Fast & Furious is in the list of most popular action movies in cinema along with Dom, Brian, Letty, Hobbs, Shaw, Roman, Han, etc. It’s an action movie where sports car drivers do vehicle chases and extreme races, featuring countless famous car brands from the very first movie. This movie is a must see for sports car enthusiasts.
For those who like action movies that highlight Street Racing, they must know that Fast & Furious is one of the best sagas since the release of the first installment in 2001. Right now, the Fast & Furious 10 is in full filming in Los Angeles, and it seems that this film will be the last of the saga.
For fans of this film, we can say that Dominique Torreto (Vin Diesel) is one of the main characters, who is behind the wheel of a 70s Dodge Charger. Right now, it looks like for the tenth film, the blockbuster franchise’s projected budget has exploded. Recently, some American media investigators have already claimed that the estimated budget from the franchise « Universalin the making of the Fast & Furious movie was estimated at over $300 million.
Fast & Furious 10: where are we on the set?
Regarding the filming of the next part of Fast & Furious, it seems that the project is still in progress, even if the production company had already announced that the film would be released next year. However, it seems that the project encountered some problems last August during a filming in the Angelino Heights district which is located in Los Angeles.
In all of the Fast & Furious films, the Angelino Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is home to the landmark of Dominique Torreto (Vin Diesel) and his gang. According to some rumors, it seems that Angelino Heights is actually a neighborhood of Street Racers, a city where you meet illegal races with overpowered and modified cars .
Because of this, when Vin Diesel and his gang traveled to this neighborhood to shoot part of the upcoming film, the residents of Angelino Heights staged a protest and criticism. According to the opinion of these inhabitants, it seems that the Fast & Furious films encourage young people in the neighborhood to do Street Racing. Knowing that it’s a kind of race that is illegal and can cause serious accidents, they worry about the safety of young people in their community.
According to information collected from residents of the area, Street Racing already existed in this neighborhood even before the filming of the first Fast & Furious saga, but they maintain that the franchise has greatly popularized illegal racing. Despite this demonstration, which lasted several days, the production team still managed to complete the shootclaiming that the tenth installment of the Fast & Furious movie will be available in theaters on May 24, 2023.
Fast & Furious 10: the estimated budget explodes to more than 300 million dollars
Like the speed of Dominique Toretto who continues to climb in his Dodge Charger, it seems that the provisional budget of Fast & Furious 10 is the same at the moment. Indeed, according to a report by The Wrap, the expenses related to the realization of the project explode, because the provisional budget of Fast & Furious 10 is estimated at more than 300 million dollars, while the budget spent during the previous part was in the $200 million.
The reason for this explosion in the expenses of the franchise compared to the previous installment raises many curiosities. According to reliable sources, it seems that the company lost its funding, but also certain tax aids which were supposed to subsidize the project. In addition,the salaries of the stars of the franchise have also undergone some adjustments. Expenses related to health requirements due to COVID-19 protocols have also been added to the list of excess charges. All this has meant that the estimated budget has increased quite significantly.
Aside from Vin Diesel, the movie stars that will be seen in the upcoming Fast & Furious 10 movie are:
- Jason Momoa;
- Brie Larson ;
- Charlize Theron ;
- Michelle Rodriguez ;
- Ludacris;
- Tyrese Gibson ;
- Jordana Brewster ;
- Natalie Emmanuel;
- Sunk Kang;
- Helen Mirren;
- Rita Moreno;
- Scott Eastwood ;
- Daniela Melchiror ;
- Cardi B.
Right now, the estimated Fast & Furious 10 budget is said to be $340 million, but those numbers aren’t official yet.
On the other hand, if it succeeds in reaching such an amount, we can say that in the world of cinema, it will become the fourth most expensive film production in the world after “Avengers: End Game”, “Avengers: The Age of of Ultron” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”.
Yet, it seems that despite these expenses, the company is confident about the profitability of achieving. Moreover, according to the sources, the realization of Fast & Furious as a whole with the spin-off of the film “Hobbs & Shaw” would have brought in an astronomical sum of more than 6 billion dollars for the producer.
At the moment, even though reviews of Fast & Furious 10 continue to appear on the networks, the provisional date for the official theatrical release of this film from Universal remains the same: May 24, 2023.