Rob Cohen Goes for Stealth

FilmJerk tells us that director Rob Cohen has indeed passed on the XXX sequel and instead will helm Stealth.

Some news that came last night, thought you might be interested. FilmJerk.com has learned that as Revolution Studios moves forward on the sequel to 2002's "XXX," it will do so without the director of the first installment, Rob Cohen. Cohen will instead be directing "Stealth," a project he has been eyeing for some time and which will begin principal photography January 2004 in Australia.

Cohen reportedly had right of first refusal for "XXX2" and this means the directorial reins are likely go to Lee Tamahori, who has been in discussions to direct in the case that Cohen, as expected, ankled the Vin Diesel project.

For more information on the characters in Stealth and the plot, hit the link above. Thanks to 'Chris'.