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BUCKLE UP FOR AN ADRENALINE-PUMPING HEIST FROM THE EXPLOSIVE FRANCHISE BUILT ON SPEED STARRING VIN DIESEL, PAUL WALKER, DWAYNE JOHNSON AND A REUNION OF RETURNING ALL-STARS IN FAST FIVE

Including Never-Before-Seen Extended Edition and Universal’s All-New Second Screen Feature Available Exclusively on Blu-ray™ On Blu-ray™ and DVD Combo Packs, DVD and Digital Download From Universal Studios Home Entertainment October 4, 2011

“The Best of the Series!” – Richard Corliss, TIME

Spectacular street chases and pulse-pounding physical action are set against the mesmerizing beauty of Rio de Janeiro’s exotic thoroughfares in Fast Five, the most successful installment of the Fast & Furious franchise.  Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the phenomenally successful franchise built on speed plus action superstar Dwayne Johnson (Faster) in the all-new action caper available October 4, 2011 on Blu-ray™ and DVD Combo Packs, DVD, Digital Download and On Demand.

Available for a limited time only, the Blu-ray™ and DVD Combo Packs bring the full-throttle excitement of the ultimate Fast Five experience to the screen with perfect picture and the purest digital sound available on Blu-ray™, as well as an extended edition of the film with even more explosive action, exclusive bonus features, a DVD to enjoy in the car or on the go, and a Digital Copy of the film that can be downloaded and viewed on an array of electronic and portable devices anytime, anywhere including laptops, tablets, and smartphones as well as Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray™ set top boxes.  Debuting on the Fast Five Blu-ray™ is Universal’s Second Screen, an all-new app for tablets and computers that provides an innovative and interactive viewing experience. To preview Universal’s all-new Second Screen for Fast Five visit http://preview.tinyurl.com/UniSecondScreenF5preview.

Packed with mind-blowing stunts, high-octane thrills and unprecedented automotive wizardry, Fast Five reunites cast members from all four previous chapters of the blockbuster franchise, reprising their roles as the most daring gang of outlaw drivers to ever get behind the wheel, while a relentless FBI agent (Dwayne Johnson) does whatever it takes to them bring down.  Director Justin Lin (Fast & Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) takes the wheel of this all-star reunion as Diesel and Walker reprise their iconic roles as Dom Toretto, the king of the street racers, and former cop Brian O’Conner, now Dom’s partner-in-crime, while Johnson rides shotgun for the first time ever as Federal agent Luke Hobbs. Fast Five also brings back several popular franchise stars including Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Sung Kang, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Elsa Pataky, Gal Gadot and Matt Schulze in a story fueled by gear-grinding action, hairpin plot twists and vehicular mayhem set to a driving hip-hop and Latin soundtrack.

BLU-RAYTM EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES:

• DOM VS. HOBBS: Watch how the action-packed showdown was shot
• ON SET WITH DIRECTOR JUSTIN LIN: Go behind the scenes of Fast Five with director Justin Lin
• INSIDE THE VAULT CHASE: Learn how they filmed the movie’s most dangerous sequence
• TYRESE TV: Go behind the scenes of Fast Five with Tyrese Gibson
• NEW!  pocket BLU™ VERSIONS FOR TABLETS AND COMPUTERS, FEATURING UNIVERSAL’S SECOND SCREEN
  • The popular free pocket BLU™ app for smartphones is now even better with newly updated versions for iPad®, Android™ tablets, PC, and Macintosh computers, with features made especially to take advantage of the devices’ larger screens and high resolution displays.  And with UNIVERSAL’S SECOND SCREEN, enjoy an innovative and interactive viewing experience, that lets you control, interact and explore Fast Five with groundbreaking new features right on your tablet or computer, in synchronization with the movie on your television screen!  While the movie plays, you’ll experience features such as:
    • Take Control 2.0: Step inside the movie with Director Justin Lin, as he takes control of your Blu-ray player and gives you an all-access, in-depth look at how the movie was made.
    • Virtual Car Garage: Get an up-close inspection of the hot cars, moving models of the cars in a 360 degree view, check out tech specs and more with a touch of your finger
    • Scene Explorer: Ever wish you could see how your favorite special effects sequences were created?  Select various progressions of the same scene from storyboards to daily cuts right from your couch and see how they pulled off the incredible action of the film.
    • Picture in Picture: The cast and crew share stories about the movie right from your tablet or computer, in synchronization to the scene being played.
    • The Music of Fast Five: Tap your fingers to find out what song is playing, create your own playlist, and even purchase the songs right from your device!
• pocket BLU™: The groundbreaking pocket BLU™ app uses iPad®, iPhone®, iPod® touch,  Android™ smartphones and tablets, PC and Mac® to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray™ player. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray™ content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that’s bigger and better than ever before.  pocket BLU™ offers advanced features such as:
  • DIGITAL COPY: Now, Users have a whole new way to redeem their Digital Copy of the movie right from within the pocket BLU app!  With a simple three step process, the movie begins downloading instantly to their portable device to take with them anywhere!
  • ADVANCED REMOTE CONTROL: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease
  • VIDEO TIMELINE: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film
  • MOBILE-TO-GO: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere
  • BROWSE TITLES: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def.  They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device
  • KEYBOARD: Entering data is fast and easy with your device’s intuitive keyboard
• BD-LIVE™ – Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to access the latest trailers, exclusive content, and more!
• uHEAR™: Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your Blu-ray™ disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed

Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and dvd combo pack exclusive:

• DIGITAL COPY: In addition to redeeming a Digital Copy of the movie through the pocket BLU™ app, Viewers can also download a digital version of the full-length movie from participating digital retailers to enjoy on a choice of popular electronic and portable devices.

Blu-ray™ and dvd BONUS FEATURES:

• DELETED SCENES
• GAG REEL
• DOM’S JOURNEY: Track Vin Diesel’s legendary character from the beginning
• BRIAN O’CONNER: FROM FED TO CON: Follow Paul Walker’s character as he goes from lawman to outlaw
• ENTER FEDERAL AGENT HOBBS: Meet Dom & Brian’s toughest nemesis yet
• FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR JUSTIN LIN

SYNOPSIS

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker head up an all-star reunion of the explosive Fast franchise set in sultry Rio de Janeiro. Former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker, Fast & Furious, Takers) and his girlfriend Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster, Fast & Furious, “Dallas”) bust Mia’s brother Dom (Vin Diesel, Fast & Furious, The Chronicles of Riddick) out of prison, blasting across South America to elude the authorities. Finding themselves backed into a corner in Brazil, they assemble an elite team of top racers to help pull off the one last job that could mean freedom for them all. But hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, Faster, The Other Guys) is hot on their trail, and so is a corrupt and powerful businessman who wants them dead.  When Hobbs and his strike force launch an all-out assault to capture the Torettos and their team, he can’t separate the good guys from the bad. Instead, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey…before someone else runs them down first.

CAST AND FILMMAKERS:

Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Sung Kang, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Elsa Pataky, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze

Directed By: Justin Lin

Screenplay By:  Chris Morgan, based on characters created by Gary Scott Thompson

Executive Producers: Amanda Lewis, Samantha Vincent

Producers: Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell, Neal H. Moritz

Director of Photography: Stephen F. Windon

Production Designer:  Peter Wenham

Edited By:  Kelly Matsumoto, Fred Raskin, Christian Wagner

Casting By: Deborah Zane

Costume Designer: Sanja Milkovic Hays

Original Music By: Brian Tyler

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

BLU-RAY™

Street Date: October 4, 2011

Copyright: 2011 Universal Studios

Selection Number: Blu-ray Combo Pack: 61119120

Running Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes

Layers: BD-50

Picture Format: Widescreen

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, sexual content and language

Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French

Sound: English DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / DD DVS 2.0, French-Canadian and Spanish DTS Surround 5.1

DVD

Street Date: October 4, 2011

Copyright: 2011 Universal Studios

Selection Number: DVD: 61115623; DVD Combo Pack: 61119536

Running Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes

Layers: Dual Layer

Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, sexual content and language

Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French

Sound: English DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / DD DVS 2.0, Spanish and French-Canadian DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1

Exclusive : Riddick begins casting; character descriptions | Moviehole

Exclusive : Riddick begins casting; character descriptions | Moviehole.

