In July, two events met to inspire a crazy idea in consciousness. While working on the promotion of F9, Vin Diesel expressed his love for the works and suggested making one in the Fast and Furious franchise. So inspired by this news, comedian, actor, and musician Rocky Paterra took to TikTok to show what Fast and Furious music would be like.
Although there have been many laughs, Diesel and Paterra may have come up with a good idea. But what if the problem was that FF was not the Diesel franchise dedicated to music? What if xXx, the action-packed James Bond series, preferred Project Diesel to sing and dance a little?
That is not to say that there is nothing wrong with the very idea of Fast and Furious music. On the contrary, as Paterra cleverly pointed out, the premise of the series of fast cars, family, and the struggle to save the world is a joy. When such an event occurs, multiplexes are intended to be packed.
The claim, however, is that xXx is an even better choice. The spy games and sets in X-Games provide an extremely fertile ground for staging music. The Globetrotter is a franchise winner: In three films, they visit more places than FF, even the biggest in the franchise. It is entirely plausible that an xXx music scene will take place on the streets in one part of Detroit and Prague Castle.
In addition, it is much easier to imagine Xander Cage (Diesel) participating in a dance scene than Dominic Toretto. Cage loves parties. Bolt loves lightning and having fun at the disco; Toretto is a father. After Dom’s son is tied up, he and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) may occasionally shout, “Put It On Me,” Dom’s son is tied up. However, Stock Reduce would certainly not participate in the big group dance scenes these days if it ever did.
The most crucial aspect to consider is, of course, the music. The theme must provide substantial articles supporting musical motifs to build intense music. Here xXx has a lot to offer. For example, there is a tension between Cage’s desire to fully accept life and his responsibility to do his part to save the world. It may also struggle with the frightening compromise that saving the world often requires partnership with institutions that it sees as a status quo tool.
The cast of secondary characters from the xXx universe gives the filmmakers more nourishment. Imagine the sad thoughts of Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), Cage’s manager, wondering about a world that remains in danger despite his long quest to save it? Or Adele Wolff (Ruby Rose), who frees herself from the injustice of poaching when she sees another endangered species being removed from its natural habitat? The xXx franchise offers many opportunities.
Are any of these options included to create an xXx work? Unfortunately, this is a much more excellent question. While news of a new xXx movie, the fourth in the series, began circulating in 2018, they do not seem closer than they do more than three years later. This is not just a scripting or scheduling issue.
At first, the apparent culprit appeared to be COVID-19, which has affected most people’s lives and work. But as safer sets became possible, another obstacle emerged. The rights to the film series are linked to a rather complex legal dispute with some companies and the alleged breach of contract. Down to the Gordian knot about who got their promises and who broke them, xXx 4 is still in development hell.
Given the slowness with which can often litigation conducted through the judicial systems, this may take a little longer. There do not appear to be soft shoes or “I want” pops up to speed things up.
