Paul Walker’s sad demise: Hollywood mourns, Fast and Furious 7 to suffer, Hours to release on time

Hollywood woke up to a grievous Sunday as Paul Walker’s death news circulated across the globe and obviously among his friends, former colleagues and other members of the film industry. On the other hand, as far as the professional aspects are concerned, Universal Pictures declared that Fast and Furious 7’s shoot will go on, though uncertainty is looming large as how it will be possible. Pantelion Films and Lionsgate will also release Hours, which features late Paul Walker, on its scheduled date, December 13 in 15 select U.S. cities.

Hollywood actor Vin Diesel, who was also a close buddy of late Walker, took to Instagram sharing one of their past happy moment and saying, "Brother I will miss you very much. I am absolutely speechless. Heaven has gained a new Angel. Rest in Peace.” On Sunday morning Diesel tweeted, “My heart is hurting so sad. Paul walker was a good man. RIP my friend...Sorry to the Walker family.” The Fast and Furious franchise members mourned Walker’s death on their respective Twitter pages. Ludacris posted, “Your humble spirit was felt from the start, wherever you blessed your presence you always left a mark,…” Seth Green expressed his shock saying, “Shocked & sad to hear about Paul Walker. Met him several times over the years- a hard worker & always kind. Prayers …” Roland Emmerich tweeted, “Extremely saddened to hear of Paul Walker's passing. RIP” Zoe Saldana shared her sadness, “A very sad day indeed. R.I.P. Paul Walker. Our prayers are with you and your family.” Director James Wan was out of words, “I am so beyond heartbroken right now. I can't process anything.” Dwayne Johnson posted, “All my strength, love & faith to the Walker family during this heartbreaking time. We find our strength.. in his light. Love you brother.”

The Universal Pictures’ studio has been completely messed up after the untimely death of their very own Brian O’Conner aka Walker as they are clueless how to proceed with the further filming of the upcoming instalment of Fast and Furious. The studio executives and director Wan held a meeting on Sunday planning the further production which was scheduled to resume today in Atlanta after a Thanksgiving break. Following Atlanta the unit was slated to move to Abu Dhabi in January for some additional sequences. Universal released a statement saying they are “heartbroken” over the death news of Walker. Officials have stated that excessive speed caused the fatal car crash. Executives from Pantelion Films and Lionsgate also held a meeting with Hours producer Peter Safran on Sunday and they eventually decided that they will stick to their original date of releasing the Hurricane Katrina drama on December 13. Pantelion CEO Paul Presburger told, "After lots of back and forth, this is our decision. It's Paul's tour de force. He's in every frame of the movie.” Walker also produced the independent film with Safran. Safran said to a leading international daily, "Paul would have very much wanted us to move forward. He was incredibly proud of this project. We did a press junket two weeks ago, and I remember sitting with him and how excited he was for people to see this movie. He really looked to this movie to show people that he is an actor.” "He was looking for something to showcase his acting skills, which he so rarely had the chance to do. He hit it out of the park,” he added.