Vin Diesel Confirms Two 'Fast and Furious' Movies In Development
“With the success of this last one, and the inclusion of so many characters, and the broadening of scope, when we were sitting down to figure out what would fit into the real estate of number six, we didn't have enough space," Diesel tells THR. “We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships," he says, of including past characters played by Eva Mendes (photos "And when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages. The studio said, ‘You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'" The fifth film in the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise earned over $625 million worldwide. It's believed that the films will shoot back-to-back to cut production costs and include both a smaller storyline and another that would play out over both movies.
Vin Diesel says following the box office success of 'Fast Five' -- which expanded the film's world to an action-adventure heist -- the studio is looking to do multiple films.
) and Michelle Rodriguez (photos) in the films.
December 21, 2011 | |
