The Fast and the Furious 2 is going into high gear at Universal! According to today's Variety, the studio and the film's producer Neal H. Moritz have hired screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas to pen a draft of the street-racing sequel.
Brandt and Haas previously scripted the TBS original movie Invincible, starring Billy Zane. The duo also recently sold a spec script called The Courier to Intermedia, and did a rewrite on The Watchmen for Franchise Pictures.
Uni had already brought on Gary Scott Thompson, one of the writers of the original, to develop his version of the sequel. As actor Paul Walker has previously said in online interviews, the filmmakers are working on three different ideas for the sequel. They're going to develop multiple scripts and then pick the best elements to decide on the final story.
No details were available on the project, except that the sequel, like the original, is set in the street racing culture. There's no word on whether or not the principle cast will all be returning, but Vin Diesel and Paul Walker seem like "must haves."
The Fast and the Furious was the sleeper hit of the summer in 2001. The film cost just $38 million to make, and ended up grossing over $145 million in North America alone.
Brandt and Haas previously scripted the TBS original movie Invincible, starring Billy Zane. The duo also recently sold a spec script called The Courier to Intermedia, and did a rewrite on The Watchmen for Franchise Pictures.
Uni had already brought on Gary Scott Thompson, one of the writers of the original, to develop his version of the sequel. As actor Paul Walker has previously said in online interviews, the filmmakers are working on three different ideas for the sequel. They're going to develop multiple scripts and then pick the best elements to decide on the final story.
No details were available on the project, except that the sequel, like the original, is set in the street racing culture. There's no word on whether or not the principle cast will all be returning, but Vin Diesel and Paul Walker seem like "must haves."
The Fast and the Furious was the sleeper hit of the summer in 2001. The film cost just $38 million to make, and ended up grossing over $145 million in North America alone.
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