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Cohen & Diesel Rev Up xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE!!

Published at:  Oct 29, 2008 11:36:21 AM CDT


Merrick here...


Rob Cohen is bringing Vin Diesel back to the screen as Xander Cage..."XXX"...in 2010.

Yes, they're doing it with me and producer Joe Roth. We made the deal recently, it's named xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. We met the writers yesterday and we're trying to get into production by late spring, to have it out for the summer of 2010."


...says Cohen in THIS INTERVIEW with Omelete, interpreted by Collider HERE.

I much prefer the first movie to the second, so I'm curious to see how this plays out. But will any line in the new film equal this?











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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:30:56 AM CDT

    testing 1 2 3

    by xega

  • Oct 29, 2008 11:33:59 AM CDT

    First.........

    by thetaf

    ..to say this movie will suck ASS!!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:34:05 AM CDT

    FIRST????

    by clonewars

    Didn't the writers kill off Xander Cage in the sequel???

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:34:50 AM CDT

    Bitches, leave then Bitches, come...

    by brendon

    ...Bitches, hang around is next?

    Bitches, in, out and shake it all about?

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:34:56 AM CDT

    Bitches Come

    by ragermac

    I am not first.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:36:39 AM CDT

    Vin is desperate and COHEN is the new RATNER!

    by abking

    This smells like shit...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:40:04 AM CDT

    FINALLY!

    by zeegloo

  • Oct 29, 2008 11:41:11 AM CDT

    So Vin is comi

    by versatol

  • Oct 29, 2008 11:41:11 AM CDT

    So Vin is comi

    by versatol

  • Oct 29, 2008 11:41:17 AM CDT

    Is it (xx)x^3 or is it x(x(x^3)) or (xxx)^3 ?

    by baron karza

    This transitive property of movie titles is confounding and shit.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:42:19 AM CDT

    So Vin is coming back for sequels that...

    by versatol

    ... he originally thought he was too big for... but then sadly realized that he is not...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:45:05 AM CDT

    That's One Pathetic Title

    by crow3711

    The Return of Xander Cage? Yikes. Like he was such an interesting character to begin with? Here's a real question, two parter. What is the worse movie; XxX:SotU or Transporter 2? Followed by what will be worse; XxX: RoXG or Transporter 3?

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:47:28 AM CDT

    I need 4 Fast 4 Furious now!

    by spandau belly

    Why are they making me wait until summer? It's clearly finished. I had this dream of seeing it and Transporter 3 in the cinema in one day and then morhping into a car and now that dream is gone. Oh well, summer will be fine too.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:51:15 AM CDT

    Crow3711...

    by mcvamp

    Transporter 2. But just barely.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:52:03 AM CDT

    Baron Karza

    by holodigm

    xXxxXxxXx

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:55:59 AM CDT

    That's awesome

    by thick mcrunfast

    Me and my brother-in-law were the only ones who LOL'd at that line in the theater; nice to see someone else got a kick out of it.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:02:04 PM CDT

    The things he's going to do for his country

    by darth busey

    apparently include disappearing from all movie theaters for a 5 year period.

    Welcome back, Vin.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:07:18 PM CDT

    That was stolen from Robocop except it was

    by grammaton cleric binks

    Bitches leave. Someone needs to loop these two together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W6cT3Tvu9g&feature=related

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:11:40 PM CDT

    Wait...I thought he was dead?!

    by agentarchangel

    How are they going to deal with this? They should have him face Jack Bauer in this one, so he'll stay dead.

    In all seriousness, who's bright idea was it for this to happen? Last I checked, xXx State of the Union was a disaster, and xXx didn't exactly heat up anyone's leftovers.

    Does this mean I can hold out for a Rocketeer sequel after all?

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:13:23 PM CDT

    xXx: The Return of Xander Cage??????

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    Possibly the shittest name in history. Even worse than Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever! I'm sure in the sequel they said the first xxx died. Or maybe that was Diesels career. I thought he was in trouble when he went back to fast n furious. This is the last nail in Diesels career coffin.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:14:17 PM CDT

    Robert Crais

    by stvnhthr

    Would someone stick a Robert Crais novel featuring Joe Pike and Elvis Cole into Vin's hands. Vin Diesel is such a perfect match for the Pike character I can't read one of the Cole novels without picturing Vin and hearing his voice. Plus the novels are smart and are great character pieces. Done correctly this is a series which could outshine the Bourne movies. Plus it is about 10xxx better than the tripe which was xXx.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:17:33 PM CDT

    This will only be salvaged if...

