The $350 million worldwide box office success of Fast & Furious, the fourth film in the ongoing street racing series, along with sequel comments made recently by Vin Diesel all but guaranteed Universal would pursue another installment. Per Variety, Universal is not only moving forward with Fast & Furious 5 but they are firing up the nitrous to get it into theaters in 2011.
The film will be called Fast Five and follow fugitives Dom and Brian as they are pursued by “legendary lawmen.” Stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are already inked, along with director Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz. All four worked together on Fast & Furious.
Scribe Chris Morgan (Wanted) is taking his third stab at the series after having penned The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast & Furious. Filming is expected to get underway later this year.
