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My summer movie guide to Furious 7 may have prematurely called an end to the franchise with the death of its lead star Paul Walker. Especially since it is became the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide. But for fast of the fast and furious variety, it seems smart to set aside April 14, 2017 on your calender for the next installment, according to de-facto series star Vin Diesel from CinemaCon today. And maybe Kurt Russel will play a bigger part! Aside from the release date and some vague details, nothing else is known but considering the amount of money still being delivered from this seven film series, Universal Picture would surely be stupid to stop milking that cow while the audience is still sucking its teat. Paul Walker may have been an integral part of the franchise, his death (and apparently very touching tribute at the end of the last film) will not end the Furiousness. In fact, maybe it will just increase it.

Hollywood 's 'It-Woman' who has played everything from royalty to an assassin wants a part in the Fast & Furious series. Helen Mirren told Yahoo : My great ambition is to be in a Fast and Furious movie. I so want to be a mad driver in a Fast and Furious movie. My claim to fame is I always do my own driving — I was on Top Gear, and I did [my lap] in a very good time. I keep putting it out there, and they never ask me. If this series is to continue, this needs to happen. If only so Mirren can proclaim her Vin Diesel love in person.

Furious 7 : Opening April 3 Full disclaimer: I have not seen a single Fast and Furious movie since the first upon it's initial release. That hasn't stopped me from wanting, and failing, to see at least the last two. The Good : In spite of every other long running franchise, this series (again, based on general perception and reviews since I haven't endured them myself) seem to have only gotten better over time. I have caught bits and pieces of Fast 5 and Furries 6 or whatever nomenclature they went by and was impressed. One day, I'll get to the rest. Director James Wan comes onboard to the franchise after a few mainstream horror films you may have heard of such as Saw, Insidious, or The Conjuring. At the very least, his unique style of direction should lead to good things. Also of note, in the spirit of the series adding antagonists to later be recruited into whatever Vin Diesel and Paul Walker aim to do, both Kurt Russell and Jason Statham appear to be the