No small amount of irony in Justin Lin exiting the Fast & Furious franchise, all because Universal is going too damn fast!
Though a completely amicable departure, Lin will be foregoing directing duties on the 7th film as Universal is demanding one ready for summer of next year. The filmmaker has directed the last four films in the franchise and is said to be “exhausted” and not particularly interested in developing the next movie before this one is even finished. Can’t say I blame him. I wonder if Universal wishes they’d pushed harder for that back-to-back production of 6 and 7 they were originally after.
I’m inclined to believe Lin on this one whereas, say, Gary Ross’s timetable-based departure from Hunger Games seemed like a more complicated mix of salary disagreements and interest in other projects. I legitimately believe Lin is exhausted, and a one-year turnaround for a blockbuster of this scale is kind of nuts…
It’s said they’ll pick his replacement very quickly (duh), so do you have any suggestions to toss out before we hear the final choice? I suggest Refn!
Source | THR
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I bet he’s furious about that.
Michael Haneke. Make it happen.
Brian De Palma and I’m sticking with that.
Get John Woo back into action films 🙂
Admit it. You all know it’s going to someone like Brett Ratner.
John Woo to finsh the Fast series with part 7. Make. It. Happen.
Terrence Malick. All the car chases would be filmed in slow motion and contemplative.
edit: with narration voice over.
And Malick would reduce Diesel from lead to bit part (in the editing room, naturally), and have George Clooney sow up at the end. And Malick would probably bring back Cole Hauser from 2 Fast, Johnny Strong from part one, and then have the character of Jesse from the original miraculously have survived Rick Yune’s uzi motorcycles. Because Malick loves an overstuffed cast. And narration. And he’d make part 7 be 4 hours long. Good God, that sounds like a nightmare.
Universal is kind of stupid to be rushing the 7th film out for next year. They’ve gotten 4 F&F movies from Lin in 7 years. That’s not a small accomplishment and at least 3, 4, and 5’s box office increased with each installment (and I’m sure 6 will make a shitload of money, too). The studio’s just too damn greedy, and they should have recognized by now that a minimum of 2 years between installments was a GOOD thing. Let the man take a break, for crying out loud, and set it up so 7 (and supposedly, last) Fast can come out in 2015. See what I did there? Your title!! Fast And Furious 7 aka Last Fast!!!
Mann.
No John Woo. I don’t want Doves flying out the exhaust pipes In Slo Mo. or any of that Ballet fighting crap. Give it to John Hyams.
Considering the fact that De Palma has almost worked with Statham twice now (Parker & Heat), you never know…
Will Tokyo Drift forever be retconned to be further and further in the future, and remain the last in the franchise, chronologically?
I love that Lin snuck his old film, Better Luck Tomorrow, into the franchise by including Han from that film. Sneaky, sneaky….
Nope, it’s kind of already been confirmed Fast 7 takes place after Tokyo Drift.
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