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    Diesel shakes with rage while looking through x-ray specs again...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:23:27 PM CDT

    Wasn't Xander Cage on Buffy?

    by darth macchio

    I hear Vin's doing the "Breakin'" remake..had to dust off his old 'too fresh' moves from his youth. Balls on windmills and the like.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:25:31 PM CDT

    Vin's Nobody-Gives-a-Fuck Trifecta

    by liberty valance

    C'mon Vin, sign on for that 3rd Riddick movie like 6 people in world still want and completely rape you early-career successes. And if you're truly upset about lack of continuity in the XXX series, your life is now officially worthless.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:25:37 PM CDT

    Oh man, this isn't Aint it COOL news...

    by iamjack'suserid

    ...this is Aint it FUCKIN AWESOME news! I nearly blew snot out of my nose, tears out of my eyes, and a load out of my pants upon hearing this wonderful news! OHMANOHMANOHMAN I can't wait! It's like hearing Lucas is going to make a prequel to Star Wars or there's going to be another Indiana Jones movie! Xander Cage is the action hero of the 20th century! Bond, Bourne, Bauer don't have SHIT on Xander Cage booo-weeez! I really hope he jumps out of stuff at high altitudes and then lands on stuff at low altitudes, and then blows other stuff up while shooting stuff, and then right before stuffing some hot goth tattooed chick. Oh man I can't wait for this, do you hear me??? I will go outside now and shout at the top of my lungs Sound of Music style: THE HILLS ARE ALIVE...WITH THE....UH....NEWS THAT...THERE WILL BE ANOTHER XXX!!!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:37:00 PM CDT

    This "franchise" should be renamed to "x_x"

    by jackpumpkinhead

    For the "x" in each eye of Diesel's current career.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 12:39:55 PM CDT

    xXx: The Return Of Zombie Xander Cage

    by skimn

    Yes it was referred in the 2nd that he had died, but since Ice Cube didn't set the franchise on fire (gee, really? He's such a charismatic actor), bring Vin back as Zombie Xander...BRAIIINNSS!!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:00:03 PM CDT

    sign vin to a 10 pic deal

    by mygirleatsbannanas


    and then make none of them.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:08:38 PM CDT

    Xander Cruise in... Frisy Dingo the Movie XXX

    by squashua

    That I'd see.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:08:39 PM CDT

    The Chronicles of XXX

    by spamgelus

    Screw XXX, let's get another Riddick movie.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:09:59 PM CDT

    Needs to do the Iron Giant Sequel Movie

    by squashua

    Iron Giant XXX. Anniston was a hot mom in that.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:10:20 PM CDT

    stvnhthr, I like the way you think

    by bravogolfhotel

    Who would be Elvis, though? The part needs somebody who's conventionally masculine but not hypermasculine, and sardonic without overdoing it.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:17:02 PM CDT

    Cohen is shockingly inept

    by kwisatzhaderach

  • Oct 29, 2008 1:34:57 PM CDT

    COHEN's DAYLIGHT starring SYLVESTER STALLONE...

    by abking

    ...wasn't bad...but he's a hack. DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY was his only solid movie.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:39:17 PM CDT

    Bring back Bruce Willis as John McClane!

    by derlanghaarige

    Hey, Live Free Or Die Hard was the best movie of the xXx series!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:42:00 PM CDT

    stvnhthr...

    by akiraclass

    From Wikipedia: 'Crais refuses to sell the rights to Cole, Pike, and his other recurring characters, preferring to allow his readers to keep their own personal conceptions of the characters.' I would love to see those guys up on the big screen-for some reason I always pictured Richard Tyson circa his 'Three o' Clock High' days as Pike--go figure...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 1:51:18 PM CDT

    Seriously, Vid Diesel could have been up there with Arnold..

    by dr sauch

  • Oct 29, 2008 2:05:27 PM CDT

    dr sauch

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    He's certainly modelled his career after him... He's had a raw deal type revenge flick, some sci-fi, a kindergarten cop type one, a true lies spy one and apparently some conan type one called Hannibal the Conqueror thats yet to be made... But all these are pale imitations... there can be only one Arnie...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:06:43 PM CDT

    XXX...One of three movies I've ever walked out of a theater on

    by corterville

    What a piece of shit that movie was.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:07:57 PM CDT

    Vin is headed in the way of...

    by el gooche

    Andrew "Lattimer/Leatherface" Bryniarski. Too bad too, I thought "Multi Facial" showed a lot of promise. Gotta rein in that ego, Vin.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:09:31 PM CDT

