Yahoo Autos Everything We Know About Fast and Furious 8
It doesn't feel like it's been 15 years since the original Fast and Furious movie came out, but it has. Since then, there have been six more F&F movies, and there aren another three on the way before the end of the decade.
That means the eighth installment, now officially known as The Fate and the Furious, comes out April of next year. While we wait, here's everything we've learned about the movie so far.
This post is being continually updated.
The first trailer is finally here
What? Dom betrays the family? Hasn't he been the one saying nothing's more important than family for the last seven films? Yes, he has. We know this because that's what the previous teaser was all about:
It may win an Oscar
Now that F. Gary Gray is directing, Vin Diesel thinks Fast 8 finally has what it'll take to make an Oscar run. Speaking with ET, Diesel said Gray "went into making this movie with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder, going 'Oh, really? Ok. Now I'm going to take the biggest saga in the world, and I'm about to throw Oscars at you.'"
Sure, it sounds unlikely to anyone who saw the last couple F&F films, but who are we to question Vin Diesel?
There will be a couple new faces, and probably a few old ones
Most notably, Charlize Theron has signed on to play the film's villain, and Scott Eastwood is expected to play Kurt Russell's partner. Additionally, there are rumors that Eva Mendez will reprise her role as customs agent Monica Fuentes and that Lucas Black will return as Tokyo Drift's Sean Boswell. Oh, and Paul Walker's brother Cody is also rumored to have a role.
You can also expect Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson to return, as well as Nathalie Emmanuel (the woman who played Ramsey).
Update 5/20: Charlize Theron has been confirmed as the new villain, her character will be named Cipher.
Update 6/15: Helen Mirren confirmed that she will join the cast of Fast 8, in an interview with our sister publication Elle. "I've always rather loved driving," said Mirren. I said, 'I'll be in it, but only if I'm allowed to drive if I do drive in it.' But we'll see"
Sadly, Mirren recently revealed that her character doesn't get drive anything. What makes it even worse is that she's apparently one of the few actors on set who can drive a manual.
The main location will be New York City
Most of the F&F films have taken place in California, but Fast 8 will be set in New York City, at least that's what Vin Diesel told Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. It's also what they hint at in their Instagram post.
Part of the action takes place in Cuba
This isn't much of a secret anymore, but it has the potential to be one of the coolest parts of the movie. Fast 8 is the first American film to be allowed to shoot in Cuba since the embargo. Not only are we looking forward to the location itself, we're also excited to see the awesome, old American cars that will be featured.
Somehow Cleveland is involved, too
We still have no idea what the context is here, but Fast 8 is shooting in Cleveland and was recorded dropping a car from a parking garage. A car crashing off a parking garage and into the street in a F&F movie isn't a surprise at all, but the bigger question is why? Does the team actually go to Cleveland at some point, or is it simply being used as a less-expensive shooting location? We assume the latter, but you never know.
They also visit Iceland at some point
The Fast 8 crew has been spotted filming in Iceland with a wide variety of vehicles, including some armored trucks. That's supposedly where the movie's biggest action scene will take place. But let's hope the rest of the horses stay safe.
You can expect a return to more street racing
The Fast and Furious franchise will reportedly go back to focusing on street racing, per Paul Walker's wishes. You probably won't see any more Lykan Hypersports driving through buildings like in the previous movie, but that's probably not a bad thing.
Good luck going very fast in NYC, though.
There's something big in store for Hobbs
Luke Hobbs, the Diplomatic Security Service agent who has been chasing and helping the Furious gang since the fifth installment, was a major character in his own right in Furious 7. According to this Instagram post by star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, there could be more in store for Hobbs-potentially including his own spinoff series:
We'll see plenty of exploding cars
Would it actually be a Fast & Furious movie without cars crashing into other cars, a few explosions, and at least one scene of total carnage? Of course not. And now we have a better idea of what that'll look like. We also have a reminder that it's dangerous to park your car in a parking deck in the F&F universe.
Other vehicles being included
We're gathering shots of cars from the movie as we find them.
Here, we have these Dodge Chargers (and one Subaru WRX STI).
It also looks like a RallyFighter and a Lamborghini will be included, too.
And the Iceland scene will reportedly use this awesome tracked snow machine called a Ripsaw.
The best look we've gotten at the cars of Fast 8 (so far) comes from a Facebook Live video recorded in the warehouse they're keeping the cars in. It's more than 15 minutes long and includes far too many cars to list, but it's definitely worth checking out.
Of the many, many cars shown in the video, one of the most interesting is what looks like the Nissan IDx NISMO concept.
Now that's awesome.
Fast 8 also posted a few clear shots of a few movie cars. Check them out below.
It looks like Dom also gets a jet-powered Charger to drive around Iceland.
Unfortunately, it's just a movie prop. The car isn't actually powered by a jet turbine in real life.
Here's the ad for the movie than ran during Super Bowl LI
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