

Universal's Jeff Kirschenbaum and Franklin Leonard will oversee the project for the studio. Original Films' Moritz has produced every film in the series, beginning in 2001 with the "The Fast and the Furious." Lensing will begin later this year for a 2011 release. The story finds protags Dom (Diesel) and Brian (Walker) as fugitives being pursued by relentless lawmen. Its box office haul was more than $350 million worldwide.Ĭhris Morgan is writing "Fast Five," marking the third time he and Lin have teamed for a "Fast and Furious" film. Studio has closed deals with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, director Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz to return to the franchise, which has become one of the studio's most lucrative.ĭiesel and Walker sat out the third chapter in the series but returned for last year's fourth installment, which was the highest-grossing "Fast and Furious" film and Universal's top grosser of 2009. The massively popular eighth episode in the Fast and Furious franchise earned 19.4 million. Universal Pictures is hitting the accelerator on a fifth installment of "Fast and Furious," currently being referred to as "Fast Five." It has become a familiar story The Fate of the Furious is, once again, the box office champ.
