Agent Hobbs enlists the aid of Dom and team to help bring a rival gang, led by Owen Shaw, to justice. In exchange for clear records, they must put an end to their schemes, no matter how personal the cost.
Fast & Furious 6 was in development by February 2010 as the first film in the series to move away from the underground car-racing theme of the series' previous films which was considered to have placed a barrier on audience numbers. Pre-production had begun by April 2011, and
principal photography began in London, England in July 2012. Filming locations also include the
Canary Islands, Scotland, and Los Angeles. The film is scheduled for release on May 24, 2013.
Premise
After the events of
Fast Five, professional criminal Dominic Toretto and his crew are wealthy, but their criminal records prevent them from returning to their home country. Following his attempts to apprehend them,
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs offers the crew a deal; he will give them all full pardons for their crimes if they help him take down a lethally skilled mercenary organisation led by a criminal mastermind and his ruthless second-in-command, Dominic's thought-dead lover Letty Ortiz.
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Cast
Production
Development
In February 2010, Diesel confirmed that production of
Fast Five was commencing and also announced that a sixth installment was being planned.
[12] In January 2011, producer Neal H. Moritz said more:
[13]
In Vin and my mind we already know what the sixth movie is, we’ve already been talking about it. Vin and I have had numerous conversations about what that might be. And we’re starting to get serious about it right now. We just finished [Fast Five] like 4 or 5 weeks ago and we just needed a break, and now we’re gonna start focusing on that.
In April 2011 it was confirmed that Chris Morgan had already begun work on a script for a potential sixth film at the behest of Universal Studios.
[4] It was also confirmed that Universal intended to transform the series from street-racing action into a series of heist films with car chases in the vein of
The Italian Job (1969) and
The French Connection (1971), with
Fast Five as the transitional movie.
[4] Universal chairman Adam Fogelson said:
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The question putting Fast Five and Fast Six together for us was: Can we take it out of being a pure car culture movie and into being a true action franchise in the spirit of those great heist films made 10 or 15 years ago?
Fogelson said that the racing aspect had put a "ceiling" on the number of people willing to see films in the series, and that, by turning it into a series where car driving ability is just one aspect of the film, he hoped to increase the series' audience.
[4] On Johnson's character, Fogelson added "[Johnson] also wants to appear in and be integral to the action in
Fast Six."
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On June 24, 2011, Universal Pictures announced that the anticipated sequel is scheduled for release on May 24, 2013.
[14] Moritz and Diesel are to return as producers and Lin returns to direct.
[14] In an interview with
Box Office, Lin revealed that he had, after discussions with Diesel, storyboarded,
previsualized and edited a twelve-minute finale for
Fast Six before filming was completed on
Fast Five. Lin said he shot the footage as he was unsure at the time if there would be a sequel or if he would be able to direct it, but he wanted to have input on how any sequel would end.
[15] On October 21, 2011, the
Los Angeles Times reported that Universal was considering filming two sequels—
Fast Six and
Fast Seven—
back to back with a single story running through both films; both written by Morgan and directed by Lin.
[16] On December 20, 2011, Diesel confirmed that
Fast Six would be split into two parts, with writing for the two films occurring simultaneously. On the decision, Diesel said:
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We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages...The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'
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On April 23, 2012, it was announced that
mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano was in negotiations to play a member of Hobbs' team.
[11] On May 1, 2012, Michelle Rodriguez was confirmed to be reprising her role as Letty Ortiz,
[3] and it was announced that Welsh actor Luke Evans had been offered a role as a villain.
[10] Evans was confirmed to join the cast on May 9, 2012, portraying the leader of a heist gang competing with Diesel's crew over the same heist job.
[18] On July 27, 2012, Joe Taslim was confirmed to star as the villain Jah.
[1] On February 15, 2012, Johnson confirmed that
Fast Six would begin filming in May 2012, with some of the production to take place in the United Kingdom and Germany. Johnson stated that the two intended sequels would no longer be filmed simultaneously because of weather issues in filming locations, and that production on
Fast Seven would only begin after the completion of
Fast Six.
[19]However, filming did not officially begin until July 30, 2012.
[20] In February 2013, it was confirmed that the film would be titled
Fast & Furious 6.
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Principal photography
Filming began on July 30, 2012, in London, England,
[20][22][23] and
Shepperton Studios in Surrey, part of the
Pinewood Studiosgroup.
[24] Lin was unable to obtain permission to shoot an action sequence at
Piccadilly Circus involving an exploding oil tanker, and so a replica of the landmark was built at Shepperton.
[25] The London shoot including filming on
Lambeth Bridge.
[26] On October 11, 2012, Walker suffered an
anterior cruciate ligament injury during a stunt, requiring the production to film around his scenes until he recovered.
[27] A scene involving a plane crash began filming at
RAF Bovingdon,
Hertfordshire on October 30, 2012 and was scheduled to conclude on November 9.
[28] Filming for a car chase scene took place on
Dale Street in
Liverpool City Centre, and the
Queensway Tunnel in the nearby town of
Birkenhead between November 12-15, 2012.
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Shooting also occurred on Spain's
Canary Islands including the island of
Tenerife. Filming had been intended to take place in
Marseille, France, but was relocated to the islands to take advantage of a larger tax rebate (38%) that was estimated to lower filming costs by $20 million.
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Stunt and car chase scenes began filming on location in
Glasgow, Scotland on August 29, 2012, and were scheduled to conclude on September 16, 2012. The shoot took place entirely at night and involved approximately 250 crew, but none of the central cast. Sets were built on site for the scenes including a large car showroom.
[32][33] Filming was scheduled to take place at the former Royal Air Force base
RAF Bentwaters in late August 2012 until early September 2012.
[34] Filming also took place in
Echo Park, Los Angelesbeginning on December 1, 2012. The shoot returned the series to the filming location of the original
The Fast and the Furious, and required the garage setting of that film to be rebuilt by carpenters.
[35] By December 17, 2012, it was reported that filming had concluded.
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