Deepika Padukone to commence shooting XXX in February

January 7, 2016 - 11:38 AM IST

In December we had reported that Deepika Padukone had been signed on to play a role in the Vin Diesel starrer XXX: The Return of Xander Cage. In fact revealing the same, or rather hinting at it, Deepika had put up an image of herself with Diesel, sans commenting on it.

Now we hear that while work on the film has commenced, Deepika will be joining the rest of the cast in February to commence her segment of shooting. Tweeting about the same, the film's director D.J. Caruso posted, "We start in january. She starts sometime in February". Later adding more Caruso posted, "I have been blessed with this amazing cast and this week we will add a few more players! @deepikapadukone She is stunning and XXXtremely talented".

Talking about the schedule for the film Caruso revealed that they are looking at releasing XXX: The Return of Xander Cage towards the end of this year or early in 2017 simply saying, "Spring wrap, possibly late 2016 or very early 2017".

The third instalment of the XXX franchise will begin filming on Jan 13 in Dominican Republic, and picks off with Xander Cage who is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. The film in addition to Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone also features Jet Li and Tony Jaa.