In what must take the prize for Most Misleading Headline of this still-young year, Nina Dobrev (of The Vampire Diaries fame) and Ruby Rose (of Orange Is the New Black fame and worldwide lesbian idol-worship) have entered talks to shoot a new xXx movie with Vin Diesel. This does not mean that these specimens of peak physical form will collaborate on a new pornographic film, though that’s surely what the men of the world will tell their wives when ‘Ruby Rose xxx’ appears on their Google history. No, the actresses of note will join Mr. Diesel for a sequel to follow the 2002 extreme-sports action film and its 2005 successor.

The Hollywood Reporter note that Dobrev and Rose had not yet made a commitment to the film reportedly titled xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, but are currently in “various stages of negotiations” to take supporting roles in the upcoming franchise extension. And an unlikely franchise that is; xXx was originally imagined as a vehicle for Diesel to show off his rippling physique and bad-boy attitude. Xander Cage lives life to the max, even when he’s not doing black ops work as a spy. Cage was intended as a totally-rad rejoinder to Jason Bourne, a newfangled hero who could deliver all of Bourne’s espionage heroism but with a healthy dash of youth-skewing athleticism mixed in.

The 2002 original was a sleeper success, necessitating a sequel, but Diesel would pull out of xXx: State of the Union at the last second and leave the lead role to Ice Cube. But looky here, Diesel’s now crawling back to the franchise that made him a star, eleven years later. “We knew you’d be back,” the xXx producers might have said. “They always come back.”

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