In less than two years, another installment in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise will race into theaters!
Universal and star Vin Diesel announced the news about the eighth chapter in the wildly successful franchise at CinemaCon on Thursday.
"We're going to make the best movie you've ever seen," the actor said during the panel.
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"Furious 7" which debuted on April 3 has already made more than $1.1 billion worldwide and become the seventh highest-grossing film of all time.
The new chapter in the Fast & Furious saga will be released on Friday, April 14, 2017.
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The actor previously said he thinks the latest installment has Oscar glory in its future.
"It will probably win best picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don't want to be relevant ever," he said earlier this month. "This will win best picture…There is nothing that will ever come close to the power of this thing."
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