If you thought that Fast And Furious 7 was the end of the franchise, you are a happy camper today. The Twitter handle for the new installment has announced that Fast 8 is in the works, but no release date was given.
Some other interesting casting news has been shared by @FF7Movie.
Earlier today they said that Kurt Russell may be joining the franchise, which Vin Diesel had already confirmed. However, he may not appear in Fast 7 but in Fast 8 .
It’s still unclear, when or in what capacity Russell will join the franchise. The tweet read,
“Kurt Russel was almost about to join #Fast7. He would play the father of Jesse, and he would be Toretto’s villain.”
Further explanation indicated that he would work together with Jason Statham, who plays the late Owen Shaw’s (Luke Evans) brother, Ian.
In the new film, Stratham comes to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of Toretto and threatens his family.
Fast And Furious 6 had the gang fighting the most sophisticated villain they had ever come across. Owen Shaw was an ex-military guy who was wrecking havoc all over the world. Up until the end, it was unclear whether they would succeed.
The sixth installment also saw the return of Dom’s flame, Letty played by actress Michelle Rodriguez, whom everyone thought was dead.
Several fresh set photos from Fast 7 were shared in various tweets:
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (1 of 7) pic.twitter.com/jmrKMGvKH7
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (2 of 7) pic.twitter.com/CKIjYckl9I
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (3 of 7) pic.twitter.com/0Fpy6UUfhQ
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (4 of 7) pic.twitter.com/7J3iAIeurz
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (5 of 7) pic.twitter.com/jWkPD6eT2s
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (6 of 7) pic.twitter.com/a1IfXikmOc
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
A new photo from the set of #Fast7 (7 of 7) pic.twitter.com/y5ycLnvpU1
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 10, 2013
Fast 7 also says that Universal is looking for a baddie since Luke Evans is not going to feature in the film:
@UniversalPics was searching for a bad guy for #Fast7 , but he would be even more bad in #Fast8 .
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 11, 2013
There is excitement in the air as Vin Diesel , Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, and possibly Kurt Russell get together once again in Fast And Furious 7 and later Fast 8 .
With other words, #Fast7 is not the final part of the @FastFurious saga. #Fast8 is also planned. (But no release yet ? )
— #Fast7 (@FF7Movie) September 11, 2013
First day of #Fast7 here we go…. http://t.co/tGmHFyxJti
— Vision Implementer (@Tyrese) September 11, 2013
Fast And Furious 7 is set to be released on July 11, 2014.
