[Trailer] Furious 7
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The next (and seemingly final) entry in the Fast & Furious franchise has officially been renamed Furious 7 with the release of the film's first trailer. Since Fast Five, the Fast & Furious franchise has almost singlehandedly held up the Hollywood blockbuster action genre, elevating its heights over every successive film and making Fast & Furious 6 the highest-grossing film in the franchise. However, with lead actor Paul Walker's untimely death last year, production on Furious 7 was stalled for awhile, and the prospect of the film's release was at risk. But much like Vin Diesel's character Dom loves to re-iterate, the cast and crew is "family," and the film pushed on.
Which brings us to this past weekend when the first trailer for Furious 7 was released. As we've come to expect from the franchise, the trailer is full of high-energetic set pieces, including an opening clip of the crew car parachuting out of an aircraft to rob a truck. Also playing a pivotal role in the 2-minute-long trailer is Jason Statham's debut in the film. As if the trailer wasn't already lacking in sheer badassness, there's even a small scene of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wielding a gatling gun. Furious 7 is gonna be awesome.
Theaters will get a little more Furious (7) in April 2015.
Fast & Furious 7 Resuming Production in April
January came and went, and the rumor of Fast & Furious 7 re-entering production last month proved to go unfounded. However, with a new release date set for April 10, 2015 and a script that will honor both Paul Walker and his Brian O'Conner character, the film is ready to resume production in April. It's being reported that Brian O'Conner will be written off and not killed off, and director James Wan and screenwriter Chris Morgan have altered existing footage to fit the script's new direction.
The decision is vastly superior to the rumored options of having Walker's younger brother to represent him as a body double or by using CGI to implant his face on another actor's head. With only several weeks of shooting left, Wan and his team have more than a year of post-production to create a cohesive film that will befit not only Walker's legacy, but the Fast & Furious franchise as a whole.
[via /Film]