    BUT...

    by el gooche

    You were the BOMB in Pitch Black, yo!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:09:51 PM CDT

    Yeah Vin Could have been great

    by charlie_allnut

    In the tradition of Arnold and Bruce, but he has made some really really bad decisions. Now he 40 something without a hit in years. Its too bad really.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:15:28 PM CDT

    This premise is cheesy in todays world

    by burgerking

    Sorry but a hardcore secret agent named xXx with it tattooed on him and he like skateboards on metal sheets was cool to me when I was just entering high school, today I don't think anyone would care for such a cheesy premise.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:19:44 PM CDT

    Who the fuck is Xander Cage...

    by banzai rootskibango

    ...and why is he returning? Seriously...didn't even know that he left to begin with...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:28:25 PM CDT

    finally... someone gives the "BITCHES COME!" line it's shine

    by turketron

    My friends and I fucking LOL'd at that when we saw the movie in theaters. That was seriously the best part of the whole movie. BITCHES COME!!! and then bitches appear from a fucking hole in the wall. EPIC GANGSTERDOM

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:29:51 PM CDT

    XXX: XENU'S XYLOPHONE XZIBIT

    by turketron

    PIMP MY THETANS

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:34:19 PM CDT

    BITCHES COME!

    by el gooche

    My cousin and I still use that line when we are leaving somewhere with our wives.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:36:08 PM CDT

    The Return of Xander Cage?

    by ribbons

    Um, I ain't no fancy studio executive Mr. Cohen, but I can tell you right now that you'll be doing your movie a favor if you lose that subtitle. Nobody cares about Xander Cage, or even knows who he is, for that matter.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:36:38 PM CDT

    When no one goes to see this...

    by bass bastardson

    That will be the end of Vin.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:43:40 PM CDT

    XxX2 one of the worst/Spy's gotta eat

    by larry sellers

    A friend forced me to watch XxX when it first came out and I was really surprised at how much I didn't hate it. I hate extreme sports (especially movies that essentially advertise them), and most "spy" flicks. But it worked for me. It wasn't boring, didn't resort to MOST cliches used by these types of films, and I've got nothing against Vin Diesel. I did, however, catch XxX2 on cinemax a while ago and it was really awful. Bad FX, bad story, bad Ice Cube.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:46:07 PM CDT

    you've failed the test.

    by tvs_frank

    the Gibbons' test.
    we all know Diesel's gotta eat,but seriously?

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:52:20 PM CDT

    Who the fuck is Xander Cage?

    by kungfuhustler84

    I wish I had remembered that line for back when I lived with my girlfriend and her three roommates in their house.BITCHES COME!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 2:57:55 PM CDT

    xXx: State of the Union was AWESOME!

    by s0nicdeathmonkey

    totally idiotic on an epic scale but no one in the movie seemed willing to admit it and wink at the camera. That film is a classic of camp cinema. Bring on part 3, but only if it continues the downward trajectory of this series. The first was bottom of the barrel. The second one was some type of acid that dug through to the ground. This one...I'm hoping it can hit a sewer system.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:08:39 PM CDT

    I'm all for this sequel.

    by rsanta74

    I was shit disappointed by XxX:SotU and that they fucking killed Xander. While the original XxX was nothing more than "extreme" James Bond, it did rock the shit. Which is why I was so pissed off to see Vin replaced with Ice Cube.

    A potential upside to this, for all you haters, is that there's always the potential for Sam Jackson's "scarface" boss character to return. More Sam Jackson == More badassery.

    Yeah. It does seem like Vin's desperately trying to make up for shit like "Babylon AD" or "The Pacifier", but can you blame him? One minute, he's packing in theaters. The next, he's packing groceries at Pathmark. =)

    I'm looking forward to XxX 3. This is what they really should have done in the first place - instead of SotU.

    As far as Xander Cage being "dead".... Did you see a body? I didn't see a body. In the movies, if you don't see the body he just ain't dead. OR... As the movie Soapdish suggested.... Decapitated? Just sew the damn thing back on. =P

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:12:39 PM CDT

    xXx: The Return of the Shittiest Actor Alive

    by beatlematt

    This is going to SERIOUSLY suck ass, and appeal only to those who've had lobotomies, or the mentally retarded.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:15:15 PM CDT

    The return of the most Overhyped actor of all time

    by jugdish

    Sorry Matthew McConahey - you have been surpassed by this douche Diesel

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:17:06 PM CDT

    NONE OF YOU BITCHES JUDGE ME!

    by spud mcspud

    I am looking forward to XXX3. I'm looking forward to RIDDICK 3. I think I can live without PACIFIER 2, but then I never got my KINDERGARTEN COP 2, so, like, whatever.

