Vin Diesel confirms he’ll be back for third ‘xXx’ film

Vin Diesel has revealed via Instagram that he’ll be revisiting Xander Cage for a third xXx movie. This will be Diesel’s first return to the franchise since 2002’s original xXx, when he starred as extreme-sports athlete who was blackmailed into becoming government operative Xander Cage. He sat out the second film in the series, 2005’s xXx: State Of The Union, in which Ice Cube starred. But now Diesel is poised to return:

While I was filming XXX, guys on set called me Air Diesel… The time to return has come. Filming starts December in the Philippines. #ILiveForThisShit

A photo posted by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on Aug 23, 2015 at 1:36pm PDT

xXx made $142 million and Diesel says production will start on the third film in December.