The ‘Furious 7’ filmmakers utilized the services of award-winning digital visual effects company Weta Digital (well-known for their creation of the character Gollum in ‘Lord of the Rings’) to create a digital likeness of Paul Walker for the purposes of finishing the movie successfully. Director James Wan has spoken publicly about his wish to honor Walker’s legacy and was keen to ensure that Walker’s character left the franchise in a manner that respected his previous work in the series and felt natural (if emotional) to fans. The movie’s script was rewritten as a result. Walker’s final appearance in the franchise is in ‘Furious 7’, though the actor unfortunately died in a road accident during filming. The action movie series first hit cinema screens in 2001 with the release of ‘The Fast and the Furious’, starring the late Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner and Vin Diesel (real name Mark Sinclair) as Dominic Toretto. ’The Fast and the Furious’: remembering Paul Walker ‘The Fast and the Furious’ lost one of its cast members in 2013 after the tragic death of Paul Walker, which deeply impacted the final production of ‘Furious 7’ and future films in the franchise. ‘Furious 7’ is the highest grossing movie in the franchise so far and also had the strongest opening weekend. Even more successful was ‘Furious 7’, which cost 190 million dollars to produce and generated box office revenue of more than 1.5 billion.
‘The Fate of the Furious’ was the eighth instalment in the series and proved itself a worthwhile investment after grossing almost 1.24 billion U.S. As of 2019, the movie in ‘The Fast and the Furious’ franchise with the highest production budget was by far ‘The Fate of the Furious’, which cost 250 million U.S.
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