    I like what the Vin brings to his movies: a muscular, almost-mute force of nature, the likes of what Arnie brought to movies like the first TERMINATOR back in the day. And I don't hear you bitches calling popcorn cheesefests like COMMANDO, PREDATOR, RAW DEAL, RUNNING MAN etc down - and why? Because dumb shit has a place in cinema. There is NOTHING wrong in having action movies that give us nothing but gratuitous gore, explosions and nearly-titties - not a goddamn thing. And I'm NOT gonna apologise for wanting some dumb shit to go with my pizza and beer at the weekend. So - I'm not ashamed to say - welcome back, Vin. Take your place alongside Jason Statham and give us some more of this action greatness. xXx had some shit lines ("Welcome to the Xander Zone"? WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?) but it was a lot of fun, and God knows we need that next to all this po-faced Jason-Bourne-wannabe post-Brosnan JAMES BLAND we're getting lately (can Daniel Craig take this pulp shit any more seriously? Dude, you're James Bond! And don't get me started on Christian "Batman is like soooo deep" Bale, FFS...).

    Bottom line: in the same way I liked DEATH RACE - a mindless auto-wrecking Saturday night violencefest - I can't wait to see XXX£. About motherfuckin' time. Forget about the Cube (Slower. Fatter. Less able to act) and BRING ON THE VIN!

    Maybe one day Vin'll finally get to do OTHELLO - come on, you know that'd at least be intriguing enough for a big-screen viewing - but for now, big guy, give us what we want. More Xander Cage, more Riddick, a little more Dominic Toretto. Then go do the actorly stuff...

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:24:14 PM CDT

    Will he get to awkwardly kiss a super-hot chick in this one too?

    by maxthesilent

    That's the funniest on-screen kiss ever.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:39:11 PM CDT

    The Pacifier: The Return of Shane Wolfe

    by p0llk4t

    Here's hoping it gets the greenlight...got my fingers crossed

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:40:52 PM CDT

    THE RETURN OF RIDDICK!

    by umaga

    GET THE FUCK ON IT ALREADY GODDAMNIT.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:45:47 PM CDT

    Hey Sony sell this Idea to Fox

    by phategod2

    Then they'll be ripe for a take over.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 3:56:02 PM CDT

    Ha! Hey Mcspud!

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    You inadvertantly came up with what this piece of shit should be called... xxx£!!! Better yet... xxx£: The Return of the Cash Hungry Whores! Genius!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:03:17 PM CDT

    Asia Argento better be in this or No Sale

    by stuntcock mike

    Man, I'd lick that from Stem to Stern.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:08:15 PM CDT

    Oh come on, the most overhyped actor of all time is...

    by derlanghaarige

    ...Colin Farrell. Or Jude Law? One of these two. (But only because nobody seriously thought that Vin Diesel is an "actor".)

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:31:51 PM CDT

    The sequel to a sequel that nobody asked for is being made

    by pissed off and bitter

    Damn, Vin, I bet it sucks knowing you passed on King Conan and are now relegated to doing this again. Way to go dude!!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:36:09 PM CDT

    i like rob cohen...

    by archive

    I had to avoid caps there - my very words are ducking in anticipation. Now, hear me out. He was the wrong choice to direct Brendan Fraser. Brendan is one of the most talented movement actors working today, and Rob is someone who stops time and stops the movie to deliver a catchphrase or a visual punchline. Sommers and Fraser were funny together because they got the kinetics of the Mummy - everything Brendan said was in contrast to something he was DOING. That said, Stealth, xXx, and The Fast and the Furious were all good projects for Rob Cohen, where stopping things every now and again let the audience catch up and enjoy the movie more. Vin Diesel clearly enjoys this kind of filmmaking as well, and in that sense is kind of the opposite of Dwayne Johnson. Like Arnold, Vin Diesel doesn't mind stopping the action to wink at the audience, and no film is as self-aware, while simultaneously being as in-the-moment, as xXx. Clearly, Vin's attempts to diversify his career haven't panned out the way he wanted, and I think he's probably been miscast more than once and is suited for some much stronger roles than he has access to at the moment, but for right now, I could use another xXx movie from Rob Cohen and Vin Diesel.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:40:07 PM CDT

