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‘Fast & Furious 6′ Scores The Top Opening Day Ever For Universal Pictures In The UK
May 18th
‘Fast & Furious 6′ became the #1 film in the UK and Ireland on Friday, becoming Universal Pictures’ biggest opening day ever in that market with $4.6 million. That figure beats the $3.6 million that the fourth film in the franchise, ‘Fast & Furious,’ opened with in 2009 and is the year’s second-best opening day in the UK, just behind the $4.7 million of Marvel’s ‘Iron Man 3.’ Warner Bros. Pictures released ‘The Great Gatsby’ on Thursday in the UK, and that film has taken in $2.5 million.
The UK was also the most lucrative international market for ‘Fast Five,’ which brought in more than $30 million there in 2011. The film opens on Friday in North America and in 59 international territories. ’Fast Five’ was the franchise’s highest-grossing entry, by bringing in more than $625 million worldwide, with $416 million of that from international territories. In North America, it opened to $86 million and went on to make $207 million.
Tyrese Gibson & Chris “Ludacris” Bridges Interview For ‘Fast & Furious 6′
May 17th
Since Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian’s (Paul Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Luke Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again. ‘Fast & Furious 6′ also stars Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky Joe Taslim and Gina Carano. The film has been scheduled for release on May 17th in the UK and May 24th in the US. Justin Lin directs.
After the great success of ‘Fast Five,’ how was it making this one, considering the expectations – was the energy different?
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges: Yeah. I 100% felt like ‘Fast Five’ completely reinvigorated the entire franchise, and it’s just great that after that many sequels you can actually get people’s attention again. So to go into ‘Fast & Furious 6’ and have so many people anticipate this movie, it’s one of the greatest things when you work in this craft of making movies. To have people anticipate and can’t wait for this movie to come out – we couldn’t wait to shoot it, we couldn’t wait to give them this finished product (laughs). It was an exciting set, that’s for sure.
“Action Montage” Behind-The-Scenes Video For ‘Fast & Furious 6′
May 16th
With the release of ‘Fast & Furious 6’ rapidly approaching, Universal Pictures has let out the hatch the following “Action Montage” behind-the-scenes featurette on the film’s official Youtube channel. Following the financial and critical success of the previous film in the franchise, ‘Fast Five,’ more adrenaline filled action, car racing shenanigans and manly pouts scowls were always going to be heading our way. In ‘Fast & Furious 6,’ Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) enlists the aid of Dom (Vin Diesel) and his team to help bring a rival gang, led by Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), to justice. In exchange for clear records, they must put an end to their schemes, no matter how personal the cost.
Directed by Justin Lin, ‘Fast & Furious 6′ stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty, Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Sung Kang as Han, Gal Gadot as Gisele Harabo, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as Tej Parker, Luke Evans as Owen Shaw, Joe Taslim as Jah, Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, and Gina Carano as Riley. ‘Fast & Furious 6′ has been scheduled for release on May 17th in the UK and May 24th in the US. The synopsis for the film can be read after the “Action Montage” featurette.
Vin Diesel & Dwayne Johnson Interview For ‘Fast & Furious 6′
May 15th
Since Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian’s (Paul Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Luke Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again. ‘Fast & Furious 6′ also stars Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky Joe Taslim and Gina Carano. The film has been scheduled for release on May 17th in the UK and May 24th in the US. Justin Lin directs.
The scale of ‘Fast & Furious 6′ and the action is even bigger than ‘Fast Five.’ You’ve got Flip Cars, Tanks, Planes…. you’re not playing around?
Vin Diesel: (laughs) Yeah, it’s huge. The size and scale is huge. One of the things in this one is that director Justin Lin didn’t want to be held back by too much reality. I think on this one, on the this sixth one, he wanted to take off the training wheels and just go as crazy as he can go and use that imagination to the fullest – and I think it shows. But what grounds this, for me, is the heart. So in some ways it’s the perfect storm, we’re able to do over the top stuff and own it, and we were able to do that because the heart in the picture is so strong and so present that it allows us to have this kind of fantasy process. The way that he took the action and made sure that even though a fight scene was competing on an action level, that he was also getting immense story out of it – a perfect example is the race around Piccadilly Circus. It’s a race that in another movie would be just a race/action scene, but in this it’s so much more.
Action-Packed New ‘Fast & Furious 6′ TV Spot: “Ride Or Die”
May 15th
With the release of ‘Fast & Furious 6’ fast approaching, Universal Pictures has unleashed this North American TV spot for the film. Following the financial and critical success of the previous film in the franchise, ‘Fast Five,’ more adrenaline filled action, car racing shenanigans and manly pouts scowls were always going to be heading our way. In ‘Fast & Furious 6,’ Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) enlists the aid of Dom (Vin Diesel) and his team to help bring a rival gang, led by Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), to justice. In exchange for clear records, they must put an end to their schemes, no matter how personal the cost.
Directed by Justin Lin, ‘Fast & Furious 6′ stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty, Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Sung Kang as Han, Gal Gadot as Gisele Harabo, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as Tej Parker, Luke Evans as Owen Shaw, Joe Taslim as Jah, Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, and Gina Carano as Riley. ‘Fast & Furious 6′ has been scheduled for release on May 17th in the UK and May 24th in the US. The synopsis for the film can be read after the “ride or die” TV spot.
Luke Evans Interview For ‘Fast & Furious 6′
May 13th
Since Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian’s (Paul Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Luke Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again. ‘Fast & Furious 6′ also stars Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky Joe Taslim and Gina Carano. The film has been scheduled for release on May 17th in the UK and May 24th in the US. Justin Lin directs.
How was it for you joining this group of actors and what was it about this film that appealed to you?
Luke Evans: I had a great time, it was very special. Everyone was very lovely, from the top down director Justin Lin was very warm and welcoming. It was just a really great experience, lots of fun memories. It was hard going, it was a full on shoot and a lot to do and a lot to learn and a lot of physical demands, but it was really really special. And for me, what’s great about it is that it has a really great story behind it. Obviously you have the main characters that everyone knows already from the franchise, but now you have this bad guy and his team which are almost impossible to catch, they seem to be invincible. So you have this very strong story line, which is then wrapped up in these incredible fight sequences and stunts sequences – which are almost unimaginable that they could be done.
