Jason Statham recently turned down an offer to appear “Fast and Furious 6.” Now comes word that Universal Pictures is in negotiations with “Haywire” star and female MMA fighter Gina Carano to join the cast. [..]

Universal Pictures is currently hard at work on the sixth installment in the “Fast and the Furious” franchise. According to Vin Diesel, everyone agreed on a story, but then realized that it will take two movies to tell it. So now, two films are being written simultaneously. [..]

“Fast Five,” which hits Blu-ray and DVD this week, pulled in $616 million in worldwide box office and, yes, a sixth (and seventh?) film in the high-velocity franchise is revving up already. Our Geoff Boucher caught up with director Justin Lin on Monday to talk about the home video release and the franchise’s impressive mileage with him at the wheel for three of the movies. [..]

Fast Five, which is now on Blu-ray, has apparently not one, but two sequels in the works. After the wow factor of having Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson powering the fifth installment to breaking box office records, Universal is reportedly planning to shoot the next parts back-to-back in Europe next year. More than that, it looks like they want to add yet another badass to their cast of other badasses—the Transporter himself, Jason Statham.
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The sequel for “Fast Five” is currently in draft form. Nevertheless, Universal Pictures has set a release date for the untitled Fast and Furious 6 project. On June 24, the studio announces that the forthcoming flick will hit cinemas across the United States on May 24, 2013, which will also mark 2013 Memorial Day. [..]

“Fast Five” has already made more than $568 million worldwide and Dwayne Johnson is open to filming yet another sequel, on one condition. [..]