{"id":14127,"date":"2015-10-09T20:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T20:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?p=14127"},"modified":"2015-10-09T20:25:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T20:25:03","slug":"confirmed-f-gary-gray-is-officially-on-board-for-furious-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/confirmed-f-gary-gray-is-officially-on-board-for-furious-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed! F. Gary Gray Is Officially On Board For \u2018Furious 8\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>After days of speculation and a teaser photo courtesy of Vin Diesel \u2013 it was confirmed on Thursday that <em>Straight Outta Compton<\/em> director F. Gary Gray will helm the eighth installment of the billion dollar franchise that rocked the box office to its core this past spring. Gray tweeted his excitement at the prospect of garnering one of the most privileged assignments in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-gary-gray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14130\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-gary-gray.jpg\" alt=\"f-gary-gray\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-gary-gray.jpg 590w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-gary-gray-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14128\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2015-10-09 at 12.37.24 PM\" width=\"591\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM.png 591w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM-300x298.png 300w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM-90x90.png 90w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-12.37.24-PM-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Fast and Furious 8<\/em> is on track to hit theaters April 14, 2017 and most of the cast is expected to return and reprise their roles, including Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, and Ludacris. Newbies, Kurt Russell and Jason Statham are both reportedly coming back for more. There is no word on whether <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> actress Nathalie Emmanuel will return \u2013 but there is every reason to believe that Michelle Rodriguez will join her castmates for another ride even though the actress has remained silent during the very public process of securing the future of the franchise that launched her career. Jordana Brewster who plays Mia, the younger sister of Diesel\u2019s character Dom Torreto as well as the wife of Brian O\u2019Connor \u2013 the role Paul Walker embodied before his untimely death in a car crash two years ago, faces an uncertain future. The last film retired her growing family from life in the fast lane. But considering her relationship with the designated head \u2013 there is a strong likelihood that Brewster will be back to &#8220;check in&#8221; which will invariably help keep the memory of Walker alive.<\/p>\n<p>Response to the news of another Fast film has been mixed with some fans expressing concern that continuing the saga without Paul Walker especially after <em>Furious 7\u2019s<\/em> beautiful sendoff &#8211; may be motivated by greed.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, there is no refuting the fact that the franchise has been a constant moneymaker for Universal and with three more films in motion \u2013 there is no good reason for the studio to approach the end of the road just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Ride or Die!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After days of speculation and a teaser photo courtesy of Vin Diesel \u2013 it was confirmed on Thursday that Straight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38,6],"tags":[1809,2363,2327,1876,1817,1662,1815,1808,1805,2395,1663,2364,1806,2213,1664],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Confirmed! 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