get the approval from Diesel. The actor worked with Core before in the 2001 movie "The Fast and the Furious." Core was a cinematographer in that film.

Core made his directorial debut with the 2006 football flick "Invincible."

"Terminator Salvation" scriptwriters, John Brancato and Michael Ferris, wrote the script for "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage. »

- Manny

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The Return of Xander Cage Finds Director

26 August 2009 12:18 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Ericson Core has signed to helm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, Columbia's third installment in the action franchise, report the trades. Vin Diesel is reprising the role of the extreme sports athlete-turned-government operative he originated in the 2002 movie directed by Rob Cohen. Diesel and Cohen skipped the 2005 sequel, XXX: State of the Union, which starred Ice Cube and was helmed by Lee Tamahori. Last year, Diesel and Cohen agreed to reteam for the new installment, but in June, Cohen left to helm Medieval for Regency. John Brancato and Michael Ferris (Terminator Salvation) wrote the script for Xander Cage. It involves Cage's return to the National Security Agency after an eight-year absence. Richard Wilkes, who wrote the original movie, did a recent polish. Core made his directorial debut with the 2006 Mark Wahlberg football drama Invincible. He's attached to direct the coming-of-age thriller Conrail at New Line and the Touchstone war thriller Liberty. »

- James Cook

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xXx 3 Gets a New Director

26 August 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

News has surfaced, by way of The Hollywood Reporter, stating that a new director has been found for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, the third installment in Columbia Pictures’ action series. Last year both star Vin Diesel and Rob Cohen (director of the first installment) agreed to join forces for a third film, but in June this year Cohen bailed to direct Medieval. The new director is Ericson Core (Invincible), who’s worked with Diesel before as the Cinematographer on The Fast and the Furious.

Diesel starred in the original xXx back in 2002, but both he and director Cohen skipped the second film, xXx: State of the Union, starring Ice Cube and directed by Lee Tamahori.

 

Diesel was somewhat of a hot name at the time of xXx, but for some reason he thought it best to skip both the sequel and two of the Fast and the Furious »

- Ross Miller

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Ericson Core to Direct XXX: The Return of Xander Cage

25 August 2009 7:31 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Ericson Core is set to direct XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, the third installment in the franchise for Columbia.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vin Diesel reprises his role of the extreme sports athlete-turned-government operative he originated in the 2002 movie directed by Rob Cohen. Diesel and Cohen skipped the 2005 sequel, XXX: State of the Union, which starred Ice Cube and was directed by Lee Tamahori.

Last year, Diesel and Cohen agreed to reteam for the new installment, but in June, Cohen opted to direct Medieval for Regency.

John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the script that involves Cage's return to the National Security Agency after an eight-year absence. Richard Wilkes, who wrote the original movie, did a recent polish.

Production will begin early next year.

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