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Elaine Chin is swapping Participant Media for Two Sentence Horror Stories producer Stage 13.

All good things must come to an end. Or as Dominic Toretto might say, “Quarter miles don’t last forever…family…Brian…ten-second car…muscles” I don’t know, I haven’t seen a ‘Fast & Furious’ film since “Fast 5” and just watched the trailers for the other four.

As fans await the release of Fast & Furious 9, latest reports reveal that Universal Pictures is considering turning the ignition off on the Fast Saga. The blockbuster franchise released its first movie The Fast and the Furious in 2001 and over 20 years, the movie has an ocean of fans and boasts of jaw-dropping box office records.

franchise is nearing the end of their road — well, after, and then two more films, that is.

The “Fast & Furious” movies have been among the most successful in Hollywood history, with the upcoming “Fast 9” slated to hit theatres in May 2021.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is planning to wrap up its Fast & Furious core film franchise with two final movies that will bring to a close a franchise which has revved its way to become the highest grossing movie series in the studio’s history.

Will there be a Fast & Furious live-action TV series? Universal Television just inched a step closer to making that longtime rumor a reality. Justin Lin, a key architect of the Fast & Furious franchise, has signed a sweeping multiple-year overall deal with Universal Pictures and Universal Studio Group in which he will create new film and TV projects for the two NBCUniversal-owned divisions.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Management and production company 42 (The Courier) is teaming with fledgling LA-based label A-Major Media to develop and produce Megan Chan Meinero’s play Good Fortune for film. New York playwright Chan Meinero is writing the adaptation.Mary Lee, previously head of film at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment, is producing for A-Major, which she set up last year year to champion Asian-American voices in film and TV.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Participant has boarded Abacus, the drama that Justin Lin will direct based on a script by Kenneth Lin (Star Trek: Discovery, House of Cards) and James Schamus (Indignation, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Participant joins as financier, and producer alongside Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment.

Cinemax just announced the return of their action-packed drama series “Warrior” for a second season this October. The show, based on the writings of Bruce Lee, just debuted the first teaser for its second season, and it brings even more slow-motion fight scenes in the rain.

By Zoe Hewitt

A new production company focused on Asian American content has launched with a majority investment from Valence Media, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.

Fast & Furious 9 is one of the most anticipated films of 2020 as Vin Diesel & co. return one more time.