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UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY BY RACING BACK TO THEATERS ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 Advance Tickets Go on Sale Now for the Film that Started the Phenomenon Universal Pictures announced today it will re-release The Fast and the Furious in a limited nationwide theatrical run on Wednesday, June 22, to commemorate the film’s 15th anniversary. The Fast and the Furious was released on the same day in summer 2001, igniting one of the most popular global film franchises ever, which has seen its seven films turn into a $3.9 billion box-office phenomenon. Advance tickets, available at Fandango, go on sale today. Returning to theaters for the first time in a decade and a half, The Fast and the Furious takes audiences back to the streets of East Los Angeles, where they first met the enduring core characters of the Fast saga, played by original cast members Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez. The seven chapters in the s...

As " Haywire " star Gina Carano continues to establish herself as an action heroine with an upcoming turn in " The Fast and the Furious 6 ," the former MMA fighter has become attached to topline an all-female riff on " The Expendables ," which is being set up by Adi Shankar's banner 1984 Private Defense Contractors. Shankar will produce for the shingle, which plans to fully finance the " Expendables "-inspired project. Company remains in talks with several prominent actresses affiliated with the action genre in addition to Carano, who director Steven Soderbergh hand-picked to star in "Haywire" alongside more experienced thesps such as Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum. Dutch Southern, who wrote the 2010 Black List script "Hoof Harrington's Greatest Hits," was tapped to write the estrogen-powered action pic back in August, just as "The Expendables 2" was opening atop the box office. This has been ...

Rihanna is truly showing no signs of slowing down any time fast. Today it has been revealed that she has been cast to play a villainous role in the upcoming blockbuster The Fast and the Furious 6 . The You Da One singer will star in the movie alongside Vin Diesel and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson . An inside source told the Sun, 'Rihanna impressed with her acting debut in Battleship.' 'Writers think she’ll be perfect for the role. Her character has plenty of bite and doesn’t take any prisoners — just like her in real life.' The 24-year-old singer recently made her leap to the big screen playing a weapons officer named Raikes in the mega-movie Battleship . The source continued, 'It’s a step up the ladder for her and could lead to bigger action roles.' The sixth installment of the speed racing franchise is set for release in May 2013 but production on the film is said to begin next month. This time the movie will be set over on this side of t...

Shortly after Arnold Schwarzenegger left the Governor’s Mansion and Tweeted his desire to resume his acting career, there seems to finally be some action on his signature franchise, The Terminator . I’m told that interest is kicking back up. One interested party: Universal , which is looking for a directing vehicle for Justin Lin . He helmed the last three installments of The Fast and the Furious franchise , including the latest Fast Five , which Universal releases April 29. I’ve heard that the plan would be to possibly pair him with Chris Morgan, who aside from Fast Five has credits on big scale Universal films that include the upcoming Keanu Reeves actioner 47 Ronin and Wanted . Now I enjoyed the Fast and Furious films for what they were, but Lin helming a Terminator film doesn't give me much faith in the movie. Here is what I am hearing the film might be based off of: The film would  take place in a post-apocalyptic battleground, and factors in an element of t...