Fast & Furious 8 Movie Casting News: The Fast and Furious series will spin out at both ends. According to Vin Diesel, after Fast and Furious 8, the studio will be producing both prequels and spin offs.

"Fast and Furious 8" will enter new chapter after the untimely death of its breakout star, the charismatic and charitable Paul Walker. The star's death almost derailed the final production on "Fast and Furious 7," which became one of the biggest hit movies of all time. Walker's character Brian O' Connor was played by his brother Cody in post-production cuts.

With the reboots of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the retooling of the "Star Wars" franchise, studios are letting the stories grow while keeping the core of the original movie intact.

"Fast and Furious 8" will set up an upcoming trilogy. The start of the trilogy starts on April 14, 2017.

Mia Torreto's return is still not offficially confirmed, but actress Jordana Brewster hasn't ruled it out.

"I don't know [if I'd do another film], but it's always dependent on the fans. If they want one and if there's an appetite for it. We never want to jump the shark!" Brewster told Huffington Post Live.

Paul Walker's character will be seen in flashback scenes, according to rumors. Though it was previously announced that Cody Walker will be playing a new character in "Fast and Furious 8,"he's not listed on the IMDb page.

"We've written out story lines for various characters, we've been playing with it for a long time and it's a very rich property and we're committed to treating it with a lot of class," the page reads.

"You can't keep having every movie have bigger and bigger stunts forever and ever and ever. Eventually you have to really focus on the story. We'll still have big stunts but bringing in this amazing storyteller is going to be great," Jeff Shell, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, said in a recent interview.

"Paul won't be in it, but he'll be represented in some form or another but whether his image is in it, I can't tell you yet, but he won't be in the film as a performer, as an actor, the way we did it last time," said Meyer. "It will still be 'Fast and Furious,' it will just be without Paul."

"You can't keep having every movie have bigger and bigger stunts forever and ever and ever," Jeff Shell, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, said in a recent report. "Eventually you have to really focus on the story. We'll still have big stunts but bringing in this amazing storyteller is going to be great."

"We have a director who is going to bring the darkness out and bring out the character," Diesel said, referring to The Straight Outta Compton director Gray, who worked with Diesel on A Man Apart.

Fast and Furious 8 will be released on April 15, 2017.