The Fast & Furious franchise may last longer than expected!

A few days ago, it was revealed that Universal were looking at Justin Lin to direct the upcoming two part finale to their Fast & Furious franchise. However, that now does not seem to be the case, Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley has recent spoken to Hollywood Reporter about the future of the franchise;

"We think there's at least three more," says Langley. "...I think it's still a growing franchise. We'll see what happens with 'Furious 7,' obviously, but our box office has grown over the past three or four films and internationally, in particular. So we think that there's more to mine there. But we're of course very mindful about fatigue."

New "Fast And Furious 6" poster & shocking Justin Lin news...

Universal have released a full crew poster for the upcoming instalment in the Fast And Furious franchise "Fast & Furious 6". With this poster, this week we found out that Justin Lin won't be returning to do anymore "Fast" films, he joined the franchise for "Tokyo Drift" which I personally thought would have destroyed the franchise. Which I was wrong obviously, then he went on to do three more film including the newest one releasing soon.

We also recently heard from Vin Diesel himself that they are going to start shooting Fast & Furious 7 this Summer, reports are suggesting that Universal Pictures want to get the seventh film out by next year an that Justin Lin has opted not direct it.

If Lin had stayed on board with the Fast franchise then he would have tied John Glen for the record for most English language film directed by the same person passing some of the greats Steven Spielberg for his "Indiana Jones" franchise, George Lucas with "Star Wars" and David Yates with "Harry Potter".

New "Fast & Furious 6" poster

So here is the new teaser poster for the upcoming instalment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, oh look Vin Diesel and some American muscle have we not seen this before?

Synopsis for "Fast & Furious 6"

We are awaiting the first footage for "Fast & Furious 6" which is set to air during this years Super Bowl in a couple of days. Universal have released a full synopsis for the upcoming film releasing in a few months, they have said;

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in "Fast & Furious 6." Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favorites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano.

Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete.

Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

Building on the worldwide blockbuster success of Fast Five and taking the action, stunts and narrative to even greater heights, "Fast & Furious 6" sees director Justin Lin back behind the camera for the fourth time. He is supported by longtime producers Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel, who welcome producer Clayton Townsend back to the series.

Luke Evans joins "Fast 6"

Looks like they are finally putting the pieces together for the upcoming instalment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise. Production is set to begin this Summer, with filming to take place in both London an Berlin. I personally can not wait for it, I'm a sucker for the "Fast" films. With the addition of Luke Evans makes this film that bit more interesting. "We already knew that the Justin Lin-directed Fast and Furious 6 would be taking place overseas, and Johnson recently told Steve that they’ll specifically be filming in London and Berlin. Variety’s casting report notes that the plot involves everyone’s favourite street racing crew going across the pond to work on a heist job. Evans’ villain role is that of the leader of another crew attempting to pull off the same job. We previously learned that Jason Statham turned down a role in the film, so presumably he was offered this same villain that Evans will be playing."   

This is pretty good news in my opinion,  I'm guessing that Luke will not start his filming for this film until he has finalised all his commitments to "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" which he is playing a skilled archer called Bard.

"Fast & Furious 6" teaser poster

This has to be possibly the worst teaser poster of all time, it's essentially just the films title an nothing more. Here it is for you to take a look at.