Art imitating life. Meadow Walker, daughter of the late Paul Walker, has relied on her godfather, Vin Diesel, as a major source of support since her father’s death, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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The “Fast & Furious” franchise is about to put on the brakes.
During a recent press junket, star Vin Diesel revealed that the upcoming 10th and 11th “Fast & Furious” movies will be the final ones in the franchise, which has so far brought in nearly $6 billion at the box office.
According to Diesel, those final two films will likely release in 2023 and 2024.
“Every story deserves its own ending,” said Diesel.
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Art imitating life. Meadow Walker, daughter of the late Paul Walker, has relied on her godfather, Vin Diesel, as a major source of support since her father’s death, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Fast and Furious alum Tyrese Gibson recently got candid about his 2017 feud with co-star Dwayne Johnson. Gibson, 42, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on to chat with guest host Tiffany Haddish and shared that he considers the latest Fast & Furious movie the most “vulnerable” yet and addressed his past feud with his co-star Dwayne Johnson. “We’ve been on the phone every other day.
Hollywood legend Helen Mirren recently returned as Magdalene Shaw aka Queenie in a cameo part in Fast and Furious 9. After fans loved her in her debut role, now Helen is opening up on the possibility of being a part of future films of the franchise.
Charlize Theron is opening up about whether she'd be down to star in a musical based on the franchise.ET spoke with the 45-year-old actress at her charity event over the weekend, where she was raising awareness and money for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project while also promoting the new action film.
Fast & Furious 9.Walker, who passed away in 2013, was an original star of the franchise, appearing as Brian O’Conner up until 2015’s Furious 7.Speaking to NME, Diesel opened up about casting wrestler Cena in the most recent film, admitting: “I’m a multi-cultural actor, you could’ve picked anybody to be my brother.“So there was a great moment of anxiety when it came time to think about who you would cast to be Jakob.
As “F9: The Fast Saga” is about to break a pandemic era box office record this weekend, Vin Diesel might already attempt to push Universal Pictures to new and strange places with the “Fast & Furious” franchise.
franchise continues to get faster and more furious with every installment, there are always potential surprises in store for the future.
Nine films later (10 if you count the ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ spinoff), it appears the ‘Fast & Furious’ Saga is entering its final quarter-mile stretch. And even though the film series is expected to end with a two-part finale, it appears that Vin Diesel, the godfather of all things fast and all things furious, already has the final scene in mind that will cap off the journey that began more than 20 years ago.
Vin Diesel is sharing his candid thoughts on the "magical" feeling he encountered which led to John Cena being cast as Dom's brother Jakob Torreto, also the main antagonist, in F9. During a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly Clarkson asked the 53-year-old actor how John ended up being a part of Fast & Furious 9."Obviously I'm multicultural.
Last year, action megastar Vin Diesel made headlines when he insisted that the release of the hotly anticipated ninth “Fast and Furious” installment – that ever-beloved media franchise that officially cemented Mr. Diesel’s legacy and made him the icon he is today – would not be delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vin Diesel is explaining his complicated relationship with his co-star, Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson.Diesel talks about Johnson in a new interview with, after the two made headlines in 2016 due to a reported on-set feud. In 2016, Johnson called a few of his male co-stars «candy a**es» and «unprofessional» on Instagram, which fans quickly speculated was about Diesel.
The Fast and Furious franchise is all set to wrap up after two more sequels to F9 and it's certainly going to be tough for fans to bid adieu to it. Ahead of F9's release in the US, the lead cast of the film got together for a red carpet premiere event and it seemed to be the first thing towards normality amid the pandemic.
As Universal Pictures releases “F9” later this month, there has been speculation from “Fast & Furious” fans how they’ll continue the cash-cow run of action films once everything is tied up with “Fast & Furious 10” or “Fast & Furious 11.” However, the most recent installment has already earned an impressive $270.6 million globally, ahead of its domestic release.
It is not every day that Vin Diesel attends a major event with his kids. So, on Thursday (June 17), the 53-year-old star’s real family met his cinematic one.
Vin Diesel is playing coy about Meadow Walker adding to her dad Paul Walker’s legacy in the “Fast & Furious” franchise.