Photo: Tyrese Gibson / Instagram
It’s official: the cameras are rolling and the first scenes in the new installment of the Fast and Furious franchise have been shot. Directed by the series’ veteran Justin Lin, the new movie, still unnamed, is slotted for release sometime in 2020.
While on the set at an undisclosed location the movie’s stars flooded the Internet with photos that have nothing to do with the flick itself, but are meant as a celebration of the milestone.
In an Instagram shot alongside his partner Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel said:
“We’ve just completed our first day. It feels like a miracle and we’re so grateful to you, Universal, for our whole team, an incredible crew, an incredible cast, and most importantly we’re so grateful to you, world, that has adopted us.”
At their end, Tyrese Gibson posted a photo of his empty set chair sitting next to Rodriguez’s, and Ludacris showed what appears to be the cover page for his part of the script.
With the major disappointment from a story standpoint that the Hobbs and Shaw spinoff is shaping up to be, we’re only hoping this new movie will mark a return to the original storyline.
But there’s literally no information about the plot of the new movie. What is known is that Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will sit this one out. Perhaps with those two out of the way, it’ll be once again more about racing and less about punching and kicking.
Scratch that. John Cena is in Fast and Furious 9. Probably driving a Ford GT.
The idea of a movie about street racing – remember, this is what the movie was originally about, not spies, submarines and hackers – popped up in 1998 as an article in VIBE magazine describing the racing underground in New York.
The movies, despite their many shortcomings, proved very lucrative, earning a total of $1.5 billion dollars in revenue over the years.
In an Instagram shot alongside his partner Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel said:
“We’ve just completed our first day. It feels like a miracle and we’re so grateful to you, Universal, for our whole team, an incredible crew, an incredible cast, and most importantly we’re so grateful to you, world, that has adopted us.”
At their end, Tyrese Gibson posted a photo of his empty set chair sitting next to Rodriguez’s, and Ludacris showed what appears to be the cover page for his part of the script.
With the major disappointment from a story standpoint that the Hobbs and Shaw spinoff is shaping up to be, we’re only hoping this new movie will mark a return to the original storyline.
But there’s literally no information about the plot of the new movie. What is known is that Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will sit this one out. Perhaps with those two out of the way, it’ll be once again more about racing and less about punching and kicking.
Scratch that. John Cena is in Fast and Furious 9. Probably driving a Ford GT.
The idea of a movie about street racing – remember, this is what the movie was originally about, not spies, submarines and hackers – popped up in 1998 as an article in VIBE magazine describing the racing underground in New York.
The movies, despite their many shortcomings, proved very lucrative, earning a total of $1.5 billion dollars in revenue over the years.
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