Paul Walker Death: ‘Fast & Furious 7’ Will Continue in April; Tyrese Gibson Says 85% of Fast and Furious Is Done; `Paul Would Want Us All To Keep Going'

Paul Walker's death forced Universal Studios to suspend production of "Fast & Furious 7" but despite Paul Walker's sudden death last November, "Fast & Furious 7" will live on.


According to reports, Universal Pictures is set to resume shooting "Fast and Furious 7" in April. The production took a hiatus after Paul Walker's tragic death in December. Paul Walker and his friend, Roger Rodas died in the car crash last year, coming home from one of Walker's many charitable appearances.


According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fast and Furious studio executives, who have been insisting that the the latest Fast and Furious" project will come back from its sad hiatus following the death of star Paul Walker, said said that shooting will restart on or around April 1 in Atlanta and continue for six to eight weeks until filming is finished. 

In Fast and Furious 7, Paul Walker plays Brian O'Connor, a former FBI agent-turned-criminal. Walker played the on-screen sidekick to Vin Diesel's character of Dominic Toretto in the first six Fast and Furious movies.


Tyrese Gibson told Access Hollywood that rest of filming will be "rough," but "I think at the end of the day, Paul would want us all to keep going."  Gibson said most of Fast and Furious 7 was shot before Paul Walker's death. He told Yahoo News "Thank God close to 85 percent of the movie was shot with him in it. The fans are really going to feel like they're still experiencing Paul Walker and Brian O'Conner in this franchise and make the best of it."


Gibson said that his good friend would want everyone to continue with Fast and Furious 7, but "It's probably going to be a rough couple of days because we're not going to look to the left or right and see our brother but he's there in spirit."


Hollywood wondered whether Paul Walker's last film would be completed. Paul Walker was only halfway done making Fast and Furious 7. After Walker died, the screenplay was reworked.


The Hollywood Reporter said that the "Fast and Furious 7" cast and crew members will be filming the finishing sequences of the action movie for around eight weeks. Filming will take place in Atlanta, Georgia.


Hollywood Reporter said producers' plan is to "retire" Walker's character in a way that will satisfy fans of the films with existing footage of the actor.


A source told Hollywood Reporter, "In the weeks after the tragedy, director James Wan, writer Chris Morgan, and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Universal's lead executive on the Fast and Furious films, pored over the footage Wan had shot. Then trio then devised a plan to tweak the existing script so that Walker would remain a part of the story but could be written out, allowing the franchise to continue without him. The changes will require some additional scenes to be written and shot, but the eight-month delay of release provides plenty of time." 

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