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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced as Triple X) is an American action film series created by Rich Wilkes. It stars Vin Diesel and Ice Cube and consists of three films: xXx (2002), xXx: State of the Union (2005) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $656 million worldwide.
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Running time | 220 minutes > |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | Total (3 films): $215 million |
| Box office | Total (3 films): $656,539,421 |
Screenplay
xXx (2002)
The film was released on August 9, 2002, which stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill seeking extreme sports enthusiast, 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 stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. It was directed by Rob Cohen, who previously directed The Fast and the Furious (2001), in which Diesel also starred.
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
The film was released on April 29, 2005, which stars Ice Cube as Darius Stone, a new agent in the Triple X program, who is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
The film was released on January 20, 2017, sees the return of Diesel as Xander Cage who comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
Future
The H Collective and iQiyi are partnering to produce a fourth installment of the xXx film series after The H Collective acquired franchise rights from Revolution Studios. D. J. Caruso will direct the film, and Vin Diesel will reprise his role as Xander Cage. Production is scheduled to begin in early 2019. On November 20, 2018, Deadline reported that both Jay Chou and Zoe Zhang were cast.
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage
Included with the 2005 director's cut DVD of the first film is a four-minute short titled The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage, that serves as a prequel to xXx: State of the Union by detailing the alleged death of Xander Cage before the events of that film.
In the short film, Xander is played by Vin Diesel's stunt double Khristian Lupo (who never shows his face or speaks) while reusing some archival lines spoken by Diesel. It also features Leila Arcieri as Jordan King from the first film and John G. Connolly as Lt. Colonel Alabama "Bama" Cobb, one of the villains from xXx: State of the Union, as the man behind the attack on Xander.
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| xXx | xXx: State of the Union |
xXx: Return of Xander Cage |
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage | |
| 2002 | 2005 | 2017 | 2005 | |
| Xander Cage xXx |
Vin Diesel | Vin Diesel | Khristian Lupo Vin Diesel (archive recordings) | |
| NSA Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons | Samuel L. Jackson | |||
| Darius Stone xXx |
Ice Cube | |||
| Toby Lee Shavers | Michael Roof | |||
| Jordan King | Leila Arcieri | Leila Arcieri | ||
| Alabama "Bama" Cobb | John G. Connolly | John G. Connolly | ||
| Yorgi | Martin Csokas | |||
| Yelena | Asia Argento | |||
| Milan Sova | Richy Müller | |||
| Kirill | Werner Daehn | |||
| Kolya | Petr Jákl | |||
| Viktor | Jan Pavel Filipensky | |||
| California State Senator Dick Hotchkiss | Tom Everett | |||
| El Jefe | Danny Trejo | |||
| NSA Agent Jim McGrath | Thomas Ian Griffth | |||
| J.J. | Eve | |||
| NSA Agent Roger Donnan | William Hope | |||
| Ivan Pedgrag | Radek Tomecka | |||
| Ivan Podrov | Martin Hub | |||
| General George Deckert | Willem Dafoe | |||
| NSA Agent Kyle Christopher Steele | Scott Speedman | |||
| U.S. President James Sanford | Peter Strauss | |||
| Zeke | Xzibit | |||
| Charlie Mayweather | Sunny Mabrey | |||
| Lola Jackson | Nona Gaye | |||
| NSA Agent Meadows | Ramon De Ocampo | |||
| Xiang xXx |
Donnie Yen | |||
| Serena Unger xXx |
Deepika Padukone | |||
| Becky Clearidge | Nina Dobrev | |||
| Adele Wolff | Ruby Rose | |||
| Talon | Tony Jaa | |||
| Jane Marke | Toni Collette | |||
| Harvard "Nicks" Zhou | Kris Wu | |||
| Tennyson "Torch" | Rory McCann | |||
| CIA Director Anderson | Al Sapienza | |||
| Gina Roff | Ariadna Gutiérrez | |||
| Hawk | Michael Bisping | |||
| Ainsley | Hermione Corfield | |||
| Red Erik | Andrey Ivchenko | |||
| Neymar Jr. xXx |
Neymar | |||
| Film | Director | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Cinematographer | Music | Editor(s) |
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| xXx | Rob Cohen | Rich Wilkes | Neal H. Moritz | Dean Semler | Randy Edelman | Chris Lebenzon Joel Negron Paul Rubell |
| xXx: State of the Union | Lee Tamahori | Simon Kinberg | Neal H. Moritz Anre Schmidt |
David Tattersall | Marco Beltrami | Mark Goldblatt Todd E. Miller Steven Rosenblum |
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | D. J. Caruso | F. Scott Frazier | Joe Roth Jeff Kirschenbaum Vin Diesel Samantha Vincent |
Russell Carpenter | Brian Tyler Robert Lydecker |
Jim Page Vince Filippone |
