Furious 7 trailer: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson lead the seventh offering of The Fast and The Furious

The spectacular trailer of Vin Diesel’s latest car-action flick ‘Furious 7’ was launched on November 1.

The trio – Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson- leads the seventh offering of The Fast and The Furious franchise.

READ: The Fast And The Furious director Justin Lin in talks to helm True Detective

Directed by James Wan, this chapter of the successful series marks the return of Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Elsa Pataky and Lucas Black. They are joined by international action stars new to the franchise including Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, Tony Jaa, Ronda Rousey and Kurt Russell.

Written by Chris Morgan, the film is produced by Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Michael Fottrell, and is slated to release on April 3, 2015.

WATCH: Furious 7 – Official Trailer

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Dwayne Johnson vs. Jason Statham in new Fast & Furious 7

OCTOBER 30, 2014 BY GARY COLLINSON

Ahead of the first trailer this Saturday, a new image from Fast & Furious 7 (or Furious 7, as it’s being called Stateside) has arrived online, featuring Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs taking on Jason Statham’s villain Ian Shaw…

Directed by James Wan, Furious 7 will race into theaters on April 3rd, 2015 with a cast that includes returning players Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, and Lucas Black, along with newcomers Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Ronda Rousey, Tony Jaa, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Brotherton and Djimon Hounsou.

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Fast and Furious 7 new Release Date

 

Universal Pictures has moved the released date up a week for Fast Furious 7. The movie was supposed to be released on April 10th, but will now hit theaters on April 3rd, 2015. James Wan is directing the next highly anticipated installment of the awesome fanchise, and is stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewsetr, Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell and more. I’m surprised they’ve managed to keep the plot off this film under wraps for so long. We still have no real idea what it will entail, but I know it’s going to be a lot of fun!

 

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Paul Walker’s Brothers Helping Finish Fast & Furious 7

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Back in March a rumor circulated that the production of Fast & Furious 7would use body doubles and facial replacement to fill in gaps in the action due to the unfortunate death of star Paul Walker. This wasn’t really all that newsworthy given facial replacement is used a lot in Hollywood, but today Universal has officially confirmed the news while adding information that it’s Walker’s brothers, Caleb and Cody Walker, that have joined the production to help out.

Here’s the official statement from the studio’s Facebook page:

“The FAST & FURIOUS saga is about family. The characters are connected by the bond of family, and it is how all of us who have worked together for more than thirteen years feel about each other. It certainly defines how we feel about our fans.

Our family experienced an unthinkable shock in November. We had to take time to grieve Paul, the brother we love and lost, and to figure out if we should move on with our film.

We came together and all felt the only choice was to continue. We believe our fans want that, and we believe Paul would want that too. Paul had already shot his dramatic scenes and most of his action for FAST & FURIOUS 7, and it’s among the strongest work of his career.

We have resumed shooting and now welcome Paul’s brothers, Caleb and Cody, into our FAST family. Caleb and Cody are helping us complete some remaining action for their brother and fill in small gaps left in production. Having them on set has made us all feel that Paul is with us too.

We are just under a year away from the release of FAST & FURIOUS 7, and this film is the most important we’ve ever done together. It will allow the character of Brian O’Conner to live on and let us celebrate Paul in his most defining role.

We wanted to take a moment to speak to our fans directly and thank you for the love and support you always show us as we resume our work.”

Cody Walker, a stuntman, was first mentioned as possibly getting involved back in December 2013 and for comparison’s sake you can see a picture of the three brothers here.

Fast & Furious 7 is set to hit theaters on April 10, 2015, directed byJames Wan and starring Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson,Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Sung Kang, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, Ronda Rousey andLucas Black.

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Fast & Furious 7 Will Retire Instead of Kill Off Paul Walker’s Character

Universal has made the decision to retire, as opposed to killing off, Paul Walker‘s Brian O’Conner character in Fast & Furious 7 after the actor passed away in November of last year. Director James Wan and writer Chris Morgan have tweaked the screenplay so that the franchise can continue.

The studio plans to use the footage that Paul Walker already shot prior to his death in a car accident during Thanksgiving weekend. Since the accident, talks of how to move forward have continued, with a resolution finally decided upon.

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Dwayne Johnson Tweets Fast and Furious 7 Photo

Posted By TheFran on Nov 18, 2013

Dwayne Johnson is back on the set of Fast & Furious 7, after finishing his work on Hercules: The Tracian Wars. The image was posted with the title “I don’t bring the cavalry, I AM the cavalry”. Fast 7 is set to be the biggest Fast & Furious movie if you look at the amount of new additions to the set. The cast includes the usual cast plus Tony Jaa , Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell and Lucas Black.

After Dominic Toretto and his crew helped take down Owen Shaw, his brother Ian Shaw now wants revenge.

Release date is set for 25 July 2014.

