I want all of dat in dere! Here comes "The Return of Xander Cage"!

According to an article at The Hollywood Reporter.com, plans are underway to produce a third "XXX" film, subtitled "The Return of Xander Cage". Vin Diesel will return to the role he originated in Rob Cohen's 2002 espionage hit, which was followed up in 2005 with "XXX: State of the Union". The latter starred Ice Cube and was directed by Lee Tamahori, director of the worst James Bond film made to date (at least "A View To A Kill" had the kick-ass theme song), "Die Another Day". Ericson Core (Invincible) will be directing "The Return of Xander Cage" and John Brancato and Michael Ferris (Terminator: Salvation) will attempt to write a story around the action scenes.

I tried to watch the original "XXX" a couple of times, but each time I buckled under the awful story, bad acting and even worse directing. As for the sequel, I actually caught about ten minutes of it on the FX Network the other night and found it to be quite hilarious. The only problem is that I'm not entirely sure it was meant to be taken that way. I have no doubt that the recent "Fast and Furious" helped get this new project off the ground. Whether a third "XXX" meets with the same box office success is anyone's guess.