Amph The Fast & The Furious (Fast X)

Yeah- Han was killed in 3, but is in 4, 5 & 6 (and makes at least one reference to his plans to go to Tokyo at some point in each of those films). It's why Lucas Black couldn't be brought into the last few films yet- he doesn't meet anyone from Dom's crew until 3.

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Fast Six's final scene shows an alternate perspective of Han's death in 3, establishing that it was, at least partially, a result of events in Fast Six.

They've kinda been stretching the timeline- I think the original intention was that 4 would be concurrent to 3 (which is why Han departs after the opening, implying he's going to Tokyo), but then they wanted to bring him back for 5, so they pushed 3 down the road (and make the joke at the end of 5, when asked about Tokyo, saying "we'll get there...eventually", or something to that effect), and 5 obviously set up 6 so by that point they had already planned on 6 being before 3 as well.

 

Fast Seven to be fashioned after gritty, 1970's revenge thrillers.

 

Tony Jaa to make his English-language debut as Statham's henchman in Fast 7.

In an email, Jaa says: "I have been a big fan of the Fast and Furious franchise. The films are fast-paced, fun and keep the audience involved. There is a great mix of humour and action, something I really appreciate. There is no better film to be involved in for a first US studio production. Having a chance to work with Vin Diesel and The Rock already makes me a winner."​

 

There is the off-chance that this movie takes place entirely during Tokyo Drift (and/or during the gap between that film's ending and it's final scene with Vin), thus Lucas Black's character is busy elsewhere. However, I'd rather they move beyond TD and include his character to get some payoff to Lucas and Vin's team-up.

I assume it's just too early for them to lock down the cast just yet- but I would imagine they'll get him back if the timeline permits and assuming Lucas Black is interested (and given the performance of FF6, I can't imagine he'd turn it down).

 

Apparently, they've been trying to cast another big name actor to cameo (or have a small role) in Fast 7 to set them up as the main villain in Fast 8, similar to what was done in Fast 6.

They were originally going for Denzel Washington, who passed. Now they're supposedly looking at Kurt Russell!

Odd that he'd turn down Expendables (under the premise of not wanting to do an ensemble) but take up F&F (an ensemble, though I guess "main bad guy" stands out more than "another member of the team"). I suppose the mega-success of F&F versus the moderate success of Expendables also plays a factor.

If that is the case, it'll be nice to have Kurt back in an action flick (not counting Death Proof, his last one was, I believe, 3,000 Miles to Graceland).

Regardless, it's indicative that Fast 8 is definitively being pursued.

(I've also revised the thread title to be more encompassing before it gets too unwieldy.)

 

It is concerning, especially given the entire franchise's current success is almost entirely because of Tokyo Drift's critical and box office reception.

But I'm willing to give the new guy a shot- especially since I have to assume that Lin provided at least some of a story outline before he had to walk away, given all the talk of Six and Seven having been plotted (and almost filmed) together.

 

It seems I'm mistaken- it just seemed like everyone shrugged TD off as a desperate cash-in, what with it being Vinless (as far as people knew at least) and ended up being very surprised by it (it's basically tied with 35/36% on RT as the best reviewed of the franchise prior to Fast Five)- certainly thought better of than 2F2F. That Lin was brought forward to the fourth film because of it is also to it's credit,

That said, yeah, I thought it had done much better at the box office than it actually did. I think it's safe to say, though, that if TD hadn't been as well received, the series probably would have gone DTV.

 

I'd hope he'd be more than a cameo- you would think he'd be as motivated to help take down

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Han's killer

as much as Dom would be.

 

Agreed- that could be the setup for Fast 8 if 7 is about Dom's actions during Sean's Yakuza business.

Or it could just as easily be the opening scene of 7 for all we know.