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Vin Diesel Shares New Set Photo from FAST & FURIOUS 7 Featuring Dwayne Johnson

by Matt Goldberg

Vin Diesel continues to roll out photos from the set of Fast & Furious 7.  After yesterday’s photofeaturing Jason Statham, Diesel has now provided an image with Dwayne Johnson, who plays the badass Hobbs.  I’m interested to see where Hobbes goes in the sequel considering his betrayal in Fast & Furious 6.  A friend of mine pointed out that Hobbs never would have done that, but he did and now the character will have to face those consequences.

Hit the jump to check out the image.  The film also stars Paul Walker, Tony Jaa, Tyrese Gibson,Kurt Russell, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, Nathalie Emmanuel, Djimon Hounsou, Lucas Black, and John Brotherton.  Fast & Furious 7 opens July 11, 2014. [Warning: Photo contains minor spoilers.]

Via Vin Diesel.

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New ‘Fast & Furious 7′ & ‘Hercules’ Images: Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s career isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, and two big upcoming entries on his always-crowded slate are Fast & Furious 7 and Brett Ratner’s Hercules movie, based on the Hercules: The Thracian Warsgraphic novel.

Today we have images of The Rock on the sets of both of the aforementioned projects looking hard as… well, a rock, really. Check out the photos below, which Johnson sent out via his own Twitter account:

Hercules: The Thracian Wars looks upon the latter life of Hercules (as opposed to the origin story featured in a competing film, Hercules: The Legend Begins). After his twelve famous labors and much personal loss, Hercules is a man living for nothing but death and combat, accompanied by a squad of equally hardened warriors. When his team is hired by the king of Thrace (John Hurt) to train the greatest army the world has seen, Hercules must confront what he has become – and the hero he could perhaps be once more.

If you haven’t already seen it, other set images reveal an epic-looking action film and a monstrously huge Johnson (snicker) just dwarfing Kellan Lutz’ slimmer, trimmer version of Hercules….

It is yet unclear just how much screen time Johnson will get in Fast & Furious 7, but that clearly isn’t stopping him from helping to promote the hell out of film via social media, a la franchise star Vin Diesel. A lot of eyes are on this particular installment since there will be a changing of the directorial guard, with parts 3 – 6 director Justin Lin handing the wheel over to Conjuring director James Wan.

The story will tie all of the franchise installments (including red-headed stepchild Tokyo Drift) together with a purported “’70s-style revenge thriller” featuring Jason Statham as the vengeance-bent brother of Luke Evans’ big baddie from Fast & Furious 6. The cast is as swollen as ever, with all the old faces being joined by the likes of Statham, Tony Jaa, Djimon Hounsou and Kurt Russell.

It won’t end there, either: Fast & Furious 8 & 9 are also already slated to be made.

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Fast & Furious 7 will be in theaters July 11, 2014

Hercules will be in theaters on July 25, 2014.

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THE ROCK CONFIRMS HE’LL GO FROM FILMING “HERCULES” TO “FAST & FURIOUS 7″

 

Published On October 1, 2013 | By mattboone | Other News, Wrestling News, WWE News

Part-time WWE Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently confirmed the rumors that he will be jumping from filming one movie to the next in a new tweet posted on his official Twitter account on Tuesday. When asked by a fan if he will be going straight from filming “Hercules” to the latest “Fast & Furious” film, The Rock simply replied:

I am. Time to dance w/ an old friend.. #RockVsStatham RT: @KooorryEsquibel: Rock are you going straight from #HERCULESMovie to shoot #FAST7

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 1, 2013

According to the Internet Movie Database, filming for “Fast & Furious 7,” has already begun. The IMDB website also notes that the film will be released on July 11, 2014. All of the regulars from the Fast franchise have apparently signed on, including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and The Rock. Also scheduled for the film are action-movie stars Jason Statham and Kurt Russell.

Follow The Rock on Twitter @TheRock.

 

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‘FAST AND FURIOUS 7′ ADDS ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY’ STAR DJIMON HOUNSOU

 

‘Fast and Furious 7‘ keeps adding to its cast, with Tony Jaa, Rhonda Rousey and Kurt Russell all recent additions. But now the ‘Fast’ family has grown even larger as Djimon Hounsou is the latest to join the sequel.

 

Variety is reporting that Hounsou is set to join the film, though they offer no details on his role. One thing is for sure, the movie will have a lot of shaved heads.

Hounsou got his breakthrough role in 1997 when he appeared in Steven Spielberg‘s ‘Amistad,’ and has been working steadily since. He’s even picked up two Oscar nominations, in 2004 for  ‘In America’ and in 2006 for ‘Blood Diamond.’ ‘Fast 7′ will be Hounsou’s second big summer 2014 film as he will also appear inJames Gunn‘s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy‘ playing Korath the Pursuer.

With James Wan finishing up his publicity duties on ‘Insidious: Chapter 2,’ he’s about to begin shooting with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson all set to return, and with Jason Statham playing the villain of the piece. It also appears that Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris will return for the new film. ‘Fast and Furious 7′ is scheduled to hit theaters July 11, 2014.

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