"The Fast and the Furious: Toyko Drift" Casting News
Sept 29, 2005 - Universal Pictures announced that principal photography will get underway in October 2005 on the third film in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise. Justin Lin ("Better Luck Tomorrow") will direct "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," which will be set - obviously - in Tokyo.
Paul Walker won't be returning for part three. Instead, "Friday Night Lights" star Lucas Black will take on the lead role.
Bow Wow ("Roll Bounce"), Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin and newcomer Nathalie Kelley have also been cast in "The Fast and the Furious: Toyko Drift."
Chris Morgan ("Cellular") and Kario Salem ("The Score") wrote the script and Neal H Moritz (the producer of the first two "Fast and the Furious" movies) will produce the third "Fast and the Furious" film.
According to Universal, "The Fast and Furious: Toyko Drift" will be set in the underground world of Japanese drift racing, a sport in which drivers go head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses ever seen.
Universal's Official Synopsis
"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" follows the story of Shaun Boswell, who has always been a gaijin, or 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 military father 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In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road, the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal, gravity-defying automotive challenge-drift racing, a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart-stopping courses with hairpin turns and switchbacks.
In his first unsuccessful foray into the world of drift racing, Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," with ties to the Yakuza, the Japanese crime machine. The only way Shaun can pay off the debt from his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld, where the stakes are life and death.
Source: Universal Pictures
Paul Walker won't be returning for part three. Instead, "Friday Night Lights" star Lucas Black will take on the lead role.
Bow Wow ("Roll Bounce"), Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin and newcomer Nathalie Kelley have also been cast in "The Fast and the Furious: Toyko Drift."
Chris Morgan ("Cellular") and Kario Salem ("The Score") wrote the script and Neal H Moritz (the producer of the first two "Fast and the Furious" movies) will produce the third "Fast and the Furious" film.
According to Universal, "The Fast and Furious: Toyko Drift" will be set in the underground world of Japanese drift racing, a sport in which drivers go head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses ever seen.
Universal's Official Synopsis
"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" follows the story of Shaun Boswell, who has always been a gaijin, or 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 military father 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 with hairpin turns and switchbacks.
In his first unsuccessful foray into the world of drift racing, Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," with ties to the Yakuza, the Japanese crime machine. The only way Shaun can pay off the debt from his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld, where the stakes are life and death.
Source: Universal Pictures
