The Transporter Set to Join the Fast And The Furious Franchise?

The Transporter Set to Join the Fast And The Furious Franchise?

Twitch reports that Jason Statham may be the latest action star to join Universal Pictures tent-pole franchise.

By MarkJulian - Oct 04, 2011 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Twitch



Here's what Twitch reports:
Sources tell Twitch that Universal Pictures are currently looking in to the possibility of shooting Fast 6 and Fast 7 back to back in Europe throughout 2012 and, furthermore, that they are entering into preliminary conversations with Jason Statham to explore the possibility of the action star joining one or both films.








TThe Fast and The Furious film series is an action film that focuses on street racing and heists. Produced by Universal Studios, the series was established in 2001 with eponymous first installment, which has since been followed by four sequels, and two short films that tie into the series. In 2011, Fast Five was released in theaters.

After the creation of the third film, Tokyo Drift, filmmaker Justin Lin and writer Chris Morgan decided to connect their newest sequel with the original film of the series by casting Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster and Sung Kang to reprise their roles in subsequent sequels, Fast & Furious and Fast Five, whose plots provide a back-story of the characters and events that lead to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The installments are listed here in chronological order based on storyline instead of release order.

-The Fast and The Furious (2001)
-Turbo-Charged Prelude (6 minute film) (2003)
-2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
-Los Bandoleros (20 minute film) (2009)
-Fast & Furious (2009)
-Fast Five (2011)
-The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
-Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
      In a post-credits scene of Fast Five, Hobbs is given a special file by USA Customs Agent Monica concerning the hijack of a military convoy in Berlin. In the file, Hobbs discovers a recent photo of Leticia, Dominic's presumed-deceased girlfriend, revealing she survived the events of Fast & Furious, leading to the thought of a possible sequel. Vin Diesel and series producer Neal H. Moritz are already developing the sixth film Fast & Furious 6,which will be written by Chris Morgan.

Director Justin Lin stated in an interview that he intends to get Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Lucas Black, Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson and Tyrese Gibson back as well as others.[4] On June 24, 2011, Vin Diesel revealed on his Facebook account that the release date for Fast & Furious 6 is Memorial Day (May 24), 2013.




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InSpace
InSpace - 10/4/2011, 4:35 AM
lmao i thought you meant his character in the transporter, which would be one awesome crossover imo
BooYah
BooYah - 10/4/2011, 4:51 AM
Fast and Furious are the type if movies I can see Statham doing. I believe this.
BooYah
BooYah - 10/4/2011, 4:51 AM
*of not if
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/4/2011, 5:25 AM
oh great,just add more shit to the massive pile of steaming shit that is also know as the fast & the furious franchise.
ROMACK
ROMACK - 10/4/2011, 6:10 AM
That would add a touch of class if The Transporter Character was brought in and not just Statham as some random driver.
KALel3412
KALel3412 - 10/4/2011, 7:35 AM
fast five was the best summer movie this year
Herosave
Herosave - 10/4/2011, 7:42 AM
Yeah, the title got me too. I thought they were hinting at a crossover, which I think would be a great idea. I'll admit, I haven't seen the most recent ones to come out but I would make a concentrated effort to see any future releases if they brought in The Transporter character.
Talontd
Talontd - 10/4/2011, 9:33 AM
FAST FIVE was the best action movie of the year!!!!
PaulRom
PaulRom - 10/4/2011, 1:20 PM
It can work.
LucasMend
LucasMend - 10/4/2011, 3:34 PM
ROFL at the banners Mark!
Meh I just don't give a shit about this franchise anymore, never did actually, hate these movies.
Spectre94
Spectre94 - 10/4/2011, 4:09 PM
Fast Five was awesome. Bringing Jason Statham would be amazing
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