With the release of Fast Five DVD and Blu-ray, it’s only natural that there’s talk of where the franchise is headed, given the financial success of the fifth installment.
The talk today is a rather big two-part rumor: on the one hand it’s being (once again) floated that Fast and Furious 6 and Fast and Furious 7 will be a two-part story that takes place in Europe, and that the two films could shoot back-to-back (a la the Pirates of the Caribbean and Matrix franchises). However, the bigger news is that Jason Statham might be the next big action star to join the franchise.
All these rumors are coming our way via Twitch, which claims to have sources within Universal close to the Fast and the Furious franchise. It’s unclear if the studio will indeed greenlight production on both parts 6 and 7 – though it has already been established that Fast and Furious 6 is coming in 2013, and that Justin Lin will direct for a fourth consecutive time.
Statham, on the other hand, is the bigger question mark. It’s not yet known whether the actor would play a villain or yet another street racing anti-hero, or whether he would be featured in the sixth film, seventh film, or both (should they both be greenlit). It should be noted that Statham’s attachment is merely speculation right now, but one thing is for sure – fans of the franchise are going to be hoping and praying that this rumor becomes a reality.
At this point, the Fast and the Furious franchise is as much of a badass-fest as that other badass action movie franchise, The Expendables (which Statham stars in). Between Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and to lesser extent Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson, the addition of Statham – and of course, more great hot rod cars – would make Fast 6 & 7 testosterone-fests for the ages (…the ages of thirty and under, specifically).
Right now all this is strictly RUMOR, but an exciting rumor nonetheless. We’ll keep you updated on the status of Fast and Furious 6, the possibility of Fast and Furious 7, and Jason Statham’s possible attachment to franchise. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, Fast and Furious 6 will be in theaters on May 24th, 2013.
Source: Twitch
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Jason Statham in Fast and Furious would be awesome! I think they should stop though! If they make too many, they’re gonna just get worse and worse, like Police Academy and Rocky, especially if they move away from the street racing theme. Fast Five was okay, but I don’t really like heist movies. I liked number 4 and number 2 the best. But Fast Five was still better then the first one, and I still haven’t seen Tokyo Drift. Anyways, I read that number 6 was suppose to be about how Carter Varone gets out of prison and kidnaps Letty. That would be a good storyline. If they do make a number 7 though, I hope they end it there. The franchise has to end some time. If it move away from street racing, it’s gonna be a different movie anyways, which I think is what they are planning. But Jason Statham would be an excellent addition, no matter what part he plays.