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Bring THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Home To The Family From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment This Summer

I would argue that F. Gary Gray’s latest, The Fate Of The Furious, was a small cut below its predecessor from director James Wan (Justin Lin’s Furious 6 is still my personal favorite to date from the Fast saga). Still, it makes its case as a deserving film that does exactly what its supposed to do while not being too undermined by any off-set drama between its two main stars. I suppose we’ll find out eventually what comes of the next two films of the series – I have a few of my own predictions – while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment sets course for #F8‘s Digital HD release on June 27 before opening on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, DVD and On-Denand and July 11. The official announcement below has all the details, including an extended cut of the film that could hopefully lend eyes to a certain scene that was […]

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Universal On Deck For Hobbs/Shaw Spin-Off From FAST Franchise

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Universal Pictures It was to be expected since its confirmation in late 2015, and now it looks as if things will officially take shape for the spin-off corner of Universal Pictures’s Fast And Furious saga. On Friday, new report from Deadline presented news on good terms that the studio is keen on efforts to manifest a spin-off that will join action movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in their own movie with a script by franchise scribe Chris Morgan. The news comes following the latest release of the eighth installment of the high speed action movie franchise, The Fate Of The Furious, and while I won’t divulge the specific twists and details that outline the prospects of this union, the film did greatly in invoking a buddy element that would bode well for both actors in their current positive chemistry. Ironically it also comes in the wake of other […]

Opinion: The ‘Fate’ Of Scott Adkins And The FAST AND FURIOUS Saga

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The hardcore fanbase cheering on martial arts action star Scott Adkins were vociferous in support of him obtaining a role in the months leading to the seventh installment of the Fast franchise, Furious Seven. Ultimately it never came to fruition, nor did the attempts to cheer him on for the role of Batman as it stands with Ben Affleck having earned his appeal with most fans now in lieu of Justice League and The Batman. I guess one other question remains now: Could Adkins snag a role this time in the forthcoming ninth installment following the pivot taken in The Fate Of The Furious this month? Well, I guess that will depend on what the studio plans for it first, although to be frank, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t, and there’s plenty of potential to go on. Gray’s film still leaves you wanting to learn more about Charlize Theron’s […]

Review: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Runs High On Big-Scale Action, Stalls Its Way To The Finish

Lee B. Golden III

I’ve spent my fair share of time fawning over Universal Pictures’s Fast franchise. However, in the wake of having seen its newest installation, F. Gary Gray’s The Fate Of The Furious, I think I’ve grown past the fandom a bit. That’s not to suggest that I’m exhausted from the franchise – I’m excited to see how it proceeded after Furious Seven, and I can’t wait to see what lies for the final two titles. I do feel left a little short on a the film’s ending on top of other things. I know it sounds nitpicky, but I did stay for the entirety of the end credits and sadly, there’s nothing after all of the explosive action and thrills and compelling plot twists. That said, the rest of the movie doesn’t disappoint in terms of said explosive action, thrills and twists and especially if you’ve been following the franchise since […]

Catch THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Cast & Crew World Premiere Live In NYC This Saturday

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The marketing is in full swing with just one week through to the release of the new movie, The Fate Of The Furious. The official Facebook page will have its own live feed from New York City for its world premiere on Saturday, April 8 at 6:30pm EST to which you can tune in through the player just below via its fan page. While you’re at it, I came across YouTuber Rossatron’s latest video dissecting the Fast franchise and exploring just what it is that makes it so successful. He makes some pretty staunch points about it, and all worth keeping in mind as we look toward the next two films rounding out the saga from Universal Pictures. Sidebar: As for how they’ll do it…well, I’m pretty sure they’ll find a way to make it work, though the Diesel V. Johnson beef still puzzles me some.

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS: Charlize Theron Lets Loose The Anarchy In The New Extended Trailer

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If you’ve developed a knack for putting certain pieces together, you might already be able to assemble what happens in a possible key moment that takes place between recent promo footage and Thursday’s newest trailer for The Fate Of The Furious. It’s a major thing and completely understandable, though it’s kind of funny that the sort of short-term memory and lack of attention to detail is the kind of thing the PR people are targeting, and if that’s the case then time will tell how that goes for future movies. So, yeah. I’m a little weary but there’s nothing wrong with helping present it to onlookers who otherwise feel curious or simply feed off of the hype and fandom and I doubt the caution will put a dent in Universal Pictures’s pocket as we’re coming off of a billion dollar box office grab from its predecessor as one of the […]

Vin Diesel Has No Choice In The Latest THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Teaser

