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Filed under: Etc., Celebrities It's official - The Fast and the Furious franchise will get another chapter. Speculation about a fifth installment had been rampant since Fast and Furious once again struck box office gold for NBC Universal last year. The rumors of a fourth sequel came to a head last month when Dominic Toretto himself made the announcement to his 7,385,034 Facebook fans that writer Chris Morgan had handed him scripts for a fifth and sixth movie in the series. Yet, there was no official word from the studio, until now. Besides Vin Diesel (Toretto), Paul Walker (Brian O'Conner) and director Justin Lin will also return for what's now known simply as Fast Five. Apparently the gang isn't so furious anymore. The franchise should be in good hands, as this crew has ridden through at least two movies apiece and Chris Morgan was the author of the screenplays for the last two installments (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast and Furious). Those two chapters were arguably the best in the FNF filmography. The official announcement didn't include word of the suggested sixth installment, but if Vin is to be believed, they might be filming episode five and six back-to-back with a staggered release schedule possibly taking the franchise to its ten-year anniversary in 2011. [Source: Cinematical | Image: Charley Gallay/Getty]Fast Five official: Walker and Diesel reteam for fifth Furious movie originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Etc., Celebrities, Rumormill Few film franchises have gone into six installments. But then few film franchises have been such enormous box office hits as The Fast and the Furious series. Now it appears that, after four installments already released, NBC Universal could be on its way to filming numbers five and six together for staggered release. The news was broken by none other than Vin Diesel himself, the star of the film series, on his Facebook page. According to Diesel: If 2009's 'Fast and Furious' was chapter one, what writer Chris Morgan just delivered is Chapter 2 and chapter 3. I have never been submitted a two story saga from a studio before... it is very exciting, and shows a commitment level that is hard not to respond to. Excited about the sexy locations the filming of this sag... Chris Morgan was the writer behind the last two installments (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast and Furious), and according to Diesel, he's already written the next two screenplays. That, of course, doesn't mean they've both been approved for production, but with the director, writer and lead actor reportedly already on board, the studio would have to have gone speed-blind to pass up these cash cows. [Source: Facebook | Image: Charley Gallay/Getty]No Escaping the NAWS: Vin Diesel hints at Fast and Furious 5 and 6 on Facebook originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments