Universal Approves Fast and Furious Trilogy

Vin Diesel a.k.a Dominic Toretto took to Facebook to announce the approval for three new films in the Fast and Furious franchise, starting from Fast 8. Universal gave the approval for the film though there is no one to helm the project. James Wan, who directed Fast and Furious 7 has said no to direct the next instalment.

In the post Vin Diesel said, “The fans of the Fast & Furious SAGA are the best fans in the world... Since I became the Producer in 2008, you have been with me every step of the way... literally giving me feedback that proved invaluable. Thank you. My producing partner Neal would love for me to just sign off on a director, but this is too special a franchise, so these matters have to be very carefully handled. To be clear, NO ONE has been offered to helm Fast 8 yet... let alone seen a script.
Universal has been so good to me and so trusting of the vision... they have been like family... I promised the studio I would deliver one last Trilogy to end the saga. I will announce the directors on my next post...”

Not much is known about the 8th part in the series but Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and Michelle Rodriguez will be part of the cast. Fast 7 was a huge success and made $1.5 billion worldwide. The new trilogy will mark the end of the series that started in 2001. 

Source: businessinsider.com