Thursday, June 11
Rob Cohen has decided not to reunite with Vin Diesel. The director and star were both set to return for XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, when Cohen jumped at the chance to direct Medieval, a movie that Cohen describes as "The Magnificent Seven in the Middle Ages."
Cohen and Diesel had also worked together on The Fast and the Furious and were supposed to reunite for XXX: State of the Union. However, both left that project. Cohen wasn't happy about leaving the third XXX either:
It was a tough decision about XXX. I talked to Vin over the weekend and said I hoped they would wait, but that if they find another director who's right for the sequel, I certainly wouldn't be angry. But I could not let something like this go.
Medieval looks to bring warriors together from disparate cultures and was written by Alex Litvak (Predators) and Michael Finch. McG will produce.
Posted 6/11/2009 by Ryan
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