{"id":111529,"date":"2015-04-26T10:14:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T10:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=111529"},"modified":"2015-04-26T10:22:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T10:22:36","slug":"fast-and-furious-sequel-set-for-2017-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/04\/fast-and-furious-sequel-set-for-2017-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast and Furious sequel set for 2017 release"},"content":{"rendered":"
The next chapter in the Fast and Furious franchise will hit cinema screens in 2017, star Vin Diesel has confirmed at CinemaCon.<\/p>\n
“You’ve been so loyal all along,” Diesel told the assembled cinema owners. “You helped us create history here.”<\/p>\n
Furious 7 was temporarily halted following the death of star Paul Walker in a car crash two years ago.<\/p>\n
Released this month, it is currently the seventh highest-grossing film ever.<\/p>\n
The film, starring Diesel, Walker, Jason Statham and Michelle Rodriguez, has made $1.15 billion (\u00a3759 million) at the worldwide box office.<\/p>\n
It took a record-breaking $143 million on its opening weekend in the US and became the fastest film to take more than $1 billion (\u00a3669.5 million) worldwide.<\/p>\n
Walker was midway through shooting the movie when he died in November 2013, at the age of 40.<\/p>\n
Special effects technicians and stunt doubles enabled the completion of the project, which has been called “a cathartic experience for fans of Walker”.<\/p>\n