”Riddick” , writer/director David Twohy’s long-awaited second sequel to ”Pitch Black”, is finally headed before the cameras with Vin Diesel back under the shades as the intergalactic rebel rouser.

Heard today that casting has begun, with casting director Anne McCarthy, who cast “Pitch Black” and “Chronicles of Riddick” but also James Wan’s “Insidious”, bringing in actors to test for the supporting roles. I know one of the actors going in for the film – not too difficult to work out who – and everything he/she has been told so far is that it’s an exciting project with big-time potential.

Here’s who they’re scouting for at the moment :

Boss Johns
Santana
the sexy female merc Dahl
The smug commander Krone

All good parts. Fun stuff in there.

The script for the film, which is a more tighter, intimate and suspenseful ride than the previous film in the series (”Chronicles of Riddick”), might just be perfect – but I won’t be reviewing it, just giving you the heads up on what Twohy’s got in store for us and my take on it.

In a nutshell, the movie sees Riddick back on a barren planet, surrounded by monsters and mercenaries – both species who want him dead and vice versa.
Though there’s a couple of potential cameos from previous Riddick movie faves, it’s mostly fresh blood this time surrounding the big guy. And speaking of fresh, the character seems to have gotten a welcome, kick-ass overhaul….he’s more brutal, bad-ass and virile (as some may say) than he was in the previous films.

There’s a real sense of fun here. The dialogue is delicious and the characters are not only memorable, they’re a blast to be around – particularly our hero whose discovered both a charming sense of humour and personality along the way.

More so, ”Riddick” is a direct sequel to ”Pitch Black” – the events tie into that film. In much the same way the upcoming ”Dark Knight Rises” will tie up any loose threads and plot points from Batman Begins, Riddick will return to the mystery and monsters at the centre of ”Pitch Black.” That’s a good thing because, let’s admit it, the original rocked.. the sequel sucked.

Not to say there isn’t a link to the last Riddick adventure.

After a brief introduction in which were reunited with Riddick, surrounded by monsters, on a barren planet… we flash back to how Riddick ended up there.

We meet LORD MARSHAL Riddick. Nobody much likes that Riddick’s royalty now (he loves it; he gets to screw hot chicks) – as evident by the assassins that try and take him out at any and every opportunity – especially the necromancers, who are dead against the anointment of a furyan as a leader.

In exchange for the title, Riddick’s reluctant right-hand man and necro Vaako (Karl Urban’s character from the previous film; Urban will likely do it since the character is only in it for a short while) agrees to drop Riddick off at his home, Furya.

One thing leads to another and, much like the first film, Riddick finds himself stranded on a monster-infested planet. Instead of it leading to a rescue mission, his distress beacon catches the attention of a couple of merc teams (it would seem Vaako had dispatched them to kill Riddick while he’s isolated; not entirely true) who go after him with ill intentions.
One of the teams is lead by someone connected to an old enemy… someone from ”Pitch Black”.

*SPOILER*

Someone with the surname ‘Johns’.
Boss Johns and subordinate Santana ultimately get their hands on Riddick and shackle him up where they plan on torturing (Santana, with his machete) and killing him. But before then, Boss Johns wants answers – mostly, he wants to know what really happened to his son – William J. Johns (Cole Hauser in Pitch Black), who, with his prisoner Riddick, crash landed on an alien planet and (unlike Riddick) didn’t return. Knowing Boss Johns will never believe what happened to his son (indistinguishable monsters), Riddick snaps back with a cheeky retort involving felacio.

*END SPOILER *

And of course, that one works out in Riddick’s favour too – as does the rest of his run-ins with the mercenaries. If Riddick doesn’t get ‘em, the monsters do.

There’s not much of a mention of Furya (and no mention of the Underverse) but there’s a sequence involving a fellow countryman (Alpha Kid – He’s about 12-years-old and is, with his oversized armour and assault rifle, not unlike one of those young guerrilla soldiers in Somalia. Mother was murdered. His eyes light up like Riddick’s. He has some magical powers; thinking this could be young Riddick) and a flashback and mention of Radha Mitchell’s character.

