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xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE Has A New Director Now...
Merrick here...
A while back we learned that Rob Cohen would return to the xXx franchise to direct THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE - which would also bring Vin Diesel back into the fold (details HERE).
Shortly thereafter, we heard that Cohen was stepping away from the project in favor of an action/adventure called MEDIEVAL (details HERE). The question at the time was: would The Powers That Be delay xXx 3 long enough for Rob to finish up MEDIEVAL & come back to Vin's project? Or, would they move on find a new director?
That question has now been answered. Ericson Core - a very cool name, by the way - will direct THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE. Core directed (and was DP on) Mark Wahlberg's INVINCIBLE a few years back, and was also Director of Photography on Brian Helgeland's PAYBACK and the first FAST AND THE FURIOUS film.
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.
..says THR HERE.
Brancato and Ferris also wrote T3, the forthcoming Bruce Willis SF adventure SURROGATES, and CATWOMAN.
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Aug 26, 2009 9:35:28 AM CDT
I JUST FARTED AND IT SMELLS LIKE THE WENDYS BACONATOR I ATE LAST
by pleasewipemyass
WELCOME TO FLAVOR COUNTRY
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from the writers of catwoman... seriously?
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Terminator 3? Catwoman?? Terminator: Salvation??? Merrick must be betting paid for every bad movie he can mention in one article. I'm surprised you didn't find a way of fitting Gigli and Ishtar into the mix.
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Aug 26, 2009 9:38:54 AM CDT
xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE Has A New Director Now...
by theycallmemrtibbs
ROB ZOMBIE!
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And that's what these types of movies demand- talented, technically-adept directors. Mike Bay, McG, Cohen, etc. They know how to make shit "look" good. Substance is a completely different matter...
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we're doomed...
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one of these shitty movies?
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Who is worse? You decide!
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The fact that he DIED in a supplimental short film called "The Death of Xander Cage"? So he's Ghost XXX now? so now not only can he windsurf, but he leaks ectoplasm too! I frankly couldn't be less interested in this. The first one was stupid (it's one saving grace was Asia Argento) and I didn't bother with the second.
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Richard Wilkes is widely regarded as sucking it hard and the guys who wrote T3 and Catwoman are who he's rewriting for?
XANDER CAGE: THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN THAT HOLDS VIN DIESEL'S DEAD CAREER. -
Is this ever going to get made? Who cares about another sequel to a meg movie. I want Hannibal.
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Gavin Hood, McG, David Yates, and now this no-name. Keep on hiring these guys Hollywood, and you'll get what you deserve.
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wtf I thought his character died?
Remember Ice cube: I dont play fucking games with my life! -
do we really need a third? And the writers?!?! I actually thought the Surrogates looked decent until I saw the credibility of the writers... And I'm not trying to be one of those posters on this site that hates everything before they've seen it, but both XXX and XXX:State of the Union were gawdawful, abhorrent pieces of Yeti poo
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We the movie going audience don't need one, but Vin Diesel apparently does, since his career went kaput, and he trying to resurrect it by trying to reignite and return to his old franchises (Fast & Furious, XXX, Chronicles of Riddick)
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that came up with this one?
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...OLIVIER MEGATON!!!!
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Aug 26, 2009 10:05:40 AM CDT
Re; TERMINATOR SALVATION- remember people, McG was the one
by yackbacker
Who tore the balls off that movie by changing the ending. If Brancato & Ferris originally planned to kill off John Conner, well those boys came to play with some serious ideas. Always remember, McGinty is the idiot.
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or maybe it is already dead, either way, if he doesn't land a real movie soon that delivers what everyone though he had the potential to do.., he's truly done. Once the Expendables comes out, Vin will just evaporate completely.
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Forget direct to DVD, just release the stupid thing right to FX and TNT already. It'll be there 6 months after it's released.
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Why are you following that other knob head's (cant really remember his name, wampa or something) example and giving this bull shit about ad wizards?? I fucking hate it when people try to come up with sayings, pathetic!
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I don't understand.
