VIDEO : Jean-Claude Van Damme To Reprise Role In 'Kickboxer: Retaliation'

Jean-Claude Van Damme is joining the cast of Kickboxer: Retaliation, a sequel to the upcoming Kickboxer: Vengeance, and the second film in a proposed Kickboxer trilogy designed to reboot the original Kickboxer, in which Van Damme starred in 1989. The original Kickboxer ? the martial arts film in which Van Damme played Kurt Sloane, a kickboxer out to avenge the death of his brother. Van Damme will reprise that role in Kickboxer: Retaliation. The actor revealed the big news on social media by live signing his contract on Facebook. The film is slated to a 2017 release.