According to Deadline, Universal has moved “F9” from its original May 28 release date to June 25.
Yes, the ninth installement of the “Fast & Furious” franchise will be a very popular movie with the low-IQ movie crowd and they tend to show up in droves to watch these movies. Universal probably figured May was too early a date to make maximum profits in theatres, what with science experts not really knowing, despite speedy vaccine rollouts, when the virus will slow down and things could go back to some kind of “normal”.
Vin Diesel and company are back for “F9” and I honestly couldn’t care less about it. There will be big guns, big muscle, big cars and, really, just big everything because this is America and it’s go big or go home. This ninth chapter will also, I’m just guessing here, end with a big family barbecue where the whole cast is gathered together as the camera slowly rises to the clouds. I’ll take the “Mission Impossible” franchise any day, any time when it comes to my summer movie action.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham won’t be returning for this new sequel. Vin Diesel, who plays the other bald team member in the franchise, is back. In fact, Diesel is the only actor that has been in every ‘Furious’ movie since the franchise began in 2001 with “The Fast and the Furious”. He just loves this shit, and why wouldn't he? The 53-year-old actor gets payed $20 million a pop for each of these movies. He will be joined by regulars Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Charlize Theron, and … Helen Mirren?
I’ve seen the eight previous films and only moderately liked 2011’s “Fast Five.”
Quiver, a tiny specialty distributor that makes even Vertical and Briarcliffe look behemoth, has picked up U.S. distribution of the long-delayed film from fellow micro-indie Blue Fox.