Ahead of the release of the first trailer of “Fast & Furious 8” on Sunday, Dec. 11, Universal Pictures released on Monday a new preview of the movie on Twitter. According to the tweet, the entire cast of the film would be present at the live stream of the full trailer from a special event in New York City.
Seen in the two-and-a-half minute of the preview of “Fast & Furious 8” are Dwayne Johnson (Luke Hobbs), Vin Diesel (Dominic Toretto), Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce), Michelle Rodriguez (Letty Toretto) and Ludacris (Tej Parker). The preview also shows new video of zombie car drops from a Cleveland parking garage, plus clips from the Iceland set, Movieweb reports.
Cuba Scenes
While most of the scenes in “Fast & Furious 8” were in New York City, Universal also shot some scenes in Cuba just right after travel and trade restrictions were removed by the U.S. Universal is the first big studio to shoot a movie in Cuba in over five decades.
The Cuba portion of “Fast & Furious 8” would likely be used to introduce followers of the franchise to the Cuban clan of one of the key characters of the movie. Some actors of older “Fast & Furious” movies, such as Lucas Black, Jason Statham, Jordana Brewster and Lucas Black, are included in the upcoming film slated for release on April 14, 2017.
New & Returning Actors
But “Fast & Furious 8” would also feature newcomers such as Charlize Theron, Scott Eastwood and Kristofer Hivju. Reports say Vin Diesel talked to the brothers of the late Paul Walker about the possibility of reviving his character Brian O’Connor on the planned “Fast & Furious 9” and “Fast & Furious 10” slated for release in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
Although the franchise has been known for street races, explosions and heists, “Fast & Furious 8” would include on its theme “family,” with Michelle Rodriguez stating at the end of the preview, “Our family will be challenged like never before,” GameSpot reports. The teaser for the movie says the film would test the bond which keeps the family together in the “most ambitious, most entertaining, fastest, and most furious ride yet.”