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EXCLUSIVE: Just like Hobbs and Shaw themselves, Universal and The Fast and the Furious franchise producer Neal Moritz have become a buddy flick again. Almost two years after Moritz took the Comcast-owned studio to court for breach of contract on the F&F spinoff starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, the two sides…

Describing a “web of untruths and lies,” Rob Cohen has vehemently denied all the allegations of sexual assault and child molestation made against him by a TV project collaborator and his own daughter. "I have never assaulted, raped, drugged or molested anyone," The Fast and the Furious director told Deadline after a…

EXCLUSIVE: The Fast and The Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw opens next summer, but the Universal flick might be doing wheelies in the courts by then too. Franchise producer Neal Moritz today sued the Donna Langley-run studio for breach of oral contract and promissory fraud over being tossed out the door of the spinoff…

UPDATED, 12:20 PM: Universal has shifted the release date for its Fast & Furious spinoff with Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw characters back by a week to August 2, 2019. The actioner now had its planned July 26 weekend to itself but now will hit the starting line against Paramount’s Dora t…

The Fast and the Furious, the film that started it all, will receive a limited release in about 1,500 theaters to celebrate the pic’s 15th anniversary on Wednesday, June 22. That’s the date when the Rob Cohen-directed movie opened in 2001. Universal made the news official this morning just as tickets are hitting the…

Universal’s biggest juggernaut franchise may soon get bigger, as the studio is in early talks with star Vin Diesel to make prequels and spinoff films set in the Fast and Furious universe. The spinoffs and prequels under discussion would build out the series in a manner similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

EXCLUSIVE: Despite a lack of superheroes, Universal Pictures continues to bolster its franchises. The studio is going hard to revive its classic monsters franchises–I’m hearing that Prisoners scribe Aaron Guzikowski is being courted to get the Wolf Man howling again, after Uni rebooted The Mummy–but the most…

Furious 7 will be the official name for the latest installment in Universal’s hugely popular The Fast and The Furious street-racing feature franchise. Furious 7 will get a live trailer-launch event on Nov. 1 on Facebook commensurate with its fan base, which numbers more than 51.5 million fans there. The film debuts…

Fast & Furious star Paul Walker died Saturday in a Southern California car crash at the age of 40. He had recently been filming Universal’s Fast & Furious 7 sequel. Read more here. Click on photos after the jump to launch a slideshow. Related: 'Fast & Furious' Star Paul Walker Killed In Car…

Universal Pictures has just signed Fast Five director Justin Lin to a two-year production deal for his newly formed company Barnstorm Pictures. Lin has directed three The Fast and the Furious series installments. The last was Fast Five, which has earned more than $600M at the worldwide box office in 2011 and was one…

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will  kicks its Blu-ray and DVD campaign into gear at the “Fast Five 225” auto race on Sept. 16 at Chicagoland Speedway. The latest installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise will be released on Oct. 4. Fast Five stars Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster will serve as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Walker has signed with UTA, where he’ll be repped by Jim Berkus, Theresa Peters and Chris Hart. Walker spent the last three years at CAA. The move comes as Universal prepares an April 29 release of Fast Five, the fifth installment of The Fast and the Furious series. Walker, who most recently starred in…