‘Fast & Furious 8’ to Feature an Iconic Prison Breakout for Luke Hobbs, Confirms The Rock!

Last year, there have been reports that the next installment of the car racing film franchise “Fast & Furious” shall feature a prison break reportedly featuring Deckard Shaw, the villainous character played by British action star Jason Statham in “Fast & Furious 7.”

Back then, the rumors were saying that it would be British Dame, Helen Mirren, who shall be orchestrating the prison break and she will be the big bad for the next movie of the franchise.

Those rumors were wrong because as it turned out, the main villain of “Fast & Furious 8” is going to be award-winning actress Charlize Theron while Helen Mirren will be playing someone else, who will not be part of the action so much, although she really wished that she would.

There are also reports saying that Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw might become one of the good guys and join the group of Dominic ‘Dom’ Toretto.

Based on the recent hints on his social media accounts, it seems that there shall indeed be a prison breakout in “Fast & Furious 8,” but it is going to involve Luke Hobbs instead, the character played by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Hard-core maximum security prison

Last week, The Rock posted on his Instagram an image of his character Luke Hobbs facing a horde of correctional officers in a place, which he describes as the most hard-core maximum security prison in the world.

He said in the caption that the goal of the film is to give fans of “Fast & Furious 8” an iconic prison breakout.

Johnson said that the days of intensity in the filming was through the roof as it should be. He also added that the big round iron thing on the back of Hobbs’ arm is commonly referred to from a scientist perspective as his triceps.

It is one of several other photos and videos that The Rock posted on his Instagram account as if showing to his fans and that of “Fast & Furious 8” that he and the rest of the cast members are really working hard for the money.

He also posted a video after the filming for one day wherein he expressed his exhaustion. He said that it was four in the morning and he got himself in a really bad way. He said that they filmed a scene where he was trapped in some wreckage for hours. But he lauded the hard working crew of the movie to deliver the zingers.

Behind the scenes video series

Not only is The Rock documenting the behind-the-scenes filming of “Fast & Furious 8,” even the production crew is doing it as part of an idea to chronicle everything about the movie’s production through a video series.

The film footages are promo pieces that are meant to highlight the fun that is being had behind the camera on “Fast & Furious 8,” notes Screen Rant.

They hope that fans and viewers would be able to feel the positive energy oozing out of the screen when the movie is released to theaters on April 14, 2017.

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Meanwhile, even the young daughter of Vin Diesel has become part of the video series. In the latest video, Hania Riley, Vin Diesel’s daughter, paid a visit to the set of “Fast & Furious 8” and she gave her opinion of the production.

The precocious little girl was referred to in the set as the Studio Head during her visit and the video clearly showed that she felt right at home. It was not surprising to see that because she was actually born during the production of “Fast & Furious” franchise, which means that she and the film series are both babies of her father.

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