'Fast and Furious 7' Premiere Date April 2015: Paul Walker Photos Revealed By Vin Diesel
"Fast and Furious 7" is an upcoming action film by Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures. It is the seventh main title in the "Fast and Furious" franchise and will premiere on Apr. 3, 2015. The film will also mark the final appearance of Paul Walker, who died on Nov. 30, 2013 in the middle of filming.
This Tuesday, Vin Diesel shared an "emotional and bittersweet" sneak peek of the film. He shared a photo on his Facebook page which showed him together with the late co-star.
Walker died of an unfortunate car crash at the age of 40 in the middle of filming "Fast and Furious 7." With Walker's death, it was seemingly difficult to continue with production but Universal Pictures went on with filming anyway, relying on Walker's brothers to help with some of the action scenes.
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The late co-star had been instrumental in the progression of the film's franchise, initially appearing in the first film "The Fast and the Furious" in 2001 as Brian O'Conner.
Now that the film is scheduled for a 2015 release, the film's trailer is currently in the works.
"I must also say that it was emotional and bittersweet," Diesel said in a Facebook status. "We all went above and beyond to make Pablo proud, but man, I wish he could see what we have created and just how far we have come."
The seventh film will see the return of Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, and Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz. Jason Statham will also be in the film, as well as Australian-born rapper Iggy Azalea.
