Entertainment
Diesel's Xander Cage will return to the screens with third movie in the franchise
Updated : Aug 25, 2015, 04:40 PM IST
Actor Vin Diesel has announced that he is set to return to the action franchise XXX with a sequel.
The 48-year-old Fast and Furious star, who played Xander Cage in the 2002 film but was not part of its second instalment, State of the Union, took to Instagram and said a new film is in the pipeline, reported Female First.
"While I was filming XXX, guys on set called me Air Diesel... The time to return has come. Filming starts December in the Philippines."
A photo posted by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on
There is, however, still no word on a director for the film.
Directed by Rob Cohen, XXX chronicled the life of Xander Cage, a stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned- reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe.
The film also starred Asia Argento, Samuel L Jackson, and Marton Csokas.