We’ll let you know who snags the roles here, they should be locked in within the next few weeks, and continue to update you on the film’s progress; I think this is going to be a wildly entertaining ride kids.

Happy Father’s Day Vin!!

Video on The Ropes!!

Thanks to Val @ http://www.valdorado.com for the heads up!

He Likes it!

Vin shared a pic from our webmistress today!

The teachers that come into your life, the ones who teach you so much about so many things… will always be remembered.

Enjoy your day… count your blessings.

P.s. To you custodians of positivity… real authentic positivity is a gift, and those without it need it the most.

All love.

MGM, ‘The State,’ and Vin Diesel Will Build ‘The Machine’

Good news for a once bankrupt and destitute MGM, their first new production since hitting skid row is on the way. And, perhaps poetically, their new production teams them up with a man who is also on his way back up in the business. The Machine has signed Vin Diesel to star and produce. At the beginning of the 2000s many people saw Diesel as the next king of the action movie genre, but his career never really worked out that way, and Diesel saw his star power fade a bit over the past ten years. With the release and huge success of this year’s Fast Five, Diesel has another chance to make it to the top of the mountain. Could this be the smash hit that will finally anoint him as Hollywood royalty?

The Machine sounds like kind of a cross between The Terminator and The Iron Giant. Those are two things that I love, so if they can find a balance in tone, I would say that this project has some real potential. Diesel will play a government weapon that was built to look like a human being, and who has been deactivated for many years. As this film opens, the killer robot is found, reactivated, and befriended by a small child. Presumably a lot of bonding happens after that, then followed up by a big action sequence where the government comes to try and reacquire the machine. Kind of like E.T., only Diesel’s character will love steroids instead of Reese’s Pieces.

Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, who also have producer’s credits, have written the script. You probably know them from cult television like The State and Reno 911, but what some people don’t know is that they’ve made a second career for themselves writing broad appeal family comedies like Herbie Fully Loaded and Night at the Museum. Say what you will about the perhaps cynical nature of going from progressive comedy to writing scripts that very clearly exist only to make money, but it’s stuff like this that keeps the movie industry in business. I’m betting Vin Diesel and MGM are hoping that the duo can do for them what they did for Ben Stiller. You know, make them tons of money. And for us, the film-going audience, let’s just hope that this thing ends up being better than Night at the Museum. [Deadline Blue Mound]

Vin Diesel To Star In The Action Comedy ‘The Machine’

With “Fast Five” driving all over the box office in a franchise that people can’t seem to get enough of, the world appears to be an oyster for thick necked Vin Diesel. While his efforts outside of the car franchise haven’t quite hit the same peaks, generally, the man brings in the bucks and it looks like he’s ready to finally mould himself a career not unlike that of the similarly muscled and acting talent deficient Arnold Schwarzenegger.

THR reports that Diesel will produce and star in “The Machine” written by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant of “The Pacifier” fame. In the kind of project that even Dwayne Johnson seems to have moved on from doing now, Diesel plays “a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world’s first true ultimate weapon. Twenty years after the project was buried and decommissioned for reasons unknown, The Machine is discovered by a kid who befriends him. When the government learns it has been reactivated, the Machine must protect the family harboring him.” So essentially it sounds like a live action version of “The Iron Giant” and we’re sure that kid will melt Diesel’s tin heart.

Anyway, no director is attached but this is gearing up to shoot in the fall. So just hold on everybody, because “Fast Six” will have to wait for now. Diesel is looking to “Kindergarten Cop” his career and get of some those lucrative family dollars in the bank before returning to line read monosyllabically with Paul Walker.

Movie Review – “Fast Five” defines fun all over again | jacksonville.com

Movie Review – “Fast Five” defines fun all over again | jacksonville.com.

A handful of hype – All bets are off when you get to number five in a series, as pretty much everything has been done and said the first four times.  That is, unless you’re J.K. Rowling with the “Harry Potter” series, which will conclude this summer after seven successful installments, spread over eight films.  Because let’s face it, no matter the genre or quality, after four films, we know what to expect which in many ways helped “Fast Five” go on to earn over $80 million in its first week at the box office. Having said that, I still was apprehensive at what would come from a fifth piece to a series that probably should have stopped after one.