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Universal Keen Fast fans were able to catch a glimpse last week when Universal Pictures surprsied fans with an online teaser with new footage for the new movie, The Fate Of The Furious. This one takes you a little more into the intrigue centered on main character Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and the twists that are bound to unfold when the film opens in April. It’s a square teaser as well, so… I guess that’s a thing now. Oh well. The game has changed. #F8 pic.twitter.com/vC7ScLKFro — Fast & Furious (@FastFurious) March 4, 2017

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Lands A New International Poster

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Gear heads and car lovers might be keen on Dodge’s new multitier campaign announced this week and you can click here to learn more about it. For others, it’s all about the action hitting the big screen next month with the release of F. Gary Gray’s The Fate Of The Furious which opens in the U.S. on April 14. That’s just a few days after its U.K. release as shown on the brand new international poster below from Universal Pictures, and so it’s worth noting as well, especially since there are morons on Twitter cropping the date out from the bottom. That’s a pretty asinine move, kids. Not nice. Peep it! (H/T: Filmoria)

Universal Pictures Unveils THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS In A New Poster

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With the rest of the world’s Fast And Furious fans waiting with baited breath for the release of director F. Gary Gray’s The Fate Of The Furious, a fresh new poster has arrived courtesy of Universal Pictures. Apparently the film also boasts possible run time of 160 minutes – that’s about 20 or so minutes more than its predecessor in which case, we may be in for a really grand entrance into the first lap of the final trilogy of the franchise. SYNOPSIS: On the heels of 2015’s Furious 7, one of the fastest movies to reach $1 billion worldwide in box-office history and the sixth-biggest global title of all time, comes the newest chapter in one of the most popular and enduring motion-picture serials of all time: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS. Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the […]

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THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Takes You Into Dom’s Deal With The Devil

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The biggest initial highlight of the new international promo for F. Gary Gray’s The Fate Of The Furious may very well be a feat for fans of Pitbull, Camila Cabello and J Balvin for their new song, “Hey Ma”. In the meantime, we all know what the current center of the brewing intrigue and danger is here for those heavily and emotionally invested in the now withering relationship between characters Letty and Dom, played by Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel. You get to sample some of that now along with the sadistic, conniving lurking of the villain character played by Charlize Theron in the new promo ahead of the film’s April 14 release. That’s a little more than a month and a half from now so I suppose a new trailer is in order. We’ll see! Catch the new international trailer below!

New TV Spots For JOHN WICK: CHAPTER TWO, LOGAN, GHOST IN THE SHELL And More!

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Right about now you’re either reading this blog or watching football. Or both. Anyway, it’s Sunday and with a certain football game happening today, that means a select number of specific (and expensive) promotional spots for a line-up of this year’s theatrical releases, and a Netflix series fave: John Wick: Chapter Two (2/10), Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2 (5/5), Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (5.26), Logan (3.3), Transformers: The Last Knight (6.23), Ghost In The Shell (3.17), and The Fate Of The Furious (4.14), Stranger Things: Season Two (10.31). Check it all out in the playlist below!

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS: Family Falls Apart In The First Official Trailer

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Ask anyone up until now if you thought the ever-loyal Toretto family wasn’t going to have its share of trials and tribulations, and they’d probably tell you you were up your own ass for even asking that. Well, leave it to A Man Apart and Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray and his band of miscreants at Universal Pictures to turn things upside down for those naysayers who have been in for a huge surprise during the trailer launch on Sunday night for the new film, The Fate Of The Furious which now puts the famed love story between Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) in sheer jeopardy, leaving a lot of people asking a series of WTFs online and such. It’s great dialogue for Universal though as I expect it may be, further driven by whatever past updates from the film’s other major star, Dwayne Johnson, may […]

Universal Announces THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS As The Official Title Of Upcoming Fast Saga Installment

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Plotting the continuing course that lies ahead of the “open road” for The Fast And The Furious franchise hasn’t been an easy feat to achieve in the last few years. Thankfully we’ve seen Universal Pictures deliver on this tenfold in 2015 having endured the trauma of real life tragedy a few years earlier and the production challenges that ensued thereafter for its seventh installation, Furious Seven. And so it begins once again – the journey to explore what remains of a story to tell centered on our group of gearheads, racers, hackers and special ops agents as they continue to take on the residual swarm of villains stemming from Furious 6 joining the likes of Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Michelle Rodriguez and Elsa Pataky once again with Jason Statham, Nathalie Emmanuel and Kurt Russell along with Scott Eastwood and actresses Charlize Theron and Dame Helen […]