The seeming tribute to the deceased actor along with the amazing production value of “Fast and Furious 7,” enabled it to become the highest grossing films in the franchise. The movie went on to become the sixth highest grossing film of all time worldwide.
Meanwhile, the “Fast & Furious” franchise has always been about fast cars, plenty of muscles, and a lot of slam-bang action. It is officially the most successful film franchise of Universal Pictures.
The film series has never pretended nor attempted to do an Oscars-worthy film over the course of seven movies. But things would change come the eighth installment of the franchise.
In a recent pronouncement, actor-producer Vin Diesel said that the entry of F Gary Gray as director of “Fast & Furious 8” has immediately turned the next installment of the franchise as a possible contender for the Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars.
Diesel said that F. Gary Gray agreed to direct the latest installment of the commercially-successful action ensemble franchise with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder.
Accordingly, Gray told them that he is going to take the biggest saga in the world and throw Oscars in the process too.