Vin Diesel has laughed reports suggesting he’s pulled out of his XXX comeback, insisting he’s playing the lead in the upcoming third XXX film, The Return of Xander Cage. Rapper/actor Ice Cube assumed the lead role in XXX 2: State of The Union.

Over the weekend, internet gossip claimed Diesel had pulled out from the flick, however, the star’s rep dubbed the claims as untrue, telling MTV News: “I made a few calls on this and I can tell you that it is completely not true.”

Vin Diesel talks about reprising his role in the popular The Fast & The Furious film franchise in this clip from Thursday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Fast & Furious opens in theaters Friday.

Vin Diesel is reportedly in talks with producers to portray the robot assassin originally portrayed by Arnold Schwarzeneggerin the new Terminator movie. Vin has already signed up to return to his role of racer Dominic Torretto in The Fast and the Furious 4 later this year. Terminator 4 is set for release in 2009.