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Furious 7
''Furious 7'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 7'') is a 2015 action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013) and '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006) and the seventh installment in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker (in his final film role), Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. In the film, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner and their team are recruited by covert ops leader Mr. Nobody to prevent Mose Jakande (Hounsou), a terrorist, from obtaining a hacking program known as ''God's Eye''. Plans for a seventh installment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production on the film would begin after the completion of ''Fast & Furious 6''. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wan
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror fiction, horror genre as the co-creator of the ''Saw (franchise), Saw'' and Insidious (film series), ''Insidious'' franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe, ''The Conjuring'' Universe. The lattermost is the list of highest-grossing horror films#Top 25 highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series, highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of film and television production company Atomic Monster. Wan made his feature directorial debut with ''Saw (film), Saw'' in 2004. The ''Saw'' franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the ''Insidious'' series, in which he directed the Insidious (film), first film in 2010 and its Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013 sequel. The same year as the second ''Insidious'', Wan directed the The Conjuring, fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Tyler
Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor and arranger, best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 26-year career, Tyler has scored seven installments of the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'', '' Rambo'', ''Eagle Eye'', '' The Expendables trilogy'', ''Iron Man 3'', '' Now You See Me'', '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' alongside Danny Elfman, '' Crazy Rich Asians'' and '' The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' among others. He also composed and re-arranged the current fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo, originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for Universal Pictures' 100th anniversary, which debuted with ''The Lorax'' (2012), and composed the 2013–2016 Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), which he also composed the film's score. He composed the ''NFL Sunday Countdown Theme'' for ESPN, the Formula One theme (also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3), and the anthem for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensemble Cast
In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that comprises many principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17 Structure In contrast to the popular model, which gives precedence to a sole protagonist, an ensemble cast leans more towards a sense of "collectivity and community". Cinema Ensemble casts in film were introduced as early as September 1916, with D. W. Griffith's silent epic film '' Intolerance'', featuring four separate though parallel plots. The film follows the lives of several characters over hundreds of years, across different cultures and time periods. The unification of different plot lines and character arcs is a key characteristic of ensemble casting in film; whether it is a location, event, or an overarching theme that ties the film and characters together. Films that feature ensembles tend to emphasize the interconnectivity of the characters, even when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast & Furious
''Fast & Furious'', also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'', is an American Action film, action media franchise centered on a series of films revolving around street racing, heist film, heists, and spy film, spies. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows, and theme park attractions. The films are distributed by Universal Pictures. The The Fast and the Furious (2001 film), first film, based on the 1998 ''Vibe (magazine), Vibe'' magazine article "Racer X" by Ken Li and written by Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, and David Ayer, was released in 2001. It began the original tetralogy of films focused on illegal street racing, which culminated in the film ''Fast & Furious (2009 film), Fast & Furious'' (2009). The series moved towards Heist film, heists and Spy film, espionage with ''Fast Five'' (2011), which was followed by five sequels in that genre, the most recent of which, ''Fast X'', was released on May 19, 2023. Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Drift
''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' is a 2006 action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is a standalone sequel to ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001) and ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003), and the third installment in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. It stars Lucas Black and Bow Wow. In the film, car enthusiast Sean Boswell (Black) is sent to live in Tokyo with his estranged father and finds solace exploring the city's drifting community. A third ''Fast & Furious'' film was confirmed in June 2005, when Lin was selected as director. Morgan was hired after an open call soon after, thus marking the first film in the franchise's longtime association with Lin, Morgan, actor Sung Kang, and composer Brian Tyler. Principal photography began in August 2005 and lasted until that November, with filming locations including Los Angeles and Tokyo, making ''Tokyo Drift'' the first film in the franchise to feature an international filming location. ''The Fast a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast & Furious 6
''Fast & Furious 6'' (titled onscreen as ''Furious 6'') is a 2013 action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Fast Five'' (2011) and the sixth installment in the '' Fast & Furious'' franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto and Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, alongside Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, and John Ortiz. In the film, Dom, Brian and their team are offered pardons for their crimes in exchange for helping DSS agent Luke Hobbs apprehend Owen Shaw (Evans), an ex- British SAS Major, who runs a mercenary organization in which Dom's former lover Letty is also a member. A sixth film was planned as early as February 2010, prior to the production of ''Fast Five''; this was confirmed in April 2011, after Morgan began writing the screenplay, while the returns of Diesel, Lin, and producer Neal H. Moritz were confir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedy film, comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of antihero, anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Western (film), Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Board Of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organization, non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, Trailer (promotion), trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify all video works released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray (including Blu-ray 3D, 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray, 4K UHD formats), and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 1984. The BBFC was also the designated regulator for the UK age-verification, UK age-verification scheme, which was abandoned before being implemented. History and overview The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors, under the aegis of the Incorporated Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially and officially billed as TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, which opened in 1922. Both were built as Exotic Revival style architecture. Built by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman over 18 months beginning in January 1926, the theater opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's '' The King of Kings''. It has since been home to many premieres, including the 1977 debut of ''Star Wars'', as well as many private events and three Academy Awards ceremonies. Among the theater's features are the concrete blocks set in the forecourt, which bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day. Original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dentsu Inc
, simply known as , stylized as dentsu, is a Japanese international advertising and public relations joint stock company headquartered in Tokyo. Dentsu is the largest advertising agency in Japan and the fifth largest advertising agency network in the world in terms of worldwide revenues. In 2018, Dentsu announced its reorganization into a holding company and as a result, most of the company's functions (including its advertising business) moved to a new company under the Dentsu name and the existing company rebranding to the Dentsu Group name, the changes took effect by January 1, 2020. History Dentsu was originally established as and by . In 1906, Telegraphic Service Co. became . The next year, Japan Advertising Ltd. merged with Japan Telegraphic Communication Co., Ltd. to create advertising and communications operations. Japan Telegraphic Communication Co., Ltd. sold off its news division to Doumei News Agency in 1936 to change the company's focus to specialized advertisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Film Group Corporation
China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) is the largest, most influential film enterprise in the People's Republic of China, owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. According to ''Forbes'', it is a state monopoly that all imported films have to work with. It also runs theaters and finances, produces, and distributes films. In 2014, the company was the largest film distributor in China, with 32.8% of the market. History The predecessor China Film Corporation was established in 1949. For 40 years until the end of 1992, China Film Import & Export Corporation was the only film buyer and distributor in China. From 1 January 1993, 16 other Chinese film studios became responsible for distributing their own films. In March 1994, China Film announced that it was willing to enter into revenue sharing deals with foreign distributors rather than buying a limited number of foreign films for a low, flat fee. In September 1994, the first deal with a US studio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Race Films
One Race Films, also known as One Race Productions, is an American production company founded by actor Vin Diesel in 1995. It has produced a total of 15 films, all of which star Diesel, who also founded its subsidiaries Tigon Studios to create video games and Racetrack Records to release music. As of 2024, One Race's feature films have grossed $6 billion worldwide, with an average gross per film of $686 million. The company's films, especially the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, rank among the highest-grossing of all time; the franchise itself is among the highest-grossing of all time. Its films are typically distributed by Universal Pictures Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal Ci .... Filmography Film Undated films References External links Mass media compani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
