Vin Diesel is best known for his roles in the acclaimed 1999 animated film “The Iron Giant”, the 2005 Disney family comedy “The Pacifier”, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” and the “Fast and the Furious” franchise. More installments of “Guardians” and “Fast” are on the way for later in 2017. “xXx” also stars Samuel L. Jackson, who earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and is well known for his work as Frozone in Disney/Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The original “xXx”, released in 2002, grossed nearly $300 million at the worldwide box office. Ice Cube headlined the 2005 sequel “xXx: State of the Union”.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.