The Fast and the Furious 3

Item Posted by: Gary Gray:
Yup, Fast and the Furious 3 title has changed again and is now Tokyo Drift. Added to that some more casting has been announced with Brian Tee, Nikki Griffin, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin and newcomer Nathalie Kelley. Sounds ever more like a direct to video cheapo doesn't it, but apparently not. Universal have it as a tent pole for next summer and have set its release date as 16th June 2006. The synopsis has also been revealed: "Tokyo Drift" follows the story of Shaun Boswell (Black), who has always been an outsider. A loner at school, his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racing -- which has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his uncle in the military, in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road, the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal, gravity-defying automotive challenge ... drift racing, a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses of hairpin turns and switchbacks. For his first unsuccessful foray in drift racing, Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," with ties to the Yakuza, the Japanese crime machine. The only way he can pay off the debt of his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld, where the stakes are life and death.

Item Posted by: Gary Gray:
More casting announcements for Fast and the Furious 3 with Lucas Black being added to the cast. Filming starts in October.

Item Posted by: Gary Gray:
Director Justin Lin has added Bow Wow to the cast of Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo. The plot of the movie has also been revealed and it will follow a guy called Shaun Boswell who flees to Tokyo in an effort to escape prison, and heads to find the one man he can trust - his military officer uncle. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing.

Item Posted by: Loretta Francis:
Justin Lin ("Better Luck Tomorrow") has been hired to direct Universal Pictures' tentatively titled "The Fast and the Furious 3." It will be set in Tokyo amid the underground world of Japanese drift racing and will be shot in the fall on locations in the U.S. and Asia. Chris Morgan ("Cellular") has written the script.

Item Posted by: Loretta Francis:
Producer Neal Moritz has revealed that "The Fast and the Furious 3" will not feature Vin Diesel or Paul Walker. Japan will be the setting for the third film.