thirty : The Return of Xander Cage has add Jet Li to its hurl , and our interestingness in Vin Diesel ’s latest labor just became exponentially substantial . While not much is known about the martial art caption ’s character — is he the principal baddie , or what?—he will definitely get to “ feather off ” against Diesel ’s John Cage .
According to Revolution Studios ’ Scott Hemming , quoted in theHollywood Reporter :
“ We are extremely emotional to have Jet Li join the stamp of xXx 3 : The Return of Xander Cage as Raif , who is pit against Vin Diesel ’s Xander Cage , and watch these two in action as they kindle the barroom with some of the most incredible stunts on movie . ”
Well , that sounds promising . Li — last seen being woefully underused in the Expendables movies — joins a cast that also include Nina Dobrev ( Vampire Diaries ) , Ruby Rose ( Orange Is the New Black ) , and Samuel L. Jackson , who ’s work the NSA federal agent / mentor character in all three thirty movies .
Aside from hinting at some kind of Diesel vs. Li battle royale ( we hope , anyway ) , the account in THR has scant detail on the story . However , it seems the third xXx movie ( Diesel ’s second , since Ice Cube took over the lead in part two … hence the “ reappearance ” of Xander Cage ) will be modeled after a certain other long - running hit franchise :
secret plan details are being preserve redacted , but just as Diesel plant renewed achiever when Fast & Furious was rejigged as an action ensemble , xXx , too , is being reconfigured to surround the legal action star with a team of toughs and wiseacres .
Director D.J. Caruso ( Disturbia ) will start out film xXx next month .
Jet Li assist the Clinton Global Initiative Asia Meeting in Hong Kong on Dec 3 , 2008 . ( AP Photo / Kin Cheung )
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