Universal Schedules ‘Fast & Furious 6′

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday June 24, 2011 @ 3:59pm PDT

The release date for Fast & Furious 6 is Memorial Day (May 24) of 2013. It follows the record-breaking success of Summer 2011′s Fast Five, which posted the biggest opening weekend in Universal Pictures history and will soon shoot past $600 million at the worldwide box office. The global blockbuster franchise (see my previous, ‘Fast Five’ Will Transition Franchise From Street Racing To Future Full Of Heist Action) reunites its ensemble cast ”for their most dangerous adventure yet”, according to the studio. Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel return to produce, and Justin Lin is lining up to go behind the camera for the fourth time in a row.

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‘Fast Five’ Will Transition Franchise From Street Racing To Future Full Of Heist Action

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday April 25, 2011 @ 6:47pm PDT

EXCLUSIVE: No one’s been harder on Universal than me for all its recent years of misses and no hits (if you don’t count Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me and Hop). So I’m relieved that the studio has a big fat blockbuster overseas in … Read More »

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