Tag: F9
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Forget Hobbs, This Character Actually Needs a Fast & Furious Spinoff
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Fast X.Despite being a supporting character to Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and the rest of his team, Sung Kang’s Han Lue is one of the most beloved characters in the Fast & Furious franchise. Since his introduction in Tokyo Drift, fans have gravitated towards his cool charm and…
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Fast X’s Bomb Sequence Was Shot With A Massive Two Ton Practical Prop
The “Fast and Furious” series has never shied away from using CGI, mostly because its increasingly extravagant stunts can’t all be done practically. Believe it or not, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker didn’t actually drive a Lykan Hypersport out the 50th-floor window of a skyscraper in “Fast and Furious 7.” And if you’ve seen the…
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U.S. Box Office: ‘Black Adam’ Flies to 7.6 Million in Previews
After spending more than a decade in development, Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam” is finally taking flight. The DC Comics and Warner Bros. superhero movie earned 7.6 million at the domestic box office in Thursday previews from over 3,500 theaters.The strong Thursday launch bodes well for the film, and it’s tracking higher than last year’s “F9,”…
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Charlize Theron, Sung Kang to Return for ‘Fast and Furious 10’
Vin Diesel will be surrounded by familiar faces in “Fast and Furious 10.”Fresh off the announcement that “Fast X” is the title of the next film and is currently in production, Universal Pictures has confirmed to TheWrap many of the returning cast members set to join Diesel on the next adventure.Charlize Theron, Sung Kang, Tyrese…
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Jason Momoa Joins Cast of ‘Fast and Furious 10’ in Mysterious Role
Dwayne Johnson recently said there was “no chance” he’d ever return to the “Fast and Furious” series, but Vin Diesel and company wasted no time in finding some star power to replace him. The franchise announced on Twitter that “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa is set to join the cast of the upcoming tenth film. While…
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Will ‘No Time to Die’ Lose MGM $100 Million? Studio Says Reports Are ‘Unfounded’ and ‘Not True’
“No Time to Die,” Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, just blew past the $730 million mark at the worldwide box office to become the highest grossing movie of the pandemic era. The film is now ahead of Universal’s “Fast and Furious” sequel “F9,” which ended its box office run with $721 million. But…
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‘Candyman’ Upended at PVOD #1 by Reduced Price ‘F9’ and New Release ‘Escape Room 2’
As theaters await “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (Paramount) and “No Time to Die” (United Artists) over the next two weeks, home viewing options are similarly on the rise. “Free Guy” (Disney), honoring a 45-day window, debuts on Premium VOD September 28. Friday sees two theatrical openers: “Addams Family 2” (United Artists) and “The Many…
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‘Vacation Friends’ Review: Lightweight Comedy Earns Guffaws with Familiar Mix of Raunch and Sentiment
Just as it’s easy to imagine “The Hangover” being transformed, with relatively minor script tinkering, into a deadly serious film noir, one can envision an early draft of “Vacation Friends” serving as the blueprint for a paranoid thriller about vacationers who discover much too late that their new acquaintances are aggressively chummy for all the…
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Disney Seeks to Force Scarlett Johansson Suit to Arbitration
Disney has filed a motion to force Scarlett Johansson into a private arbitration to address whether she is owed millions from the hybrid release of “Black Widow.”In the motion, attorney Daniel Petrocelli also argues that Disney lived up to its obligation to give the film a “wide theatrical” release, but that nothing in the contract…