Vin Diesel’s One Race Film have teamed up with the H Collective to acquire the rights to the xXx film franchise from Revolution studios; plans are in place to start work on the fourth instalment.

Although One Race and the H Collective now own the rights to take the franchise forward, Revolution remains the owner of the first three films.

The fourth in the franchise, which is due to start filming in December, sees xXx: Return of Xander Cage director, D.J. Caruso return to take the helm. Diesel will also return to his role as Xander Cage. Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum will produce with Diesel, Samantha Vincent for One Race Films and the H Collective.

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The H Collective CEO Nic Crawley said, “During my time at Paramount I was lucky to be involved in the development and distribution of ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage.’ The response from the Chinese box office was unprecedented. Bringing the next instalment of the xXx franchise to The H Collective complements our diversified slate and mission to produce content for a global audience.”

In last year’s Return of Xander Cage, after coming out of self-imposed exile, daredevil operative Cage (Vin Diesel) had a race against time to recover a sinister weapon known as Pandora’s Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world. Recruiting a new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself entangled in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of government.

The action film franchise was created by Rich Wilkes; It consists of three films: xXx (2002), xXx: State of the Union (2005) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short four-minute film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage was Included with the 2005 director’s cut DVD of the first film. The series has grossed $656 million worldwide to date.