‘Fast & Furious 9’ Director Justin Lin Says ‘Fast Five’ Was Inspired By ‘The Golden Girls’

The “Fast & Furious” franchise is about to put on the brakes.

With Fast & Furious 9 aka F9 finally hitting theatre screens at the end of the month, Vin Diesel also made the heartbreaking announcement that F10 and F11 will conclude The Fast Saga for good.

LOS ANGELES -- Vin Diesel made a mark as the street racer patriarch in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, but the storyline starring his longstanding character will soon come to an end.Diesel said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press that the “Fast and Furious” saga will conclude after two more films following the upcoming ninth installment, “F9,” which releases in theaters June 25.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Fast & Furious” director Justin Lin will executive produce and direct the untitled project co-created by Nick Wootton and Jake Coburn from Universal TV.Per the logline, the pilot (which Wootton wrote) is a pulse-pounding, high-stakes two-hander about Elena Federova, a recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists throughout New York City for a mysterious purpose, and Val Fitzgerald, the

Fast & Furious franchise helmer Justin Lin has signed on to direct and executive produce NBC’s bank heist drama pilot from Nick Wootton and Jake Coburn, Julie Plec and her My So-Called Company and Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Justin Theroux is apologizing to fans.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorConcerns about holding the Tokyo OIympics continue to surface, but at least one participant is ready to go all in on it.NBCUniversal plans to broadcast 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage across NBC, USA, CNBC, NBCSN, and Peacock, among other properties, signaling the intense economic interest in keeping the athletic extravaganza going despite the challenges of holding it amid coronavirus outbreaks in Japan.

Paul Goldman Paul Goldman is the founder of the digital rights management company Muserk. I started my career as a composer, writing jingles and interstitial TV music. I was used to hearing my work out in the world, but I was still surprised when, on a trip to Tokyo about a decade ago, I caught a rerun of that year’s MTV Video Music Awards in a hotel gym; I had done all the show’s interstitials and packaging just weeks earlier.

Helen Mirren had a blast on the set of “Fast & Furious 9” with Vin Diesel.

Few franchises have endured the improbable twists and turns of “The Fast and the Furious” series. In the years since, what began as a cheap summer programmer took many forms, transforming from a “Point Break”-style cops-versus-criminals romp to an international, multifaceted spy franchise and in the process became the most successful franchise in the history of Universal Studios.

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Paul Walker's daughter, Meadow Walker, is no exception.

Bob Costas, who hosted 12 Olympic Games telecasts for NBC, believes the Tokyo Olympics should not go forward due to risks from Covid-19.

Actor John Cena is facing a backlash after apologising to China for referring to Taiwan as a country in a promotional interview. According to CNN, the actor made the comments while speaking to the Taiwanese network TVBS, stating: “Taiwan is the first country that can watch F9.

Actor John Cena is facing a backlash after apologising to China for referring to Taiwan as a country in a promotional interview. According to CNN, the actor made the comments while speaking to the Taiwanese network TVBS, stating: “Taiwan is the first country that can watch F9.

Vin Diesel's Fast & Furious 9 is leading the way. The Hollywood action drama which released over the weekend internationally is already making records at the box office.