THE THRIVE FAST FURIOUS
‘ FAREWELL for LIN’ NEW ANTAGONIST
A sequel, titled Furious 7, was announced in April 2013. Lin would not return to direct the sequel as Universal pursued an accelerated schedule for
THE THRIVE FAST FURIOUS the film, with a release date scheduled for 11, 2014, just over a year after the rellease of Fast & Furious 6. Lin was replaced by director James Wan that same month. After the death of Paul Walker, the release date was postponed to April 3, 2015.
Jason Statham and David Tennant were at different points considered to play the film ' s antagonist before Luke Evans signed on. It is interesting to note that Jason will be playing main antagonist in the next film. Acting as Owen Shaw, he got hazardous scene as what action films do. For Owen Shaw ' s Flip Car, Lin tasked the film ' s vehicle designer with developing a car capable of driving head first into moving vehicle and flipping them into the air. McCarthy and his team designed a fully functional, low to the ground, formula racing car with a ramp on its front that allowed it to catapult other cars into the air while keeping the Flip Car driver safe.
THE THRIVE FAST FURIOUS
Fast & Furious 6 earned $ 239 million in North America and $ 550 million elsewhere for a worldwide total of $ 789 million. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline. com estimated that the film made a profit of $ 135.1 million. Worldwide, it is the forty sixth highest-grossing film, the sixth high highest-grossing 2013 film and the fourth highest-grossing Universal film.