‘Fast & Furious’ In Space? Franchise Writer Won’t Rule It Out And Has A Killer Idea
TheFast and Furiousfranchise is known for its ridiculous action as much as its overuse of the word family. When the film series started as a street racing version ofPoint Breakback in 2001, it was a little more grounded, but a few films later, that went completely out the window as Universal embraced the insanity of the action sequences cooked up by the filmmakers.
As theFast and Furiousfilms have continued and the action has escalated, fans have joked that Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his de facto family will eventually have to head to space to up the ante. WriterChris Morganhas heard this multiple times, and he surprisingly didn’t shoot down the prospect when asked about it recently. He even has one hell of an idea if it were to happen.
Uproxxsat down with Chris Morgan for an interview leading up to the release ofThe Fate of the Furiousthis coming week, and they flat out asked if we might ever seeFast and Furiousin space, where there are no roads. Interestingly enough, Chris Morgan didn’t say no:
Since this is theFast and Furiousfranchise we’re talking about, the meaning of “something so good” doesn’t necessarily hold a lot of weight. Still, it would have to be something that makessomewhatlogical sense. But Chris Morgan has an idea that is so awesome that I’d be willing to throw all logic out the window. Morgan says:
“What if Dom’s long lost brother, Richard B. Riddick showed up?”
That sound you hear is of minds being blown around the world. Could you imagine having a movie where theFast and Furiouscast not only goes to space, but they end up meeting Richard B. Riddick? For those who don’t know, that’s the character that Vin Diesel has played inPitch Black, Chronicles of Riddickand the most recently releasedRiddick. Could audiences handle two bad ass versions of Vin Diesel in one movie? It just might be too much to handle.
As crazy as it sounds, the story would be the hardest thing to crack.Riddickjust so happens to be a franchise that is situated at Universal Pictures, the same studio behind theFast and Furiousfranchise. However, if we’re going to have a crossover that gives us two Vin Diesels, there’s one that makes a little more sense.
What audiences really need to see is a crossover that blends thexXxfranchise withFast and Furious. The blend of extreme sports action, heists and fast car chases just makes sense. But the problem there is that Paramount Pictures owns the rights toxXx, so it’s about as likely to happen asFast and Furiousgoing to space.
Though James Bond and Jason Voorhees both went to space, I personally can’t see this ever happening, but I’d be first in line to see what they movie would be like. We’ll just have to take solace in the fact that there’s no shortage of crazy ideas to continue theFast and Furiousfranchise in the most ludicrous way possible if it ever came down to it.
