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The sequel to 2002’s ‘XXX‘ is getting ready to begin production and the cast is rounding out with the addition of baddie Andrey Ivchenko (‘The Way of the West‘). He joins Samuel L. Jackson, Vin Diesel and Nina Dobrev who are already cast and/or reprising their roles from the original.

‘XXX: The Return of Xander Cage‘ tells us something about the star of the film, namely it tells us Xander Cage is back. Diesel was the star of the original film of the series, starring as Cage. For the immediate sequel, ‘XXX: State of the Union‘ we saw Ice Cube introduced as Darius Stone who was similar to Cage but the flick underwhelmed in theaters.

We saw Cage, an extreme sports athlete, recruited to be a spy while destroying the hopes of a global terrorist. This time around Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. The project will head to screens in 2017.