Willem Dafoe Joins 'XXX 2' As Five Star General

[Saturday, April 3rd, 2004]
Willem Dafoe has signed on to join the cast of the sequel XXX: State of the Union," which Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day) is directing, according to Variety,

Dafoe will play George Deckert, a five-star general and secretary of defense.

First XXX installment starred Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, an extreme sports star-turned-secret agent who battles international terrorists. Rob Cohen-helmed pic generated $142 million at the domestic B.O. in 2002.

In the sequel, Ice Cube stars as Darius Stone, a new XXX agent embroiled in thwarting a political power struggle in the nation's capital. Samuel L. Jackson returns as National Security Agency agent Augustus Gibbons.

Production on the film begins in July, around Los Angeles, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., directing from a script by Simon Kinberg.

Movies is expected to release May 13, 2005.

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