HOLLYWOOD, California — Vin Diesel just can't stop posting on Facebook. And a few days ago one of his posts threw out a few tantalizing tidbits about the next installment — the fifth — in The Fast & the Furious automotive-obsessed franchise. Well, not just the fifth but maybe the sixth, too.
"If 2009's Fast and Furious was chapter one," Diesel wrote, "what writer Chris Morgan just delivered is chapter two and chapter three. I have never been submitted a two-story saga from a studio before... It is very exciting, and shows a commitment level that is hard not to respond to."
With F&F5 only recently entering the pre-production stage, there's no confirmation from NBC Universal that the sixth film has already been green-lit for production. Or that the fifth and sixth films could be produced simultaneously — as were, for instance, the three films in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, such a production arrangement does make some sense, since all four of the previous films have made mountains of money and even a box office hiccup with the fifth film is unlikely to dissuade Universal from making a sixth.
Screenwriter Morgan, incidentally, also wrote 2006's The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (the third F&F film) and Fast and Furious (the fourth). Just Lin, the director of those two films, is also expected to return for the fifth film. And if he's doing number five, he may as well stick around for number six.
Inside Line says: Some day all movies will be Fast and Furious movies. We expect the seventh film will be The Fast and the Furious: Wuthering Heights. — Lee Pray, Correspondent
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hybris says:
11:22 AM, 01/15/2010
The last F&F was good and if featured a lot of GM vehicles which considering the last 3 featured imports is good thing so I'm hoping for some major Mustang action in the next movie.
firstclass says:
10:16 AM, 01/15/2010
I saw the last movie and the plot was mind numbing. The franchise has only made kids pull out of the movie theater too fast and run over old ladies because they were high on boy racer. I'm a car lover and movies like F&F only serve to cast car enthusiasts in a bad light.
imclarkkent says:
08:03 AM, 01/15/2010
Any movie that brings attention to the car industry is ok in my book, provided it is worth watching. As long as the writers/directors can pull off a sequel like the last one, and not like Tokyo Drift, I have no qualms if they make 100 F&F movies. Think 007 for the automobile.
@subytrojan,
Did you see the last movie? How is a 1987 Buick GNX, 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport, or a 1970 Chevelle SS considered Rice? I think people just like to rag on over-the-top tuner cars in the series because it's the 'cool' thing to do.
lexuslvr says:
10:05 PM, 01/14/2010
Can we get some Genesis Coupes, 370Zs, new GT-Rs, new EVOs, along with a M3, or CTS-V you know a new super lux sports car? Oh and through in a Prototype FT-86. Many movies have made cars even though they weren't out at the time(Transformers #1 the Camaro wasn't out so they made it off the Pontiac GTOs platform.)
double_duece says:
10:00 PM, 01/14/2010
Seriously?! They are going to have to start calling the franchise "More & Ludicrous."
subytrojan says:
09:04 PM, 01/14/2010
Stop the madness! :(
F&F = Rice, rice, baby