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  • 'The Fate of the Furious' Blu-ray Exclusive Clip: Vin Diesel on His Screen Chemistry With Charlize Theron

    Get your first look at the "Chemistry" featurette, one of the extras from the upcoming home video edition of 'The Fate of the Furious,' released on July 11

  • 'The Fate of the Furious' Exclusive: F. Gary Gray Takes On 'Huge Challenge' of Directing 'Fast 8' In New Clip

    Featurette illustrates the assured leadership of director ('Set It Off,' 'The Negotiator') tackling his first film in monster 'cars and family' franchise

  • 'Fate of the Furious' Screens in Full at CinemaCon, and a New Trilogy Begins, Vin Diesel Says

    Universal surprised the CinemaCon audience by debuting The Fate of the Furious, the eighth installment in its hit franchise, in full Wednesday. Star-producer Vin Diesel took the stage to talk about the franchise, which he’s been a part of since the beginning. “One of the things we’re so proud of with this chapter is how much we defied expectations,” said Diesel.

  • 'Fast and Furious' Spin-Offs in the Works

    By Brent Lang Variety exclusive: The Fast and Furious franchise may take a page from Star Wars and Marvel. Producer and star Vin Diesel tells Variety that the team behind the fast cars and criminals series is in the preliminary stages of developing prequels and spin-offs. It’s a very rich property and we’re committed to treating it with a lot of class.” The actor did not say which characters would get their own standalone films, but in the past, Dwayne Johnson has hinted that he’d like to see his character, Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs, branch out into independent adventures. Universal Pictures Chairman Donna Langley confirmed that talks were taking place about ways to broaden the series’ reach.

  • 'Furious 8': F. Gary Gray Confirms He Will Direct

    F. Gary Gray (Photo: Picture Perfect/Rex Shutterstock) By Justin Kroll Following Vin Diesel’s news that F. Gary Gray is his choice to direct Fast and Furious 8, the Straight Outta Compton director has made it official. The director tweeted he has come on to direct the next installment of the series, which begins filming next year.