TheFast & Furious franchiseis set to continue with its eighth installment next year;The Fate of the Furious. Universal Pictures unveiled the official title for what everyone previously was callingFast 8, as well as a little tease for the trailer, which is debuting tonight. Now the studio has released a brand new poster for the movie.
The new poster was posted to the officialFast & FuriousTwitter account today and it teases trouble on the horizon forVin Dieseland hisFastfamily.The Fate of the Furiousposter boasts the slogan “family no more,” and any fan of this franchise knows that family is a huge element, so that implies there could be something of a civil war with theFast & Furiouscrew this time around.Vin DieselandDwayne Johnsonare featured on the poster not looking overly fond of one another, so that could mean we’ll be seeing those two square off for the first time sinceFast Five. Given the fact that they were reportedly not getting along on set, that would be fitting. Here is the official synopsis forThe Fate of the Furious.
“Now thatDom and Lettyare on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game-and the rest of the crew has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world’s stage…and to bring home the man who made them a family.”
Along with the poster reveal, theFast & FuriousTwitter account also confirmed that the first full trailer forThe Fate of the Furiouswill debut at 5:05 PT duringSunday Night Footballon NBC. In addition to the reveal, the cast and crew from the movie will also be taking part in a Facebook live event that will coincide with the debut of the trailer, which is surely going to be action packed. Even the very brief tease that Universal released earlier in the week had a ridiculous amount of action stuffed into the span of about 10 seconds.
Furious 7set a new high mark for the long-running franchise last year, becoming one of the fastest movies to ever gross $1 billion worldwide and finished with $1.51 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing movies ever. That is nearly double the second-highest grossing movie in the franchise, which wasFast & Furious 6with $788 million. There is no reason to thinkThe Fate of the Furiouswon’t also be able to cross the $1 billion mark next year.
The cast forThe Fate of the Furiousincludes returning starsVin Diesel,Dwayne Johnson,Jason Statham,Michelle Rodriguez,Tyrese Gibson,Chris “Ludacris” Bridges,Nathalie Emmanuel,Elsa PatakyandKurt Russell. In addition to winnerCharlize Theron, the movie will introduce series newcomersScott Eastwoodand Oscar Oscar winnerHelen Mirren. The movie is directed byF. Gary Gray, who most recently directedStraight Outta Compton. Be sure to check out the new poster for yourself below and be on the lookout forThe Fate of the Furioustrailer tonight.
