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When Sung Kang stopped by Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, we learned a lot about his return to the Fast and Furious franchise with F9, which Universal will release in theaters June 25. He also shared a lot about his time in Hollywood. First thing’s first, he introduced us to his dog, Daeji who is a star all by…

F9, aka Fast & Furious 9, is zooming towards its UK box office opening, with Universal moving the pic forward to June 24 from its previous July 8 date. That aligns with the movie's U.S. bow, which is dated for June 25. The studio is taking a nimble approach to the film's release, rolling it out in territories in…

“We are in uncharted territory.” Those are the words from one exhibition source this morning to Deadline in the wake of MGM/Eon/Universal’s shocking shift of No Time to Die from its April 10 Easter global launch date to Thanksgiving, largely due to those Asian markets effected by the coronavirus. Don’t doubt this for…

"The impact in 2020 from Covid-19 (coronavirus) on the motion picture business cannot be overstated," a finance source recently told us. That's as the closure of cinemas in China alone is approaching a loss of $2B to the global box office, while the disease has now seen spikes in Korea and Italy. What looked in late…

When you’re doing a movie trailer launch nowadays and need to grab everyone’s attention, it helps to throw a concert. Universal’s trailer for F9 (aka Fast & Furious 9), since dropping its near four-minute trailer on Friday ahead of the Super Bowl, has clocked a massive 439.3 million global views across YouTube…

Just days after Universal released a new trailer for the Justin Lin-directed F9: The Fast Saga and unveiled that there will be #JusticeForHan with the return of fan-favorite Sung Kang, the studio released another action-packed snippet of the new installment of the Fast and Furious during the Super Bowl. The teaser is…

If you’re going to make a sequel, especially a ninthquel, you gotta give a great reason for audiences to come back. And in the case of Universal’s F9 ne Fast & Furious 9, it’s that John Cena’s character aka Jacob is “Dom’s brother” according to Michelle Rodriguez’s Letty Ortiz. Says Charlie Theron’s baddie Cipher to…

The usual studios — Universal, Paramount, Disney, and maybe even Fox — again are aboard to tease their upcoming event pics during Sunday’s Super Bowl. And the notion that the majors have sticker shock over this year’s record $5.6 million 30-second ad spot cost isn’t really stopping them from banging the drum before an…

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Sawai, who was recently cast in Universal’s upcoming Fast & Furious 9 opposite Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren, has signed with WME. The move comes after Sawai, who made her feature film debut in 2009 with a co-starring role in Warner Bros’ Ninja Assassin, co-starred this fall on Season 1…

After making her big-screen debut in the 100 million dollar grossing drama Hustlers, Cardi B has signed on for her next feature, one that’s sure to land in the high figures, Universal’s Fast & Furious 9. Deadline has confirmed that the multi-platinum selling rapper has landed a small role in the upcoming…

Today Vin Diesel announced on his Instagram that Latin Music pop star Ozuna has joined the cast of Universal’s Fast and Furious 9. Ozuna is also in talks to be part of the ninth-quel’s soundtrack. Said Diesel on the social media handle, “As you know, we have often found great talent in the music industry to cross over…

EXCLUSIVE: Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Michael Rooker has joined Universal’s Fast & Furious 9 in the role of Buddy, in what is a last minute addition to the production which is currently underway. Rooker joins Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, and…