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Aug 26, 2009 10:31:17 AM CDT
All of these 'cool names' are nothing compared to...
by basement_cheetoh_eater
Dick Armey. The coolest REAL name ever given to an SOB. Awesome.
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THIS is cool news. Yeah. Sure. You got it.
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Goddamn if you're not right about directors only needing to be technically adept (and even then seemingly only at a community college level). "Do you know what CGI is? Awesome, you're hired. Sit in that director chair, yell 'action' and 'cut' a few times, and our render farm will do the rest."
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You whiny bastards. You're the kind of fuckers who whinge and moan that xXx didn't make any sense, and would then namecheck absolute dreck like COMMANDO, COBRA and fucking DARK ANGEL (the Lundgren one) as being semi-decent action movies.
IT'S A FUCKING ACTION MOVIE! Decent action? Check. Okay cinematography? Check. Interesting locations? Check. Good villain? Well, Marton Csokas isn't short on work as a villain right now. He's fucking good. Decent non-Bond girl? Asia Argento. FUCKING CHECK. And a plot that was admittedly shit ("Welcome to the Xander zone could be the worst catchphrase EVER in an action movie) but kept the action moving at a lick.
Arnie could barely fucking SPEAK English, much less utter lines with any conviction. The closest he'll ever get to Shakesepare was that HAMLET trailer in LAST ACTION HERO. Stallone's best scenes are the ones where he ISN'T killing people (not many died in ROCKY, and the best scene in FIRST BLOOD was where he broke down in front of Col Trautman - a fucking ACTING moment, not ACTION). Vin is a capable (not great, but at least charismatic) actor, and he holds the screen well. He's got presence, he's earned his action chops. Give the guy a fucking break. And Rob Cohen (who's leaving, I know) directed DRAGON - THE BRUCE LEE STORY, which is a BIOPIC. You do have to be a decent director to do a good biopic. So what the fuck was wrong with DRAGON? Come on, you whiny fucks.
ACTION MOVIES AREN'T FUCKING SHAKESPEARE. I'm in the seat for this movie - xXx was a good Saturday night beer-and-pizza movie. xXx2 sucked, but whatever. ACTION MOVIES ARE NOT FUCKING SHAKESPEARE. Repeat until you fucking get it, you fucking milksops*.
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The US and UK have to co-ordinate a Secret Service attack on a foreign power - North Korea maybe, or China. MI-6 pulls the same stunt on Chelios (now back in his native Lahn-dahn) as Gibbons pulled on xXx in the first movie. Put these two mavericks together on the streets. KA-BLOOEY!!!
xXx: CAGE VS CHELIOS. Box-office Spanish Fly, I tells ya! -
Sick of these fucking "visualists". I blame Tony Scott, he started all this shit with TOP GUN. Michael Bay wants to be Tony Scott more than fucking Tony Scott does.
Tony, go learn from your brother about characterisation, you fucking epilepsy-inducing down-with-the-kids MTV-afflicted old fuck. Gimme ALIEN and BLADE RUNNER over TOP GUN and BEVERLY HILLS COP II any day of the week.
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Well, maybe 'mediocrity' is overstating it.
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And as for XXX3, I'm really excited. The first one was like Austin Powers, except slightly more butch. Diesel SO needs a Mini-me. In fact, Vern Troyer could probably play that part too. And if Troyer is in this - count me in. Otherwise, let me just say: M-M-M-M-MEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH
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I like a director that's a good technician, I think Bay has some of the most gorgeous work on film out there. As for Cohen, weirdly enough this morning I was imagining him directing a full on Power Rangers movie. I know, I've not thought of Power Rangers once in many years and now it came to me.
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"James Bond for the Playstation generation". Which have now become action films for the Playstation generation...whatever (sp. the sequel...). Not asking for Shakespeare, just a little physical logic. Yea, I know...nuke the fridge...
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single greatest line in modern cinema
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The Babylon AD trilogy damnit!
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I don't like Rob Cohen. after all the movies he made at least one should have been good. His movies are not bad at best.
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Where did he go that he's returning from? I mean no matter where he goes, there he is. Isn't he always someplace?