    DerLanghaarige

    by archive

    No, sir. First off, nobody is saying that Colin Farrell or Jude LAw are megatalents. That said, everything I just said about Brendan Fraser applies doubly to Jude Law, and even his canniest performances reveal a mastery of his body in space. As far as Colin Farrell, I never doubt the man's honesty. That's a hell of a thing about an actor's work, my friend.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:44:41 PM CDT

    Rob Cohen could have been a great filmmaker

    by pissed off and bitter

    But then he decided to do movies that only appeal to the lowest common denominator. Cmon, Dragon was a kick ass movie, one of my all time favorites. Then he goes on to make Daylight. One of the most boring, shitty movies I've ever seen. It's been downhill ever since. I think if he had a more discriminating mind about scripts, he could have been a great action director, yes, I think his potential is still there and is a better director than Michael Bay. But then again, my grandma is better director than Michael Bay.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:44:42 PM CDT

    Archive...

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    Stealth, xXx, and The Fast and the Furious were good projects for Rob Cohen... and thats about it.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:46:17 PM CDT

    FUCK MICHAEL BAY!!!

    by pissed off and bitter

    Can't stress that enough.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:48:23 PM CDT

    I'd really like to find the right role

    by archive

    to take Vin Diesel to the next level of his career. At the same time, it's going to be something very specific. Casting directors need to stop trying to shoehorn the lad into "deep, wounded tough guy" shticks. The closest anyone's gotten is Boiler Room, but that wasn't quite it either.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:48:54 PM CDT

    Vin Diesal should have been one of the great action heroes.

    by hallmitchell

    Yet he may have blown it.
    He started out making good innovative movies.
    I just feel he didn't ride the wave he was building after XXX and Fast and Furious.

    Why hasn't Vin taken on what I feel would be his bread and butter roles?
    E.g. Comic book or Fantasy?

    If you are making XXX3. Get Stallone on Board. Have him kick your ass. Get Seagal on Board. I want an eighties action hero on board.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 4:49:57 PM CDT

    I liked the first one. But that's one pompous title.

    by mr nicholas

  • Oct 29, 2008 4:57:29 PM CDT

    Innovative?

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    WTF? XXX was a fucking meathead rip off of Bond and The Fast and the Furious was a fucking rip off of Point Break. Diesel shaking with rage as he looks through some x-ray specs has to be one of the most ridiculous things i've ever seen. Diesels been in one good film, and that was Saving Private Ryan.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 5:10:36 PM CDT

    Vin Diesel won't be an action hero until he has a mullet!

    by snake foreskin

    Until then, he's just another pussified poser. Come to think of it, we need a president with a mullet. Do you think Barack Obama would grow one if it would get him elected? I kind of think it would be hard for him. He'd end up looking more like Rick James. That's no damn good! Think about it; we've had great action heroes as president before: George Washington, Ulysses Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and, of course, George W. Bush. The U.S. president could once again be one of the great action heroes! All he needs is a mullet. John McCain is sort of an action hero. How do you think he would look with a mullet? That should be the new criteria for how we elect a president. The mullet factor. No mullet? No vote.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 5:11:21 PM CDT

    By the way, BLU-RAY IS DEAD!!!

    by snake foreskin

    Check it out: http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=365&tag=nl.e550

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  • Oct 29, 2008 5:41:38 PM CDT

    spud mcspud

    by mr.brownstone

  • Oct 29, 2008 5:51:55 PM CDT

    the "Return of" thing only works

    by i dunno

    if you know who the fuck the person returning is. "Return of Michael Myers"... Right on. "Batman/Superman Returns"... Hell yeah, I feel you. "The Invisible Man Returns"... I haven't seen that bastard in forever, what's he up to? "The Return of Xander Cage"... yeah I...wait, what?

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  • Oct 29, 2008 5:59:35 PM CDT

    I actually want to see another Riddick movie

    by i dunno

    No, the Chronicles of Riddick wasn't the greatest movie ever made but they took a stab at creating a new sci-fi universe not based on a comic book, video game or even a novel. Everyone bitches and rightfully so, that no one tries anything new in Hollywood but Vin Diesel did and it really didn't completly suck. I haven't seen the animated Riddick thing yet but I'm guessing there's a pretty good franchise in there somewhere.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 6:13:48 PM CDT

    THE PACIFIER 2

    by alice 13

    coming soon!!!!!!!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 6:14:55 PM CDT

    Right, someone needs dick punching.

    by iammrmonkey!

