Universal is planning Fast & Furious films through to Fast & Furious 10 at least, it seems...
A rumour sprang up last week, that we reported here, suggesting that Universal was looking to lure director Justin Lin back to helm two final Fast & Furious movies, which would take the series up to nine films. As it turns out, the studio is planning at least ten, and has no immediate end line in sight for the series.
Donna Langley, the chair of Universal Pictures, took part in an 'executive roundtable' with The Hollywood Reporter, and she was asked as to where the Fast & Furious films stood, not least following the death of Paul Walker a year ago. "Paul is, and always will be, an integral part of the story", Langley said. "But there are many other great characters, and it's also an opportunity to introduce new characters. I think it's still a growing franchise".
How ongoing, though? "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."
"There's at least three more," she confirmed.
A 10-film boxset at the very least then it looks like. And that's before any reboot that may or may not happen...
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