According to Justin Lin the latest installment of the high-octane car racing franchise will be more similar in tone to a Bond movie.
Justin Lin said: "I feel like we're going into Bond territory. We have an antagonist for the first time. The dude's formidable. Basically, it's Heat on steroids."
Meanwhile, Sung Kang - who plays Han Seoul-Oh - added: "This story has nothing to do with money. We got $10m each last time, how much do we need? So it's another heist movie, but our loot's a family member."
The film will reportedly see the gang try to rescue Michelle Rodriguez's Letty Ortiz, who was believed to have died in the fourth film in the series, but is now aligned with villain Owen Shaw, played by Luke Evans. With the stakes raised, the film's star and producer Vin Diesel imagines the tone being similar to Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy.
He added to Empire magazine: "We're dealing with a character that's lost their memory.
"When it comes down to it, it's a family saga. I've always said we should approach it in a Francis Ford Coppola kind of way."
Also a Featurette has been released for the characters of the film.