    XXX was lukewarm shit. XXX2: WHATEVER THE FUCK IT WAS CALLED was a big steaming turd. I'm going to have dickpunch Vin and Cohen over this idea. That's right boys, you're getting punched in the dick. Which sounds gay but isn't and is going to hurt like hell. Hopefully.Remember: you had this coming.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 6:22:38 PM CDT

    Straight to Video or a SciFi Original?

    by a-cod

    If you would have told Vin 5 years ago he'd be doing XXX and Fast and the Furious Sequels I wonder what he would have said. He should do a sitcom with Shelly Long.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 6:27:40 PM CDT

    Rob Cohen is way more interesting as a producer

    by chaplinatemyshoe

    As a director, the closest thing he's come to compelling was The Rat Pack.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 6:53:38 PM CDT

    Droid,

    by archive

    I'm not suggesting that these are seminal action films, although xXx may be that, in hindsight. What I am saying is that Rob Cohen hit the right notes and made those movies fun to watch. In my opinion, Stealth is the best Stealth it can be. I liked it better than Firefox, anyhow - even though the Russian sidekick and the arctic submarine stuff with Firefox make it a tough call. I left the theater pleased, although not deeply satisfied. Believe me - I'm not one of those guys telling you to shut your brain off. At the same time, there are things Rob Cohen is very good at, and when a story comes along that puts those talents to work, it can be worth seeing. My opinion is that The Return of Xander is likely to be exactly that kind of story, and Vin will keep things on track to deliver laughs and a plot worthy of the James Bond world they're making fun of. Honestly, xXx was better than most of the Roger Moore Bonds, and as a youth, Moonraker was an object of my infatuation. Seeing something silly like that, with the intensity and focus of Rob Cohen behind it, could be just what my Friday night needs. With James Bond chasing the heels of Jason Bourne, where else are we gonna get the silly?

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  • Oct 29, 2008 6:56:41 PM CDT

    xXx reminded me of the Arnold movies

    by archive

    in that it was clear the folks on set were having unbelievable fun, and I found it infectious.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:03:27 PM CDT

    Thought the character died in film 2

    by ukharry1971

  • Oct 29, 2008 7:13:38 PM CDT

    why are there two !'s behind this story heading?

    by toowhippy

  • Oct 29, 2008 7:16:01 PM CDT

    BITCHES COME!!

    by pissed off and bitter

    The only endearing memory of a Vin Diesel movie.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:18:25 PM CDT

    Wonder if SLJ will come back...

    by goldfingah

    ...considering he's gone from playing a Nick Fury knock-off to the actual Nick Fury.

    I won't join the predictable chorus of "this film will suck balls/shit/obscenity of choice" but I have no interest in this film. I AM interested, however, in the thought of "sequels that no one thought would be made" like The Rocketeer 2. They could replace Bill Campbell with some other square-jawed guy like James Marsden, and Jennifer Connelly with Scarlett Johansson, who may not have the face but who could definitely have W.C. Fields "doubly pleased." Of course, with Iron Man having done flying effects VERY well The Rocketeer 2 may seem like old hat considering that the only thing Cliff Secord CAN do is fly, but they could sell it with the whole pulpy, 30s vibe.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:29:00 PM CDT

    Vin doing a sitcom with Shelly Long?

    by the milf lover

    I guess Long could play Vin's mom....

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:32:04 PM CDT

    and when is Sky Captain 2 coming out??

    by the milf lover

    that was a fun, original (ie not a remake or based on a comic/novel/whatever) pulpy sci-fi movie... just replace Paltrow with a decent actress and we're good to go!

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:46:59 PM CDT

    The Return of Who Gives A Fuck?

    by thunderbolt ross

    Blaaaaaoooooow

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:48:36 PM CDT

    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Than it will stop.

    by roketopunch

    Awesome, another idiotic movie for idiotic people for and idiotic star named Vin Diesel.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:51:53 PM CDT

    Vin

    by thunderbolt ross

    Vin Diesel seemed like he might be a viable star until he began to think he could be a viable star, then decided he WAS a viable star ... then decided he was a fuckin' superstar. He thinks he's so cool, and that my friends is annoying.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 7:58:40 PM CDT

    ....and no one gives a fucking rat's ass

    by gungan slayer

    This project can burn in shitty movie hell, along with the first two films, as well as Cohen's other shitfests. Everyone remember when Diesel remember was too good to appear in sequels, and was aiming for high profile projects? Uh, huh, yeah. Fast and Furious...yeah...now this...Piece of shit movie.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 9:44:06 PM CDT

    cant be worse than Babylon AD

    by the milf lover

    which is probably what made him rethink his "no sequels" policy

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:02:21 PM CDT

    Wasn't he directing "Hannibal?"

    by gozu

    What happened to that? That sounded cool. What sucks is he's actually a charismatic lead who keeps getting sucked into shitty action films.

