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Universal Pictures' Fast & Furious franchise will see the production of at least two more films:
Universal surprised the CinemaCon audience by debuting The Fate of the Furious, the eighth installment in Universal's hit franchise, in full Wednesday. Star-producer Vin Diesel took the stage to talk about the franchise, which he's been a part of since the beginning. "One of the things we're so proud of with this chapter is how much we defied expectations," said Diesel.
A ninth and tenth installment have also already been announced.
"As the world sees this movie, they'll see how its the beginning of a new trilogy," Diesel said, adding that certain characters were brought in for this new trilogy.
The late star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash before the seventh film was released, was on the mind of Diesel as he took the stage. "Part of Paul's legacy lives through every frame that we shoot," Diesel said. "There's something beautiful about that."
(Score: 2) by n1 on Saturday April 01 2017, @07:24PM
Since the 4th movie, every sequel has made considerably more money at the box office than the previous...
4) 362m
5) 626m
6) 788m
7) 1.5bn
This is a golden goose for the studios and rather average actors involved. The 7th movie made over a billion dollars, in large part because of the death of Paul Walker who people only really know from being in this movie series... I'm not aware of any of his other movies being commercial or critical successes anywhere close to the commercial success of F&F... He was not an actor's actor with a huge list of credits in timeless classics that captivated audiences of all demographics.
They're going to milk it for all it's worth.