space
head
head head head
Home Contact RSS Feed
COMICS   •   MOVIES   •   MUSIC   •   TELEVISION   •   GAMES   •   BOOKS
Justin Lin Signs Two–Year Deal With Universal; Slate Includes ‘Fast & Furious 6,’ ‘Terminator 5’
space
The Movie God   |  @   |  

Justin Lin

Justin Lin, director of indie drama Better Luck Tomorrow and Fast and the Furious franchise installments The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and the recent Fast Five, has signed a two–year first–look deal with Universal Pictures.

The deal””through Lin’s new production company, Barnstorm Pictures, which will be based on the Universal lot””will see him working in various aspects on everything from blockbusters to smaller independent films.

The director already has a list of movie projects lined up, the biggest of them being Fast and the Furious 6, which is schedule for release on May 24, 2013. After that, he has an action/spy flick called Leading Man, a World War II drama that tells the story of a Japanese American battalion that is to this day the most decorated in U.S. history, and an untitled sci-fi/crime thriller that will be directed by Robert Glickert.

Lin has some other projects being set up that don’t have major studio backing yet. The most notable of these is the fifth film in the Terminator franchise, followed by an adaptation of the manga Lone Wolf and Cub, a western titled Brigands of Rattleborge, and a psychological drama titled We Disappear.

Of the deal and why Universal was such a perfect fit, Lin said “They gave me my shot. I went from a credit card movie at Sundance to them handing me the Fast franchise. I feel like I grew up at the studio. If I had choice to be anywhere, this is the place.”

With Fast Five bringing $600 million in to Universal and the 2013 date set, it’s assumed that Fast 6 is the priority and will be next, but an official announcement on

[Source: THR]

2 Comments »

  1. He’s also developing an American version of “Lone Wolf and Cub” with a smaller studio, based on the original manga. I can’t wait, especially since Darren Aronofsky didn’t do anything with it in 2009.
    Seems like a decent match.

    Comment by Avi Neuman — August 25, 2011 @ 12:44 am

  2.  My
    CAA buddy the other day told me that Justin Lin is going to keep to the
    true storyline for the Lone Wolf and Cub production. That’s good,
    because I wasn’t happy about the Aronofsky-makes-a-Western idea at all.

    Comment by Jeremy Washington — September 11, 2011 @ 8:56 pm

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

space
Topics: Movies, News
space
Previous Article
space
Next Article
«
»
space
space
space
Amazon.com
space
You may have noticed that we're now AD FREE! Please support Geeks of Doom by using the Amazon Affiliate link above. All of our proceeds from the program go toward maintaining this site.
space
Geeks of Doom on Twitter Geeks of Doom on Facebook Geeks of Doom on Instagram Follow Geeks of Doom on Tumblr Geeks of Doom on YouTube Geeks of Doom Email Digest Geeks of Doom RSS Feed
space
space
space
space
The Drill Down Podcast TARDISblend Podcast Westworld Podcast
2023  ·   2022  ·   2021  ·   2020  ·   2019  ·   2018  ·   2017  ·   2016  ·   2015  ·   2014  ·  
2013  ·   2012  ·   2011  ·   2010  ·   2009  ·   2008  ·   2007  ·   2006  ·   2005
space
Geeks of Doom is proudly powered by WordPress.

Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press

Geeks of Doom is designed and maintained by our geeky webmaster
All original content copyright ©2005-2023 Geeks of Doom
All external content copyright of its respective owner, except where noted
space
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under
a Creative Commons License.
space
About | Privacy Policy | Contact
space