He added that they have talked to a lot of directors already, but they have yet to come up with a decision on who to tap to helm “Fast & Furious 8.” The producer cited that they still wanted to know what the next movie of the franchise by 100% before they hire a director.
The plans for the franchise was somehow put in disarray after the untimely demise of Paul Walker so they wanted the adjustments to be made on the screenplay first before hiring a director and let him or her take control of the plans from there.
Incidentally, although his character in the film, Brian O’Conner, did not die at the end of “Fast & Furious 7,” the producers and cast members of the franchise know that Paul Walker would no longer be back to reprise his role for obvious reasons.
While modern technology like CGI may offer the opportunity to bring back Paul Walker’s character to next movie of the franchise, everyone knows and have agreed that Brian O’Conner has moved on and they will leave it at that.
Executive producer and lead actor Vin Diesel already dedicated “Fast & Furious 7” to Paul Walker so fans should accept the fact that Dominic Torreto’s team will never be complete again.