Universal Can’t Find A Director For ‘Furious 8,’ Are Worried Vin Diesel Might Want To
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An April 14, 2017 release date has been set, a script is being written, but there's one thing Universal needs before they can start moving ahead with the followup to the $1.5 billion dollar earning "Furious 7": a director. That's right, the next installment in the massively successful "Fast & Furious" franchise can't seem to get someone behind the camera, and the studio is looking under every rock they can to find someone.
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THR reports that while James Wan made a huge and very successful leap from horror to blockbusters with "Furious 7," the gruelling production apparently "compromised" his health, so he's bowed out, choosing to go to back to his bread and butter and make "The Conjuring 2" next. And while the trade doesn't have a list of contenders yet to step in, apparently Universal is looking at both seasoned hands and newbies to take on the gig, floating an offer to Jaume Collet-Serra ("Orphan," "Non-Stop," "Run All Night"), who was unable to do it, and reaching out to Justin Lin ("The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift," "Fast & Furious," "Fast Five") who decided to make "Star Trek Beyond" instead.
One scenario they reportedly don't want to see play out is Vin Diesel, who apparently has big sway over the franchise — including consultation on the filmmakers who get hired — deciding to do it himself. Depending on who you talk to, the actor was either meddlesome or collaborative during "Furious 7," lending his input to big action sequences and the script, causing filming to be held up at times. There is a rumor that Universal has a "fear" that Diesel will want to get behind the camera, though others say he wouldn't take such a risk.
At any rate, Universal has a pile of money with which to convince someone to take on the gig (a tactic Universal used to try and snare Wan for "Furious 8" after Lin turned them down). In the meantime, here's the Diesel directed "Los Bandoleros," a short that's a prequel to 2009's "Fast & Furious."
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? might as well let vin do it.
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Lmao, I'm tired of this ? franchise. Use these actors to better use and end this ? .
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If Wan couldn't do Furious 7 I wonder how he will think of Aquaman
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Get Sly Stone to do it.
The franchise is basically just the expendables in cars anyway -
Surprised they haven't put guns on the cars yet
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Surprised they haven't put guns on the cars yet
Matter of time they start riding around like they in a twisted metal game -
it's a sign this franchise should've definitely ended after Paul's death
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They'll be heading into space soon can't wait
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Or underwater lol
Vin diesel gonna get his scuba suit cut into a wife beater -
Give me 3 million dollars.
I'll direct that steaming pile of ? . -
Or underwater lol
Vin diesel gonna get his scuba suit cut into a wife beater
Don't forget he has to say the line to his crew as the camera pans around everyone"One last ride dive" -
I've Only Seen The 1st One All Way Through
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Good laughs through this thread lmao.
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They said Paul Walker was the heart of the franchise and he's gone, yet this ? is still going. ? franchise is harder to ? than a vampire.
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Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due
without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black? -
Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black?
Yeah dude that's old news LOLOL he's half black, his mother is white. He never met his real father but his mother told him his biological father was black. She later remarried to another black man and moved to NYC and from there Vin caught the acting bug from his stepfather. Vin Diesel has a twin brother by the way.
I seen pic of his twin before but never knew what race they were.
His brother & him look like that commercial where 1 has direct tv & the other has cable
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Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black?
Yeah dude that's old news LOLOL he's half black, his mother is white. He never met his real father but his mother told him his biological father was black. She later remarried to another black man and moved to NYC and from there Vin caught the acting bug from his stepfather. Vin Diesel has a twin brother by the way.
I seen pic of his twin before but never knew what race they were.
His brother & him look like that commercial where 1 has direct tv & the other has cable
LOL what the ? ? Vin's brother look like a ? child molesting serial killer. Look like he would wear lingerie and dance around wearing human skin. -
Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black?
Yeah dude that's old news LOLOL he's half black, his mother is white. He never met his real father but his mother told him his biological father was black. She later remarried to another black man and moved to NYC and from there Vin caught the acting bug from his stepfather. Vin Diesel has a twin brother by the way.
I seen pic of his twin before but never knew what race they were.
His brother & him look like that commercial where 1 has direct tv & the other has cable
That can't be his brother. LMFAO! -
Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black?
Yeah dude that's old news LOLOL he's half black, his mother is white. He never met his real father but his mother told him his biological father was black. She later remarried to another black man and moved to NYC and from there Vin caught the acting bug from his stepfather. Vin Diesel has a twin brother by the way.
Went to NYU with his little brother who's white as ? with blonde hair lol. But yea, his Paps Vincent Marc is black and looks just like him but shorter, didn't know that wasn't his real father and he was or is a media teacher over there teaches directing and editing classes. His mom is Italian. -
Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black?
Yeah dude that's old news LOLOL he's half black, his mother is white. He never met his real father but his mother told him his biological father was black. She later remarried to another black man and moved to NYC and from there Vin caught the acting bug from his stepfather. Vin Diesel has a twin brother by the way.
I seen pic of his twin before but never knew what race they were.
His brother & him look like that commercial where 1 has direct tv & the other has cable
Bruh, I never seen that ? before lol. I know he has a younger brother who's probably like 27 or 28 now. -
that ? looks crazy
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Maybe the should get F Gary Gray. He's directed action films before and worked with Vin Diesel on A Man Apart.
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Shhhiiieeeetttt he's been in what 6 of them no ? ? might as well let him direct.... he's a celebrity too so he can get other names into it look at Sly Stone with his franchise. Give a black man his just due without him anyways there is no Fast and Furious. That's all Vince has to say and they'll give him what he wants and pay him what he wants.
Vin Diesel is black?
Yeah dude that's old news LOLOL he's half black, his mother is white. He never met his real father but his mother told him his biological father was black. She later remarried to another black man and moved to NYC and from there Vin caught the acting bug from his stepfather. Vin Diesel has a twin brother by the way.
I seen pic of his twin before but never knew what race they were.
His brother & him look like that commercial where 1 has direct tv & the other has cable
Look like Vin Giamotti -
So Vin Diesel"s brother has been Syndrome from The Incredibles all this time?
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They need to let this franchise die. They sent Paul walker off the best way possible. And I know they cashed in on the dvd sales and the''extended cut''
