Since news of Fast and Furious 8 broke Vin Diesel's Facebook page and the movie news website's have started revving up their engines-sorry about the pun I just couldn't resist!- for any news regarding this film.
According to a report on Empire.com's website that was posted yesterday director F. Gary Grey has just returned from an investigatory trip to Cuba as well as having eyed up locations to shoot this film in both Iceland and Russia eventhough you may or may not have heard that through the medium of Vin Diesel's Facebook page Fast and Furious 8 would be going for a New York location.
Universal Studios has confirmed that "they're seeking approval" from the USA and Cuban governments and the special licences have been applied for as you may or may not already know that for years American and Cuban relations have been as described by The Guardian Newspaper "cold war hostilities" as for years Cuba has been isolated by America, and as of a report on their website posted on the 17th December 2014 President Barack Obama has said he intends to take steps to relax travel as well as commercial and diplomatic restrictions in exchange for releasing Americans as well as dissidents held in Havana.
And as a step towards this relationship between America and Cuba beginning to be repaired Empire.com reports that last year Bob Yari's independent Ernest Hemingway biopic "Papa" which starred Giovani Ribisi (in case your wondering who this is he played the bad guy in both Ted films) was allowed to be filmed in Cuba as via loopholes this was classed as a documentary.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has already been confirmed as returning for this 8th film in the Fast and Furious film franchise. Also Empire.com says that Kurt Russell and the rest of the cast members are looking like strong contenders to be also coming back for this 8th film that has a pencilled in release date of April 14th next year.
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