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can only carry a Fast & Furious movie. This might open okay, but will tank after week 1. Just like the first one did.
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Really? CATWOMAN?
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I've worked with Ericson a number of times and he's pretty awesome. Say what you will about inspirational sports movies, but the Football scenes in Invincible were pretty well done.
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So they've got writers who've proven themselves to be shit working on a franchise everyone knows is shit? I wonder what the result will be?
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That terror group is still the funniest in movies. I hope they make a return. I say bring this movie on I think it will be hilarious. It will do pretty well because people will see it and go "Yeah I remember the first one" and they will go. Trailers have to be good though and catchy to teen idiots. Look at Fast and Furious. Use the same formula for advertising and you'll have a semi-hit.
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did I miss a meeting? when was the director of the original state of play good to be thrown in with mcg etc? what, coz he's making potter flicks? at least they're well made. chamber of secrets?? fuck off.
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Aug 26, 2009 3:42:15 PM CDT
Yeah, I'm not really pissing on them for being technicians
by yackbacker
I think we need to, as filmgoers, understand the difference between what we perceive as a director and what that person really accomplishes on the set. I could even say George Lucas is a technician at heart. He isn't into the acting like a Scorsese or even a Spielberg. I think Spielberg has grown into more of a technician in recent years. Sometimes these guys can make very effective cinema. But you give me someone like Alfonso Cuaron or Guillermo Del Toro (especially after PAN'S LABYRINTH) and you have guys who can do it all. I am curious to see if Paul Thomas Anderson is up to the more technically complex production... THERE WILL BE BLOOD had some large scale stunt-work in spots but I'm thinking of something much bigger. We'll hopefully see.
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Vin Diesel has the screen presence of a dead rat. The only decent film he's been in is Saving Private Ryan, and that was a blink and you'll miss it appearance. Talk about flogging a dead horse.
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You are my new favorite talkbacker. I nearly threw up laughing at your random post. Well played, sir... well played.
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Aug 26, 2009 6:47:56 PM CDT
Will he fight to get his tattoo that got blown off back?
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
What the hell was that all about anyway?
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Bigtime. Invincible was all the way decent! Ericon Core is better than a xXx sequel deserves frankley. How Rob Cohen ever managed to make "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" so good is beyond me. Probably more credit goes to Jason Scott Lee, Randy Edelman, David Eggby and BRUCE LEE (of course), because Cohen's script and direction are fairly by-the-numbers pedestrian really. And I don't hate Cohen, I'm maybe the only sentient being ever to actually enjoy Stealth. I have to admit to having derived alot of guilty pleasure from that turd.
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Aug 26, 2009 7:02:35 PM CDT
Why would anyone agree to do a sequel to a Cohen, Tamahori franc
by the_genteel_gentile
Seriously, Cohen's got bad taste and all but Lee Tamahori is quite possibly the anti-christ of film. Yeah, The Edge and Mulholland Falls were watchable, don't even pretend Once Were Warriors was any good. Ericon Core has proven with one movie under his belt to be better than those two previous directors ever dreamed. Get out while you stil can Ericson, you don't need this man!
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Vin Diesel is the man. He just makes movies and doesn't give a fuck. I imagine him as the kind of guy laughing all day on the way to the bank, agreeing his movies aren't masterpieces but are pretty awesome to watch, fun to make, and pay the bills. Unlike other stars who think they are hot shit after a shitty flick, Vin Diesel keeps a low profile.
I'd rather sit and watch F&F, Riddick, or Daddy day care than have my mind retarded by some "blockbuster" -
Robocop except it was "Bitches, leave."
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As a top extreme athlete!
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See the Saw sequels
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1: Vin Diesel
2: Ice Cube
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I though Xander Cage was supposedly dead. XXX State Of The Union.
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Argghh! I meant to ask wasn't that mentioned in xxx State of The Union?
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Hopefully this movie will give us something that justifies the third movie's existence. I never saw the second, so I don't know if there's anything in that that justifies its existence.
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Has nobody told Vin his 'career' died? Poor thing...
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What a great line.
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