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  • Oct 29, 2008 11:58:19 PM CDT

    The next one should be...

    by mcvamp

    Cedric the Entertainer IS... XXXL

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  • Oct 30, 2008 12:48:34 AM CDT

    WOW - WHAT A JOKE

    by geraldbeans

    He's fallen this far? Remember when he laughed at the idea of doing a XXX sequel. That first movie was awful. It was a bunch of B-movie stunts wrapped around a "story". I understand he wants to get back in the game (and this is why actors are advised not to do sequels right away - cause when their careers go bad they can always go back to them for the guaranteed buck) but this wreaks of patheticness.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 1:06:45 AM CDT

    Whats the first thing you think when you hear Vin Diesel?

    by tbransonlives

    Me? Washed up queen.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 2:55:29 AM CDT

    Holy fuck XXX was stupid....

    by playkins

    ...and it even "tried" to make fun of 007. XXX is not even the beginning of a pimple on James Bond's ass. Fuck Xander Cage, the movie is still going to be lame. About all I could think of when I saw the original was some studio schlub saying, "OK, I got an idea... 007 meets extreme sports... and there will be all kinds of pointless X Games events tossed in so that the stupid teenagers that go gaga over this will actually think it's an original idea..."

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  • Oct 30, 2008 3:21:27 AM CDT

    The only XXX I want to see

    by deanbarry

    is the porn version of In Diana Jones.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 3:33:31 AM CDT

    tbransonlives:

    by drturing

    that was amazing, but you forgot to say it like this: washed up dungeons and dragons playing queen. what do you want to bet dude used to hang out on Gor IRC channels.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 4:43:44 AM CDT

    mr brownstone

    by spud mcspud

    Come up in my eye lookin' extra fly. Gonna touch the sky, gonna touch the sky. Ahem.

    There's a lot of strong feelings on here for such a disposable franchise. And I'm glad others noticed that TFATF was basically POINT BREAK in cars - I always get so annoyed that Paul Walker doesn't say "Vaya Con Dios" to Vin as he drives off in Paul's 10-second car. Ah well...

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  • Oct 30, 2008 4:49:36 AM CDT

    I Dunno

    by spud mcspud

    Well said on the RIDDICK franchise - and yes, the DARK FURY cartoon is fun. The great thing is that the RIDDICK universe is so noticeably different, yet retains an aesthetic that is still quite unique - gothic medieval with high-tech trappings - and is a million times more fun to watch than any numbers of George Lucas shitquels. I really don't get why all the hate for the RIDDICK movies - they were original, imaginative, and well constructed, and gave us the best anti-hero since Snake Plissken (not a patch on the great Jack Burton though ;D), so - quit complaining, the rest of you bitches. I Dunno and I are just glad it's not another fucking remake (the next exec to use the word "reimagining", I'm going to hijack a deep black project military satellite, aim it at his genitalsd, and burn them off in a needle-thin stream of superheated laser particles. Fuckers).

    XXX£ (as it will now be known) is welcome at my house, pull up a chair, grab a beer and some pizza, and laugh heartily at the next instalment of Xander Cage's adventures. BITCHES COME!!!

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  • Oct 30, 2008 4:53:11 AM CDT

    Playkins - XXX>BOND

    by spud mcspud

    Mainly because Daniel Craig is so painfully fucking earnest about the "reality" of the role - you're JAMES FUCKING BOND, YOU TWAT!!! - that he's sucked all the fun out of the franchise. Sure, now it's ripping off the BOURNE franchise (which itself, like XXX, was trying to demonstrate the staleness of BOND by doing a DECENT spy movie for once) it LOOKS better, but let's face it, when BOND is ripping off superior spy franchises that themselves ripped off BOND, you know it's going under. Again.

    The last franchise to rip off a later franchise that was based on the former was INDIANA JONES ripping off THE MUMMY with those ridiculous man-eating ants, and we all know how well THAT turned out...

