No one thought it could be done. ButDom Torettois officially back in his homeland!Fast and Furious 8is making history this week, as the first American production to ever shoot in Cuba. This particular part of the shoot has been teased for awhile now, as directorF. Gary Greyand starVin Dieselaccomplished a major coup with this latest sequel. Here’s whatVin Dieselhad to say on the officialFast 8 Instagramas production starts on this latest addition to the popular action franchise.
“Right now I’m with my director F. Gary Grey. We worked together maybe 17 years ago. And we’re in a place that nobody ever thought would be possible. We are inHavana, Cuba. And you can see how beautiful it is, with all these beautiful people. They didn’t think it could be done. And we’re here, we’re doing it. And there is a lot of love here. And we’re just really proud to be here, man. This is paradise. We’re in Cuba, where the Torettos started. It’s Fast 8. It’s Dom Toretto here. Back in his home, home, homeland! And Gary is about to rip it.”
F. Gary Greyalso confirmed that production onFast 8was underway in Cuba with a special Twitter message featuring some of the fine local ladies who will be put on display in this follow-up to 2015’sFurious 7. This isn’t the first timeFast & Furious 8has made the record books in its short stretch of shooting so far. The movie also triggered the largest explosion on film in a European nation when it began shooting second unit footage in Iceland earlier this year.
Sadly, the Iceland shoot also resulted in a verystrange accidentthat killed a horse. During an abrupt windstorm, an Iceberg prop was kicked up by a gail force and sent flying through the air. It struck a local horse named Jupiter grazing at a nearby barn. The impact of the iceberg broke the horse’s leg, and the poor animal had to be euthanized. None of the cast were reportedly on set at the time.
Now, the production is in full-swing and looking to stay accident-free. The cast is ready for principle photography to begin this week, though it isn’t known who will be joiningVin Dieselin Cuba. Additions to the cast in the past few months areCharlize Theronas the main villain andScott Eastwoodas the new lead replacingPaul Walker, thoughEastwood’s character has not been revealed and it isn’t known if this will be another member of Brian O’Conner’s family.Dwayne Johnson,Tyrese GibsonandMichelle Rodriguezare all expected to return, along withJason Stathamas bad guy Deckard Shaw.
No story details have emerged yet, but it’s clear from these new videos thatVin Diesel’s Dom will be returning to his homeland of Cuba. It’s entirely possible that we’ll finally get to meet the entire Toretto family, which will likely result in at least one brother, sister or cousin becoming one of the main characters in this franchise.Fast and Furious 8reportedly sets a new trilogy in motion, withFast and Furious 9andFast and Furious 10already green lit and given release dates.Fast 8, as everyone involved with the production seems to be calling it, arrives April 14 of next year. It will be followed byFF9in 2019 andFF10in 2021. So we’ll definitely be seeing Dom and his extended family well into the next decade.
