The Fast and the Furious (aka Hot Wheels the movie) has had a relatively successful run so far. But I had no idea that the latest Fast and Furious (4) was Universal’s biggest hit in the oh nine lineup. I don’t know if I am impressed or a little embarrassed for them.
But as the rule goes, if a movie is a hit it must get a sequel. So work has begun on Fast 5, the further furiousness in the Fast and Furious franchise.
The fourth film which reunited all the original characters from movie one, had a worldwide box office take of $343 million showing clearly that there is still an audience out there for the cheesy car series.
Universal now plans to roll out another sequel with the two key players from the original films as well as bring back current director and producer – Justin Lin and Neal Moritz.
The proposed plot for the Fifth Furious will revolve around Diesel and Walker on the run as fugitives being pursued by “legendary lawmen”.
Sounds like they are going to be pulling in the Pinkertons to chase down their ricerockets and muscle cars.