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  • Oct 30, 2008 5:05:29 AM CDT

    xXx was good fun

    by mr gorilla

    ...until after the avalanche sequence. Then all the stars and stripes etc got on everyone's nerves. SHAME! That first half hour was good fun.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 5:32:29 AM CDT

    How are the Bourne movies classified as spy movies?

    by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for

    Prior to losing his memory, Jason Bourne was a trained assassin. Subsequent to losing his memory, he was a guy who, with the aid of shakey-cam and nausea inducing editing, busted heads in various semi exotic locales. Does looking through binoculars and performing a little B&E classify itself as being a spy these days? Hey director, do we have a scene where Bourne throws down with another super assassin? Check. Is it set in a different part of the house, you know, so the audience won’t think we’ve just repeated ourselves? Check. Do we have a scene where Bourne drives at high speeds through peak hour traffic? Check. Is anything of interest ever explained? Che… Wait… Are you nuts? Why waste time on story when we can have Bourne perform more over-edited chop-socky? Ok, my rant is nearing an end. Although I thoroughly enjoyed The Bourne Identity, the sequels are SHIT! And at no point in Casino Royale did I think they were trying to imitate Bourne. Lastly, there is some humour in Casino Royale, just no groan inducing ‘I thought Christmas only came once a year.’ double entendres. And I’d prefer to keep that way.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 6:26:46 AM CDT

    he should remake Commando....

    by j2talk

  • Oct 30, 2008 7:28:33 AM CDT

    Respect for DRAGON though...

    by spud mcspud

    Rob Cohen DID make DRAGON, though, for which he earns our undying respect. One of the greatest biopics EVER, and Jason Scott Lee really pulls off what, for hi8m, must surely be the role of a lifetime. Spectacular movie.

    I thought DRAGONHEART was quite a bit better than your average kids' movie too, back in the day. It's after that - from DAYLIGHT onwards - that I think Rob lost his way. And STEALTH was all kinds of eye-candy CGi-drenched shittles.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 7:48:28 AM CDT

    Robert Crais + $= :)

    by stvnhthr

    JK Rowling said she would never do Harry Potter toys, movies, video games, or other tie ins. Then Warner Bros. unleashed their money men. I think after the disappointing Hostage movie Crais might have a bad taste in his mouth for Hollywood, but I bet for the right amount of money and creative control we could get Elvis and Pike to the screen.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 8:33:59 AM CDT

    I just threw up in my mouth a little.

    by fiester

    Seriously.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 10:58:57 AM CDT

    XXX is still infinitely better than your average Bond film

    by gruntybear

    Yeah, I said it. James Bond is cinematic Sominex.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 11:58:01 AM CDT

    maybe vin can make this work...

    by vaudeville villain

    by incorporating a classic quote/command a la arnold. "get to 'da yamaha atv!!!" that would put him back on the action star map, right? ... right?

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  • Oct 30, 2008 1:59:41 PM CDT

    xXx/The Fast and the Furious/Boiler Room

    by p0llk4t

    Can we get a crossover movie? Now that's money!

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  • Oct 30, 2008 2:08:36 PM CDT

    Ahh America's Bond. bless America.

    by damien chowder

  • Oct 30, 2008 2:17:28 PM CDT

    Can't wait...

    by smerph

    ...for a good film to be realised rather than this piece of shit. Xxx was a fucking abomination.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 2:56:25 PM CDT

    XXX was never about the movie

    by geraldbeans

    someone up there said it best. it was a bunch of guys saying, "hey, what would 13 year old kids like?" And everyone threw in an idea (video games, youtube videos, motorcycles) and a movie was created around that. People are smarter than you think. Even 13 year olds. And they know when you're desperately trying to court them.

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  • Oct 30, 2008 6:59:08 PM CDT

    BRING BACK ASIA!!!

    by logan_1973

    You know ya'll want it...

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  • Oct 31, 2008 5:30:18 AM CDT

    bravogolfhotel

    by stvnhthr

    bravogolfhotel it took me a couple days to think it over, but I think I would cast Aaron Eckhart as Elvis Cole if I could.

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  • Nov 10, 2008 7:37:55 AM CST

    I have very mixed thoughts on the first

    by the amazing g

    on one hand it's cheesy enough that I can't COMPLETELY hate it, but the actions pretty much suck so....

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  • Nov 10, 2008 7:38:45 AM CST

    whoops I meant "action sequences"

    by the amazing g

    and geraldbeans, youtube wasn't around when the first XXX came out

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  • Nov 18, 2008 2:17:34 AM CST

    Who cares when AVATAR is fucking our eyeballs in 2009?

    by motoko kusanagi

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