‘xXx: The Return of Xander Cage’ Cast News & Release Date: Deepika Padukone teases reckless character Selena
"xXx: The Return of Xander Cage" will be the third installment of the blockbuster franchise. Vin Diesel returns as Xander Cage after faking his death and coming out of his self-imposed exile. In the new film, Xander will be recruiting a new group of cohorts. Then, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy at the highest levels of the world government.
According to Headlines & Global News, the new trailers for the film show Diesel in a new level of action. The movie will involve a race between Xander and the alpha warrior Xiang's team to recover a sinister weapon called the Pandora's Box. Fans can expect more stunts and action scenes in the movie.
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone will be joining Diesel in the film. Padukone posted a small teaser of her character in her social media account. Padukone will be playing the role of Serena Unger who is a reckless, relentless and a fearless woman. She will also be the love interest of Xander in the film.
This is not the second time fans were treated with a glimpse of Padukone's character. Earlier, the film's director shared on his social media account a picture of Padukone in a scene where she looks fearless. Watch teaser here.
Aside from Padukone, other Hollywood actors will be joining the film. This includes Samuel L. Jackson, Conor McGregor, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Toni Collette, and Donnie Yen. It was also confirmed that Ms. Universe 1st Runner up Ariadna Gutierrez will join the cast.
The film was directed by "Disturbia" director D.J Carssuo. It was reported that Carssuo has used some of the music from the original movie in order to match all the stunts and action scenes.
"xXx: The Return of Xander Cage" will be released to the silver screen on January 20, 2017.