The Rock's co-stars can breathe easy - filming has now almost officially wrapped on F Gary Gray's Fast 8 (or Fast & Furious 8 as it should be called, if we're all honest). The production team took to social media to herald the news with a heartfelt outpouring, thanking the cast and crew for their dedication to the project and the franchise as whole.
This marks the end - or at least the end of this chapter - of a strong social media marketing campaign that has ranged from regular photo updates through to the Fast Friday videos and The Rock's definitely not fake rant about his candy-ass co-stars. It's actually been a very clever model for Universal, who've channelled their social presence very well (and leapt up to 100 million social follows all told for the franchise). Other studios ought to take note.
The big news from the announcement is that the first trailer for Fast & Furious 8 will drop in December. So not all that long to wait, even if the slow down on updates until then might feel like a shock to fans who've avidly followed every update so far.
For our final #FastFridays post, all of us in the Fast Family wanted to thank you for coming on the ride with us during this epic production. We began in Cuba, visited Iceland, New York and Atlanta, and as we head into our final few days of shooting, we wanted to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to those who have worked so hard over the past 100 days to bring you a movie that is going to be another incredible installment of our saga. Everything we do comes from our shared passion to bring you the very best.Thank you Vin, who has been at the wheel since this journey began, first as star and then as producer…And thanks to all of the cast of the eighth Fast: Michelle, who’s also been with us from the start… Those who’ve joined our family along the way: Tyrese and Chris from Miami in our second film; Dwayne and Elsa, who came on board in Rio in movie five; Jason, Nathalie and Kurt from last time around; and our newest members Charlize, Scott, Kristofer and Helen…And our brother who continues to inspire us all, Paul.We extend our gratitude to our new director F. Gary Gray, producers Neal Moritz and One Race Films, writer Chris Morgan, and the hundreds of awesome, dedicated crew members who worked their asses off.All of us take our work on Fast & Furious seriously, and we seriously intend to wow the world again. We’ll be back in December with your first look at what we’ve created for you. — Your Fast Family
