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New xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage Trailer – Vin Diesel is back as the extreme sports super-spy

November 2, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Vin Diesel is making a bit of a habit of leaving franchises before returning later. He did it with Fast & Furious, and after playing Xander Cage in 2002’s xXx, he bowed out for the sequel, which starred Ice Cube.

Now, 15 years after the first film, he’s returning to the series for xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage, which also sees Samuel L. Jackson back as Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons. In the movie, Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. As the character posters below show, it also looks like they might be trying to build the franchise into more of a Fast & Furious style team affair.

And as you can see from the trailer below, the movie is also following in Fast & Furious’ footsteps in the ridiculously OTT action stakes. It should be in cinemas early next year. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Vin Diesel, Toni Collette DIRECTORS: DJ Caruso FILMS: xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage

xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage Trailer – Vin Diesel is back as the extreme sports super-spy

July 20, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Now, 15 years after the first film, he’s returning to the series for xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage, which also sees Samuel L. Jackson back as Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons. Not a vast amount of official info about the plot has been released, other than that, ‘Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.’

It’s also keen to promise Girls, Guns, and Global Domination, with the rest of the trailer largely devoted to some incredibly OTT action, including some jungle skiing and extreme sports nuttiness. The film should be out early next year. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Vin Diesel DIRECTORS: DJ Caruso FILMS: xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage

DJ Caruso May Helm G.I. Joe 3

January 13, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra was seen as a bit of a failure that many thought would doom he franchise before it started, the slightly belated follow-up, GI Joe: Retaliation, was better received (although to be honest, not massive more successful at the box office).

It was good enough to ensure a third film was put in development and now it may have found a director, as THR reports that Paramount and producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura are in talks with DJ Caruso to helm. Initially Jon M. Chu, who made Retaliation, was set to return, but he ended up stepping away, as did Martin Campbell, who was briefly in talks for the film.

Little is known about the plot or which characters might return, although previous suggestions have said they may be trying to find a way to bring Channing Tatum back, despite what happened in Retaliation. Hopefully we’ll know more soon.

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ACTORS: Channing Tatum DIRECTORS: DJ Caruso FILMS: G.I. Joe 3

D.J. Caruso To Direct Selling Time, With Will Smith Still Likely To Star

January 8, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Eagle Eye and I Am Number Four helmer D.J. Caruso has signed up to direct 20th Century Fox’s supernatural thriller, Selling Time. Last October is was rumoured Will Smith was interested in starring, and according to according he still attached, but has never formally committed to the project.

Fox hopes that they can finally get the Smith to sign on with a new draft of the script that is being written by Dan McDermott. He was actually the script’s original writer back in 2001, but since then other writers such as Spike Lee, Derick Martini, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver have fiddled and altered it. Now it’s going back to something closer to what it began as, although Caruso will oversee the new draft.

The writer and director previously worked together on the 2008 thriller Eagle Eye.

The script is about a man who is offered the chance to relive the worst day of his life, although he must give up seven years of his life expectancy in return. It’s not clear when it might shoot.

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ACTORS: Will Smith DIRECTORS: DJ Caruso

Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf Up For Spy’s Kid

April 23, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Shia LaBeouf may have said he’s done with Hollywood movies, but that doesn’t mean he’s completely eschewing commercial filmmaking, as he’s now in talks to star in Spy’s Kid (which thankfully has nothing to do with Spy Kids) alongside Robert de Niro, according to THR. The film will reunite D.J. Caruso, after they made 2008’s Eagle Eye together.

The film is set in the world of espionage, based on a series of true-life articles that ran in the Oregonian. Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf will play a father and son duo, with the story revolving around a traitorous spy who enlists his offspring to continue doing his dirty work.

Both actors’ final involvement in the project hinges on the screenplay. No writer has been hired at this time, so it’s very early days.

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ACTORS: Robert De Niro, Shia Labeouf DIRECTORS: DJ Caruso FILMS: Spy's Kids

DJ Caruso To Direct Invertigo

March 29, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A reverse-G vortex is something we all worry about, and now they’re going to make a movie about it, with Deadline reporting DJ Caruso is in talks to direct. What do you mean you don’t know what a reverse-G vortex is? It’s when gravity is reversed – an everyday fear, I’m sure you’ll agree.

The film is called Invertigo, with gravity going haywire after a NASA satellite crash-lands in New York City. The whole world is in peril unless a rescue mission succeeds. It’s planned as a big scale movie with a script by Ehren Kruger.

Caruso’s last dip into sci-fi was the rather lacklustre I Am Number Four, and to be honest the basic plot of Invertigo doesn’t make it sound like it’s going to be a lot better, but we’ll reserve judgement.

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DIRECTORS: DJ Caruso FILMS: Invertigo